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• Muslims face threats of violence, harassment in wake of Paris attacks
• Harvard University says evacuates four buildings after bomb threat
• Obama calls idea of religious preference for refugees 'shameful'
• Four U.S. states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack
• Hollande wants more effective EU border controls, Syrian coalition
• Philadelphia police investigate infant corpses found near lot
• Michigan Tech student to appear in court for threats against black students
• U.S. top court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case
• Massachusetts teenager faces trial for murdering high school teacher
• Detroit's Big Three accelerate plans to build more small cars in Mexico
• Gun threat on campus closes Washington College in Maryland: school
• Ex-New York Senate leader, son face corruption trial
• Focus on passport in Paris highlights lack of migrant checks
• Vigil honors California student slain in Paris attacks
• Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates

Muslims face threats of violence, harassment in wake of Paris attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:22 AM PST Worshipers of Islam reacted in horror to Friday's deadly terror attacks in Paris and braced for threats, harassment, and violence at home.

Harvard University says evacuates four buildings after bomb threat Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:07 AM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on its website on Monday that it had received an "unconfirmed" bomb threat and was evacuating four buildings on its campus outside Boston.

Obama calls idea of religious preference for refugees 'shameful' Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:36 AM PST By Erin McPike WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday criticized as "shameful" the idea that Christian refugees should be given preference by the United States in decisions over admitting people fleeing violence in Syria. Obama's comments came a day after Republican White House contender Jeb Bush said in an NBC interview that while a great majority of refugees should be kept in safe zones in Syria, there was a "special important need" to help Syrian Christians. The remarks by Obama and Bush about Syrian refugees followed Friday night's bombing and shooting attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.

Four U.S. states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:06 AM PST Republican Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, following the lead of Alabama and Michigan, said their states would no longer help support the Obama administration's goal of accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming years. "Texas cannot participate in any program that will result in Syrian refugees - any one of whom could be connected to terrorism - being resettled in Texas," Abbott said in an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday.

Hollande wants more effective EU border controls, Syrian coalition Posted: 16 Nov 2015 08:49 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Monday France wanted more effective controls of the European Union's external borders to avoid a return to national border controls and the dismantling of the European Union. Hollande also told French parliamentarians that a single, large coalition was needed to fight in Syria and that he would meet U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days to discuss the issue. (Reporting by Ingrid Melander; Writing by Michel Rose; Editing by Tom Heneghan)

Philadelphia police investigate infant corpses found near lot Posted: 16 Nov 2015 08:33 AM PST Passersby spotted the deceased baby boy and girl in a patch of grass near a used-car dealership on Sunday and alerted police, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. The examination also found that the bodies had been medical specimens and were used in some medical capacity at an unknown location, city Health Commissioner spokesman Jeff Moran said. The bodies had been preserved for a long time, Moran said without elaborating.

Michigan Tech student to appear in court for threats against black students Posted: 16 Nov 2015 07:09 AM PST A male student was scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face a charge of disturbing the peace by making threats through social media against black students at Michigan Technological University. On Sunday, about 200 students, faculty, staff and community residents marched through campus and downtown to the Houghton County Courthouse, the spokeswoman said. Michigan Tech is a state university with about 7,000 students, 82 of whom are black.

U.S. top court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case Posted: 16 Nov 2015 06:46 AM PST The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an anti-abortion group's bid to force the federal government to reveal more information about a $1 million grant it made in 2011 to women's health provider Planned Parenthood in New Hampshire. The nine justices rejected an appeal filed by New Hampshire Right to Life, a group that sued the federal government under a freedom of information law to find out about the arrangement. Two of the court's conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, said they would have heard the case.

Massachusetts teenager faces trial for murdering high school teacher Posted: 16 Nov 2015 05:45 AM PST Massachusetts prosecutors on Monday are set to open their case against a 16-year-old charged with raping and murdering a popular teacher at his suburban high school two years ago. Philip Chism, 16, is being tried as an adult in the murder of Colleen Ritzer, who had been a popular 24-year-old teacher at his high school in Danvers, Massachusetts, a town of 26,000 people about 20 miles (32 km) north of Boston. Defense attorneys are expected to mount an insanity defense to account for his actions on Oct. 22, 2013, when he was a 14-year-old freshman.

Detroit's Big Three accelerate plans to build more small cars in Mexico Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:59 AM PST By Paul Lienert and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's Big Three automakers are accelerating plans to produce more small cars for the North American market in Mexico as they seek to reduce labor costs, while using higher-paid U.S. workers to build their very profitable trucks, sport utility vehicles and luxury cars. New versions of several of their popular U.S. compact cars are expected to be made in Mexico, people familiar with the companies' plans said. AutoForecast Solutions estimates that GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler will collectively produce 45 percent of their small cars for the North American market in Mexico by 2020, up from 18 percent in 2014.

Gun threat on campus closes Washington College in Maryland: school Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:43 AM PST (Reuters) - A gun threat on campus on Monday closed Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, school tweets said.

Ex-New York Senate leader, son face corruption trial Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:28 AM PST Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son are set to face trial on Monday on charges the politician pressured companies doing business with the state to give his son hundreds of thousands of dollars in jobs and commissions. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in federal court in Manhattan in the corruption case of Skelos, a 67-year-old Republican, and his 33-year-old son, Adam. The trial is among the highest-profile to spill out of a string of corruption scandals involving members of the state legislature in Albany.

Focus on passport in Paris highlights lack of migrant checks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 03:27 AM PST BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The focus on a Syrian passport found near the body of a suicide bomber in the Paris attacks highlights an uncomfortable reality: European authorities are completing few checks on the hundreds of thousands of people moving across their territory fleeing war and poverty.

Vigil honors California student slain in Paris attacks Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:30 PM PST More than 1,000 people overflowed a ballroom at California State University, Long Beach, on Sunday to honor and remember an exchange student who was cut down indiscrimately by suspected Islamic State militants in Paris on Friday. Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, was dining at a restaurant fired upon by gunmen as part of a coordinated assault that killed 132 people and wounded more than 300 in the French capital city. Gonzalez, of El Monte, California, was a senior at CSULB just south of Los Angeles.

Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates Posted: 15 Nov 2015 05:28 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to the government of the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.

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