| House Democrats seek change to deportations Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:52 AM PDT  A group of Democrats want to change policies affecting some migrant families.
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| GOP candidate dives into 'Redskins' controversy Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:21 AM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Republican Ed Gillespie, trailing in the polls and short on campaign cash, is hoping a last-minute appeal to devoted fans of the Washington Redskins' name gets him over the goal line in his Senate bid.
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| Was Bush better at dealing with Putin? Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:51 AM PDT  House Speaker John Boehner seems to think so.
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| Fight against Islamic State for Kobane escalates Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:03 AM PDT  Kurdish peshmerga fighters headed for Syrian border town, crossing Turkey's border, to help hold defenses.
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| A soldier mourned in Canada Posted: 28 Oct 2014 09:15 AM PDT  Hundreds lined streets of Hamilton, Ontario, to watch funeral procession for Corporal Nathan Cirillo, shot dead in Ottawa terrorist attacks.
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| Former officials: White House did little to stop Islamic State's ascent Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:12 AM PDT  The Obama administration "did almost nothing" in response to intelligence warnings earlier this year that Islamic State radicals were gaining ground in Iraq and threatening the country's stability, a former ambassador to Iraq says in a new interview.
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| Marathon bombing suspect's friend convicted of lying Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:57 AM PDT  Robel Philipos didn't tell truth to FBI investigators who questioned his presence in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room.
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| Friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber found guilty of lying to authorities Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:40 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. jury found a college friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber guilty on Tuesday of lying to authorities in a terrorism investigation. Robel Phillipos, 21, was charged with lying about having visited suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the attack, which killed three people and injured more than 260. Phillipos and two friends removed a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from the suspected bomber's room. ...
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| Jury reaches verdict in trial of friend of accused Boston Marathon bomber Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:25 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a college friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, who is charged with lying to authorities in a terrorism investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. Robel Phillipos, 21, was charged with lying about having visited suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the attack, which killed three people and injured more than 260. (Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Paul Thomasch)
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| Texas nurse to leave Emory University Hospital free of Ebola virus Posted: 28 Oct 2014 05:32 AM PDT By Colleen Jenkins and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) - A Texas nurse who contracted Ebola in the United States will be released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday after being found free of the virus, the hospital said. Amber Vinson was one of two nurses at a Dallas hospital who had treated Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian visiting Texas who died of Ebola on Oct. 8 and was the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States. She was admitted to Emory's hospital for treatment on Oct. 15. ... |
| Ebola-free nurse to leave Atlanta hospital Posted: 28 Oct 2014 05:15 AM PDT  Amber Vinson, one of two Texas health care workers to contract Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan, to be released.
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| Two inmates to be put to death in Texas, Missouri, as overall U.S. executions drop Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:43 AM PDT By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Two U.S. inmates convicted of murder as teenagers are scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday and early Wednesday at a time when the number of executions in the United States is on pace to be the lowest in two decades. Texas plans to execute Miguel Paredes, 32, who was convicted with two co-defendants of killing three people in 2000. In Missouri, Mark Christeson, 35, is scheduled to die by lethal injection early on Wednesday. He was convicted of killing a woman and her two children 16 years ago. ... |
| Feds vs. states: Who decides on Ebola quarantines Posted: 28 Oct 2014 01:46 AM PDT  There's a reason President Obama hasn't forced states to follow a single, national rule.
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| Midterm Mixer 2014: Katie Couric to lead special election live stream Posted: 27 Oct 2014 10:52 PM PDT  Katie Couric, Yahoo Global News Anchor will lead special midterm election reaction beginning at 11pmET on November 4th. The Midterm Mixer will stream on Yahoo.com from Washington D.C's Capitol Lounge bar.
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| U.S. isolates troops, Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states Posted: 27 Oct 2014 09:33 PM PDT  By Phil Stewart and Matt Siegel WASHINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. military has started isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa and Australia became the first rich nation to impose a visa ban on the affected countries amid global anxiety about the spread of the virus. The latest measures, along with decisions by some U.S. states to impose mandatory quarantines on health workers returning home from treating Ebola victims in West Africa, have been condemned by health authorities and the United Nations as extreme. ...
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| Toronto elects a new mayor, ends Ford era Posted: 27 Oct 2014 08:45 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — Toronto elected a moderate conservative as mayor on Monday, ending the Rob Ford era marked by scandals over his illegal drug use and public drunkenness.
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| Judge delays trial in Colorado cinema massacre case Posted: 27 Oct 2014 07:42 PM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The judge presiding over the Colorado cinema massacre case on Monday delayed the murder trial of accused gunman James Holmes by six weeks to January, but denied a request by defense lawyers for a lengthier postponement. Holmes, 26, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to criminal wrongdoing linked to the shooting deaths of 12 moviegoers inside a suburban Denver movie theater during a midnight viewing of a Batman film in July 2012. ... |
| CDC says returning Ebola medical workers should not be quarantined Posted: 27 Oct 2014 06:21 PM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst and David Morgan NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal health officials on Monday revamped guidelines for doctors and nurses returning home to the United States from treating Ebola patients in West Africa, stopping well short of controversial mandatory quarantines being imposed by some U.S. states. Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. ...
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| Detroit trial ends, judge to rule Nov. 7 on bankruptcy plan Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:45 PM PDT  By Lisa Lambert DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit on Monday wrapped up its historic bankruptcy case, which began with contentious opposition from creditors and ended with eleventh-hour deals enabling the city to shed $7 billion of its $18 billion of debt and obligations. In closing arguments, attorneys for the city and others worked to convince U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes that he should permit Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy before Thanksgiving. ...
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| Sheriff: School shooter invited victims to lunch Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:25 PM PDT  Investigators say that a gunman responsible for a shooting at a Washington state high school on Friday invited his victims to lunch by text message.
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| Washington state high school gunman invited victims to cafeteria: sheriff's office Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:09 PM PDT  SEATTLE (Reuters) - The gunman in a Washington state high school shooting rampage had arranged for the victims to meet at the cafeteria at lunch, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said on Monday. "A witness confirms that the five victims were seated at the table when the shooter opened fire, striking the victims before turning the gun on himself," the sheriff's department said in a statement. (Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)
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| Woman sentenced to 25 years in kidnapping of Wisconsin baby Posted: 27 Oct 2014 02:36 PM PDT (Reuters) - A woman who faked a pregnancy, kidnapped her infant nephew from his Wisconsin home, and left him alone in frigid temperatures last winter was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, according to court records. Kristen Smith, 31, of Aurora, Colorado, had been found guilty last July of kidnapping by a federal jury in Wisconsin. She left the infant, Kayden Powell, who was less than a week old, wrapped in blankets in a tote bag 200 miles (320 km) away from his home in Beloit last February. He was found alive and well a day later behind a gas station in Iowa. ... |
