| At least three Oklahoma parade crash victims in critical condition Posted: 27 Oct 2015 12:42 PM PDT  Three adults struck by a car that plowed into an Oklahoma State University (OSU) weekend parade were in critical condition at an Oklahoma City hospital while the last three children under its care have been released, officials said on Tuesday. The group was among the eight people taken to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, one of several facilities that treated people in the Saturday incident at the OSU homecoming parade that left four people dead and nearly 50 others injured. The seventh patient treated at the Oklahoma City hospital was previously released. The eighth person was two year-old toddler Nash Lucas, who died at the facility.
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| Gun control will reduce police officer deaths: Obama Posted: 27 Oct 2015 11:20 AM PDT  President Barack Obama will tell police chiefs on Tuesday that stricter gun control would reduce the number of police officers shot down on U.S. streets, in his latest call for reform of laws that govern the use of firearms in America. Obama is scheduled to speak at a major conference of police chiefs during a turbulent time for the law enforcement community, with a new U.S. Justice Department report expected to be issued at the gathering on ambush attacks on police.
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| South Carolina deputy’s history comes to light after shocking video goes viral Posted: 27 Oct 2015 10:31 AM PDT  Richland County Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields has a dubious history at the school where he slammed a female student on the ground during an arrest Monday.
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| Poll finds Donald Trump trailing Ben Carson for first time nationally Posted: 27 Oct 2015 08:36 AM PDT |
| Sharpton withdraws as eulogist at slain NYPD officer's funeral Posted: 27 Oct 2015 07:45 AM PDT  The decision by the civil rights activist and long-time critic of the NYPD was announced in an open letter emailed to media, which cited reports criticizing his planned role at the funeral scheduled for Wednesday. It came hours after Holder's fiancée was quoted in the New York Post as saying the officer detested Sharpton. In the Post story, Holder's fiancée Mary Muhammad was quoted as saying on Monday, "He didn't like [Sharpton].
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| White House, Congress reach tentative U.S. budget deal Posted: 27 Oct 2015 06:06 AM PDT  By Roberta Rampton and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and congressional leaders reached a two-year budget deal overnight that would lift mandatory sequestration cuts on both defense and domestic spending and raise the federal debt ceiling, averting a fiscal standoff as the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives prepares for new leadership. A White House official said on Tuesday the compromise deal would protect Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries from cuts and urged members of Congress from both parties to pass it. House Speaker John Boehner and other congressional leaders raced to finalize the deal, which included extending the debt ceiling until March 2017, on Monday night, before he transfers power to his expected successor, Paul Ryan.
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| Tiny New Hampshire communities guard midnight voting tradition Posted: 27 Oct 2015 05:34 AM PDT  HART'S LOCATION, N.H. (Reuters) - At midnight on a yet-to-be chosen Tuesday early next year, the roughly 40 residents of New Hampshire's smallest town will pack into a small log building off the main road to cast some of the first votes in the race for the White House. Hart's Location is one of three tiny communities nestled in the White Mountains where people cast the first votes in the first U.S. presidential nominating primary every four years. Midnight voting is one of the quirkier traditions of New Hampshire's 100-year-old primary, and not a terribly accurate gauge of which candidates will win their parties' nominations.
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| U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases Posted: 27 Oct 2015 02:51 AM PDT  Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions. The proliferation of firearms is one of the factors behind a rise in homicide rates in many U.S. cities this year, according to senior law enforcement officials at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago. Acknowledging the power of the gun lobby and the reluctance of Congress to enact stricter gun laws, the police chiefs told a news conference they were not anti-gun but wanted to keep weapons out of the hands of people with criminal backgrounds.
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| Meet Rafael Cruz: Ted Cruz’s secret evangelical weapon Posted: 27 Oct 2015 02:34 AM PDT  Rafael Cruz has been a central figure in his son's rise on the national political scene.
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| House GOP leaders reach budget deal with Obama White House Posted: 26 Oct 2015 11:12 PM PDT  The deal is aimed at averting a government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis.
