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• New York police horses, '10-foot cop' key to city's high alert
• New Jersey university probes threats against African Americans
• Islamic State says 'Schweppes bomb' used to bring down Russian plane
• Americans deeply split on abortion as Supreme Court takes case: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• Officials identify police officers in Minneapolis shooting of black man
• University of North Dakota adopts 'Fighting Hawks' as new nickname
• Ohio jury convicts man for 1985 murder of pregnant wife
• Ferguson, Missouri names new city manager
• Texas appeals court to consider abuse of powers charge against Rick Perry
• New bill in Congress proposes stricter vetting of refugees
• Ford-UAW contract passage in doubt as voting nears end
• Texas to execute man convicted of killing three children in house fire
• Two killed, 360,000 without power in Washington state storm
• 2 dead, 5 arrested in raid targeting Paris attack mastermind
• Gunfire erupts in Paris suburb as police hunt fugitives
• Two Air France flights from the United States to Paris diverted: FAA
• Obama says GOP incitement on Syria refugees 'needs to stop'
• French hunt 2nd fugitive, launch new airstrikes on IS
• Former co-director of Kabbalah Center accused of groping in California trial
• Surveillance video shows team of 3 attackers at Paris cafe
• Adviser acknowledges Carson struggling with foreign policy
• Jindal says he is dropping out of 2016 race for president
• Ex-New York Senate leader corruptly helped son get paid, jury told

New York police horses, '10-foot cop' key to city's high alert Posted: 18 Nov 2015 01:06 PM PST Highly visible police officers on horseback who patrol crowded sites like New York's Times Square are an essential part of the city's high alert in the wake of the deadly Paris attack, police officials said on Wednesday. Days after the New York Police Department deployed its new counter terrorism team and flashed a "show of force" to ward off potential attacks, it unveiled a new $30 million hay-filled headquarters for its 52-horse, 100-officer mounted unit on the ground floor of a luxury building on Manhattan's trendy far West Side. Gleaming gold finials atop the same brand of stalls used by the Queen of England and a manure disposal system specially designed by the city Sanitation Department to contain smells are among the features of the 26,000-square foot (2,415-square meter) space, said Inspector Barry Gelbman.

New Jersey university probes threats against African Americans Posted: 18 Nov 2015 10:45 AM PST (Reuters) - New Jersey's Kean University is investigating threats of violence against African Americans on its campus that appeared on social media while students were staging protests over racial inequality, the school said on Wednesday.

Islamic State says 'Schweppes bomb' used to bring down Russian plane Posted: 18 Nov 2015 10:28 AM PST By Ahmed Aboulenein and Lin Noueihed CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes drink it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board. The photo showed a can of Schweppes Gold soft drink and what appeared to be a detonator and switch on a blue background, three simple components that if genuine are likely to cause concern for airline safety officials worldwide. ...

Americans deeply split on abortion as Supreme Court takes case: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 18 Nov 2015 09:41 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are split over abortion restrictions like those in a Texas law challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, reflecting deep and longstanding divisions over the contentious issue, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.

Officials identify police officers in Minneapolis shooting of black man Posted: 18 Nov 2015 09:25 AM PST The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Officers Mike Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze were involved in the shooting early Sunday of Jamar Clark, 24. Both men have been police officers for seven years, including 13 months with the city.

University of North Dakota adopts 'Fighting Hawks' as new nickname Posted: 18 Nov 2015 09:09 AM PST (Reuters) - The University of North Dakota said on Wednesday it will adopt the "Fighting Hawks" as its new nickname after retiring the "Fighting Sioux," which was banned under a national college sports policy that deemed such names and symbols racially offensive. Voters, including students, faculty, staff, retirees, alumni, donors and season ticket holders, chose "Fighting Hawks" over "Roughriders" after a third runoff vote conducted from Nov. 12 until midnight on Monday, the university's president, Robert Kelley, said. The Hawks received slightly more than 57 percent of the 27,378 votes cast.

Ohio jury convicts man for 1985 murder of pregnant wife Posted: 18 Nov 2015 08:54 AM PST An Ohio jury this week convicted a man of strangling his pregnant wife to death with a belt in 1985, in a case that was re-opened as a result of a 2009 arson investigation, a prosecutor's spokesman said on Wednesday. A Summit County jury convicted Scott Purk, 53, of murder and tampering with evidence on Tuesday after a six-day trial in Akron, said James Pollack of the Summit County prosecutor's office. Margaret Purk, 24, was nine months pregnant when she was found dead in the apartment she shared with her husband 30 years ago.

Ferguson, Missouri names new city manager Posted: 18 Nov 2015 07:34 AM PST De'Carlon Seewood, an East St. Louis, Illinois, native who served as Ferguson's assistant city manager from 2001 to 2007, was chosen as city manager from a field of more than 40 applicants nationwide, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said on Wednesday. The city council approved Seewood's contract with Ferguson on Tuesday evening, Knowles said. Ferguson, a mostly black community of 21,000 residents, endured civil unrest last year after St. Louis County prosecutors announced that a grand jury had decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the August 2014 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Texas appeals court to consider abuse of powers charge against Rick Perry Posted: 18 Nov 2015 07:19 AM PST By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is set to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether to dismiss an abuse of power charge against former Governor Rick Perry, who has said the case against him is politically motivated. The longest serving governor in Texas history was indicted on the two charges in August 2014 by a grand jury in Travis County, a Democratic stronghold in the heavily Republican state. In July, a Texas state appeals court threw out a lesser charge against Perry for coercion of a public official, leaving only the abuse of power charge.

