| Chicago cops' versions of teen's killing at odds with video Posted: 05 Dec 2015 11:59 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — Police officers who watched a colleague shoot a black Chicago teenager 16 times filed reports depicting a very different version of events than what dashcam footage showed, portraying the teen as far more menacing than he appears in the video.
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| Shooting, hostage situation reported at Wisconsin shop Posted: 05 Dec 2015 10:54 AM PST A man walked into Eagle Nation Cycles in Neenah, a city of about 25,000 people some 100 miles (160 km) north of Milwaukee, on Saturday morning and fired a gun and the scene became an active hostage situation, according to WBAY-TV in nearby Green Bay, citing a police report. On its Facebook page, the Neenah Police Department said one shot was fired and it had evacuated homes and businesses, but it provided no further details. |
| How El Niño is affecting weather forecasts Posted: 05 Dec 2015 10:07 AM PST  Every two to seven years, trade winds shift and sea surface temperatures warm in the Pacific, creating the meteorological event. As conditions change, they trigger a domino effect of disruptive weather patterns worldwide.
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| Obama insists U.S. 'will not be terrorized' as ISIS hails California attackers Posted: 05 Dec 2015 09:18 AM PST |
| Pakistani in California shooting became hardline in Saudi Arabia: relatives Posted: 05 Dec 2015 08:30 AM PST  Investigators are treating Wednesday's attack as an "act of terrorism." On Saturday, the Islamic State (IS) group claimed the couple as their followers. Malik's killing spree has horrified her Pakistani relatives.
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| Chicago police account of 2014 shooting differs from video: newspaper Posted: 05 Dec 2015 06:39 AM PST  Chicago has been roiled by street protests and political turmoil since the Nov. 24 release of video that showed the officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times after he jogged away from police cars. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, on the day of the video's release was charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of the teen, who authorities say was carrying a knife. Hundreds of pages of police reports released by the city late on Friday indicated that, during an initial police investigation, at least five officers corroborated Van Dyke's account that McDonald moved toward officers, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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| New York Times, in rare front-page editorial, calls for outlawing some rifles Posted: 05 Dec 2015 05:34 AM PST  The newspaper's editorial comes three days after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple, carried out the mass shooting in San Bernardino with legally-purchased, .223 caliber assault-style rifles. "Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership," the New York Times editorial said. The piece made brief mention of other U.S. mass shootings.
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| FBI investigates Southern California attack as act of terror Posted: 05 Dec 2015 05:03 AM PST  The Pakistani woman who joined her U.S.-born husband in killing 14 people remains shrouded in mystery.
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| Islamic State says California killers of 14 were their followers Posted: 05 Dec 2015 03:27 AM PST  Islamic State said on Saturday that a married couple who killed 14 people in California in an attack the FBI is investigating as an "act of terrorism" were followers of the militant group based in Syria and Iraq. The group's declaration, in an online radio broadcast comes three days after U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his spouse, Tashfeen Malik, 29, a native of Pakistan, carried out the attack on a holiday party for civil servants in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles. U.S. government sources have said Malik and her husband may have been inspired by Islamic State, but there was no evidence the attack was directed by the militant group or that the organization even knew who they were.
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| Obama says 'we will not be terrorized' after California shooting Posted: 05 Dec 2015 03:12 AM PST  U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday that federal investigators would find out what motivated a married couple in California to shoot and kill 14 people, and he asked Americans to stand united after the attacks. Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook were killed in a shootout with police after the Wednesday attack during a holiday party at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the massacre as an "act of terrorism" after Malik was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State.
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| Islamic State broadcast says followers of the group carried out California attacks Posted: 05 Dec 2015 02:09 AM PST  Islamic State said in an online radio broadcast on Saturday that two followers of the Islamist militant group had carried out Wednesday's attack on a social services agency party in California in which 14 people were killed. "Two followers of Islamic State attacked several days ago a center in San Bernadino in California," the group's daily broadcast al-Bayan said. A news agency which supports Islamic State said on Friday the attackers were followers of the group.
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| An unspoken option if climate talks fail: Geoengineering Posted: 04 Dec 2015 11:46 PM PST  PARIS (AP) — It's the option climate negotiators here are loath to talk about.
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| Ben Carson says California shootings end refugee debate Posted: 04 Dec 2015 07:17 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said Friday that this week's mass shooting in Southern California should end the debate over whether Syrian refugees can safely be screened.
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| Bar in Paris attacks re-opens after 'nightmare' Posted: 04 Dec 2015 07:02 PM PST  A Paris bar where five people were killed in the jihadist attacks became the first to re-open, with customers defiantly returning to the site where black-clad gunmen sprayed bullets at terrified evening drinkers. A La Bonne Biere opened for business on a bright and sunny morning in the east of the capital and the first customers pushed through the doors as if everything was -- almost -- normal. The manager, Audrey Bily, came out to address a crowd of journalists and television cameras, standing near to where a carload of gunmen had pulled up on November 13 and spread terror through the trendy district as people enjoyed an end-of-week drink.
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| Reporters allowed into California shooters' home, FBI defends its search Posted: 04 Dec 2015 06:14 PM PST  NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The decision by a landlord on Friday to allow news reporters into the home of the couple who massacred 14 people in California provoked outrage on social media but likely broke no laws, legal and media experts said. In an unusual scene carried live by major television networks, dozens of journalists, including Reuters employees, swarmed through the townhouse where Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed Farook had lived with their six-month-old daughter. Malik, 29, and Farook, 28, were killed in a shootout with police hours after the attack at a social services agency in San Bernardino on Wednesday, during which 14 people were killed and 21 were wounded.
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| FBI investigating California massacre as 'act of terrorism' Posted: 04 Dec 2015 05:42 PM PST  By Dan Whitcomb and Mark Hosenball SAN BERNARDINO, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the massacre of 14 people in California by a married couple armed with assault rifles as an "act of terrorism," officials said on Friday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State. Tashfeen Malik, 27, a native of Pakistan who lived in Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years, and her U.S.-born husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, were killed in a shootout with police hours after the Wednesday attack during a holiday party at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in San Bernardino, about 60 miles (100 km) east of Los Angeles.
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| Exclusive: Most Americans see Muslims like any other group after California shooting - poll Posted: 04 Dec 2015 04:22 PM PST  By Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just days after two Muslims were accused of gunning down 14 people in California, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows 51 percent of Americans view Muslims living in the United States the same as any other community, while only 14.6 percent are generally fearful. In the first poll on views of Muslim Americans taken in the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks, much of the division is partisan. Among Democrats, 60 percent said they view Muslims like any other community, compared with only 30 percent of Republicans.
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| Oklahoma prisons boss resigns amid execution investigation Posted: 04 Dec 2015 03:34 PM PST  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The head of Oklahoma's prison system, who presided over two botched lethal injections, announced his resignation Friday amid an investigation into what went wrong with the executions.
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| New York City mayor urges city pension funds to divest gun stocks Posted: 04 Dec 2015 02:14 PM PST  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the city's pension funds on Friday to divest their holdings in stocks of gun makers after this week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. Two of the funds in the city's $155 billion pension system dropped their holdings in gun manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson Holding Corp and Sturm Ruger & Co Inc after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012.
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