Ohio man accused of plotting to attack US Capitol
The suspect spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant group, the FBI said.Read More ...
CIA absolves itself in torture report snooping
A panel clears agency officials of wrongdoing when they accessed Senate committee computers.Read More ...
Shakeup at Secret Service; 4 executives reassigned
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Four of the highest-ranking Secret Service executives have been
reassigned following a series of security mishaps and scathing reports
questioning leadership within the agency, the Secret Service said
Wednesday.Read More ...
U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses
By
Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service will remove
four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest
shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with
protecting the president, an agency official said on Wednesday. The
official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmedActing Director
Joseph Clancy had told the four assistant directors who oversee the
agency's missions of protection, investigations, technology and public
affairs that they must leave their jobs. "Four assistant directors have
been notified that they're being assigned to other positions," the
official said. Recent lapses by the agency include allowing a
knife-carrying man to jump a fence and run into the White House last
September in one of the worst security breaches since President Barack
Obama took office in 2009.Read More ...
Virginia governor envisions economy for state's 'new reality'
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe shared his vision for a new economy for the state in his annual address on Wednesday, while raising a rallying cry for the Democratic party's leading issues. Virginia survived the 2007-09 recession relatively unscathed. "What remains to be seen is how we respond to the new reality that the days when Virginia could simply rely on federal spending to buoy our economy, in good times and bad, are over," he said. "If we are going to preserve Virginia’s position as a global economic leader, we must open new avenues for growth that are not dependent on federal spending." He outlined initiatives to break into other industries and draw new businesses to the state, including setting aside funds to compete for housing a new electron ion collider project and saying he would introduce legislation to create an energy development fund.
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Ohio man arrested for planning attack on U.S. Capitol
By
Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Ohio man claiming sympathy with
Islamic State militants was arrested and charged on Wednesday in
connection with a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs,
court documents disclosed. Christopher Cornell, 20, of Cincinnati
researched the construction of pipe bombs, purchased a semi-automatic
rifle and 600 rounds of ammunition and made plans to travel to
Washington to carry out the plot, according to an FBI informant's legal
testimony. Court documents showed that Cornell indicated on Twitter that
he supported the Islamic State group under the alias Raheel Mahrus
Ubaydah. According to the documents, in instant messages to the
undercover FBI informant, Cornell indicated that while he did not have
support to conduct an attack on behalf of any group, "we already got a
thumbs up from the Brothers over there and Anwar al Awlaki before his
martyrdom and many others." Awlaki was killed by the United States in
Yemen in 2011.Read More ...
NASA Curiosity rover’s drill smashes Mars rock, collects important samples
The
Curiosity rover drilled a hole in the Mojave rock target on Mars. The
freshly broken rock pieces could help NASA understand the importance of
crystals that were spotted in that location two months ago.Read More ...
Chilling images of scene inside Paris kosher supermarket
New footage shows Amedy Coulibaly holding hostages and issuing orders to staffers.Read More ...
Watch 2 Chainz and Nancy Grace debate marijuana legalization
The rapper and HLN television host sparred over pot legalization on Tuesday night.
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Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck
A bus carrying 12 prisoners and 3 corrections officers fell from an overpass.Read More ...
House votes to undo Obama immigration actions
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Shunning a White House veto threat and opposition within their
own party, House Republicans approved legislation Wednesday to overturn
President Barack Obama's key immigration policies and expose hundreds of
thousands of younger immigrants to expulsion from the U.S.Read More ...
Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station
NASA stresses that the crew on board is safe.Read More ...
Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack
In a video message, the group says it was behind last week's Charlie Hebdo massacre.Read More ...
The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train
California’s long-awaited, long-debated, long-delayed high-speed rail system had its groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 6. But it was nearly impossible, even with a backer like Gov. Jerry Brown in a state like California, to build a bullet train in the first place — and it’s still pretty much impossible anywhere else in America.
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‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths
A
year after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would
begin to consider pedestrian fatalities as a top priority, advocates
take stock.Read More ...
Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet
A Singaporean navy ship on Wednesday located the main body of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, raising hopes that bodies of most of the 162 victims will now be found. Underwater photos showed the cracked fuselage and part of a wing of Flight QZ8501, that went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Just 50 bodies have so far been recovered with most of the victims believed to be trapped inside the Airbus 320-200's main body. It followed the retrieval this week of both the plane's black boxes, which contain vital information to help investigators determine what caused the crash.
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French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo
The satirical weekly sells out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France.Read More ...
Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents
By
Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to
poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been
charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court
documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who served Boehner at a
country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he
was questioned by police on Oct. 29, was indicted on the charge last
Wednesday, court papers said. ...Read More ...
Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students
MEXICO
CITY (Reuters) - The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala
has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are
feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday.
Tomas Zeron, director of criminal investigations at the federal Attorney
General's office, said that prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant
for former mayor Jose Luis Abarca and 44 others on charges of kidnapping
the 43 students. President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing his deepest
crisis over the government's handling of the investigation. ...Read More ...
Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats
PARIS
(AP) — In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its
irreverent and often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuring a
caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover that drew immediate
criticism and threats of more violence.Read More ...
Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit
By
Philip Pullella and Frank Jack Daniel COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -
Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday,
capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions
must unite to heal the country's war wounds. The only other visit by a
pope to a Buddhist temple was made by Pope John Paul during a trip to
Thailand in 1984. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the
pope briefly stopped at Colombo's Mahabodhi temple to meet Banagila
Upatissa, a Buddhist leader who had invited him when they met on Tuesday
at an inter-religious meeting. ...Read More ...
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