| Chicago mayor, community leaders to discuss police shooting video Posted: 23 Nov 2015 01:14 PM PST  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was scheduled to meet on Monday with community and religious leaders to prepare them for the release of a disturbing video of an October 2014 fatal police shooting of a black teenager. The city has until Wednesday to release the video from a police patrol car dashboard camera, on a judicial order stemming from a lawsuit brought by a freelance journalist. The video shows Laquan McDonald, 17, being shot 16 times on Oct. 20 last year by police officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white.
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| U.S. home sales fall; prices push higher Posted: 23 Nov 2015 09:31 AM PST  U.S. home resales fell more than expected in October, with large declines in regions which have experienced the biggest price gains, suggesting some softening in the pace of the housing market recovery after strong gains early this year. The National Association of Realtors said on Monday existing home sales declined 3.4 percent to an annual rate of5.36 million units. The housing index rose 0.61 percent, outperforming the overall stock market.
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| E.coli outbreak looks set to infect Chipotle's same-outlet sales Posted: 23 Nov 2015 07:09 AM PST  Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's fourth-quarter same-restaurant sales look set to decline for the first time since the burrito chain was spun off from McDonald's Corp in 2006, following an E.coli outbreak in its restaurants. "Although all Chipotle restaurants have reopened, we argue that headline risk is likely to depress traffic for an extended period," Maxim analyst Stephen Anderson wrote in a research note. "We argue that the outbreak now threatens to depress CMG's traffic nationwide more profoundly for the next few quarters." At least four brokerages cut their price target on Chipotle's stock on Monday.
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| US military helicopter crashes in South Korea, killing 2 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 06:06 AM PST  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter crashed in South Korea on Monday, killing two people on board, police said.
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| Closing arguments set in corruption trial of powerful N.Y. politician Posted: 23 Nov 2015 04:31 AM PST  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal jury considering whether to convict Sheldon Silver, one of New York's most powerful politicians for two decades, is scheduled to hear closing arguments in his public corruption trial on Monday. U.S. prosecutors in New York have accused Silver of using his position as the speaker of the state assembly to collect millions of dollars in illegal bribes and kickbacks in exchange for official acts. Silver's former counterpart in the state Senate, Dean Skelos, is himself on trial for corruption in the same Manhattan courthouse, charged with coercing several companies into sending payments to his son Adam in order to secure his political support.
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| As Islamic State threat looms, New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade Posted: 23 Nov 2015 04:16 AM PST  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Huddle and his daughter Megan, a flute player for the North Hardin High School marching band in Kentucky, have been preparing for more than a year for the band's performance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. "The main goal of a terrorist attack is to create terror," David Huddle said in a phone interview. You can't dwell on it or you'll never be happy." Millions of New Yorkers and tourists are expected to line the streets on Thursday for the parade, more than a week after Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, released a video showing images of New York juxtaposed with a scene depicting a suicide bomber preparing for an attack.
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| Fact check: On climate science, most GOP candidates fail Posted: 23 Nov 2015 04:00 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to climate science, two of the three Democratic presidential candidates are 'A' students, while most of the Republican contenders are flunking, according to a panel of scientists who reviewed candidates' comments.
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| The doomsday ideology of ISIS Posted: 23 Nov 2015 02:42 AM PST  The terror group's claim that the apocalypse is nigh is a powerful recruitment tool.
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| Police: Shooting at New Orleans playground wounds 16 Posted: 23 Nov 2015 12:03 AM PST  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a block party and music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday evening violence, police said.
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| Some 16 people taken to hospital after New Orleans shooting: local TV Posted: 22 Nov 2015 07:09 PM PST (Reuters) - At least 16 people were taken to the hospital after a shooting at a playground in New Orleans, a local TV station reported on Sunday, citing police. |
| Clinton proposes tax credit for family caregiving costs Posted: 22 Nov 2015 05:52 PM PST  By Amanda Becker CLINTON, Iowa (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday proposed a tax credit offsetting up to $6,000 in costs associated with caring for elderly and disabled family members, and allowing caregivers to accrue Social Security retirement benefits for such work. The maximum value of the caregiving credit would be $1,200 for qualifying families and is the latest in a series of tax proposals Clinton plans to introduce aimed at boosting the middle class. "That will help family budgets stretch, it will help seniors maintain independence," Clinton said Sunday at a campaign stop in Iowa, which holds the first party-nominating contest in February.
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