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• Alabama boy discovered in Ohio 13 years after reported missing
• Chicago teachers take practice vote for possible strike
• Widow, son of northern Illinois policeman under investigation: reports
• Patrick Kane, star of NHL's Blackhawks, will not face rape charges: prosecutors
• U.S. Reform Jews poised to adopt sweeping transgender rights policy
• Martin O’Malley gets his opening, at last
• Four dead in apparent murder-suicide in Maine: local media
• U.S. women paid less in all industries, every level: report
• Small plane crashes in waters off New York City, at least one killed
• Carson: Egypt's pyramids were for grain, not tombs
• Man shot dead after stabbing four at University of California campus
• Ex-President George H.W. Bush blasts Cheney, Rumsfeld
• Democratic senator: Obama still has no strategy for Syria
• Man who stabs four at California university is shot dead
• U.S. judge sets Dec. 21 date for claims in deadly El Faro wreck
• Sanders introduces Senate bill to end federal pot prohibition
• Pentagon chief to visit U.S. aircraft carrier in South China Sea
• California man arrested in stabbing of France train attack hero
• Officials: Bomb may have downed Russian jet
• No federal charges for Seattle patrolman who punched woman
• Michigan ex-policeman abused power in traffic stop: prosecutors
• In caverns deep below N.Y. streets, train terminal taking shape

Alabama boy discovered in Ohio 13 years after reported missing Posted: 05 Nov 2015 09:40 AM PST U.S. federal investigators located Julian Hernandez after he used an incorrect Social Security number for his college applications, said Lieutenant Kevin York of the Vestavia Hills, Alabama police department. "He was applying to several different colleges and the Social Security number didn't add up," York said on Thursday.

Chicago teachers take practice vote for possible strike Posted: 05 Nov 2015 08:54 AM PST The purpose of the vote in the nation's third-largest city is to test both the process of collecting the vote and teacher sentiment as negotiations with school officials continue, said Jesse Sharkey, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. Its former chief executive, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, pleaded guilty last month to a fraud charge related to the awarding of a no-bid contract to her former employer, infuriating parents and teachers who had already seen budget cutbacks.

Widow, son of northern Illinois policeman under investigation: reports Posted: 05 Nov 2015 08:38 AM PST The widow and a son of the northern Illinois policeman who officials said staged his suicide in September are under criminal investigation, according to media reports that cite unnamed sources. Melodie and D.J. Gliniewicz are being investigated in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Explorer program that Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz ran, the Fox TV affiliate in Chicago reported. Gliniewicz, 52, was found dead on Sept. 1 after reporting that he was investigating three suspicious people.

Patrick Kane, star of NHL's Blackhawks, will not face rape charges: prosecutors Posted: 05 Nov 2015 07:29 AM PST (Reuters) - Patrick Kane, star of the National Hockey League's Chicago Blackhawks, will not face rape charges related to an August incident in New York state involving a woman he met at a nightclub, Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said on Thursday. "The totality of the credible evidence - the proof - does not sufficiently substantiate the complainant's allegation that she was raped by Patrick Kane and this so-called 'case' is rife with reasonable doubt," Sedita said in a statement. ...

U.S. Reform Jews poised to adopt sweeping transgender rights policy Posted: 05 Nov 2015 05:24 AM PST By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Temples and synagogues affiliated with the nation's largest Jewish movement could adopt gender-neutral bathrooms and their rabbis would be encouraged to give sermons on transgender topics, under a groundbreaking resolution expected to pass at a conference of Reform Jews on Thursday. It also has generated little discord within the movement of 1.5 million North America Jews affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, the organization that will vote on the measure as part of its biennial conference in Orlando. "It's a big deal but at the same time it's not controversial for them at all," said Michael Toumayan of the national Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for gay rights.

Martin O’Malley gets his opening, at last Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:47 AM PST The Democratic candidate's moment has arrived, if only he can figure out what to do with it.

Four dead in apparent murder-suicide in Maine: local media Posted: 05 Nov 2015 03:14 AM PST (Reuters) - A man shot and killed three people inside a home in Maine before turning the gun on himself, local media reported on Thursday, citing law enforcement authorities.

U.S. women paid less in all industries, every level: report Posted: 05 Nov 2015 12:40 AM PST Women in the United States are paid less for equal work than men in all industries and a new report released on Thursday showed the widest discrepancy in wages is between married men and women with children. Fathers earned the highest overall median salaries at about $67,900, compared to $46,800 for married mothers, and single women with children had the lowest median salary at $38,200. "The gender pay gap is absolutely real," said Aubrey Bach, senior editorial manager of PayScale Inc., the online salary, benefits and compensation information company that compiled the report.

Small plane crashes in waters off New York City, at least one killed Posted: 04 Nov 2015 10:10 PM PST The single engine airplane went down in Breezy Point, Queens, around 7:30 p.m., New York police said. Some of the plane's wreckage has been located and one body was pulled from the water, a police spokesman said. Investigation will continue through the night," the department's Special Operations Division said on Twitter.

Carson: Egypt's pyramids were for grain, not tombs Posted: 04 Nov 2015 09:05 PM PST The GOP presidential front-runner made the remarks in a 1998 address at Andrews University.

