Feds: Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Speaker Boehner
Michael
Hoyt is suspected of having contemplated poisoning House of
Representatives Speaker John Boehner and has been charged with
threatening to murder a U.S. official, court documents showed on
Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who long served Boehner at a country club in Ohio
and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by
police, was indicted on the charge on Jan. 7, court papers said. ...Read More ...
Tsarnaev lawyers: Suspend jury selection over France attacks
Attorneys
for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a
judge to suspend jury selection in his trial for at least a month
because of the terror attacks in France.Read More ...
Pope gives Sri Lanka first saint before half million crowd
By
Frank Jack Daniel and Philip Pullella COLOMBO (Reuters) - Pope Francis
gave Sri Lanka its first saint at a waterfront Mass for more half a
million people in Colombo on Wednesday, calling 17th century missionary
Joseph Vaz a model of reconciliation after the country's recent civil
war. The pope, who on Tuesday was tired after starting his trip under a
blazing sun, looked relaxed against a sparkling backdrop of rolling
waves as he told the hushed crowd that Vaz was an example of religious
tolerance relevant to Sri Lanka today. ...Read More ...
Prosecutors detail assault as Vanderbilt University rape trial opens
By
Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Prosecutors recounted graphic
crime details on Tuesday at the opening of a trial of two former
Vanderbilt University football players charged with raping a female
student at the school in 2013. The woman was raped and sodomized by
Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey while unconscious in Vandenburg's dorm
room on the morning of June 23, 2013, Deputy District Attorney General
Tom Thurman told the jury. Thurman added that Batey urinated on the
victim while using racial slurs and the rape was recorded on a cell
phone. ...Read More ...
Convicted Virginia state legislator wins election while in jail
By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - Joseph D. Morrissey, a longtime Virginia legislator who ran his latest campaign while serving a jail sentence for contributing to the delinquency of a minor, on Tuesday won his bid for re-election to the state House of Delegates in a special election. With all precincts reporting in Virginia's 74th house district, unofficial returns showed Morrissey, a former Democrat turned independent, capturing 42.3 percent of the vote. ...
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Montana officer breaks down after fatally shooting unarmed man
In
the footage, Billings Police Officer Grant Morrison can be seen sobbing
on the hood of a police cruiser after shooting 38-year-old Richard
Ramirez three times during a traffic stop.Read More ...
Man linked to Paris attacker held
PM Valls is urging tighter surveillance and other anti-terrorism measures.Read More ...
Eleven Ukraine civilians killed when rocket hits bus
Eleven
Ukrainian civilians were killed and nearly 20 injured on Tuesday when a
long-range Grad rocket apparently fired by pro-Russian insurgents hit
an intercity bus in the separatist east. Local police said the rocket
appeared to have gone astray after being aimed by the gunmen at a
checkpoint set up by government soldiers on the main highway connecting
the rebel stronghold of Donetsk with Ukraine's southeastern coast on the
Sea of Azov. The incident, which was condemned by the UN Security
Council, was the deadliest attack on civilians since the rival sides
signed a much-maligned September 5 ceasefire that only partially stemmed
the fighting and did little to resolve the insurgents' independence
claims.Read More ...
US judges review broad surveillance of Muslims by NYC police
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) — A federal appeals court appeared concerned Tuesday that the New
York Police Department may have spied on Muslim groups following the
Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks solely because of their religion.Read More ...
Pope urges respect for human rights on Sri Lanka trip
Pope
Francis urged respect for human rights as he began a two-nation Asia
tour in a windswept Sri Lanka Tuesday, bearing a message of peace and
reconciliation after a decades-long civil war. His visit, days after the
surprise election of a new president, is focused on unity in a country
struggling to heal the wounds of a 37-year conflict that pitted troops
against Tamil separatists. The Argentine pope's second visit to Asia
will also take in the Philippines, a bastion of Christianity in the
region, where he is set to attract one of the biggest-ever gatherings
for a head of the Catholic Church.Read More ...
Indian state slams plan for centers to make LGBT youths 'normal'
By
Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The chief minister
of the Indian beach state of Goa on Tuesday slammed plans by his youth
affairs minister to set up treatment centers for young lesbians, gays,
bisexuals and transgender people(LGBT), a move that had enraged
activists. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said Ramesh Tawadkar's plan
to set up centers providing treatment, training and medication "to make
them (LGBT youths) normal" was announced in ignorance. ...Read More ...
Israel to bury victims of Paris market attack
Top Israeli leaders will attend services for four Jews killed in a kosher market.Read More ...
CDC director 'confident' world can get to zero Ebola cases
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention said on Tuesday he was "confident" that the Ebola outbreak
ravaging West Africa can be brought under control, but that "we are by
no means out of the woods." Speaking at a breakfast meeting in
Washington with public health officials and lawmakers, Dr. Tom Frieden
said it is vital that every case of the disease is eliminated. "I remain
very confident we can get to zero cases in this epidemic if we continue
the way we're going and nothing unexpected happens," he said. ...Read More ...
Contest to succeed Sen. Boxer prompts hectic maneuvering
LOS
ANGELES (AP) — California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday
became the first Democrat to enter the high-stakes, high-dollar race to
replace Barbara Boxer in the U.S. Senate.Read More ...
1792 penny sells for record-breaking sum
By
Michael Fleeman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Beverly Hills rare coin
dealer purchased a 1792 American penny for nearly $2.6 million, the most
ever paid for a one-cent piece at auction. Named after its engraver,
Robert Birch, the so-called "Birch Cent" was among the first pennies
struck for the United States, part of a series of prototype coins. Only
10 are believed to exist and collector Kevin Lipton said the coin he
purchased is in the best condition of those 10. ...Read More ...
Sen. Marco Rubio issues terror warning: Not if, but when
Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio warns that “thousands of people around the world” are
plotting terror attacks like the one on the staff of the magazine
Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and that an attack on America is “not a question
of if, but when.”Read More ...
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