Sonar locates wreckage of AirAsia jet
Indonesia obtains a sonar image that appears to show the remains of the missing plane.Read More ...
U.S. releases 5 Guantanamo prisoners, sends them to Kazakhstan
MIAMI
(AP) — Five men who were held for a dozen years without charge at the
U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been sent to the Central
Asian nation of Kazakhstan for resettlement, the U.S. government
announced.Read More ...
9 linked homicides in Canada
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Tensions remain after New York City mayor meets police unions
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Jonathan Allen and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police union
leaders said their grievances with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
remained unresolved after meeting with him on Tuesday, 10 days after
they said he was partly to blame for a gunman's deadly attack on two
policemen. The meeting came after a marked drop in arrests across the
city last week. One city newspaper said the decline was evidence of a
"virtual work stoppage", but city officials were unable to say on
Tuesday whether or not a police slowdown was under way. ...Read More ...
U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement
By
Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three Yemenis and two Tunisians
held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo
have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on
Tuesday, the latest in a series of prisoner transfers aimed at closing
the facility. The transfer of the five men followed a recent pledge by
President Barack Obama for a stepped-up push to shut the internationally
condemned detention center at the U.S. naval base in Cuba where most
prisoners have been held without being charged or tried. The U.S. ...Read More ...
Police kill Pennsylvania man as he tried to run down officers
(Reuters) - Police in Pennsylvania shot and killed a man on Tuesday who tried to use his car to run over officers as they attempted to arrest him on charges of making online terroristic threats against law enforcement, officials said. Police in Upper Darby Township, a suburb of Philadelphia, were trying to serve an arrest warrant on the 52-year-old man when the late afternoon shooting occurred on a well-traveled intersection, a department official said. As officers approached, the suspect put his car in reverse, stepped on the gas, and rammed a police vehicle, a police report said. ...
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AirAsia crash: Leading theories
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Nurse becomes first Ebola victim diagnosed in Britain
By
William James and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - A health worker who has
become the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in Britain was being
treated at a London hospital on Tuesday after contracting the disease
in West Africa. The woman arrived from Scotland at the Royal Free
hospital, Britain's designated Ebola treatment centre, in an ambulance
accompanied by police vehicles, a Reuters witness said. "The latest
update we have on the condition of the patient is that she is doing as
well as can be expected in the circumstances," Scottish First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon said. ...Read More ...
Wreckage, bodies reveal jet's fate days after it disappeared
Images of debris and a bloated body flash across Indonesian television screens.Read More ...
Reports: 9 dead from linked homicides in in Canada
Nine
people have been killed in three related incidents in the western
Canadian city of Edmonton, Canadian media reported on Tuesday. CBC TV
said seven people were killed in a home in the Albertan city while two
others were killed in two separate homes. The Edmonton Journal newspaper
said some of the victims are believed to be children. Edmonton police
said they were investigating "a multiple homicide scene." Police did not
state the number of people killed nor whether the incidents were
connected. ...Read More ...
Boehner comments on Grimm's resignation
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Potential candidates eyed a New York congressional seat Tuesday
as Republican Rep. Michael Grimm announced his resignation, following a
guilty plea on tax evasion charges.Read More ...
Iran sets date for nuclear talks
DUBAI
(Reuters) - Iran and six world powers are set to resume low-level talks
on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, with wide gaps remaining
in their positions, the Iranian foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the lead negotiator for Iran with the six
powers known as "P5+1," made the remarks in a closed-door session with
members of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee,
according to state news agency IRNA. "We have stood firm and demand
lifting of all sanctions at once," Zarif said. ...Read More ...
Boehner lends support to Whip Steve Scalise over speech scandal
House
Speaker John Boehner issued a statement of support for Rep. Steve
Scalise, who appeared at a 2002 convention of the European-American
Unity and Rights Organization.Read More ...
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Cargo vessel carrying migrants sends distress signal off Greece
ATHENS
(Reuters) - A cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants
near the Greek island of Corfu sent out a distress signal saying armed
people were on board on Tuesday, Greek television reported. Two Greek
officials confirmed that a distress signal had been received from the
Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M but did not give further details on the
message. A Greek frigate, a coastguard vessel and a military helicopter
were heading to the area, they added. "We have information that it is
carrying suspected migrants. It is sailing off Corfu," a shipping
ministry official said. ...Read More ...
Source: U.S. suspects N. Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures
By
Mark Hosenball and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S.
investigators believe that North Korea likely hired hackers from outside
the country to help with last month's massive cyberattack against Sony
Pictures, an official close to the investigation said on Monday. As
North Korea lacks the capability to conduct some elements of the
sophisticated campaign by itself, U.S. investigators are looking at the
possibility that Pyongyang "contracted out" some of the cyber work,
according to the official, who was not authorized to speak on the record
about the investigation. ...Read More ...
The top politics stories of 2014
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House GOP leader once addressed white supremacists
As
Republicans struggle to attract more votes from minorities heading into
the 2016 presidential election, a House GOP leader has acknowledged
that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists, though his
office denies any association with the group's social views.Read More ...
Diversity in GOP 2016 hopefuls
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Long criticized as the party of old white men, Republicans are
seeing a diverse group of people step up for possible contention in the
2016 presidential race.Read More ...
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