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• Venezuelan first lady's nephew arrested in U.S. drug case: source
• Ohio officials confirm nine dead in fiery jet crash
• How many times did Republicans mention Hillary? The Clinton campaign was counting
• Obama to award Medal of Honor to wounded U.S. Army captain
• New Jersey home explosion kills one, injures 15
• Ex-California cop sentenced to life for raping stroke victim
• Mizzou professor who called for ‘muscle’ to remove photographer covering protests resigns
• Person struck and killed by Amtrak train in Connecticut, official says
• Tide turns against U.S. residency restrictions on sex offenders
• North Dakota's colleges pitch education to laid-off roustabouts
• White House announces in-state tuition for U.S. veterans, families
• Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri
• How Jeb Bush missed his big opportunity in Milwaukee
• Ben Carson is done answering questions about his life story
• GOP candidates: Don’t raise the minimum wage
• Race protests scattered around U.S. campuses after Missouri resignations
• Chris Christie’s team attacks 'desperate' Bobby Jindal
• Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal get heated during GOP debate
• New York to daily fantasy sports: Stop taking bets here
• New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint, 77, dies in Spain
• MLB's Atlanta Braves say pitcher Tommy Hanson dead at 29
• The Latest: GOP presidential candidates meet for 4th debate
• New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint, 77, dies in Spain
• Obama nominates new chief for hacked U.S. personnel agency
• Jeb Bush and Chris Christie face make-or-break debates in Milwaukee

Venezuelan first lady's nephew arrested in U.S. drug case: source Posted: 11 Nov 2015 01:33 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nephew of Venezuela's first lady has been arrested and brought to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Ohio officials confirm nine dead in fiery jet crash Posted: 11 Nov 2015 11:28 AM PST Nine people died in a fiery business jet crash in Ohio, state officials confirmed on Wednesday, as an investigation into the reasons for the jet's crash continued. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board as well as Akron police were at the site where the 10-passenger Hawker business jet struck an apartment building on Tuesday while approaching the Akron Fulton airport. The flight manifest showed seven passengers, a pilot and a co-pilot were on board at the time of the crash and their families have been notified, said Ohio State Patrol spokesman Bill Haymaker.

How many times did Republicans mention Hillary? The Clinton campaign was counting Posted: 11 Nov 2015 11:12 AM PST Hillary Clinton was an inescapable presence in the room at the Republican debate in Milwaukee Tuesday night.

Obama to award Medal of Honor to wounded U.S. Army captain Posted: 11 Nov 2015 10:57 AM PST A U.S. Army captain who was badly wounded thwarting a suicide bomber in Afghanistan on what he has called the worst day of his life will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama on Thursday. Retired Captain Florent Groberg, 32, will receive the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for valor, in a White House ceremony. Groberg, who was born in Poissy, France, and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, is being honored for his actions during an ambush in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 8, 2012.

New Jersey home explosion kills one, injures 15 Posted: 11 Nov 2015 10:11 AM PST (Reuters) - One person was killed and 15 people were injured in an apparent natural gas explosion that flattened a New Jersey home and forced the evacuation of several surrounding buildings on Wednesday, officials said.

Ex-California cop sentenced to life for raping stroke victim Posted: 11 Nov 2015 09:40 AM PST A former Sacramento police officer convicted of raping a 75-year-old stroke victim in her senior living apartment has been sentenced to life in prison, court records show. Prosecutors said Gary Dale Baker, 52, entered the woman's apartment at least three times from 2010 to 2012, raping her twice as she suffered from a stroke-related inability to speak.

Mizzou professor who called for ‘muscle’ to remove photographer covering protests resigns Posted: 11 Nov 2015 08:22 AM PST

Person struck and killed by Amtrak train in Connecticut, official says Posted: 11 Nov 2015 07:21 AM PST Amtrak train 190, headed to Boston from Washington, D.C., struck the person at around 8:27 a.m. at the Metro North commuter rail station in Stratford, Connecticut, said Aaron Donovan, spokesman for New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The victim, who was not authorized to be on the tracks, was not immediately identified.

Tide turns against U.S. residency restrictions on sex offenders Posted: 11 Nov 2015 06:18 AM PST Concerns about sexual predators have led communities in 30 U.S. states to adopt laws limiting where registered sex offenders can live, typically keeping them away from schools, parks or other places where children congregate. Gravens, now 29 and an advocate for prisoner rights, spends a lot of his time courting Dallas City Council members, including volunteering on election campaigns, in hopes of preventing them from imposing rigid limits on where sex offenders may live.

North Dakota's colleges pitch education to laid-off roustabouts Posted: 11 Nov 2015 06:01 AM PST North Dakota's public universities have launched a scholarship program to enroll laid-off oilfield workers in energy classes, contending their best path to a new job is learning mechanical and computer skills. While the state does not tabulate the number of oil-related job cuts, anecdotes abound of laid-off roustabouts opting to leave the Peace Garden State once they get a pink slip. "Good people are losing jobs, and this is a time for them to go back to school," said Mark Hagerott, chancellor of the North Dakota University System, who has dubbed the endeavor "Bakken U" after the shale formation underlying most of the western part of the state.