New bill in Congress proposes stricter vetting of refugees Posted: 18 Nov 2015 05:45 AM PST A U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill aiming to toughen the vetting process for refugees seeking to enter the United States as Republican leaders in Congress sought to block Syrians fleeing war in their country. The Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Michael McCaul, said his bill would strengthen security measures for all refugee populations. It would stipulate that no Syrian or Iraqi refugee can enter the United States until Congress receives certification that they are not a national security threat, he said in a statement late on Tuesday.

Ford-UAW contract passage in doubt as voting nears end Posted: 18 Nov 2015 05:28 AM PST Workers at two large Ford Motor Co plants in Louisville, Kentucky rejected a proposed four-year labor contract by 2-to-1, putting its passage in doubt as voting at Ford plants nears an end. Just over half of those who have voted so far have rejected the contract, according to a tally of local union results gathered by the Detroit Free Press. There are nearly 53,000 Ford UAW members eligible to vote.

Texas to execute man convicted of killing three children in house fire Posted: 18 Nov 2015 04:57 AM PST Texas plans on Wednesday to execute Raphael Holiday, 36, who was convicted of killing his daughter and two stepdaughters in a mobile home blaze in 2000. Holiday is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. If the execution goes ahead, Holiday would be the 531st inmate executed by Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state.

Two killed, 360,000 without power in Washington state storm Posted: 18 Nov 2015 02:36 AM PST By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - At least two people were killed in Washington state and about 360,000 homes and businesses in the Seattle-area were without power on Tuesday as a storm packing powerful winds downed trees and triggered mudslides, local authorities said. A wide swath of the Puget Sound region was under flood watches and warnings through Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service said. The storm, which packed wind gusts up to 49 miles per hour (79 kph), toppled trees and power lines, leaving roads littered with debris.

2 dead, 5 arrested in raid targeting Paris attack mastermind Posted: 18 Nov 2015 02:04 AM PST A woman wearing a suicide vest blew herself up as police stormed a building near Paris.

Gunfire erupts in Paris suburb as police hunt fugitives Posted: 17 Nov 2015 09:57 PM PST Shots rang out in northern Paris during an operation to catch a suspect in last week's attacks.

Two Air France flights from the United States to Paris diverted: FAA Posted: 17 Nov 2015 08:55 PM PST Two Air France flights en route to Paris from the United States were diverted on Tuesday following anonymous threats, and passengers and crew were safely removed, the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration said. An Airbus A-380 that departed from Los Angeles landed in Salt Lake City, where passengers and crew were being taken off the plane and escorted into the terminal, an FAA spokesman said. A separate flight that left Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., was diverted to Halifax International Airport in Nova Scotia, where passengers and crew had disembarked.

Obama says GOP incitement on Syria refugees 'needs to stop' Posted: 17 Nov 2015 07:36 PM PST MANILA, Philippines (AP) — President Barack Obama lashed out Wednesday at Republicans who insist on barring Syrian refugees from entering the U.S., deeming their words offensive and insisting "it needs to stop."

French hunt 2nd fugitive, launch new airstrikes on IS Posted: 17 Nov 2015 06:02 PM PST French police are hunting for a second fugitive directly involved in the deadly Paris attacks, officials said Tuesday.

Former co-director of Kabbalah Center accused of groping in California trial Posted: 17 Nov 2015 05:15 PM PST The former co-director of the Kabbalah Center, a spiritual group whose brand of Jewish mysticism has drawn numerous celebrity adherents but also controversy, went on trial on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by a follower who says he groped her. Yehuda Berg, 43, son of the late rabbi who founded the organization, was called as the first witness in the trial, testifying he struggled with drug and alcohol addiction that led to his resignation from leadership in the group in 2014. In a lawsuit filed last year in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jena Scaccetti accused Berg of inviting her to his mother's apartment in 2012, plying her with alcohol and narcotic painkillers and making an unwanted sexual advance that included hugging her and fondling her leg.

Surveillance video shows team of 3 attackers at Paris cafe Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:12 PM PST PARIS (AP) — Surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press indicates a team of three attackers carried out the shootings at a Paris sidewalk cafe, leading police to believe that a second assailant is on the loose.

Adviser acknowledges Carson struggling with foreign policy Posted: 17 Nov 2015 03:57 PM PST Some advisers to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson say he is struggling to grasp the complexities of foreign policy, his closest confident said Monday, acknowledging their frustration while ...

Jindal says he is dropping out of 2016 race for president Posted: 17 Nov 2015 03:40 PM PST BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says he is dropping out of 2016 race for president, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support among Republicans.

Ex-New York Senate leader corruptly helped son get paid, jury told Posted: 17 Nov 2015 02:54 PM PST A former leader of the New York state Senate strong-armed three companies to pay his son over $300,000, knowing that his position to influence policy crucial to their businesses meant "they couldn't say no," a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday. Dean Skelos, a Republican, sought to corruptly direct commissions and jobs to his son, Adam, to "line the pockets of the Skelos family," prosecutor Tatiana Martins said at the start of their trial in Manhattan federal court. "The office of Dean Skelos was never for sale," Gage said.

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