Kate, William start whirlwind U.S. tour
The British royals arrive in NYC amid a series of protests against police violence.Read More ...
Philippine typhoon weakens to a storm; 3 dead
LEGAZPI,
Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit weakened into a storm Monday after
it left at least three people dead and sent more than a million others
into shelters, sparing the central Philippines the massive devastation
that a monster storm inflicted on the region last year.Read More ...
George W. Bush weighs in on his 'sister-in-law': Hillary Clinton
The
former president says he's saddened that race continues to play a
divisive role in the United States, and is dismayed that African
Americans don't trust the police.Read More ...
More 'chokehold death' protests begin on U.S. West Coast after clashes
By
Emmett Berg and Sebastien Malo OAKLAND, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) -
U.S. West Coast cities were braced for trouble on Sunday, after a night
of clashes in Berkeley, California, and Seattle, as fresh protests
started against police violence over the death of a black man who was
put in a chokehold by a police officer. Protesters in New York and other
cities have staged demonstrations every day since a grand jury's
decision on Wednesday not to bring criminal charges against the white
police officer whose chokehold contributed to the man's death in New
York in July. ...Read More ...
Carolers in New York tweak classics to protest police violence
By
Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amid a sea of holiday shoppers,
about 30 protesters, among them professional opera singers, gathered on
Sunday in midtown New York to sing Christmas carols modified with lyrics
lamenting recent cases of police violence against African American
males. The event, which drew smiles from onlookers, was in contrast to
more charged protests, including a night earlier in Seattle, where
people threw rocks at police, and in Berkeley, California, where looters
smashed store windows. ...Read More ...
Survivors commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
By
Treena Shapiro HONOLULU (Reuters) - For the fifth year in a row, Lou
Conter made the trip to Honolulu from his Alta Sierra, California, home
to remember his USS Arizona shipmates who died in the surprise air
attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Before the 73rd commemoration
ceremony started on the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center's main lawn on
Sunday morning, Conter said that he and other survivors started
gathering in Honolulu in 1991, and he now plans to come every year that
he's able. It's not about him, he noted. ...Read More ...
Survivors gather to remember Pearl Harbor attack
Veterans who survived the Japanese attack attend the 73rd anniversary ceremony.Read More ...
Yemen says U.S.-led raid killed 10 al-Qaida fighters
A
high-risk, U.S.-led raid attempting to rescue hostages in Yemen a day
earlier killed 10 al-Qaida militants, Yemeni security officials said
Sunday.Read More ...
Survey: U.S. gas prices fall 12 cents per gallon
A
national survey reveals the average price of regular gasoline has
plunged another 12 cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $2.72.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the decline continues
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Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress'
In
an interview with BET, the president says the race issues spotlighted
by recent grand jury decisions are not going to be solved overnight, but
that it's also important to recognize the progress the United States
has made on civil rights.Read More ...
Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics
An
audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment
she was first elected to Congress in 2006. Democrats were ascendant and
Bachmann was a stridently Republican new arrival with a homespun
Minnesota twang.Read More ...
Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley
Peaceful
protests over the chokehold death of Eric Garner took a violent turn in
Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, when several masked protesters smashed
store windows and hurled objects at police officers who used smoke and
teargas to disperse the crowd.Read More ...
1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43
More
than two months after they disappeared, concrete evidence is beginning
to emerge on the fate of 43 college students whose case has caused a
political crisis in Mexico. At least one of them has been identified
among charred remains found several weeks ago near a garbage dump,
family and government officials say.Read More ...
U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison
The
deal had been delayed for months by security concerns in the Pentagon
and political considerations in the South American country.Read More ...
N. Korea denies Sony hack but calls it 'righteous deed'
SEOUL,
South Korea (AP) — North Korea released a statement Sunday that clearly
relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming
film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang's supreme
leader.Read More ...
Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip
London
(AFP) - Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate head to New York on
Sunday for a glitzy visit that marks a step-up in their role
representing Britain abroad, royal commentators said.Read More ...
NYC braced for more protests over police violence after West Coast clashes
By
Sebastien Malo and Emmett Berg NEW YORK/BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) - A
fifth day of nationwide protests against police violence was set to
begin on Sunday after overnight clashes in two West Coast cities as New
York's police commissioner said an internal investigation into a
chokehold death could last four months. ...Read More ...
US protests turn violent after NY man killed by police buried
Several
officers were injured, and buildings and cars were vandalized or
looted, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats. The angry demonstration
took place hours after mourners gathered at the New York funeral of an
unarmed black man shot dead by police in New York on November 20. Akai
Gurley, 28, father of a two-year-old daughter, was killed when a police
officer opened fire in a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment
building where he was walking with his girlfriend. Friends and relatives
filed past Gurley's open gray casket to pay their respects at the Brown
Memorial Baptist Church, before the lid was closed and a huge spray of
red and white flowers was placed on top of it.Read More ...
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Saturday, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure.
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Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt
Protests in California over police killings of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York turned violent.Read More ...
Chokehold death protest gets violent in California
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Obama says Somers' life was in imminent danger
President
Barack Obama said Saturday he authorized the attempt to rescue American
Luke Somers in Yemen because the U.S. had information that the American
photojournalist's life was in imminent danger.Read More ...
At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa
HAVANA/GENEVA
(Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was
cured after experimental treatment in a Swiss hospital vowed on
Saturday to return to West Africa and continue treating patients. "I
will finish what I started. I am returning to Sierra Leone," Felix Baez,
43, told reporters at Havana's Jose Marti airport shortly after
landing, the official website Cubadebate reported. It was not
immediately clear if Cuban health officials would allow Baez to go back
to Africa. ...Read More ...
Thousands bid farewell to Washington's 'mayor for life'
Thousands
gathered Saturday for a joyful final farewell to Washington's "mayor
for life" Marion Barry, remembering him more for his civic service than
his infamous brush with crack cocaine. The popular and controversial
Mississippi sharecropper's son turned civil rights activist who served
four terms as mayor of the US capital died November 23 at the age of 78.
Three days of events marking his outsized life culminated Saturday with
a four-hour memorial service at Washington's convention center,
followed by a private burial under dark gray skies. Thursday saw Barry
lying in state in the Wilson Building, Washington's city hall.Read More ...
Voters head to polls in Louisiana Senate race
Louisiana
voters voted on Saturday in a runoff election that opinion polls
indicate will expand Republicans' majority in the U.S. Senate at the
expense of one of the chamber's last remaining southern Democrats.Read More ...
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