| Rains hit South, Midwest; woman killed in flood Posted: 04 Apr 2015 12:25 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky was swamped by wave after wave of heavy rain, unleashing flash flooding that killed a woman swept into a creek, stranded a school bus and forced more than 160 rescues in Louisville.
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| Oklahoma officer kills suspect after confusing gun with Taser: officials Posted: 04 Apr 2015 11:37 AM PDT An Oklahoma reserve sheriff's deputy accidentally shot and killed a man he was trying to arrest after mistaking his service weapon for a stun gun, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said on Saturday. Eric Harris, in his 40s, was shot by the reserve deputy on Thursday following a foot chase, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Tulsa County Sheriff's investigators were looking into the incident, the statement said. Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, a 73-year-old former police officer, was trying to help officers take Harris into custody when he fired his gun, the statement said. |
| High political stakes for Clinton on Iran nuclear agreement Posted: 04 Apr 2015 11:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton can claim a piece of the victory if the U.S. and other world powers ultimately complete a final nuclear deal with Iran.
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| Kenya: Extremists vows more attacks; president responds Posted: 04 Apr 2015 09:41 AM PDT  GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — Somalia's Islamic extremist group al-Shabab warned Saturday of more attacks in Kenya like the assault on Garissa University College that killed 148 people.
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| Ferguson, Missouri, releases racist emails from former officials Posted: 04 Apr 2015 07:47 AM PDT Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, have released the full content of racially charged and religiously insensitive emails, including about President Barack Obama, sent between the city's former court clerk and two ex-police supervisors. The emails, although dating back years before the shooting, were among evidence presented by the Justice Department in a report in March that concluded that racism pervaded the Ferguson Police Department. They were sent and received by Mary Ann Twitty, who was Ferguson's court clerk, as well as former Ferguson police Captain Rick Henke and former police Sergeant William Mudd. All three were removed from their jobs after the Department of Justice discovered the emails, which prompted an investigation by city officials. |
| Holes, questions remain for Iran's nuclear deal Posted: 04 Apr 2015 05:54 AM PDT  Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S or anyone else be able to respond in time? In theory, yes.
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| 5 years after coal mine blast, explosion risks persist Posted: 04 Apr 2015 04:18 AM PDT  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The nation's worst coal mine disaster in decades exposed lax safety measures at some Appalachian mines, issues that persist five years later despite the crackdown that followed, according to an Associated Press review of federal inspection records.
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| Somali militants vow to turn Kenyan cities 'red with blood' Posted: 04 Apr 2015 02:25 AM PDT  By Edith Honan GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities "red with blood" after the group's fighters killed nearly 150 people during an assault on a Kenyan university. In the worst bloodshed in Kenya in nearly two decades, four al Shabaab gunmen went on a killing spree on Thursday, hunting down and executing students in a campus in Garissa, a northeastern town 200 km (120 miles) from the Somali border. The raid has put Kenya on heightened alert and spooked Christian congregations, who were horrified by survivor testimonies recalling how the Islamist militants had sought out Christians to take hostage and kill, while sparing some Muslims. In the message directed at the Kenyan public, the al Qaeda aligned group said the raid was retribution for Kenya's military presence in Somalia and mistreatment of Muslims within Kenya.
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| Iran deal leaves major questions unresolved Posted: 03 Apr 2015 10:44 PM PDT Could Iran cheat? Possibly. Would the U.S be able to respond in time? In theory, yes. |
| Mother, child missing in flood as storms hit South, Midwest Posted: 03 Apr 2015 08:52 PM PDT Rescue crews lose sight of a vehicle carrying a woman and a child in eastern Kentucky. |
| New York teenager falls off building in police chase Posted: 03 Apr 2015 06:59 PM PDT A 17-year-old boy was critically injured when he fell from the roof of a six-story New York apartment building as police attempted to question him over reports of marijuana smoking, police said on Friday. The boy was attempting to flee from the officers with a group of teenage friends on Thursday night when he lost his footing and dropped from the rooftop into an alleyway, the New York City Police Department said in a statement. |
| Alabama man walks free after 30 years on death row Posted: 03 Apr 2015 04:18 PM PDT  An Alabama man who spent 30 years on death row for crimes he didn't commit walked free from court on Friday after his conviction for a 1985 double murder was overturned because of insufficient evidence. Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, emerged from Jefferson County Courthouse to cheers from well-wishers before being embraced by tearful friends and relatives, a day after a judge had dismissed all charges against him. "Sun do shine," an emotional Hinton said moments after his release. Hinton was released after a key piece of ballistics evidence used against him in his December 1986 trial for two separate murders during robberies in Birmingham was discredited.
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| Seven officers suspended from San Francisco force over racist texts Posted: 03 Apr 2015 02:25 PM PDT (Reuters) - Seven San Francisco police officers linked to a scandal over racist and homophobic text messages were suspended with the recommendation they be fired, Chief Greg Suhr said on Friday. "There is also no place in the SFPD for any officer capable of the thinking expressed in these hateful text messages," Suhr said in a statement. "The officers responsible for the reprehensible texts should be separated from the SFPD as soon as practical. The fine, right-minded men and women of the SFPD that are of the impeccable character required of a Guardian (police officer) expect no less," he said. |
