45 arrested after police protests in SF Bay Area
Oakland police say the arrests followed a largely peaceful protest against police killings.Read More ...
Deal reached at U.N. climate talks in Peru
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Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bil
Congress cleared a spending bill for President Obama's signature late Saturday.Read More ...
Senate passes spending bill, ends government shutdown threat
By
David Lawder and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate
on Saturday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that lifts the threat
of a government shutdown as Congress attempts to wrap up a two-year
legislative session marked by bitter partisanship and few major
accomplishments. The Senate's 56-40 vote sends the measure to President
Barack Obama, who is expected to sign it into law before federal
spending authority expires at midnight on Wednesday. ...Read More ...
Marchers in Washington, New York, Boston protest against police killings
By
Ian Simpson, Lacey Johnson and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON/NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, New York
and Boston on Saturday to protest against killings of unarmed black men
by police officers. Organizers said the marches were among the largest
in a recent wave of protests against the deaths that have cast a global
spotlight on race relations in the United States. The rallies were
mainly peaceful, though police in Boston said they arrested 23 people
who tried to block a highway. ...Read More ...
Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting
(Reuters)
- A Missouri prosecutor on Saturday made public two dozen documents
related to the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown, a black
teenager killed by a white police officer, saying his office had
inadvertently held them back. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch
released 23 documents, including a transcript of an interview
authorities had with Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown in August when
the unarmed 18-year-old was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, in
Ferguson. The incident set off days of sometimes violent protests in the
St. Louis suburb. A grand jury on Nov. ...Read More ...
Sony hackers promise to deliver large 'Christmas Gift'
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Rev. Sharpton, families speak at D.C. march
Rev.
Al Sharpton asked the families of African-American men who were killed
by police officers to speak at the Justice for All March.Read More ...
Thousands rally across U.S. over police killings
Thousands
of protesters paralyzed parts of New York and Washington on Saturday,
stepping up demonstrations across the United States demanding justice
for black men killed by white police. The rallies in the US capital, New
York, Boston and in several Californian cities were among the largest
in a growing protest movement sparked by the killing of unarmed black
teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. Grand jury
decisions not to prosecute the white officers responsible for
18-year-old Brown's death and a fatal chokehold on New York father of
six Eric Garner in July, have triggered weeks of protests. "I can't
breathe" were the last words uttered repeatedly by Garner, as police
wrestled him to the ground for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes in
New York's Staten Island.Read More ...
Developments in Newtown 2 years after massacre
As
the second anniversary of the Newtown school shooting arrives on
Sunday, local officials and others touched by the tragedy have been busy
on many fronts as the town continues its recovery from the massacre of
20 children and six educators.Read More ...
Man arrested after Portland shooting, 2 sought
The man is a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school.Read More ...
Multiple attacks kill 20 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms
Taliban
insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of gun and suicide
attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining worsening security as
US-led NATO forces end their combat mission in the country. A suicide
blast wrecked an Afghan military bus in Kabul, killing seven soldiers,
while a senior court official was assassinated in the city and 12 Afghan
mine clearance workers were gunned down in the south. Two NATO soldiers
were also killed on Friday in an attack in the east of Afghanistan, the
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement,
without identifying their nationality. The Taliban claimed
responsibility for all the attacks.Read More ...
Thousands of protesters expected in D.C., NYC over police killings
By
Ian Simpson, Lacey Johnson and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON/NEW YORK
(Reuters) - Thousands marched in Washington, New York and Boston on
Saturday to protest killings of unarmed black men by police officers.
Organizers said the marches were among the largest in the recent wave of
protests against the killings of black males by officers in Ferguson,
Missouri; New York; Cleveland; and elsewhere. The protests were
peaceful, although police in Boston said they arrested more than 20
people who tried to block a highway. ...Read More ...
Day of insurgent violence kills 19 in Afghanistan
The assault was part of a series of attacks that saw two U.S. troops killed and a top Afghan court official gunned down.Read More ...
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