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• Race protests scattered around U.S. campuses after Missouri resignations
• State Department says U.S. citizen detained in Yemen has died
• Texas mother says daughter off cheerleading squad for curly hair
• Clinton says would not support war declaration against ISIS
• Obama likely to sign revised defense bill into law: White House
• Three bodies found in burning SUV outside California home
• Justice Department to take immigration lawsuit to U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. regulators accused two Chinese citizens of insider trading
• Three indicted in U.S. over major hacking scheme
• Suspect in Texas state judge shooting arrested on unrelated charges
• Florida 'Facebook Killer' to claim self defense in wife’s murder
• Protesters for higher U.S. fast-food worker wages march in New York
• White supremacist to be sentenced for Kansas murders
• Ohio State quarterback heads to court on impaired driving charge
• Viewers' guide: Substance vs. personalities as stakes grow
• Reports: Former Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson dead at 29
• U.S. courts should consider war trauma of veterans on death row: report
• South Carolina college locked down after shooting on campus
• NSA to end bulk call data collection by end November: memo
• U.S. Appeals court upholds injunction against Obama's immigration action
• Jordanian officer fatally shoots two Americans, South African at security training site
• University of Missouri president, chancellor out after race protest
• Jeb Bush: ‘Hell yeah I would’ kill baby Hitler

Race protests scattered around U.S. campuses after Missouri resignations Posted: 10 Nov 2015 12:41 PM PST Students are holding events designed to bring attention to racial issues on a handful of U.S. college campuses this week, spurred on by the impact of protests at the University of Missouri, which culminated in the resignation of the school's president and chancellor on Monday. Peaceful marches or walkouts have occurred, or are planned, at Yale University, Ithaca College and Smith College in the Northeastern United States, though none has yet reached the intensity of demonstrations at Missouri, where hundreds of students and teachers protested what they saw as soft handling of reports of racial abuse on campus. Shortly after Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, announced he would step down on Monday, a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered peacefully at the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to hold what students called a "March of Resilience," in solidarity with Missouri.

State Department says U.S. citizen detained in Yemen has died Posted: 10 Nov 2015 12:23 PM PST The U.S. State Department on Tuesday U.S. citizen John Hamen, one of two contractors who had been detained by Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen, has died. The United Nations said earlier this month that two contractors who worked for a firm that managed U.N. facilities had been detained in Yemen's capital Sanaa. The two had been detained upon arriving from Djibouti, the United Nations said, by Houthi militia and army units loyal to Yemen's former president.

Texas mother says daughter off cheerleading squad for curly hair Posted: 10 Nov 2015 11:34 AM PST A Texas mother has accused a cheerleading company of discrimination for demanding that her 11-year-old daughter straighten her curly hair so she could join her team in a competition. The Woodlands Elite Cheer Company, which bills itself as a teaching leader for competitive cheerleading and recreational tumbling, denied the accusation, but said in a statement that there are standards in appearance by which it asks it members to abide. "It discriminates against girls who cannot or do not want to alter the texture of their hair as it risks damaging the hair," Jenny Fallaw, the girl's mother, said on Tuesday.

Clinton says would not support war declaration against ISIS Posted: 10 Nov 2015 11:17 AM PST Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was not ready to support a formal declaration of war against Islamic State militants, although she said the United States needs to improve its efforts to fight the group. To have a declaration of war, she said, requires understanding the resources available and the goals involved. "If you have a declaration of war, you'd better have a budget that backs it up," said Clinton, who was campaigning in New Hampshire.

Obama likely to sign revised defense bill into law: White House Posted: 10 Nov 2015 10:44 AM PST President Barack Obama will likely sign a revised version of the National Defense Authorization Act into law because he believes it contains important provisions, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday. "What the president does believe though is that there are a number of provisions in the NDAA that are important to running and protecting the country. "That certainly does not reflect a change in our position, or the intensity of our position, about the need to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay," Earnest said.

