| U.S. Secret Service director Pierson resigns under fire Posted: 01 Oct 2014 01:00 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light involving the protection for President Barack Obama. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Pierson's resignation and said Joseph Clancy, a veteran of the agency, was named acting director. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama had called Pierson to express his appreciation to her for her long years of service. ...
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| New York Post settles 'Bag Men' lawsuit Posted: 01 Oct 2014 11:50 AM PDT The New York Post has settled a defamation lawsuit over a cover three days after the Boston Marathon bombing that featured a photo of two Massachusetts residents with the headline "Bag Men." ... |
| No charges yet in shooting death of suburban Los Angeles mayor Posted: 01 Oct 2014 11:09 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No charges have been filed so far in the shooting death of the mayor of the small Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens, a day after his wife shot him during a heated argument, authorities said on Wednesday. Bell Gardens Mayor Daniel Crespo, 45, and his wife, Levette, 43, were arguing on Tuesday afternoon at their home in the city when their 19-year-old son, Daniel Crespo Jr, intervened, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said. Father and son got into a physical fight and Levette Crespo got a gun and shot her husband multiple times, officials said. ...
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| US, India to Team Up on Mars Exploration Posted: 01 Oct 2014 10:51 AM PDT  India's recent Mars success appears to have turned some heads. NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will investigate ways to collaborate on future missions to Mars, officials said Tuesday (Sept. 30). The announcement comes just one week after India put its first-ever Mars probe in orbit around the Red Planet, becoming just the fourth entity — after the United States, the Soviet Union and the European Space Agency — to do so. NASA and ISRO also signed an agreement Tuesday that lays out their respective roles on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, which is scheduled to launch to Earth orbit in 2020 to study the consequences of climate change on a fine scale.
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| UN loses first staffer to virus outbreak Posted: 01 Oct 2014 10:32 AM PDT  "Probable Ebola" strikes member of international organization in Liberia.
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| No country for old men, or women: Afghanistan Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:56 AM PDT  By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghanistan is the worst country to live in as an older person, an annual index on the wellbeing of the elderly showed on Wednesday. The Asian country was ranked bottom for the second consecutive year in HelpAge International's Global AgeWatch Index, its health situation in particular the poorest in the world. Norway topped the index - up one place from last year - followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany, all of which remained in the top 10. ...
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| Corruption allegations deep-freeze Greenland's government Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:38 AM PDT  By Teis Jensen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Three Greenlandic ministers stepped down from the government on Wednesday to press Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond to quit after she was accused of misuse of state money on private flights and hotels for family members. Hammond, premier since April last year, temporarily left office on Tuesday to wait for the results of an inquiry into her use of state funds, naming Kim Kielsen as her acting head of government. ...
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| Rhode Island child dies of infection related to Enterovirus D68 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 09:17 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - A Rhode Island child has died of a bacterial infection associated with Enterovirus D68, state public health officials said on Wednesday. The child, who was not identified, died as a result of a staphylococcus aureus sepsis associated with the respiratory virus, which the Rhode Island Department of Health in a statement called a "very rare combination that can cause very severe illness in children and adults." Officials noted that very few people who contract the Enterovirus D68 will develop symptoms beyond a runny nose and low fever. ...
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| Florida cop on leave after using stun gun on 62-year-old woman Posted: 01 Oct 2014 08:29 AM PDT  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation after he fired a stun gun into a 62-year-old woman's back during an arrest in a Tallahassee neighborhood.
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| NYC teacher at elite school faces multiple sex charges Posted: 01 Oct 2014 07:17 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — A teacher at an elite New York City high school already accused of sending an indecent photo to a student is now facing an additional 36-count indictment alleging he victimized six others.
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| Congo tries to contain second Ebola outbreak Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:37 AM PDT  Death toll from virus rose to 42 Wednesday in separate spread from West Africa's.
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| 700-year-old tomb may decide Turkey's role in IS fight Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:39 AM PDT  By Dasha Afanasieva and Selin Bucak ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A vow to defend the 700-year-old tomb of Suleyman Shah, grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, in a Turkish enclave in northern Syria could decide Turkey's role in the military campaign against Islamic State. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Tuesday that the militants were advancing on the white stone mausoleum, guarded by several dozen Turkish soldiers and perched on a manicured lawn under a Turkish flag on the banks of the Euphrates. ...
