Paris suspects 'located' in northern France
A policewoman is fatally shot near Paris, a day after the attack on a satirical newspaper.Read More ...
Slain editor was on terror group's 'hit list'
Stephane Charbonnier was targeted by an al-Qaida web magazine two years ago.Read More ...
FBI director gives new clues tying North Korea to Sony hack
NEW
YORK (AP) — The FBI director revealed new details Wednesday about the
stunning cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., part of
the Obama administration's effort to challenge persistent skepticism
about whether North Korea's government was responsible for the brazen
hacking.Read More ...
Sub-zero winds grip central, eastern U.S., schools close
(Reuters)
- Schools in Chicago, Boston and other large cities closed on Thursday
as sub-zero temperatures and bitter winds gripped central and eastern
United States for a third day and meteorologists warned there was little
relief in sight. An Arctic air blast from Canada hit the U.S. Midwest,
Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with many parts around minus 10 Fahrenheit
(minus 23 Celsius), the National Weather Service said. In northern New
York state's Adirondack Park, the village of Saranac Lake dropped to
minus 24F overnight. ...Read More ...
Slump in New York arrests, fines hits traffic lawyers, bail bondsmen
By
Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sharp drop in arrests and fines in
New York may prove costly for the city but it could already be hurting
some traffic lawyers and bail bonds firms, which are seeing their phones
ring less often as fewer people are in trouble and need help. The slump
in arrest volume - last week's total was around half that recorded a
year ago - is seen by supporters of new York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
as evidence of a work slowdown by police officers angered by recent
comments he made that they viewed as anti-police. Police unions deny
there is a slowdown. ...Read More ...
Massachusetts court to consider case reviews after crime lab scandal
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top court will consider arguments Thursday on how to handle tens of thousands of drug convictions that were potentially tainted by a rogue crime lab scientist, in a case that could have national implications. The American Civil Liberties Union and law firm Foley Hoag will argue at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for measures to speed up reviews of the cases, and limit the powers of prosecutors to oppose them. "People who have suffered ... ...
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Police officer dies in shooting at Paris' edge
A policewoman is fatally shot a day after the deadly assault on a satirical newspaper.Read More ...
Cartoonists pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims
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Obama touts auto bailout success, Michigan worries about trade
By
Jeff Mason WAYNE, Mich. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, on a trip
to unveil elements of his State of the Union address, took a victory lap
in Michigan on Wednesday to tout his support of the auto industry, but
concerns about trade policies hung in the background of his tour.
"America's resurgence is real," Obama said at a Ford Motor Co plant near
Detroit after walking around the factory and sitting in a Mustang.
Obama noted that his government-backed bailout of the auto industry was
not popular, even in Michigan, but had been a success. ...Read More ...
Live Updates: 12 killed in shooting at satirical newspaper office in Paris
The manhunt for the terrorists responsible is underway.
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House GOP tries to regroup after divisive speaker vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans began the new Congress with old divisions on display Wednesday, bitter fallout from a failed rebellion against Speaker John Boehner.
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Young mother let terrorists into Charlie Hebdo building after threat against daughter
A
young mother says she let gunmen into the Paris office building housing
the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo because they threatened her and
her daughter with violence.Read More ...
White House threatens veto on Republican bill to weaken Obamacare
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that President Barack
Obama would veto a Republican-backed bill that would reduce the number
of people who qualify for employer-based health insurance under his
signature Affordable Care Act. The bill, introduced on Tuesday in the
U.S. House of Representatives, aims to require companies to offer
healthcare coverage to employees who work 40 hours per week, instead of
the 30-hour threshold under the reforms known as Obamacare. ...Read More ...
Arab League and top Muslim body condemn Paris attack
Cairo
(AFP) - The Arab League and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious
centre of learning, both condemned a deadly attack Wednesday on a Paris
satirical newspaper.Read More ...
Obama calls Paris violence 'terrorist attack'
US
President Barack Obama condemned the "cowardly, evil" assault on a
French satirical newspaper that left 12 dead Wednesday, pledging US
assistance to Paris to bring the attackers to justice. The US leader,
speaking from the Oval Office, expressed solidarity with France and
pledged that the attack on Charlie Hebdo would not squelch the right to
free speech held dear by both nations. "France is one of our oldest
allies, our strongest allies," Obama said.Read More ...
Paris shooting: Gunmen attack satirical French magazine
Footage taken from nearby rooftops captures dramatic scene.