White House announces in-state tuition for U.S. veterans, families Posted: 11 Nov 2015 03:23 AM PST All recent U.S. military veterans and their families will now be offered in-state tuition rates to public colleges and universities throughout the country, the White House said on Wednesday. Announced in honor of the U.S. federal holiday Veterans Day, which fell on Wednesday, the change is part of President Barack Obama's "steadfast commitment" to military families and aims to make sure veterans can both access and get the most out of higher education, administration officials said. Cecilia Munoz, a top domestic policy adviser to the president, said while Obama is pressing his administration to push these changes forward quickly, he is also calling on Congress to move forward on three pieces of legislation to help improve veterans' education.

Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri Posted: 11 Nov 2015 01:12 AM PST COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri said it is has increased security and is investigating online threats, an announcement that again heightened tensions on the campus after days of turmoil.

How Jeb Bush missed his big opportunity in Milwaukee Posted: 11 Nov 2015 12:55 AM PST The struggling candidate fails to take advantage of a key opening at the GOP debate.

Ben Carson is done answering questions about his life story Posted: 10 Nov 2015 10:19 PM PST The presidential candidate is ready to tell people who ask questions about his history to "go jump in a lake."

GOP candidates: Don’t raise the minimum wage Posted: 10 Nov 2015 08:29 PM PST There's at least one thing Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Marco Rubio agree on at the debate.

Race protests scattered around U.S. campuses after Missouri resignations Posted: 10 Nov 2015 08:12 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.

Chris Christie’s team attacks 'desperate' Bobby Jindal Posted: 10 Nov 2015 07:25 PM PST

Chris Christie and Bobby Jindal get heated during GOP debate Posted: 10 Nov 2015 06:21 PM PST New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal spent much of the undercard Republican debate here Tuesday night sparring with each other.

New York to daily fantasy sports: Stop taking bets here Posted: 10 Nov 2015 05:16 PM PST New York's attorney general on Tuesday ordered the daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets in the state, saying their operations amount to illegal gambling. In a pair ...

New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint, 77, dies in Spain Posted: 10 Nov 2015 04:59 PM PST Allen Toussaint, one of the legendary names of New Orleans music, has died in Madrid at the age of 77. The piano master, known for jazz, R&B and blues and who wrote hits such as "Working in a Coalmine" and produced Patti LaBelle's famous cover of "Lady Marmalade", died of a heart attack on Monday evening after giving a concert at the Spanish capital's Teatro Lara, hospital officials said. Fans posted videos of Toussaint's final performance on YouTube, while the English singer and songwriter Billy Bragg said on Twitter: "The man was a genius." Toussaint, who began performing in his teens, collaborated with a wide range of artists, including John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Lee Dorsey, Paul McCartney and The Band.

MLB's Atlanta Braves say pitcher Tommy Hanson dead at 29 Posted: 10 Nov 2015 04:43 PM PST Former Atlanta Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson, once considered among baseball's most promising young talents before being beset by shoulder injuries, has died in Atlanta at age 29, the team said on Tuesday. The Braves said Hanson died Monday night at a local hospital. Atlanta television station WSB said he suffered "catastrophic organ failure." The station said Hanson was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering breathing difficulty and falling into a coma.

The Latest: GOP presidential candidates meet for 4th debate Posted: 10 Nov 2015 04:28 PM PST The Republican presidential candidates compete to narrow down the wide-open contest.

New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint, 77, dies in Spain Posted: 10 Nov 2015 03:55 PM PST Allen Toussaint, one of the legendary names of New Orleans music, has died in Madrid at the age of 77. The piano master, known for jazz, R&B and blues and who wrote hits such as "Working in a Coalmine" and produced Patti LaBelle's famous cover of "Lady Marmalade", died of a heart attack on Monday evening after giving a concert at the Spanish capital's Teatro Lara, hospital officials said. Fans posted videos of Toussaint's final performance on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMCk-fW67K8), while the English singer and songwriter Billy Bragg said on Twitter: "The man was a genius." Toussaint, who began performing in his teens, collaborated with a wide range of artists, including John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Lee Dorsey, Paul McCartney and The Band.

Obama nominates new chief for hacked U.S. personnel agency Posted: 10 Nov 2015 02:53 PM PST President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Beth Cobert to head the Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. federal agency that has been under intense public and congressional scrutiny since a hack on its computer systems affecting 22 million people was disclosed earlier this year. Cobert has been the acting director of OPM since Katherine Archuleta, the previous director, resigned in July amid a bipartisan call for her to step down due to her management of the data breach. Cobert needs approval by the U.S. Senate to be named head of OPM, a vetting process that will likely include probing of how Cobert intends to improve the agency's cyber defenses.

Jeb Bush and Chris Christie face make-or-break debates in Milwaukee Posted: 10 Nov 2015 02:41 PM PST

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