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| Taiwan throws support behind Hong Kong protests Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:18 AM PDT  Chinese Communist Party has long wanted a governing arrangement like Hong Kong's, for Taiwan.
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| Nationality trumps race in sentencing gap Posted: 01 Oct 2014 02:52 AM PDT  Study after study has shown that black men do more time in jail than white men who committ similar crimes—an entrenched racial disparity in the nation's justice system that Attorney General Eric Holder has decried as "shameful" and unacceptable.
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| Bodies found on Japan volcano, raising toll to 48 Posted: 01 Oct 2014 01:22 AM PDT  OTAKI, Japan (AP) — A dozen more bodies were found Wednesday near the ash-covered summit of a Japanese volcano as searches resumed amid concern of toxic gasses and another eruption.
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| Royals slip past A's in epic 12-inning AL wild-card game Posted: 30 Sep 2014 11:10 PM PDT  K.C. scores a crazy, come-from-behind, 12-inning, walk-off 9-8 victory over the Oakland A's.
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| Mayor of Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens shot to death Posted: 30 Sep 2014 06:52 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mayor of Bell Gardens, California, a small Los Angeles suburb, was shot to death by his wife on Tuesday in an apparent domestic dispute, and his spouse has been detained by investigators, according to the county sheriff's department. No charges were immediately filed in the case, and a message posted on the municipal website said the shooting did not appear to be related to the city or the mayor's official duties. ... |
| U.S. lawmakers rebuke Secret Service over White House breach Posted: 30 Sep 2014 06:35 PM PDT  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Secret Service faced scathing criticism on Tuesday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House, while details emerged of a separate security lapse involving an armed contractor who rode an elevator with President Barack Obama. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson acknowledged the agency charged with protecting Obama had failed on Sept. ...
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| Mayor of suburban L.A. city fatally shot; wife in custody Posted: 30 Sep 2014 06:17 PM PDT  BELL GARDENS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say the mayor of the Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens has been shot to death and his wife is in custody.
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| Traveler from Liberia is first Ebola patient diagnosed in U.S Posted: 30 Sep 2014 05:45 PM PDT  By Julie Steenhuysen and Sharon Begley (Reuters) - A man who flew from Liberia to Texas has become the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus to be diagnosed in the United States, health officials said on Tuesday, a sign the outbreak ravaging West Africa may spread globally. The patient sought treatment six days after arriving in Texas on Sept. 20, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters. He was admitted two days later to an isolation room at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. U.S. ...
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| 3 charged with homicide in Mexico army killings Posted: 30 Sep 2014 05:11 PM PDT  Three soldiers have been charged with homicide in the June killings of 22 suspected gang members in southern Mexico, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam announced on Tuesday.
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| Colorado movie theater massacre trial may be televised, judge rules Posted: 30 Sep 2014 04:17 PM PDT  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A judge presiding over the Colorado theater massacre case ruled on Tuesday that he will allow the murder trial of accused gunman James Holmes to be recorded for television despite opposition from lawyers on both sides, a court ruling showed. The request by media outlets for such coverage had been opposed by both prosecutors and defense lawyers, who argued that allowing cameras in the courtroom could expose witnesses and attorneys to threats, intimidation or other forms of harassment. ...
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| California governor signs 'gun violence retraining order' law Posted: 30 Sep 2014 03:41 PM PDT  By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - People who fear a close relative may commit gun violence will be able to petition a judge to temporarily remove the person's firearms in California, under a bill signed into law on Tuesday by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. The legislation - the first such measure in the United States - was introduced after police near Santa Barbara said they were unable to confiscate weapons from a man who later went on a rampage and killed six people, despite concern from his family he was in poor mental health and might become violent. ...
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| CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States Posted: 30 Sep 2014 02:30 PM PDT  (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Tuesday the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus had been diagnosed in the country. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis. No additional details were immediately available. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas officials said in a statement on Monday that an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola and had been placed in "strict isolation" due to the patient's symptoms and recent travel history. U.S. ...
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