| US Justice Department to investigate Chicago police Posted: 07 Dec 2015 09:13 AM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department will investigate patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police officers as part of a wide-ranging probe that could lead to calls for sweeping changes at one of the country's largest police departments, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Monday.
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| U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to assault weapon ban Posted: 07 Dec 2015 07:07 AM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge by gun rights activists to an ordinance enacted by a Chicago suburb that bans assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Two of the court's conservatives members, Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, said the court should have taken the case. Thomas wrote a six-page dissent in which he said that in the wake of recent pro-gun rights rulings by the conservative-leaning high court, several lower courts "have upheld categorical bans on firearms that millions of Americans commonly own for lawful purposes." The Highland Park regulation bans various semi-automatic weapons, including well-known guns such as the AR-15 and AK-47, in addition to any magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of bullets.
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| Familiar lawyer and issues loom over Colorado rampage case Posted: 07 Dec 2015 06:06 AM PST  The suited lawyer whispered in the ear of the hulking suspect in the mass shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado, then Robert Lewis Dear answered "no questions" after briefly shaking his big, bearded head. It was the most the public has heard from Dear, who was trussed in handcuffs, leg irons and strapped into a thick, padded smock while speaking last week to the judge by video from jail, and that is exactly how Daniel King wants it. The public defender for Dear, 57, who police say surrendered after killing three people and wounding nine in the Nov. 27 clinic rampage, King most recently represented Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes.
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| Trial of Baltimore officer charged in man's death heads week of testimony Posted: 07 Dec 2015 04:33 AM PST  The trial of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a young black man heads into the first full week of testimony on Monday after the court last week heard evidence the man had asked for medical help when he was in a police van. One of the points at issue in the case of Freddie Gray, 25, who died from an injury sustained while he was in the van, is whether Gray asked police for help and his request was disregarded. Officer William Porter, 26, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, misconduct, assault and endangerment in Gray's death in April.
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| 'We feel ashamed': Pakistani relatives of California shooter Posted: 07 Dec 2015 03:30 AM PST  Estranged relatives of a Pakistani woman involved in a mass shooting in California spoke Sunday of their shame at her crimes, as former classmates and teachers painted a picture of a quiet, religiously conservative student. Tashfeen Malik, 29, and her husband Syed Farook, 28, gunned down 14 people at a social services centre in San Bernardino, an act praised by the Islamic State group who hailed the couple as "soldiers" of its self-proclaimed caliphate. According to her uncle Malik Ahmed Ali Aulakh, who is a former provincial minister, Tashfeen was born in the village of Karor Lal Esan in the central province of Punjab but moved to Saudia Arabia around 1989.
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| Sanders unveils climate plan to end U.S. oil, nuclear dependence Posted: 06 Dec 2015 09:39 PM PST  By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled a climate change plan on Monday that seeks to end the country's dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy and could pressure party front-runner Hillary Clinton. The Vermont senator's plan envisions 10 million new jobs in clean energy such as wind, solar and geothermal power. It would ban oil and gas lobbyists from working in the White House, end new fossil fuel lease sales on public lands, and would cut carbon emissions faster in coming decades than the goals set in President Barack Obama's clean power plan.
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| Obama urges Muslims to do more in fight against ISIS Posted: 06 Dec 2015 09:07 PM PST  The president promises to destroy the Islamic State and any other group that tries to harm Americans.
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| Republican presidential hopefuls chide Obama for terror speech Posted: 06 Dec 2015 08:21 PM PST  By Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates roundly criticized President Barack Obama's Sunday night address to the nation about the U.S. response to the threat of terror, arguing that he lacked a vision and was not aggressive enough. Republicans have become increasingly critical of the president's handling of Islamic State, or ISIS, arguing that his foreign policy has failed to address the risk from the militant group. Republicans are also hopeful that by shifting the election discussion toward foreign policy and national security, voters will be more inclined to support their party.
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| Obama asks for review of K-1 fiance visa program after California shooting Posted: 06 Dec 2015 07:03 PM PST  President Barack Obama has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the State Department to review the K-1 fiance visa program that was used by a couple responsible for a mass shooting in California last week, a White House official said on Sunday. In a televised address, Obama said he had ordered a review of the "visa waiver program" used by Tashfeen Malik to enter the United States.
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| University of Houston launches probe into football game security Posted: 06 Dec 2015 06:31 PM PST The University of Houston launched an investigation into how security guards reacted to fans who rushed the field in celebration after the school's football team won its conference championship game, the university said on Sunday. Several online videos show security guards striking and tackling fans who were running onto the field after the University of Houston beat Temple University 24-13 in the American Athletic Conference Championship game on Saturday. "I am alarmed and extremely disappointed by the unprofessional performance and offensive behavior of some of the" security guards, Tillman Ferttida, the chairman of the board at the University of Houston, said in a statement. |
| AP source: Justice Department to investigate Chicago police Posted: 06 Dec 2015 05:58 PM PST  The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department after recent protests over a video showing a white ...
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| Obama tells U.S. that San Bernardino shootings part of 'new phase' of terrorism Posted: 06 Dec 2015 05:43 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama worked to reassure Americans on Sunday that his administration is doing all it can to reduce the risk of militant attacks after a couple in California carried out what he called "a new phase" of terrorism.
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| Justice Department to investigate Chicago police: source Posted: 06 Dec 2015 04:23 PM PST  The U.S. Justice Department will open an investigation into the Chicago Police Department after protests over how it handled the case of a black teenager shot by a white police officer, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The "patterns and practices" investigation will determine whether the department systematically violates constitutional rights. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, would not elaborate on the investigation.
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| Justice Department to investigate Chicago police: source Posted: 06 Dec 2015 03:02 PM PST The U.S. Justice Department will open an investigation into the Chicago Police Department after protests over how it handled the case of a black teenager shot by a white police officer, a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The civil probe, which will determine whether the department systematically violates constitutional rights, follows murder charges being filed against the police officer in the October 2014 killing. A patterns and practices investigation does not criminally charge any individuals, but often results in a consent decree between the police department and Justice Department to agree to a new practices and accountability measures. |
| Shootings sharpen debate on U.S. electronic surveillance powers Posted: 06 Dec 2015 02:13 PM PST  The San Bernardino shootings are reviving a debate about Washington's digital surveillance effort to find and capture violent extremists, with the recent shutdown of a U.S. cellphone spying program coming under renewed criticism. The debate is long-running and pits a huge and powerful national security apparatus against privacy and civil rights activists, who prevailed recently on the National Security Agency's (NSA) bulk collection of cellphone metadata. Just days before the shooting deaths of 14 people at an office party in California by a husband and wife with radical Islamist views but no extensive online profile, NSA bulk metadata collection was halted, replaced by a narrower program.
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| Investigators: Wife may have been driving force in rampage Posted: 06 Dec 2015 01:58 PM PST  Investigators are looking into whether Tashfeen Malik radicalized her American-born husband and was the driving force in the San Bernardino massacre plot, two officials said Sunday. That possibility emerged ...
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| Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer gone from brain Posted: 06 Dec 2015 01:40 PM PST By Colleen Jenkins (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday to the several hundred people gathered at a Baptist church in Georgia for his Bible lesson - his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer. Carter, 91, started treatment in August for melanoma that had spread from his liver to his brain. A previous MRI test showed the four spots of cancer that had developed on his brain were responding to treatment, he said. ... |
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