Three bodies found in burning SUV outside California home Posted: 10 Nov 2015 10:33 AM PST Police in Southern California are investigating the suspected slaying of three unidentified men found in a burning sport utility vehicle parked in the driveway of a house in suburban Los Angeles, authorities said on Tuesday. A resident at the home in the city of Orange, about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Los Angeles, called emergency officials on Monday to report the flaming vehicle, said Orange police spokesman Lieutenant Fred Lopez. The large SUV is not owned by anyone at the house, Lopez said, and after firefighters extinguished the blaze the three bodies were found to be so badly burned that their genders were not immediately identifiable.

Justice Department to take immigration lawsuit to U.S. Supreme Court Posted: 10 Nov 2015 08:34 AM PST Following another legal setback to President Barack Obama's immigration executive action, the Justice Department said on Tuesday it plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the lawsuit. "The Department disagrees with the Fifth Circuit's adverse ruling and intends to seek further review from the Supreme Court of the United States," said Justice Department spokesman Patrick Rodenbush.

U.S. regulators accused two Chinese citizens of insider trading Posted: 10 Nov 2015 08:18 AM PST U.S. securities regulators have accused two Chinese citizens at a peer-to-peer lending platform of engaging in insider trading ahead of the announcement that two companies had agreed to be acquired by private equity firms. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court that was made public Tuesday, the SEC said Zhichen Zhou, a web administrator at Yooli.com, engaged in "highly suspicious" trading in the stocks of MedAssets Inc and Chindex International Inc. Both companies later announced private equity takeovers in deals where one of the bidders had been TPG Capital LP, where Yooli.com CEO Yannan Liu, Zhou's cousin, had previously worked, the SEC said.

Three indicted in U.S. over major hacking scheme Posted: 10 Nov 2015 07:29 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three men in connection with the computer hacking of several financial institutions and financial news publishers, including the largest ever theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution. Gery Shalon, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein were charged in a 23-count indictment. Prosecutors alleged crimes including computer hacking, securities fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, illegal Internet gambling, money laundering conspiracy and other conspiracies. ...

Suspect in Texas state judge shooting arrested on unrelated charges Posted: 10 Nov 2015 06:41 AM PST A person of interest has been taken into custody in the case of a Texas state judge who was shot in front of her home in an upscale Austin neighborhood last week, police in the state capital said on Tuesday. The suspect, who has not been identified, was arrested in Houston on unrelated charges, Austin police said without providing a possible motive or other details in the shooting of District Judge Julie Kocurek, 51. Kocurek, a former prosecutor, was appointed to her position in 1999 by then-Governor George W. Bush, a Republican.

Florida 'Facebook Killer' to claim self defense in wife’s murder Posted: 10 Nov 2015 06:24 AM PST A Florida man accused of shooting his wife and posting an image of her lifeless body on Facebook was acting in self defense, his lawyer plans to argue at the start of his Miami murder trial on Tuesday. Derek Medina, 33, has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted of the August 2013 shooting. During the trial, expected to last two weeks, defense attorney Saam Zangeneh said he will introduce evidence that his wife used drugs, regularly fought with Medina, and may have been involved in Satanic worship.

Protesters for higher U.S. fast-food worker wages march in New York Posted: 10 Nov 2015 05:35 AM PST By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fast-food workers launched a nationwide protest in Brooklyn early Tuesday to argue for higher wages and union rights that they hope will catch the attention of candidates in the 2016 elections. A couple hundred protesters marched down downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Street, blocking traffic, chanting "We are the workers, the mighty mighty workers fighting for justice." Beating drums and carrying banners reading "A living wage = quality care" and "On strike for work that sustains families," the protesters stopped to rally outside a McDonald's restaurant. Organizers of the Fight for $15 campaign say the protests will be followed by rallies in 500 cities by low-wage workers in such sectors as fast food and home and child care.

White supremacist to be sentenced for Kansas murders Posted: 10 Nov 2015 05:02 AM PST A judge is expected to decide on Tuesday whether a white supremacist convicted of shooting three people to death at two Jewish centers in Kansas last year should be sentenced to death. A jury in early September convicted Frazier Glenn Cross, 74, a former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan, of the murders and recommended that he be put to death. The jury found Cross guilty of killing Reat Underwood, 14, and his grandfather, William Corporon, 69, outside the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City, and Terri LaManno, 53, outside a Jewish retirement home, both in Overland Park, Kansas.

