| Number of Ebola cases nears 16,000 as Sierra Leone loses ground Posted: 26 Nov 2014 11:05 AM PST  The death toll has risen to 5,689 out of 15,935 cases reported in eight countries.
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| Cleveland to release video of police shooting of 12-year-old boy Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:15 AM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland officials said they would release on Wednesday video of the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy who had brandished a pellet gun. Tamir E. Rice was shot by a patrol officer on Saturday after a 911 call reported someone pointing a gun at people at the Cudell Recreation Center. Police asked Rice to raise his hands, but an officer shot him when he instead reached for the pellet gun, police said. He died on Sunday. Police have said the video, which has no audio, clearly shows what happened. It will be released at about 1 p.m. local time. ... |
| Consumer drones are coming from GoPro Posted: 26 Nov 2014 09:43 AM PST  The multi-rotor helicopters, priced between $500 and $1,000, will go on sale late next year, the Journal said. GoPro was not immediately available for comment. The company already provides the cameras used in many drones. (Reporting by Anya George Tharakan and Sai Sachin R in Bangalore; Editing by Kirti Pandey)
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| Eastern U.S. storm threatens to foil Thanksgiving travel Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:37 AM PST  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A storm expected to blast the East Coast with rain and snow through Thursday morning is threatening to snarl traffic for millions and impede air travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico and is sweeping the northeast will bring rain to major cities, including New York and Boston, while higher elevations of New England will see as much as a foot of snow, said National Weather Service meteorologist Andrew Orrison. "Either way, travel is not going to be in a good state," Orrison said. ...
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| U.S. government says 462,125 health plans selected on Healthcare.gov Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:05 AM PST  (Reuters) - During the first week of open enrollment for 2015 in the individual health plans created by the national healthcare reform law, 462,125 people selected plans from the federal healthcare website Healthcare.gov, the U.S. government said on Wednesday. Of the people selecting the plans between Nov. 15 when enrollment began and Nov. 21, 48 percent were new customers and 52 percent were individuals enrolled in a 2014 plans. ...
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| U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg recovering after heart procedure Posted: 26 Nov 2014 07:49 AM PST  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Wednesday underwent a heart procedure at a Washington hospital after reporting discomfort following routine exercise, a court statement said. Ginsburg, 81, was resting comfortably after having a stent placed in her right coronary artery and is expected to be discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital Center within 48 hours, the statement said. She reported discomfort after routine exercise on Tuesday night, according to the court statement. ...
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| Applications for US jobless aid jump Posted: 26 Nov 2014 06:26 AM PST  The number of people seeking unemployment benefits hit a surprising number.
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| U.S. issues travel warning for Djibouti over terror threat Posted: 26 Nov 2014 04:11 AM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States has issued a warning to travelers citing "specific threats from terrorism" aimed at Western and local interests in the east African nation of Djibouti. Djibouti hosts U.S. and French military bases and is an ally in the U.S.-led fight against militant Islam. Somali al Qaeda-linked militants have previously attacked Djibouti, saying it was to punish the east African state for contributing to an African Union force in Somalia. ... |
| Two FBI agents shot at house near Ferguson unrest: broadcaster Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:22 AM PST FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Two FBI officers were shot and wounded at a house in north St. Louis County early on Wednesday, though it was not immediately clear if the incident was linked to racially-charged unrest in and around nearby Ferguson, media reported. The agents were responding to a situation involving a person barricaded inside a house and suffered non-life threatening injuries, local broadcaster KSDK said on its website. The FBI did not immediately respond to requests for comment. About 2,000 National Guard troops dispatched to the St. ... |
| Utah agrees to drop parts of disputed 2011 immigration law Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:49 AM PST (Reuters) - Utah has agreed to roll back key provisions of a 2011 state law allowing police to check the immigration status of anyone suspected of being undocumented, a civil liberties group said on Tuesday. As part of a deal settling a legal challenge to the law, the state agreed police will not be allowed to detain or stop a person merely to check immigration status or to transport him or her to federal officials based on officers' suspicions, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a statement. ... |
| Police arrest 44 in second, calmer night of Ferguson protests Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:33 AM PST  FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Forty-four people were arrested during a second, calmer night of demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury declined to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in August, police said early on Wednesday. By comparison, 61 arrests were made late Monday and into early Tuesday during a night of arson, looting, vandalism and sporadic gunfire that police countered with volleys of tear gas and smoke bombs. ...
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| Ferguson protests spread across U.S. Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:16 AM PST  People from New York to L.A. took to the streets for a second straight night.
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| Guard reinforcements contain damage in Ferguson Posted: 26 Nov 2014 01:22 AM PST  FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — National Guard reinforcements helped contain the latest protests in Ferguson, preventing a second night of the chaos that led to arson and looting after a grand jury decided not to indict the white police officer who killed Michael Brown.
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| AP sources: Top candidate for defense job bows out Posted: 26 Nov 2014 12:03 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michele Flournoy, a main contender to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, has taken herself out of consideration for the Pentagon's top job, people familiar with the process said Tuesday.
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| In blow to tax negotiators, Obama threatens veto Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:23 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to veto a deal still under negotiation in Congress that would make several expiring business tax breaks permanent. The warning marks a major setback to House and Senate negotiators who were trying to reach a deal on so-called "tax extender" breaks worth some $440 billion over 10 years. "The President would veto the proposed deal because it would provide permanent tax breaks to help well-connected corporations while neglecting working families," White House spokeswoman Jennifer Friedman said in a statement. ...
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| Exclusive: Police Officer Darren Wilson Explains How He Feared for His Life Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:07 PM PST ABC News' George Stephanopoulos spoke to the Ferguson police officer. |
| U.S. judge rules Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:19 PM PST By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A U.S. district judge ruled on Tuesday that an Arkansas constitutional amendment defining marriage as being only the union of one man and one woman was unconstitutional, striking down a measure overwhelmingly approved by voters a decade ago. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker said the Arkansas amendment denied U.S. constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law for same-sex couples. The decision was the latest in a series striking down same-sex marriage bans imposed in many U.S. states. ... |
| Obama heckled over immigration policies in Chicago appearance Posted: 25 Nov 2014 04:30 PM PST  By Steve Holland CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was interrupted several times by hecklers during a speech on his immigration policy on Tuesday, and their complaint was that his plan did not go far enough in protecting illegal immigrants from deportation. At least four hecklers, all of them women, yelled at the president at the Copernicus Center where he had gone to promote his go-it-alone immigration plan that will remove the threat of deportation for up to 4.7 million illegal immigrants. ...
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| Obama: No excuse for violent, destructive protest Posted: 25 Nov 2014 03:56 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters Tuesday night for racially charged violence in Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who shot a black teenager.
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| U.S. judge rules Arkansas ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional Posted: 25 Nov 2014 03:24 PM PST LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A U.S. district judge ruled on Tuesday that an Arkansas constitutional amendment that defines legal marriage as being only the union of one man and one woman was unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker said the Arkansas amendment enacted about a decade ago denied U.S. constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law for same-sex couples. ... |