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| Debt limit, budget deals take shape in Congress Posted: 26 Oct 2015 07:15 PM PDT  Congressional leaders raced to finalize a sweeping two-year budget deal and an extension of the federal debt ceiling until March 2017.
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| How the Mets' Daniel Murphy became Mr. October Posted: 26 Oct 2015 06:55 PM PDT |
| S.C. police officer slams black student; video sparks social media outrage Posted: 26 Oct 2015 06:06 PM PDT The 15-second video was apparently recorded by another pupil at the Spring Valley High School in Columbia on Monday. It begins with Ben Fields of the Richland County Sheriff's Department, an officer assigned to the school, approaching the girl, who is seated at a desk. Fields can then be seen yanking the girl's arm and wrapping his arm under her chin before flipping the desk with her still seated in it. |
| For House Republicans, a crucial week Posted: 26 Oct 2015 05:03 PM PDT |
| U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases Posted: 26 Oct 2015 04:13 PM PDT By Fiona Ortiz CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions. The proliferation of firearms is one of the factors behind a rise in homicide rates in many U.S. cities this year, according to senior law enforcement officials at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago. Acknowledging the power of the gun lobby and the reluctance of Congress to enact stricter gun laws, the police chiefs told a news conference they were not anti-gun but wanted to keep weapons out of the hands of people with criminal backgrounds. |
| Convicted Russian arms dealer Bout loses bid for new U.S. trial Posted: 26 Oct 2015 03:58 PM PDT  A Manhattan federal judge said convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence, does not deserve a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Monday said Bout, 48, did not meet the high legal standard of showing that his November 2011 jury conviction should be thrown out. Jurors convicted Bout of conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers through his agreement to sell arms to informants posing as members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which the U.S. government had deemed a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiring to acquire and export anti-aircraft missiles.
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| Boy, 13, dies after being shot in head on Washington state base Posted: 26 Oct 2015 02:24 PM PDT A 13-year-old boy has died after being shot in the head while he, his brother and a friend played with a loaded handgun on a U.S. military base in Washington state last week, police said on Monday. The boy was shot by the 17-year-old friend on Tuesday after the trio climbed through a hole in a fence onto Joint Base Lewis-McChord, about an hour's drive south of Seattle, said Lakewood Police Department spokesman John Unfred. The 17-year-old, Adonis Brown, of Lakewood, ran from the scene and police tracked him down hours later to a girlfriend's apartment, Unfred said. |
| Mexican drug cartel members convicted of kidnapping South Carolina man Posted: 26 Oct 2015 02:08 PM PDT Ruben Ceja-Rangel, 58, and Juan Fuentes-Morales, 27, were convicted in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, on Friday of conspiracy, kidnapping, hostage taking, brandishing firearms and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said. A third suspect, Luis Castro-Villeda, was sentenced to 30 years on similar charges in July, authorities said. Ceja-Rangel drove to South Carolina from his home in Groveland, Florida, to plan the elaborate kidnapping, Nettles said. |
| Shots fired at Iowa building that has recruiting center, law office: report Posted: 26 Oct 2015 01:51 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Iowa (Reuters) - Police in Davenport, Iowa, were responding to reports of shots fired at a building that houses a military recruiting center and law offices and in nearby Bettendorf, television station KWQC reported. |
| Oklahoma man in beheading murder wants to be executed -psychologist Posted: 26 Oct 2015 01:34 PM PDT An Oklahoma man charged with first-degree murder in the beheading death of a woman at an Oklahoma City-area food-processing plant wants to be executed, a psychologist testified on Monday. Dr. Anita Russell told a court in Norman, south of Oklahoma City, during a competency trial that 31-year-old suspect Alton Nolen refuses to help his attorneys with his defense and has asked to be put to death. The hearing was held to determine whether Nolen is mentally competent to stand trial for the murder of 54-year-old Colleen Hufford. |
