| British soldier who lost his leg in Iraq combats Islamophobia on Facebook Posted: 10 Dec 2015 01:37 PM PST |
| Muslim group office evacuated after foreign substance received in mail Posted: 10 Dec 2015 12:16 PM PST The U.S. Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Thursday its Capitol Hill office was evacuated by police after a foreign substance was received in the mail. The office received an envelope containing a note that read, "Die a painful death, Muslims," and a white powder, according to CAIR staff attorney Maha Sayed. About three employees came into contact with the powder and were quarantined in the building while police and firemen arrived on the scene to investigate, said Ibrahim Hooper, a CAIR spokesperson, adding that the rest of the office staff waited outside on the sidewalk. |
| Connecticut to limit access to guns for people on watch lists: governor Posted: 10 Dec 2015 10:06 AM PST  (Reuters) - Connecticut is taking steps to block people who are banned from flying on commercial airliners from obtaining firearms permits, the state's Democratic governor, Dannel Malloy said on Thursday.
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| University of Texas panel recommends allowing guns in classrooms Posted: 10 Dec 2015 09:34 AM PST  A University of Texas advisory committee has reluctantly recommended allowing handguns in classrooms when a state law goes into effect next year, saying on Thursday it cannot bar the firearms under the state measure. On Aug. 1, 2016, a so-called state "campus carry" law goes into effect allowing people 21 and older with a concealed handgun license to carry handguns in classrooms and buildings throughout the University of Texas system, one of the nation's largest with an enrollment of more than 214,000 students. The 19-member committee, which examined how to implement the so-called campus carry, heard strong opposition from students, alumni and faculty about allowing guns in more places.
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| FBI, security leaders to brief Congress on California killings Posted: 10 Dec 2015 09:02 AM PST  The heads of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security planned to brief members of both houses of the U.S. Congress on Thursday about the investigation of the Muslim couple who killed 14 people in California in what authorities say was an act of terror. The massacre by Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, the U.S.-born son of Pakistani immigrants, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, a Pakistani native he married in Saudi Arabia last year, has heightened security concerns in the United States and has become an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to determine the couple's motivation for opening fire with assault-style rifles at a holiday party for Farook's San Bernardino County co-workers on Dec. 2.
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| Chipotle CEO apologizes over illnesses, pledges to be 'safest place to eat' Posted: 10 Dec 2015 07:25 AM PST |
| Ex-director of former Subway pitchman's foundation to plead guilty Posted: 10 Dec 2015 04:10 AM PST  Russell Taylor, 44, who was executive director of the Jared Foundation, agreed in September to plead guilty to a dozen counts of child sexual exploitation and one count of distributing and receiving child pornography. Prosecutors are asking a U.S. District judge to sentence Taylor to 35 years in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. Taylor's attorneys are seeking a sentence of 15 years to nearly 23 years.
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| Defense renews case in Baltimore policeman's trial over man's death Posted: 10 Dec 2015 03:22 AM PST  Officer William Porter, 26, who faces manslaughter and other charges in the death of Freddie Gray, spent much of the first day of defense testimony on Wednesday on the stand. Asked by defense lawyer Gary Proctor if he was sorry about Gray's death, Porter told a packed courtroom, "Absolutely. Gray's death from the injury in the back of a police van triggered rioting and protests in Baltimore.
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| Wal-Mart enters mobile payment with launch of Walmart Pay Posted: 10 Dec 2015 03:05 AM PST  Walmart Pay will be introduced in select U.S. stores on Thursday and in additional stores after the holiday season, Wal-Mart executives said on a video call with reporters on Wednesday. Walmart Pay will be available on devices using Apple's iOS or Alphabet Inc's Android operating system and allows payments with any major credit, debit, pre-paid or Walmart gift cards, the company said.
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| The neighbor at the center of a federal terror investigation Posted: 09 Dec 2015 11:52 PM PST  By Edward McAllister CORONA, CA (Reuters) - In the days since his high school friend and former neighbor Syed Riswan Farook carried out a deadly attack in Southern California, Enrique Marquez has been thrust to the center of a massive federal terror investigation. The relationship between Marquez and Farook dated back to their teenage days, when they were next-door neighbors. Although Farook was four years older, the two boys shared a common interest in automotive repair, and could often be seen working under the hoods of cars on their driveways, friends and neighbors said.
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| San Bernardino attack: Visas, wives and terror Posted: 09 Dec 2015 11:37 PM PST  The FBI is investigating whether the killers' marriage was a cover for long-planned jihad.
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| Man who bought guns used in shootings was related to gunman Posted: 09 Dec 2015 08:22 PM PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The man who purchased two assault rifles used in the San Bernardino massacre was more than just a friend to the gunman — he was also a relative. |
| One dead, thousands without power after U.S. Pacific Northwest storms Posted: 09 Dec 2015 07:15 PM PST  By Courtney Sherwood and Eric M. Johnson PORTLAND, Ore./SEATTLE (Reuters) - An Oregon woman was killed in her bed early on Wednesday after a tree crashed through the roof of her home as storms caused severe flooding, power outages and evacuations across the U.S. Pacific Northwest, authorities said. Portland has endured more than 5 inches of rain in three days, nearly as much as falls in all of December in a typical year, and Seattle exceeded its normal December rainfall tally in just 8 days, the National Weather Service said. The service said mountainous areas of Oregon and neighboring Washington state, where Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, have received more than a foot of rain.
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| Chicago mayor apologizes, protesters demand his resignation Posted: 09 Dec 2015 05:24 PM PST  By Mary Wisniewski and Justin Madden CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, under heavy criticism for his handling of the fatal police shooting of a black teen, gave an emotional apology on Wednesday but angry crowds closed city streets to demand his resignation hours later. In a special address to the City Council, the mayor said "I'm sorry" and promised "complete and total reform of the system." Emanuel's speech was met with applause from the City Council, but protesters said the city's actions do not go far enough. Hundreds of mostly young demonstrators filled downtown on Wednesday, temporarily shutting down some streets and chanting "no more killer cops" and "Rahm must go." "This system is designed for us to be dead or in jail and we're tired," said protester Jamal Wayne, 20.
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| California shooter plotted 2012 attack, senator says Posted: 09 Dec 2015 04:52 PM PST  California shooter Syed Farook plotted an attack with an accomplice three years ago but got "cold feet" after a wave of US counterterrorism arrests, a senator said Wednesday. A longtime friend and neighbor of Farook's, Enrique Marquez, told investigators of their aborted plot, said Senator James Risch, who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. "He has admitted that in 2012 they had something in mind and they didn't do it because there had been some immediate arrests by the counterterrorism people," Risch told CNN.
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| Power to the states: Education law rewrite passes Congress Posted: 09 Dec 2015 04:03 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Those federally mandated math and reading tests will continue, but a sweeping rewrite of the nation's education law will now give states — not the U.S. government — authority to decide how to use the results in evaluating teachers and schools.
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| Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack: 'I'm a warrior for the babies' Posted: 09 Dec 2015 02:10 PM PST  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last month shouted, "I'm guilty, there's no trial. I'm a warrior for the babies," during a courtroom outburst on Wednesday.
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