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• Obama and daughters purchase prose and ice pops on Small Business Saturday
• Rain and ice batter central U.S. as Texas death toll rises to four
• What we know about alleged gunman identified in deadly Colorado attack
• Garrett Swasey, cop, pastor, ice skater, among Planned Parenthood shooting victims
• Obama says U.S. has to 'do something' about guns after Colorado shooting
• Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks
• Gunman in custody after deadly attack at Planned Parenthood clinic
• Three killed, nine injured in attack on Colorado abortion clinic
• New Orleans police identify suspect in shooting that wounded 17
• French flag imbued with new meaning as nation honors victims
• Police arrest gunman who opened fire in Colorado abortion clinic
• Colorado gunman still shooting from inside clinic, police say
• Police: Location of gunman in Colorado shooting is unknown

Obama and daughters purchase prose and ice pops on Small Business Saturday Posted: 28 Nov 2015 12:35 PM PST President Barack Obama took his teenage daughters Malia and Sasha shopping on Saturday for books and a sweet treat to promote Small Business Saturday, an annual event designed to boost holiday shopping at mom-and-pop shops. In the tiny Upshur Street Books in northwest Washington, the casually dressed Obama and his daughters browsed for books with the help of the store manager, Anna Thorn. The Obamas bought nine books that spanned age brackets, including three young-adult novels by Cynthia Voigt, "Purity: A Novel" by Jonathan Franzen, "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel" by Salman Rushdie, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8" by Jeff Kinney, and "Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life" by Rachel Renée Russell.

Rain and ice batter central U.S. as Texas death toll rises to four Posted: 28 Nov 2015 12:19 PM PST Flooding and travel delays are likely over the holiday weekend for a swath of south and central United States stretching from Texas to Kentucky, bringing up to a foot of rain in some places and killing at least four, weather forecasters said Saturday. The system is expected to lead to airport delays across the central and north part of the United States, according to Accuweather.com. A double hit of moisture from Tropical Storm Sandra and the Gulf of Mexico combine brought record-breaking rains and flooding to the Dallas-Fort Worth region over the Thanksgiving holiday.

What we know about alleged gunman identified in deadly Colorado attack Posted: 28 Nov 2015 11:16 AM PST While investigators continue to search for clues to Robert L. Dear's motive, reporters have started digging into his past.

Garrett Swasey, cop, pastor, ice skater, among Planned Parenthood shooting victims Posted: 28 Nov 2015 08:55 AM PST Vigils will be held Saturday to honor the victims of a shootout at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that killed three people and injured nine others.

Obama says U.S. has to 'do something' about guns after Colorado shooting Posted: 28 Nov 2015 06:33 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday the United States needs to "do something" to make it harder for criminals to get guns after a shooting in Colorado Springs on Friday left three dead and nine injured.

Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks Posted: 28 Nov 2015 04:25 AM PST PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande was meeting with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming. Officials announced that nearly 1,000 individuals have been banned from entering France amid preparations for the conference and post-attack high security.

Gunman in custody after deadly attack at Planned Parenthood clinic Posted: 28 Nov 2015 02:21 AM PST One police officer and two civilians are killed, and nine people are wounded, police say.

Three killed, nine injured in attack on Colorado abortion clinic Posted: 28 Nov 2015 01:49 AM PST By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle in an attack that left three people dead and nine others injured, authorities said. The dead included one police officer and two civilians, Colorado Springs Police Chief Peter Carey told reporters about an hour after the suspect had been captured. All nine surviving victims - five police officers and four civilians - were listed in good condition at area hospitals, Carney said.

New Orleans police identify suspect in shooting that wounded 17 Posted: 27 Nov 2015 09:07 PM PST (Reuters) - A 32-year-old man has been named as a suspect in a shooting at a New Orleans park this week that wounded 17 people, including a 10-year-old boy, police said on Friday. The first identification of a suspect in the shooting between at least two groups of people came four days after New Orleans police said the shooting appeared to be gang-related. The suspect sought by police has been identified as Joseph "Moe" Allen, 32, New Orleans police said in a statement.

French flag imbued with new meaning as nation honors victims Posted: 27 Nov 2015 05:25 PM PST The French have embraced their flag in a whole new light as the country commemorates the victims of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks on Paris.

Police arrest gunman who opened fire in Colorado abortion clinic Posted: 27 Nov 2015 04:22 PM PST Police arrested a gunman who stormed a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday and opened fire with a rifle in a burst of violence that left at least 11 people injured, including five officers, authorities said. Five hours after the siege began, the suspect was taken into custody, the city of Colorado Springs confirmed in a message posted on the municipal Twitter account. Five police officers were among those injured in the gunfire, said police spokeswoman Lieutenant Catherine Buckley.

Colorado gunman still shooting from inside clinic, police say Posted: 27 Nov 2015 02:33 PM PST (Reuters) - The suspected gunman who shot and wounded several people near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs on Friday is still shooting from inside the building, a police spokeswoman said.

Police: Location of gunman in Colorado shooting is unknown Posted: 27 Nov 2015 01:30 PM PST COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police were searching for a gunman Friday who opened fire near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.

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