Ohio State quarterback heads to court on impaired driving charge Posted: 10 Nov 2015 04:14 AM PST By Kathy Lynn Gray COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - J.T. Barrett, the starting quarterback for the undefeated Ohio State University Buckeyes, is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday on charges of driving a vehicle while impaired. Barrett, 20, whose legal name is Joe T. Barrett IV, was ticketed on Oct. 31 near Ohio State after being stopped by Columbus police at a sobriety checkpoint, according to police records. Barrett was charged with driving while impaired, a misdemeanor, police records said.

Viewers' guide: Substance vs. personalities as stakes grow Posted: 10 Nov 2015 03:13 AM PST MILWAUKEE (AP) — Organizers are promising to focus on substance when eight Republicans face off on the main stage for the GOP's fourth presidential debate.

Reports: Former Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson dead at 29 Posted: 09 Nov 2015 11:28 PM PST Former Braves and Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson has died due to catastrophic organ failure. He was 29.

U.S. courts should consider war trauma of veterans on death row: report Posted: 09 Nov 2015 09:34 PM PST About 300 of the roughly 3,000 inmates on America's state and federal death rows are military veterans and the majority suffers PTSD from serving in the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf wars, according to the study from the Death Penalty Information Center, which is opposed to capital punishment but whose data is used by those on both sides of the debate. The study was based on data from states holding half the U.S. death row population.

South Carolina college locked down after shooting on campus Posted: 09 Nov 2015 07:26 PM PST (Reuters) - A South Carolina college was placed on lockdown on Monday night after a possible fatal shooting on campus, according to the school's Facebook page and local media.

NSA to end bulk call data collection by end November: memo Posted: 09 Nov 2015 06:55 PM PST By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency is ready to end later this month collecting Americans' domestic call records in bulk and move to a more targeted system, meeting a legislative deadline imposed earlier this year, according to a government memo seen by Reuters. The memo, sent on Monday from the NSA to relevant committees in the U.S. Congress, stated that the spy agency "has successfully developed a technical architecture to support the new program" in time for it to become operational as scheduled on Nov. 29. In stating the program's progress and the NSA's intent to use the new system, the memo appeared to rebut claims by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a Republican security hawk, who told Reuters last week that he anticipated the new program would never be used because it was overly cumbersome and slow.

U.S. Appeals court upholds injunction against Obama's immigration action Posted: 09 Nov 2015 06:06 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld an injunction against President Barack Obama's executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.

Jordanian officer fatally shoots two Americans, South African at security training site Posted: 09 Nov 2015 05:51 PM PST By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - A Jordanian officer shot dead two U.S. government security contractors, a South African trainer and two Jordanians at a U.S.-funded police training facility near Amman on Monday before being killed in a shootout, Jordanian authorities said. U.S. President Barack Obama said he was treating very seriously the attack at the King Abdullah Training Center, in which three Jordanians and one Lebanese citizen were wounded, and a full investigation was under way. A senior Jordanian official told Reuters the gunman was a police captain, and authorities identified him as Anwar Abu Zeid.

University of Missouri president, chancellor out after race protest Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:28 PM PST By Anthony Romano COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) - The University of Missouri's president stepped down on Monday and its chancellor moved aside after protests by the school's football team and other students over what they saw as soft handling of reports of racial abuse on campus. President Tim Wolfe's high-profile resignation, followed by news that Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin would be moved to a new job, was the latest shock to the state of Missouri, and the United States at large, which has been roiled for more than a year by racial tensions after police shot and killed an unarmed young black man in the state. Unrest at the university, widely known as "Mizzou," started on Sept. 12 when Payton Head, president of the Missouri Students Association, said on his Facebook page that he was repeatedly racially abused on campus by someone riding in a pickup truck.

Jeb Bush: ‘Hell yeah I would’ kill baby Hitler Posted: 09 Nov 2015 03:56 PM PST

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