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• Colorado Springs hospital on lockdown: report
• U.S. tightens visa waiver program in wake of Paris attacks
• Jury selection starts in trial of Baltimore police officer charged in man's death
• Target website down on Cyber Monday traffic
• Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting suspect to appear in court
• Iraq war veteran killed at Planned Parenthood was trying to save others, his family says
• Two-thirds of Americans want U.S. to back global climate deal: NYT/CBS poll
• Deadline looms to charge four men in shooting of Minnesota protesters
• Climate talks are underway, but saving the world might be harder than we thought
• U.N. climate conference begins in Paris
• Perfection denied as Broncos beat Patriots in an overtime thriller
• Dozens injured as bus filled with college students overturns in Virginia
• Iraq War Vet, Mother of 2 Slain in Planned Parenthood Shooting
• Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion
• Chicago police will add more body cameras for officers

Colorado Springs hospital on lockdown: report Posted: 30 Nov 2015 11:43 AM PST (Reuters) - A hospital in Colorado Springs where several of the wounded from the Planned Parenthood shooting were treated was placed on lockdown on Monday, local television station KKTV reported, citing police.

U.S. tightens visa waiver program in wake of Paris attacks Posted: 30 Nov 2015 09:55 AM PST The White House announced a series of changes to the U.S. visa waiver program on Monday to add more screening for travelers from 38 countries around the world allowed to enter the United States without visas. The accelerated changes were prompted by the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris by Islamic State militants, which have heightened security concerns among Americans. The Department of Homeland Security will immediately collect more information from travelers about past visits to "countries constituting a terrorist safe haven" and also will look at pilot programs for collecting biometric information like fingerprints from visa waiver travelers, the White House said in a statement.

Jury selection starts in trial of Baltimore police officer charged in man's death Posted: 30 Nov 2015 09:24 AM PST Jury selection began on Monday for the trial of the first of six police officers charged in the April death of a black man in police custody that set off rioting in the city and inflamed an already tense U.S. debate on race and justice. Officer William Porter, 26, faces charges including manslaughter, second-degree assault and misconduct in office for the death of Freddie Gray, 25. Porter, who is black, is accused of ignoring Gray's requests for medical aid and not putting a seatbelt on him, even though he was shackled and handcuffed.

Target website down on Cyber Monday traffic Posted: 30 Nov 2015 09:10 AM PST (Reuters) - Discount retailer Target Corp's website was down due to heavy traffic on Cyber Monday. Shoppers looking for bargains on http://www.target.com/ were greeted with an error message: "So sorry, but high traffic's causing delays. If you wouldn't mind holding, we'll refresh automatically & get things going ASAP." "Both traffic and order volumes are exceeding Target's Thursday Black Friday event ... To help manage the volume, we have been metering traffic to the site," Target spokeswoman Jamie Bastian said.

Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting suspect to appear in court Posted: 30 Nov 2015 08:54 AM PST By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The gunman accused of killing three people and wounding nine at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs was due to appear in court by video link from jail on Monday. Robert Lewis Dear, 57, was expected to face multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. Planned Parenthood says reports he told investigators "no more baby parts" after his arrest showed he had an anti-abortion agenda.

Iraq war veteran killed at Planned Parenthood was trying to save others, his family says Posted: 30 Nov 2015 08:09 AM PST Ke'Arre Stewart had stepped outside the building to get cellphone service when he was shot, his brother told NBC News. The 29-year-old then ran back inside, telling people inside the clinic to take cover.

Two-thirds of Americans want U.S. to back global climate deal: NYT/CBS poll Posted: 30 Nov 2015 06:06 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Two-thirds of Americans think the United States should join a legally binding global climate change agreement, a poll by CBS News and the New York Times released on Monday said.

Deadline looms to charge four men in shooting of Minnesota protesters Posted: 30 Nov 2015 04:18 AM PST Prosecutors must decide by noon on Monday whether to charge four men held by Minneapolis police in connection with the Nov. 23 wounding of five people protesting the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man. Minneapolis police, who are working with the FBI, have said they are not seeking any more suspects in the shooting of the protesters, who were demonstrating outside a police station against the fatal shooting on Nov. 15 of Jamar Clark, 24.

Climate talks are underway, but saving the world might be harder than we thought Posted: 30 Nov 2015 02:30 AM PST

U.N. climate conference begins in Paris Posted: 30 Nov 2015 01:28 AM PST A total of 151 world leaders meet in hopes to creating the impetus for an ambitious agreement.

Perfection denied as Broncos beat Patriots in an overtime thriller Posted: 29 Nov 2015 10:06 PM PST The best game of the NFL season to this point ended with C.J. Anderson running all alone down the left sideline, raising a hand to celebrate an overtime touchdown.

Dozens injured as bus filled with college students overturns in Virginia Posted: 29 Nov 2015 09:18 PM PST The bus, carrying some 50 people, most of them students, from Richmond back to Virginia Tech, Radford University and the University of Virginia, flipped onto its side on the Powhite Parkway near Chesterfield, media reported, citing State Police and emergency responders. The Virginia State Police could not be reached to verify the reports' details.

Iraq War Vet, Mother of 2 Slain in Planned Parenthood Shooting Posted: 29 Nov 2015 08:31 PM PST The victims were identified as Jennifer Markovsky and Ke???Arre Stewart.

Planned Parenthood says Colorado shooter opposed abortion Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:36 PM PST By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood said on Sunday that news reports that the gunman who attacked its Colorado health clinic had uttered "no more baby parts" during his arrest showed the suspect was motivated by an anti-abortion agenda. The remark attributed to suspect Robert Lewis Dear was an apparent reference to Planned Parenthood's abortion activities and its role in delivering fetal tissue to medical researchers, a hot-button issue in the 2016 race for the presidency. "We now know the man responsible for the tragic shooting at PP's health center in Colorado was motivated by opposition to safe and legal abortion," the organization said on Twitter.

Chicago police will add more body cameras for officers Posted: 29 Nov 2015 04:04 PM PST Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said additional cameras will enhance public trust, although their statement did not directly refer to the charges against Officer Jason Van Dyke. Van Dyke fired 16 times in killing Laquan McDonald, 17, a video police released last week shows.

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