| Champagne flowed when released Americans finally left Iran Posted: 19 Jan 2016 12:05 PM PST  Pale but smiling, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati recounted Tuesday how disbelief turned to joy when he and three fellow Americans realized that they were being released as part of a deal with Iran and reunited with their families after spending years in Iranian prison.
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| 'Affluenza' teen may have been forced to flee to Mexico Posted: 19 Jan 2016 11:45 AM PST  Lawyers for the Texas teenager who killed four people in the "affluenza" drunken-driving case and was captured in Mexico said on Tuesday they are investigating whether the 18-year-old chose to flee or was forced. Judge Timothy Menikos of Tarrant County juvenile court deferred a ruling on a move to transfer Ethan Couch's case to adult court because his parents were not adequately notified about the proceedings. Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, were captured in Puerto Vallarto, Mexico, last month after a manhunt of more than two weeks sparked by allegations the teen violated his probation in the 2013 drunken driving case.
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| Actress investigated in possible link to “El Chapo” Posted: 19 Jan 2016 10:37 AM PST  There are indications that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had business dealings with actress Kate del Castillo, who arranged a meeting between the drug boss and actor Sean Penn, Mexico's attorney general said in an interview published Tuesday.
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| U.S. top court agrees to review Obama immigration action Posted: 19 Jan 2016 08:30 AM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear President Barack Obama's bid to resurrect his plan to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, a unilateral executive action he took in 2014 to bypass the Republican-led Congress. Obama's executive action was blocked by lower courts after Texas and 25 other Republican-governed sued to stop it, contending he exceeded his presidential powers under the U.S. Constitution. "The court should affirm what President Obama said himself on more than 20 occasions: that he cannot unilaterally rewrite congressional laws and circumvent the people's representatives," Paxton said.
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| UN: Nearly 19,000 civilians killed in Iraq in under 2 years Posted: 19 Jan 2016 04:02 AM PST  BAGHDAD (AP) — At least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded in Iraq between the start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last year as Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.
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| Ex-FBI agent's family 'outraged' he wasn't in Iran deal Posted: 19 Jan 2016 02:34 AM PST  Washington (AFP) - "Crushed and outraged" relatives of an American missing in Iran for nine years expressed deep frustration that he was not included in a prisoner exchange over the weekend. "Why did Iran prisoner swap not include my father?" asked Sarah Moriarty, daughter of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who has been missing for nearly a decade. Speaking on behalf of her "crushed and outraged" family, Moriarty noted the capture and US negotiations for the release of a number of Americans during her father's long captivity -- 3,237 days thus far.
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| Glenn Frey, Eagles guitarist, dies at 67 Posted: 19 Jan 2016 01:40 AM PST |
| At Liberty University, Donald Trump again stumbles when discussing religion Posted: 18 Jan 2016 02:03 PM PST  The Republican presidential candidate spoke at Liberty University Monday to an audience of roughly 13,000 people inside the school's main events building, the Vines Center.
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