Kasich steals show at governors' meeting
The wily 62-year-old former congressman butts heads with Wisconsin’s Scott Walker during a heated exchange.Read More ...
Racial divide in U.S. arrest rates is 'staggering,' study finds
According
to USA Today — which compared arrests reported by local police
departments to the FBI in 2011 and 2012 with data from the 2010 U.S.
census — at least 1,581 police departments arrest black people at a
higher rate than Ferguson, Mo., where blacks are arrested nearly three
times more than people of other races.Read More ...
Top Obama aide won’t rule out unilateral easing of Cuba policy
A
year after President Barack Obama said the United States must "update
our policies" on Cuba, his pick for the No. 2 job at the State
Department, Tony Blinken, refused to rule out unilateral steps by the
president in the next two years — provided Alan Gross goes free.Read More ...
Ferguson braces for finding on shooting of unarmed black teen
By
Scott Malone FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Residents of Ferguson, Missouri,
prepared on Wednesday for a grand jury report expected soon on the fatal
August shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman, an event
that laid bare long-simmering racial tensions in the St. Louis suburb.
The shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown sparked weeks of sometimes
violent protests. Many businesses have boarded up their windows as they
expect another wave of demonstrations to follow the grand jury's
decision, particularly if officer Darren Wilson is not charged. ...Read More ...
Obama's immigration move expected to leave out millions of childless adults
By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Friday nights, in the Denver suburb of Arvada, Ramon Madera invites his sister Angelica and her three children over to his home for dinner and games. It's a tradition that became all the more important after the children's father was deported back to Mexico about five years ago. Lately, conversations on game night have taken an anxious turn: Madera himself was apprehended by immigration enforcement agents in September and is due in court for a deportation hearing next June. ...
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Obama to act unilaterally on immigration, irking Republicans
By
Steve Holland and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack
Obama will outline a plan on Thursday to relax U.S. immigration policy
for as many as 5 million people, bypassing Congress and angering
Republicans. U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, the leading Republican voice
on fiscal policy and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, called
the plan a "partisan bomb" while a spokesman for House Speaker John
Boehner branded the president “Emperor Obama” for acting unilaterally.
The White House said Obama will deliver a televised speech at 8 p.m. ...Read More ...
'Ready for Hillary' super PAC winding down
The
super-PAC Ready for Hillary, which launched in late 2012 to urge
Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2016 and is described by some as
a "shadow operation" for her would-be campaign, is coming to an end,
Politico reports.Read More ...
Don Lemon to Cosby accuser: 'You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex'
The host engaged in an awkward exchange with one of Cosby's alleged victims.Read More ...
NASA simulation shows a year in the life of Earth’s CO2
NASA
scientists created an ultra-high-resolution computer model that gives
staggering views of how carbon dioxide swirls around Mother Earth — and
the heavy toll it takes on her.Read More ...
5th death attributed to New York snow
BUFFALO,
N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a fifth death is being attributed to an
unrelenting lake-effect snowstorm that has blanketed parts of western
New York.Read More ...
Deaf man: Brother framed me; 3rd brother disagrees
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. (AP) — A deaf man serving a life sentence for murder was framed by
his brother, supporters of the inmate insist, but in a surprise twist, a
third brother showed up to a parole hearing Wednesday and said both his
siblings are guilty.Read More ...
Stephen Colbert to host Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON (AP) — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts says Stephen Colbert will host this year's Kennedy Center Honors, bringing a new touch to the annual awards show.
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Frustrated Senators have questions about Obama’s Islamic State strategy
Lack of direction from the White House has frustrated Democrats and Republicans alike.Read More ...
Putin backs deeper ties with Kim Jong Un
The Russian president wants to strengthen his nation's relationship with North Korea.Read More ...
Police: Miss Honduras, sister slain in jealous fit
Two bodies have been found buried near the spa where they disappeared six days ago.Read More ...
Celeb-filled, stirring ad confronts world leaders' slow response to Ebola crisis in West Africa
A new PSA featuring top stars does not feature their acting abilities.Read More ...
A third of Fortune 500 firms now cover transgender health care
A new report highlights dramatic changes in how corporations treat trans employees.Read More ...
Heritage Action CEO: Repeal 'all of Obamacare'
A
year after relations with GOP congressional leadership hit a low point,
Yahoo News talks with the group's CEO about how it will navigate the
new Republican majority.Read More ...
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