Hostage situation erupts in Sydney café
Five people have emerged from a café where a gunman still holds an unknown number hostage.Read More ...
Anniversary of Newtown tragedy recognized in 'personal reflection'
A mom whose son was killed in the shootings wrote a powerful letter.Read More ...
Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World
Miss
South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014
at the contest's glitzy final in London on Sunday, with an estimated
billion viewers watching on television around the globe. Miss Hungary,
Edina Kulcsar, was judged the runner-up and Miss United States,
Elizabeth Safrit, came third in the 64th annual competition, contested
by women from 121 countries. Medical student Strauss clasped her hands
together in surprise and was crowned by the outgoing Miss World, Megan
Young of the Philippines, to huge cheers in the ExCeL exhibition centre.
"South Africa this is for you," Strauss said.Read More ...
Connecticut town marks second anniversary of school massacre
By
Richard Weizel NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) - Residents of Newtown,
Connecticut gathered at a somber prayer service on Sunday to remember
the 20 young children and six educators killed by a gunman two years ago
in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The town,
located some 78 miles (126 kilometers) northeast of New York City, is
holding no official events to commemorate the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre at
Sandy Hook Elementary School. There were no formal events last year
either. ...Read More ...
Cosby praises wife, disparages media in newspaper interview
(Reuters)
- Comedian Bill Cosby, besieged by a wave of sexual misconduct
allegations, has praised his wife for supporting him and criticized the
media for its coverage of a scandal that has already compromised his
career. Cosby, once a revered father figure and a forceful advocate of
self-help for his fellow African Americans, made the remarks in a rare
telephone interview with the New York Post, which published them on its
website late on Saturday. ...Read More ...
For police reformers, California city shows a rough road
By
Dan Levine OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - In 2000, police in Oakland,
California became a symbol of the worst of American law enforcement
after a band of rogue officers known as "The Riders" were accused of
beating suspects, planting evidence and falsifying reports. Today, as an
outcry over police killings and excessive force spreads across the
country, Oakland's police are becoming known for something else:
restraint and reform. Under scrutiny by a court-ordered external monitor
and threatened with federal receivership, Oakland's 14-year journey
from notorious law enforcement agency to reform-minded department
illustrates the difficulty of changing the way police operate at time of
national soul-searching over heavy handed police tactics. Using a new
computer system to monitor police, Oakland may be an indicator of what
lies ahead for Ferguson, Missouri, and other U.S. cities whose officers
face mounting public mistrust and the perception that they operate with
impunity in the shooting of black suspects.Read More ...
Report: Hostages taken in Sydney
Police lock down a main business area after reports say people are held inside a café.Read More ...
Dick Cheney refuses to call CIA's brutal interrogation techniques 'torture'
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Senate cancels vote on Obama Social Security pick
President
Barack Obama's pick to head the Social Security Administration has run
into more trouble after Senate Democrats canceled a procedural vote on
her nomination. Obama nominated Carolyn W. Colvin ...Read More ...
The $1.1T bill: School lunches, light bulbs, pot
School
kids, truckers, marijuana smokers and fans of old-fashioned light bulbs
are among the millions of people who had something extra riding on the
big spending bill passed by Congress to keep the government running.Read More ...
Thousands march nationwide against police slayings of black men
Demonstrators in New York and D.C. chant "I can't breathe" and "Hands up, don't shoot."Read More ...
Families of Newtown, Connecticut, massacre victims plan lawsuits
By
Richard Weizel NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) - Parents of almost half the
young children killed by a gunman at an elementary school in Newtown,
Connecticut, two years ago on Sunday have taken initial steps toward
filing lawsuits tied to one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S.
history. For a second straight year the leafy suburb has planned no
public events to commemorate the massacre, which left 20 first graders
and six educators dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an incident that
inflamed the U.S. debate over gun control. The parents of eight of the
children killed in the Dec. ...Read More ...
Deal reached at U.N. climate talks in Peru
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45 arrested after police protests in SF Bay Area
Oakland police say the arrests followed a largely peaceful protest against police killings.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 ...
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