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Tail of missing AirAsia jet located
It's the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage from Flight 8501.Read More ...
As snow moves out, 'dangerously cold air' on the way
Frigid
air is blowing across the United States, dropping temperatures in many
areas into the single digits and leading weather monitors to issue wind
chill advisories and politicians to plead with residents to check on
their neighbors.Read More ...
12 dead in 'terrorist' attack at Paris paper
Heavily
armed gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed a Paris satirical
newspaper office Wednesday and shot dead at least 12 people in the
deadliest attack in France in four decades. The capital was placed under
the highest alert status after the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical
weekly that has sparked anger in the past among Muslims for publishing
cartoons of the prophet Mohamed. The attack took place at a time of
heightened fears in France and other European capitals over fallout from
the wars in Iraq and Syria where hundreds of European citizens have
gone to fight alongside the radical Islamic State group. President
Francois Hollande, who immediately rushed to the scene of the shooting,
described it as a barbaric terrorist attack.Read More ...
FBI to question 'hundreds of witnesses' in hospital shooting
EL
PASO, Texas (AP) — The FBI plans to question hundreds of patients who
may have witnessed a shooting at a West Texas veterans' hospital that
left two people dead, including the suspected gunman, the agency said.Read More ...
Group seeks new grand jury in Ferguson police shooting case
ST.
LOUIS (AP) — The NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing
"grave legal concerns," is asking a Missouri judge to convene a new
grand jury to consider charges against the Ferguson police officer who
fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.Read More ...
House reauthorizes special committee probing Benghazi attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-led House voted Tuesday to extend a special committee's investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador.
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White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of
legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill
approving the much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was
expected to be the first of many confrontations over energy and
environmental policy.Read More ...
Syria's accusation against John McCain
UNITED
NATIONS (AP) — The Syrian government on Tuesday accused U.S. Senator
John McCain, former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and two
others of entering the country illegally.Read More ...
Ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell faces possible jail time
A judge makes a big ruling on the former governor's sentencing.Read More ...
Meet the new Congress
It's younger and more female, but still mainly lawyers and career politicians.Read More ...
Live: Mourners gather at the funeral for former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is joined by Bill Clinton, among others.Read More ...
The continuing mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501
JAKARTA,
Indonesia (AP) — AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea with 162
people on board, halfway into a Dec. 28 flight from Surabaya,
Indonesia, to Singapore. Dozens of bodies have been recovered, and
search teams have detected what is believed to be the plane's wreckage,
but many questions remain unanswered. Here are some of them:Read More ...
Rocket problem postpones SpaceX launch to space station
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX called off a supply flight to the
International Space Station on Tuesday because of rocket trouble,
another delay in the delivery of groceries and overdue Christmas
presents.Read More ...
Snow expected from Midwest to Northeast, then bitter cold
CHICAGO
(AP) — A winter weather system expected to dump more than a foot of
snow in some places has begun its trek east, with a separate blast of
arctic air right on its heels.Read More ...
2 New York City police officers shot, wounded in the Bronx
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say two New York City police officers are in critical but stable condition at a hospital after being shot and wounded while responding to a robbery in the Bronx.
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SpaceX to try ocean platform landing of Falcon rocket
SpaceX
aims to propel modern rocket science into a brave new era Tuesday by
landing a key part of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the
Atlantic Ocean. Billionaire Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, who heads
the California-based company, said on Reddit late Monday he has "no
idea" if the attempt will work, after previously giving the bid a 50-50
chance of success. SpaceX hopes the effort will transform the rocket
industry from one that creates parts worth millions of dollars that are
left to fall into the ocean after blastoff, to one that reuses its
assets much the way commercial airlines fly the same planes again and
again. The attempt will come after the Falcon 9 launches from NASA pad
early Tuesday, carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo vessel which is packed
with supplies and equipment for the six astronauts living at the
International Space Station.Read More ...
Temperatures plummeting across the U.S.
Brace yourself for the year's first blast of arctic air.Read More ...
Bad news for Speaker Boehner
By
David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Boehner is
expected to be re-elected as House of Representatives Speaker on
Tuesday, but a vocal and growing pocket of conservative opposition could
hamper his ability to pass difficult legislation this year.
Representative Steve King of Iowa and Marlin Stutzman of Indiana on
Monday became the latest prominent conservatives to announce they would
vote against Boehner for a third term as speaker. ...Read More ...
NYPD: 2 police officers shot in the Bronx
The officers' injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening, according to media reports.Read More ...
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