N. Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with U.S.
A spokesman of the North's foreign ministry said there would be "grave consequences" if the U.S. refused to cooperate.Read More ...
U.S. sends 4 Afghans back home from Guantanamo
U.S. officials say the transfer from the detention center is a sign of their confidence in new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.Read More ...
Human rights in spotlight after U.S.-Cuba deal
HAVANA
(AP) — To many exiles and their allies, President Raul Castro is a
brutal dictator who locks up dissenters in gulag-like jails, snuffs out
political discourse and condemns his people to socialist poverty.Read More ...
Stephen Collins to '7th Heaven' Fans: 'I'm very sorry'
In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, embattled actor Stephen Collins admits to sexual misconduct with underage girls and talks about his time starring on the hit show '7th Heaven.'
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CIA unlikely to punish staff over Senate computer search: NYT
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - A panel investigating the CIA's search of a computer
network used by U.S. Senate staff will not recommend disciplining the
agency officials involved in the incident, according to the New York
Times. The review panel is looking into the search by agency officials
of staffers from the Senate Intelligence Committee who were
investigating the CIA's use of torture in interrogations of detainees
after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. ...Read More ...
Obama says U.S. blacks better off overall than when he began presidency
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that U.S. blacks are
better off now than they were when he began his presidency in 2009, but
that the gap between blacks and whites remains. "Like the rest of
America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was
when I came into office," he told reporters in an end-of-year news
conference. "The gap between income and wealth of white and black
America persists, and we've got more work to do on that front. ...Read More ...
Friend of accused Boston bomber pleads guilty to gun, drug charges
By
Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A high school friend of the accused
Boston Marathon bombers pleaded guilty on Friday to charges including
having possessed a gun that prosecutors contend the suspects used to
shoot dead a university police officer as they tried to flee the city.
Stephen Silva, 21, changed his plea from not guilty in U.S. District
Court in Boston after reaching a deal with federal prosecutors that was
filed under seal. ...Read More ...
Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea
President
Barack Obama vowed that the United States will respond to the
devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on the North Korean
government. Obama said the cyber attack "caused a lot of damage" to Sony
but that he believed the company made a mistake in canceling the
release of "The Interview," a comedy portraying the assassination of the
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. "We will respond," Obama told an
end-of-year news conference. ...Read More ...
Ferguson prosecutor: Some witnesses lied, including woman who didn’t see shooting
A
woman who swore she saw teenager Michael Brown pummel Ferguson Officer
Darren Wilson and charge him “like a football player,” was lying about
being at the scene of the controversial police shooting, St. Louis
County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Friday.Read More ...
New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch
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Tour agents: N. Korea may soon lift Ebola restrictions
TOKYO
(AP) — North Korea, never a country to take the threat of foreign
invasion lightly, has been under virtual lockdown since October to keep
the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. But two leading travel
agencies that specialize in the small but growing North Korea market say
they have confirmed that the North may be ready to open up its doors
again soon.Read More ...
Barbara Scrivner’s long journey to clemency
Twenty
years into her three-decade sentence for selling small amounts of meth,
President Barack Obama had decided to let Scrivner out of prison, her
lawyer told her in a brief and emotional phone call. She started to cry.Read More ...
Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children
SYDNEY
(AP) — An Australian woman was arrested for murder in the killings of
eight children, seven of whom are believed to be her own, police said
Saturday. The children were found dead inside the woman's home.Read More ...
Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis prosecutor
ST.
LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County prosecutor who convened the grand
jury that investigated the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown
says some witnesses before the panel obviously lied under oath.Read More ...
'A human being gripped by a severe mental illness'
James Holmes's parents are pleading for him to be spared the death penalty.Read More ...
Painting sells for staggering sum
GROSSE
POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — The Edsel & Eleanor Ford House kept
secret its 2013 sale of an oil painting by French post-impressionist
Paul Cezanne to a private buyer for $100 million to help protect
Detroit-owned artworks under threat due to the city's bankruptcy.Read More ...
Hackers' latest message to Sony
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The hackers who launched a cyberattack on Sony Pictures
praised the company's decision to cancel the release of "The Interview"
and said its data will be secure if they continue to comply, CNN
reported on Friday, quoting the message.Read More ...
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