Clinton urges State Department to release her emails
Hillary Clinton addresses controversy over her use of private email as secretary of state.Read More ...
U.S. envoy to S. Korea in stable condition after knife attack
SEOUL,
South Korea (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was in stable condition
after a man screaming demands for a unified North and South Korea
slashed him on the face and wrist with a knife, South Korean police and
U.S. officials said Thursday.Read More ...
Ferguson probe reveals rampant police racism
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says report shows deep distrust and hostility in the community.Read More ...
U.S. Supreme Court split over Obamacare challenge
By
Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared
sharply divided on ideological lines on Wednesday as it tackled a second
major challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with
Justice Anthony Kennedy emerging as a likely swing vote in a ruling. The
nine justices heard 85 minutes of arguments in the case brought by
conservative opponents of the law who contend its tax credits aimed at
helping people afford medical insurance should not be available in most
states. A ruling favoring the challengers could cripple the law dubbed
Obamacare, the president's signature domestic policy achievement.
Kennedy, a conservative who often casts the deciding vote in close
cases, raised concerns to lawyers on both sides about the possible
negative impact on states if the government loses the case, suggesting
he could back the Obama administration.Read More ...
Oregon woman arrives in U.S. after stuck in East Timor for six months
By
Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - An Oregon woman arrested
on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor arrived home in Portland
on Wednesday to a swarm of national and local media after six months of
diplomatic negotiations. Stacey Addison, who said she was never in
possession of drugs, was imprisoned for two months and then released
without travel documents in December, leaving her unable to leave the
Southeast Asian country. Really strange, but really good," said Addison,
a 41-year-old veterinarian who was initially detained when a man with
whom she shared a cab was arrested on drug charges last September.
Prison conditions were basic, but she was treated well, Addison said at
Portland International Airport.Read More ...
'It WAS him': Defense admits Tsarnaev bombed Boston Marathon
BOSTON
(AP) — The question, for all practical purposes, is no longer whether
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took part in the Boston Marathon bombing. It's whether
he deserves to die for it.Read More ...
Benghazi committee subpoenas Hillary Clinton's emails
The House Select Committee on Benghazi is planning to subpoena Clintonmail.com.Read More ...
In Israel, analysts see election boost for Netanyahu from speech
Many
analysts in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech
before Congress, which challenged President Obama's strategy on Iran,
may help him garner votes in upcoming elections.Read More ...
'It was him': Day 1 of the Boston Marathon bombing trial
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US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared a white former
Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed
black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for
sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called
discriminatory and unconstitutional.Read More ...
Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama's health overhaul Wednesday in a dispute over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans.
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McDonald's chicken gets new standard: No human antibiotics
NEW
YORK (AP) — McDonald's says it plans to require chicken suppliers to
stop using antibiotics important to human medicine within two years.Read More ...
Ferguson police review of Brown shooting remains a secret
Seven
months after one of its white officers fatally shot an unarmed black
18-year-old, the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department’s own findings of
what transpired remain under wraps. Excessive force and possible civil
rights violations by the suburban St. Louis department have been the
focus of a Justice Department investigation since Darren Wilson shot
Michael Brown Jr. multiple times last August.Read More ...
Opening statements set for Boston bombing trial
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Man killed by LAPD was wanted by U.S. marshals
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Ferguson policies targeted blacks, created toxic environment: U.S. attorney general
By
Lisa Lambert and Carey Gillam WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A
U.S. probe found systemic racial bias targeted blacks and created a
"toxic environment" in Ferguson, Missouri, but cleared a white officer
in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager there, Attorney
General Eric Holder said on Wednesday. The report said the St. Louis
suburb overwhelmingly arrested and issued traffic citations to blacks to
boost city coffers through fines, used police as a collection agency
and created a culture of distrust that exploded in August when Ferguson
Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown's
killing touched off a national debate on race, led to months of street
protests and amplified long-standing complaints in Ferguson and across
the country of police harassment and mistreatment of minorities. "But
seen in this context, amid a highly toxic environment, defined by
mistrust and resentment, stoked by years of bad feelings, and spurred by
illegal and misguided practices, it is not difficult to imagine how a
single tragic incident set off the city of Ferguson like a powder keg."
Holder, who is stepping down soon as attorney general, called for
wholesale and immediate change in the way Ferguson operates.Read More ...
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