| Virginia man found guilty in three murders over 11-year span Posted: 02 Nov 2015 11:34 AM PST A former Virginia political candidate was convicted on Monday of three murders over an 11-year span that fed fears of a serial killer in the U.S. capital area. Charles Severance, 55, was found guilty by a Fairfax County Circuit Court jury after testimony from more than 100 witnesses, a court spokeswoman said. Severance had been charged with the 2003 killing of Alexandria real estate agent Nancy Dunning, the 2013 shooting of regional transportation planner Ronald Kirby and the 2014 slaying of music teacher Ruthanne Lodato. |
| Bodies flew in the air at deadly 2014 SXSW crash, Texas trial told Posted: 02 Nov 2015 09:55 AM PST  The man accused of murdering four people when he rammed a car through a crowd at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival last year acted maliciously and with abandon, a prosecutor said in opening statements of the suspect's trial on Monday. "Bodies were flying in the air as the defendant continued to hit victims without stopping," prosecutor Amy Meredith told the jury in Austin. Lawyers for Rashad Owens, 23, said he did not intend to kill anyone.
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| Republican landslide projected ahead of Mississippi elections Posted: 02 Nov 2015 09:05 AM PST  Mississippi's Republican governor, Phil Bryant, appears poised for a landslide re-election victory this week along with other incumbents from his party, according to an opinion poll, reflecting the strength of conservatives in the Deep South state. Bryant, who is seeking a second term, faces a little-known challenger in truck driver Robert Gray, the surprise victor of a Democratic primary in which he did not spend money or seriously campaign. Gray's name was first on the ballot, and his victory was viewed by many analysts as indicative of the sorry state of the Mississippi Democratic Party.
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| Trial to start for Michigan police officer accused in videotaped beating Posted: 02 Nov 2015 08:11 AM PST  The trial of a white former suburban Detroit police officer accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Floyd Dent in January is scheduled to begin this week. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Monday, and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans said opening statements in the case could begin on Wednesday in a case that made national headlines after Inkster police officer William Melendez was caught on a police dashboard-camera punching Dent in the head during a traffic stop. Dent, 58, who has said he suffered memory loss and other damage from the beating, earlier this year reached a $1.4 million settlement in a civil lawsuit against the city of Inkster, which has a majority black population but a majority white police force.
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| U.S. Supreme Court won't hear satellite TV providers claim on state taxes Posted: 02 Nov 2015 06:45 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by satellite television providers to challenge states taxes they say unlawfully treat them differently from cable TV companies.
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| Woman tries to pet Omaha zoo tiger, gets bitten Posted: 02 Nov 2015 05:24 AM PST The woman, Jacqueline Eide, 33, was hospitalized at Creighton University Medical Center after being bitten on the left hand, police said in a statement on Sunday. Eide entered the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium after it was closed and reached into a tiger's cage to pet it. A police spokesman was not available to say if Eide would be charged. |
| Airline exec says external impact caused Egypt plane crash Posted: 02 Nov 2015 04:02 AM PST  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Only an external impact could have caused the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board, a top airline official said Monday, raising more questions about what exactly happened.
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| Obama to announce plans to help the formerly incarcerated Posted: 02 Nov 2015 03:26 AM PST  President Barack Obama, who has made criminal justice reform a top priority of his last years in office, will announce actions on Monday to help formerly incarcerated people reintegrate into society. The White House said the steps, to be unveiled by Obama at an appearance in Newark, New Jersey, would include up to $8 million in federal education grants over three years for former inmates as well as new guidance on the use of arrest records in determining eligibility for public and federally assisted housing. Obama is also directing the Office of Personnel Management to take steps where possible to modify its rules in order to delay inquiries into criminal backgrounds until later in the hiring process.
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| Royals win the World Series with another epic comeback against the Mets Posted: 01 Nov 2015 10:14 PM PST |
| Royals win World Series, rally late, then rout Mets in 12th Posted: 01 Nov 2015 09:58 PM PST  Kansas City wins its first World Series crown since 1985.
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| Frustrated Republicans agree on push for debate changes Posted: 01 Nov 2015 08:02 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates have agreed ona series of demands giving them greater control of debates, as the GOP's frustrated 2016 class works to inject changes into the nominating process.
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| Former U.S. senator, actor Fred Thompson dies: report Posted: 01 Nov 2015 06:42 PM PST  By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Fred Thompson, a former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who briefly ran for president and straddled the world of politics and entertainment with a prolific television and film acting career, died of cancer on Sunday at age 73. Thompson, a onetime real-life federal prosecutor best known to prime-time TV audiences for his role as a district attorney on NBC's hit show "Law & Order," died from a recurrence of lymphoma, said Brent Leatherwood, executive director of the Tennessee Republican Party. The actor-politician, who first made a name for himself in Washington as a Watergate investigator, was in hospice care at the time of his death, Leatherwood said.
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| Former Sen. Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dead at 73 Posted: 01 Nov 2015 03:38 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fred Thompson, a Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee for eight years who also acted in feature films and on television, has died, his family says in a statement.
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| Former U.S. senator, actor Fred Thompson dies: report Posted: 01 Nov 2015 03:21 PM PST (Reuters) - Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator and Republican presidential candidate, as well as a film and TV actor, has died at age 73, the Nashville Tennessean reported on Sunday. Thompson died from a recurrence of lymphoma, the newspaper said, quoting a statement by his family. (Reporting by Peter Cooney in Washington; Editing by Andrew Hay) |
| U.S. completes complex test of layered missile defense system Posted: 01 Nov 2015 03:05 PM PST  The U.S. military on Sunday hailed the success of a complex $230 million test of the U.S. missile defense system that it said showed the ability of the Aegis and THAAD weapons systems to identify and destroy ballistic and cruise missiles at once. The test was conducted near Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean around 11:05 p.m. EDT by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, U.S. European Command, U.S. Pacific Command, the Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense.
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| Jeb Bush: ‘I know that I got to get better at doing the debate’ Posted: 01 Nov 2015 12:52 PM PST  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says he knows he needs to improve his lackluster performance in the debates if he's going to have a chance at the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. "I know that I got to get better at doing the debate," Bush said in an interview that aired on NBC's "Meet The Press" Sunday. "I'm a grinder. I mean, when I see that I'm not doing something well then I reset and I get better."
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