Man shot dead after stabbing four at University of California campus Posted: 04 Nov 2015 07:59 PM PST The four victims - two students, a campus employee and a construction worker credited with helping prevent more bloodshed - were taken to hospitals for treatment, two by helicopter, though all are expected to make a full recovery, officials said. The identity of the suspect, a student in his early 20s who lived on campus, was not being publicly released until his next of kin were notified, Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke told a news conference hours later. Classes at UC Merced, a campus of about 6,600 students, 300 faculty and about 1,000 other staff, were canceled through Thursday, and university officials said they hoped to resume normal operations on Friday.

Ex-President George H.W. Bush blasts Cheney, Rumsfeld Posted: 04 Nov 2015 07:27 PM PST Former President George H.W. Bush takes some unexpected swipes at Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, key members of his son's administration, over their reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks, in a new biography of the 41st president, Fox News reported on Wednesday. In "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey Of George Herbert Walker Bush," author Jon Meacham quotes Bush as saying that Cheney and Rumsfeld were too hawkish and that their harsh stance damaged the reputation of the United States, the cable news network said.

Democratic senator: Obama still has no strategy for Syria Posted: 04 Nov 2015 06:21 PM PST Sen. Tim Kaine said the president still does not have a clear strategy for confronting the so-called Islamic State in Syria.

Man who stabs four at California university is shot dead Posted: 04 Nov 2015 05:55 PM PST The University of California Merced tweeted that the campus had been locked down after the morning incident and that classes were canceled for the rest of Wednesday as well as Thursday. It had urged students to stay where they were during the incident. All of the victims - two students, one staff member and a non-staff worker - were expected to recover, it added.

U.S. judge sets Dec. 21 date for claims in deadly El Faro wreck Posted: 04 Nov 2015 05:31 PM PST A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday set a Dec. 21 deadline for damage claims to be filed by the families of 33 sailors lost at sea when the freighter El Faro went down last month in a hurricane off the Bahamas. Survivors and bereaved family members in other personal injury cases normally have three years to bring their claims, according to Houston lawyer Kurt Arnold, who has sued Tote on behalf of two seamen's families. The same court deadline applies to families who want to contest Tote's claim that the company was not at fault for the disaster, according to the order signed by Judge Harvey Schlesinger in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville.

Sanders introduces Senate bill to end federal pot prohibition Posted: 04 Nov 2015 04:07 PM PST If successful, the bill would remove all references to cannabis in the Controlled Substances Act.

Pentagon chief to visit U.S. aircraft carrier in South China Sea Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:49 PM PST U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will visit a U.S. aircraft carrier transiting the South China Sea on Thursday, a move sure to raise the ire of China as tensions between Washington and Beijing simmer over the disputed waterway. Carter will visit the USS Theodore Roosevelt with Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, U.S. officials said. The warship is "conducting routine operations while transiting the South China Sea", Carter said on Wednesday after a meeting of defense ministers from Southeast Asia in Malaysia, a forum marred by U.S.-China disagreements over the busy sea lane.

California man arrested in stabbing of France train attack hero Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:14 PM PST Police in California arrested a man on Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder in the stabbing of U.S. Air Force airman Spencer Stone, one of three Americans who thwarted an August train attack in France. Sacramento police Chief Sam Somers said on Twitter that 28-year-old James Tran had been arrested. Stone, who along with friends Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos subdued a gunman on a high-speed train bound for Paris in August, was stabbed in the torso several times last month in what police described as a "nightlife-related incident" in Sacramento's busy midtown district.

Officials: Bomb may have downed Russian jet Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:57 PM PST A U.S. official believes Islamic State may have planted an explosive device on the plane that crashed in Egypt

No federal charges for Seattle patrolman who punched woman Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:40 PM PST Federal prosecutors declined to file criminal civil rights charges against a Seattle police officer who punched an intoxicated 23-year-old woman as he arrested her last year, a letter from a U.S. attorney to police showed on Wednesday. Video of the incident and photos of Miyekko Durden-Bosley with a swollen eye emerged last year as protests swept the country over the killing of unarmed black men by police in Missouri and New York City. Prosecutors in Seattle's King County also decided in December not to charge officer Adley Shepherd in the case.

Michigan ex-policeman abused power in traffic stop: prosecutors Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:08 PM PST A white former suburban Detroit police officer accused in the videotaped beating of a black motorist in January abused his power during a traffic stop, prosecutors said on Wednesday in opening statements for his state criminal trial. Former Inkster, Michigan, police officer William Melendez, 47, has pleaded not guilty to charges of misconduct in office, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and strangulation. Melendez could be seen punching Floyd Dent in the head several times on a police dashboard camera video, one of a number of incidents across the United States that have fueled a national debate on race and policing.

In caverns deep below N.Y. streets, train terminal taking shape Posted: 04 Nov 2015 01:16 PM PST Fifteen stories beneath midtown Manhattan, hundreds of workers are slowly converting massive subterranean chambers into a new terminal for the Long Island Railroad, the United States' busiest commuter rail system. Two enormous caverns, each several city blocks long, will house eight tracks and platforms, serving an estimated 162,000 customers a day, officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said during a tour of the planned station on Wednesday. A $10.2 billion project, known as East Side Access, will divert some Long Island Railroad trains from their current terminus at overcrowded Pennsylvania Station on the West Side to Grand Central.

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