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• Families demand Chicago police, mayor answer for fatal shootings
• California firefighters work to contain last stretch of wildfire
• Iraqi forces seize Islamic State stronghold in Ramadi: spokesman
• Death toll from storms in Texas rises to 11
• Iran's Rouhani says it's up to Muslims to improve Islam's image
• Death toll at least 8 in Texas storms that spawned tornadoes
• Top rebel's death in Syria reshuffles deck ahead of peace talks
• Chicago Police: Woman accidentally killed by officer fire
• Chicago police officer shoots, kills two, one by mistake
• Wildfire burns 1,200 acres outside Los Angeles, closes highway
• Four killed in storm-related incident in Texas: newspaper
• Tornadoes sweep through Dallas area; significant damage
• One killed in shooting at Detroit-area mall
• Body found inside truck linked with California shooting suspect
• Tornado, flood deaths reach 18 in U.S., more storms ahead

Families demand Chicago police, mayor answer for fatal shootings Posted: 27 Dec 2015 12:40 PM PST The families of two black Chicagoans killed by police on Sunday accused officers of having used excessive force and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of having failed them, piling pressure on a city facing a U.S. federal probe over possible racial bias in policing. Police, responding to a domestic disturbance call, shot Quintonio LeGrier, 19, a male college student who was visiting his father, and Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old mother of five, on Saturday. Family members said police were called after LeGrier threatened his father with a metal baseball bat.

California firefighters work to contain last stretch of wildfire Posted: 27 Dec 2015 09:12 AM PST More than 400 California firefighters were battling on Sunday to contain a final stretch of wildfire that had caused the partial closure of a major highway and forced evacuations northwest of Los Angeles, officials said. The fire charred more than 1,200 acres between the coastal cities of Ventura and Carpentaria. Firefighters had dug containment lines around 70 percent of the blaze by early morning, Ventura County Fire Department spokesman Mike Lind Berry said.

Iraqi forces seize Islamic State stronghold in Ramadi: spokesman Posted: 27 Dec 2015 08:10 AM PST Iraqi forces on Sunday took control of the government complex in central Ramadi, the last Islamic State stronghold in the western city, a military spokesman said. "By controlling the complex this means that they have been defeated in Ramadi," said Sabah al-Numani, a spokesman for the force leading the fight on the government side. "The next step is to clear pockets that could exist here or there in the city." "The complex is under our complete control, there is no presence whatsoever of Daesh fighters in the complex," he told Reuters, using a derogatory Arabic acronym of Islamic State.

Death toll from storms in Texas rises to 11 Posted: 27 Dec 2015 05:49 AM PST At least three people who died were found in vehicles, officials say.

Iran's Rouhani says it's up to Muslims to improve Islam's image Posted: 27 Dec 2015 05:17 AM PST Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Muslims must improve the image of their religion, which has been tarnished by the violence of hardline groups such as Islamic State, "It is our greatest duty today to correct the image of Islam in world public opinion," Rouhani told a conference on Islamic unity in Tehran in a speech broadcast by state television. "Did we ever think that, instead of enemies, an albeit small group from within the Islamic world using the language of Islam, would present it as the religion of killing, violence, whips, extortion and injustice?" Rouhani said.

Death toll at least 8 in Texas storms that spawned tornadoes Posted: 27 Dec 2015 05:01 AM PST The latest of a succession of freakish winter weather events across the country also could include heavy snow and massive flooding.

Top rebel's death in Syria reshuffles deck ahead of peace talks Posted: 27 Dec 2015 12:22 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — With Syrian peace talks scheduled to begin next month in Geneva, the assassination last week of a top Syrian rebel commander could alter the balance of power and reshuffle the lineup of key players on the ground battling President Bashar Assad's government.

Chicago Police: Woman accidentally killed by officer fire Posted: 26 Dec 2015 09:40 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call accidentally shot and killed a 55-year-old woman, who was among two people fatally wounded by police gunfire, the department said late Saturday.

Chicago police officer shoots, kills two, one by mistake Posted: 26 Dec 2015 08:04 PM PST In a city troubled by allegations of police misuse of force, a Chicago officer early on Saturday shot and killed a male college student and a mother of five, both black, and the police department later said the woman's death was both accidental and tragic. "Officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon which fatally wounded two individuals," the police department said in a statement. The police department of the nation's third-largest city is under a federal civil rights investigation for its use of deadly force and officer discipline.

Wildfire burns 1,200 acres outside Los Angeles, closes highway Posted: 26 Dec 2015 07:33 PM PST By Patrick T. Fallon VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) - Firefighters on Saturday gained the upper hand on a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that burned about 1,240 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of a major highway and led to evacuations, fire officials said. Hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze in the Solimar Beach area of Ventura County and were able to draw containment lines around 60 percent of the conflagration by Saturday evening, county fire officials said. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, they said, and there were no reports of damage to structures.

Four killed in storm-related incident in Texas: newspaper Posted: 26 Dec 2015 07:03 PM PST Four people died in a storm-related incident in Texas near where a tornado touched down on Saturday, bringing the death toll from tornadoes and flooding this week in the southern United States to 22, according to officials and local media. The four victims were killed in what was believed to be a traffic accident in the Texas city of Garland, about 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Dallas, police spokesman Mike Hatfield told the Dallas Morning News.

Tornadoes sweep through Dallas area; significant damage Posted: 26 Dec 2015 06:46 PM PST Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area after dark on Saturday evening causing significant damage while a blizzard was blanketing parts of New Mexico and West Texas with snow, the latest in the nation's freakish winter weather pattern that sent temperatures plunging to near zero wind chill in the western Plains even as numerous record highs are forecast for the eastern U.S.

One killed in shooting at Detroit-area mall Posted: 26 Dec 2015 06:00 PM PST Police responded to the Eastland Center in the city of Harper Woods around 5:50 p.m. local time (2250 GMT) and found a victim who had been shot multiple times on the sidewalk outside a Burlington Coat Factory, Harper Woods Department of Public Safety director Jim Burke said in a statement. The Detroit Free Press newspaper reported that the mall, about 14 miles (22.5 km) northeast of downtown Detroit, was evacuated and locked down in response to the shooting.

Body found inside truck linked with California shooting suspect Posted: 26 Dec 2015 04:57 PM PST A dead body was found inside a U-Haul truck that was being pushed by a man who fired on transit police in the San Francisco-area city of Hayward, officials said on Saturday. The incident began around 11:15 a.m. on Christmas morning when police with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system noticed 27-year-old Charles Goetting acting suspiciously in the Hayward BART station parking lot, the agency said. BART spokeswoman Denisse Gonzalez said officers saw Goetting pushing the U-Haul truck and when they attempted to search him, he pulled out a gun and shot one officer in the arm.

Tornado, flood deaths reach 18 in U.S., more storms ahead Posted: 26 Dec 2015 04:24 PM PST (Reuters) - The death toll from tornadoes and flooding this week in the southern United States climbed to 18 on Saturday, according to officials and local media, as the nation braced for more stormy weather during the busy post-holiday travel weekend. The bodies of a man and a woman missing in Benton County, Mississippi, since being caught in a tornado on Wednesday, were found by search and rescue teams on Saturday morning, said Greg Flynn, spokesman for Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. The cause of their deaths was not disclosed, but they brought the total dead from tornadoes in Mississippi to 10, in addition to 56 people injured, officials said.

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