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• New trial for Baltimore officer in Freddie Gray death set for June
• N.Y. governor plans pardons for thousands of nonviolent youth offenders
• FDA overturns 30-year policy on blood donations by gay men
• California shooters' ex-neighbor due in court for bail hearing
• Lindsey Graham drops out of 2016 presidential race
• Iranian hackers infiltrated computers of small dam in NY: WSJ
• 'Affluenza' teen's mom put on Texas missing persons list: ABC News
• Homeless in Los Angeles brace for El Nino rainstorms
• Obama chides Republicans for lack of alternatives on Islamic State
• Obama calls criticism of U.S. strategy against IS legitimate
• Driver plows onto Las Vegas Strip sidewalk 'like bowling ball', one dead
• Police say deadly crash in Las Vegas may have been intentional
• New Hampshire school district cancels classes after receiving threat
• Las Vegas police report 'major accident' near Miss Universe pageant

New trial for Baltimore officer in Freddie Gray death set for June Posted: 21 Dec 2015 11:34 AM PST A Baltimore police officer will face retrial on charges of manslaughter related to the death of Freddie Gray starting on June 13, a Maryland judge ruled on Monday, after the officer's first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. Officer William Porter was the first of six officers to be tried in connection with Gray's death, which resulted from injuries sustained while in police custody. The trial of Officer Caesar Goodson, who faces the most serious charge of second-degree depraved heart murder, remains on track to begin Jan. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams ruled.

N.Y. governor plans pardons for thousands of nonviolent youth offenders Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:42 AM PST New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday he would seek to pardon thousands of people convicted of nonviolent crimes as teenagers in an attempt to remove a major obstacle to securing employment, housing and education. The executive action stems from Cuomo's broader "Raise the Age Campaign," an effort to change New York law that requires 16- and 17-year-old criminal defendants to be tried as adults. New York is one of only two states, along with North Carolina, that prosecutes all 16-year-olds as adults.

FDA overturns 30-year policy on blood donations by gay men Posted: 21 Dec 2015 09:26 AM PST (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday finalized a rule that will allow gay men to donate blood 12 months after their last sexual contact with another man, overturning a 30-year policy in which men who had sex with men could not donate blood.

California shooters' ex-neighbor due in court for bail hearing Posted: 21 Dec 2015 08:06 AM PST U.S. prosecutors will ask a judge on Monday not to grant bail to a man charged with providing the assault-style rifles a married couple used to massacre 14 people in San Bernardino, California, earlier this month in an attack inspired by Islamic State. Enrique Marquez, 24, was arrested on Friday and charged with providing material support to terrorists for supplying Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 29, with the weapons for their Dec. 2 attack on a holiday party attended by Farook's co-workers. Prosecutors at U.S. District Court in Riverside, California, on Monday will ask a judge to order that Marquez, Farook's former neighbor, remain in custody as he awaits trial.

Lindsey Graham drops out of 2016 presidential race Posted: 21 Dec 2015 07:18 AM PST

Iranian hackers infiltrated computers of small dam in NY: WSJ Posted: 21 Dec 2015 05:58 AM PST Iranian hackers breached the control system of a dam near New York City in 2013, an infiltration that raised concerns about the security of the country's infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing former and current U.S. officials. Two people familiar with the breach told the newspaper it occurred at the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye, New York. The small structure about 20 miles from New York City is used for flood control.

'Affluenza' teen's mom put on Texas missing persons list: ABC News Posted: 21 Dec 2015 05:43 AM PST U.S. Marshals have issued a wanted poster for Ethan Couch, who police believe has violated the conditions of his probation. A spokesperson at the Tarrant County, Texas, District Attorney's Office said that the teenager's mother, Tanya Couch, was put on the missing persons list, ABC News said late on Sunday. After a trial two years ago, Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation in a juvenile court for killing four people in a drunken-driving crash.

Homeless in Los Angeles brace for El Nino rainstorms Posted: 21 Dec 2015 03:55 AM PST As Los Angeles grapples with a huge homelessness problem, El Nino weather patterns are likely to bring torrential downpours in coming months and add to the misery of the thousands of people who sleep on the city's streets. Los Angeles' homeless population is estimated at about 44,000, with many of them concentrated in a bleak and chaotic square-mile patch of downtown known as Skid Row. The number of makeshift tents and vehicles used by the homeless has shot up by 85 percent in just the last two years to 9,535, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, an independent agency set up by the city and the county.

Obama chides Republicans for lack of alternatives on Islamic State Posted: 21 Dec 2015 02:52 AM PST By Julia Edwards HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said his administration is open to some "legitimate criticism" for failing to adequately explain its strategy to counter Islamic State, though he chided Republican presidential candidates for criticizing his policy without offering an alternative. In a Dec. 17 interview set to air on NPR public radio at 5 a.m. ET on Monday, Obama attributed his low approval ratings for how he has handled terrorism to the saturation of Islamic State attacks in the media after the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Obama noted that the United States has carried out 9,000 strikes against the Islamic State and taken back towns including Sinjar, Iraq from the militant group.

Obama calls criticism of U.S. strategy against IS legitimate Posted: 21 Dec 2015 02:20 AM PST HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Islamic State group can't destroy the United States.

Driver plows onto Las Vegas Strip sidewalk 'like bowling ball', one dead Posted: 21 Dec 2015 01:48 AM PST By David Becker LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - One person was killed and dozens were injured on Sunday night when a woman deliberately drove her car onto a crowded sidewalk on the Las Vegas Strip, police said, near the hotel where the Miss Universe beauty pageant was being held. The woman, who had a three-year-old in the car with her, was taken into custody and was expected to be charged on Monday, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officials told reporters. Rabia Qureshi, a tourist visiting from Wisconsin, told local broadcaster KSNV she saw victims "flying through the air" when the four-door sedan plowed into a throng of people.

Police say deadly crash in Las Vegas may have been intentional Posted: 20 Dec 2015 11:40 PM PST While terrorism has been ruled out, police are combing through video footage for more information.

New Hampshire school district cancels classes after receiving threat Posted: 20 Dec 2015 08:45 PM PST The district's decision comes days after the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the country, hastily canceled classes after receiving a threat that was later deemed to be a hoax. The school district in New Hampshire received threats against students and staff at its two high schools specific to Monday, Nashua schools Superintendent Mark Conrad said in a statement on the district's website. "Because the threat is specific and extends to several schools, we will be cautious and close all of our public schools in Nashua tomorrow," Conrad said.

Las Vegas police report 'major accident' near Miss Universe pageant Posted: 20 Dec 2015 08:14 PM PST The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper said a car ran into a throng of pedestrians outside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, injuring as many as 27 people. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provided only a brief statement and could not be immediately reached.

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