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• Paris attacks: Video shows firefight outside Bataclan
• About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy
• Donald Trump: ‘O’Malley is a clown’; ‘Hillary is owned by Wall Street’
• U.S. death penalties, executions slow as capital punishment is squeezed
• Belgian connection: 3 held in Brussels over Paris attacks
• Clinton cites 9/11 in defending Wall Street donations
• Clinton wobbled on foreign policy in debate
• Sanders campaign claims victory in CBS dispute
• Paris attacks may lead to US military anti-IS escalation
• College student from California studying abroad killed in Paris attacks
• NFL to bolster security, police presence at weekend games
• California governor extends water conservation order

Paris attacks: Video shows firefight outside Bataclan Posted: 15 Nov 2015 12:52 PM PST An award-winning French photographer captured dramatic video footage of police as they surrounded the Bataclan concert hall, where at least 89 people were killed during Friday's terror attacks in Paris.

About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy Posted: 15 Nov 2015 12:06 PM PST More than 1,000 people gathered on Saturday near the Salt Lake City headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to protest the policy they see as discriminatory and harmful to families, with many standing in long lines to submit their resignations, they said. A similar protest called "The Utah Rally for Love, Equality, Family and Acceptance" is set for next Saturday in the same area. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints approved the policy this month.

Donald Trump: ‘O’Malley is a clown’; ‘Hillary is owned by Wall Street’ Posted: 15 Nov 2015 11:04 AM PST During Saturday's Democratic debate, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley called Donald Trump an "immigrant-bashing carnival barker."

U.S. death penalties, executions slow as capital punishment is squeezed Posted: 15 Nov 2015 06:28 AM PST Capital punishment in the United States has moved into the slow lane, with the number of executions and new death sentences likely to hit lows not seen for more than 20 years. The last two executions of the year are set to be carried out next week, with Texas scheduled to put convicted murderer Raphael Holiday to death on Wednesday and Georgia scheduled to execute convicted murderer Marcus Johnson on Thursday. If those lethal injections proceed, there will have been 27 executions in the United States in 2015.

Belgian connection: 3 held in Brussels over Paris attacks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 05:21 AM PST Officials pursue emerging links between the Paris attacks and an Islamist bastion in France's northern neighbor.

Clinton cites 9/11 in defending Wall Street donations Posted: 15 Nov 2015 02:43 AM PST Hillary Clinton tried to deflect an attack on her political donations from Wall Street bankers by saying that they stemmed from her connection, as a U.S. senator from New York, to the downtown Manhattan community devastated by the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

Clinton wobbled on foreign policy in debate Posted: 14 Nov 2015 11:44 PM PST

Sanders campaign claims victory in CBS dispute Posted: 14 Nov 2015 08:16 PM PST

Paris attacks may lead to US military anti-IS escalation Posted: 14 Nov 2015 06:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Paris terrorist attacks seem likely to compel President Barack Obama to consider military escalation against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. But that probably will not mean dramatic moves like launching a U.S. or international ground offensive or accelerating aerial bombing in hopes of eliminating the global threat of violent extremism.

College student from California studying abroad killed in Paris attacks Posted: 14 Nov 2015 05:10 PM PST By Tori Richards LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) - A California university student who was studying design in France was killed in an attack on a restaurant in Paris, making her the first American confirmed dead in the assault at several sites in the French capital, school officials said on Saturday. Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, was a junior at California State University, Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles, and was studying for a semester at the Strate College of Design in a suburb of Paris, said CSULB spokesman Michael Uhlenkamp. On Friday night, several sites around Paris were targeted in a coordinated assault by gunmen and bombers in what the Paris public prosecutor said killed at least 129 people and wounded more than 350, of whom nearly 100 remain in critical condition.

NFL to bolster security, police presence at weekend games Posted: 14 Nov 2015 03:09 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League said on Saturday it would increase security and beef up the law enforcement presence both inside and outside of stadiums for this week's games as a precaution after a series of attacks throughout Paris on Friday. "Following the events in Paris on Friday, we are closely monitoring events and have been in communication with the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, which have informed us that there are no known threats against NFL stadiums," it said in a statement. (Reporting By Frank McGurty; Editing by Sandra Maler)

California governor extends water conservation order Posted: 14 Nov 2015 01:36 PM PST The order gives state water officials greater authority to deal with drought conditions and to cope with potential winter storms from El Nino, a periodic warming of ocean surface temperatures. The Democratic governor's new order lets emergency water conservation measures to continue through October if California still faces a drought in January.

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