Hillary campaign swats at Iran charge in ‘Clinton Cash’
A new book claims she watered down sanctions to please a company that paid her husband for a speech.Read More ...
Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades
Southern
Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly half a
century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers (six miles) into
the sky and prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency.
Emergency measures were also in place in neighboring Argentina, where
the picturesque city of Bariloche -- about 100 kilometers from the
volcano -- said it was anticipating the arrival of ash clouds within
hours and warned people to stay at home. Puerto Montt, over the border
from Bariloche and the largest Chilean city in the area, was already
blanketed in a cloud of ash. "People are very, very frightened," said
Gervoy Paredes, mayor of Puerto Montt.Read More ...
Civil lawsuit to be filed in Michael Brown's death
ST.
LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed,
black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a
St. Louis suburb, announced Wednesday night that they planned to file a
civil lawsuit the following day against the city of Ferguson.Read More ...
Justice for Freddie Gray
Where
does the investigation stand in the death of Freddie Gray, a
25-year-old Baltimore man who apparently suffered grievous injuries to
his spine while in police custody? Billy Murphy, Jr., an attorney for
Freddie Gray's family, speaks to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna
Golodryga and offers his views on where the case stands, and what needs
to be done to ensure justice for Mr. Gray and his family.Read More ...
Tsarnaev middle finger photo formally entered into evidence
Prosecutors
formally enter into evidence a video still of the now-convicted Boston
Marathon bomber giving a courthouse security camera the middle finger.Read More ...
Police: Congressman brought assault rifle to Capitol legally
Colorado Rep. Ken Buck caused a stir last week when he and Rep. Trey Gowdy posed with an AR-15 rifle.Read More ...
'I thought ... I was dead': dancer maimed in Boston bombing
By
Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - When ballroom dancer Adrianne
Haslet-Davis heard a blast as she stood at the finish line of the Boston
Marathon two years ago, she knew it was no accident and suspected
another explosion would follow. "I couldn't hear myself scream,"
Haslet-Davis on Wednesday told the jurors who will determine if
convicted bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death or life in
prison. "I thought that because I couldn't hear myself scream, I was
dead." Federal prosecutors called a series of witnesses who described
what they lost when the 21-year-old ethnic Chechen and his brother set
off a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race's crowded
finish line on April 15, 2013. Haslet-Davis, 34, was among them.Read More ...
Would-be Reagan assassin seeks expanded freedom in Virginia
By
Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Would-be U.S. presidential assassin
John Hinckley Jr. should be allowed to reside full time away from the
mental hospital where he has lived since shooting Ronald Reagan in 1981,
his lawyer argued in federal court on Wednesday. In his opening
statement, Hinckley's lawyer Barry Levine requested he be granted
convalescent leave, the equivalent of outpatient status, so he could
live full time with his 89-year-old mother. "There is no dispute that
Mr. Hinckley is clinically ready for the next step in treatment, which
is convalescent leave," Levine told U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman.
The government opposed Levine's request, with prosecutor Colleen Kennedy
saying the provisions suggested for expanded release were inadequate
for a would-be presidential assassin.Read More ...
Arizona's Sheriff Arpaio says he delegated court order on profiling
By
David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Controversial Arizona lawman Joe
Arpaio dodged questions on Wednesday over whether he was to blame for
allowing deputies to violate a court order blocking immigrants from
being detained solely on the suspicion of being in the country
illegally. Arpaio, who bills himself as "America's toughest sheriff,"
was testifying at a hearing in federal court to determine if he and four
others should be held in civil contempt in connection with the
long-running racial profiling case. Speaking in a rasping and sometimes
shaky voice, the 82-year-old told the Phoenix courtroom that others were
given the task of complying with the judge's 2011 court order. "I
delegated this court order to my subordinates and counsel that represent
me," Arpaio said.Read More ...
Live updates: Penalty phase in Tsarnaev Boston bombing trial
The convicted Boston Marathon bomber will learn his fate after being found guilty on all 30 counts.Read More ...
Extremist's misfire foiled attack on Paris church
PARIS
(AP) — An Islamic extremist with an arsenal of loaded guns was
prevented from opening fire on churchgoers only because he accidentally
shot himself in the leg, French officials said Wednesday.Read More ...
Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton's 2016 run
The host of the Women in the World Summit talks with Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga about what's different this time around.Read More ...
Obama move would raise wages for millions
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Protests grow over death of man in Baltimore police custody
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Freddie Gray's death.Read More ...
Obama again avoids calling 1915 Armenian killings 'genocide'
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Barack Obama will once again stop short of calling the
1915 massacre of Armenians a genocide, prompting anger and
disappointment from those who have been pushing him to fulfill a
campaign promise and use the politically fraught term on the 100th
anniversary of the killings this week. Officials decided against it
after opposition from some at the State Department and the Pentagon.Read More ...
New airstrikes in Yemen after Saudis say operation over
SANAA,
Yemen (AP) — Hours after Saudi Arabia declared an end to its
coalition's nearly monthlong air campaign in Yemen, new airstrikes
Wednesday hit Iran-backed militants and their allies in two cities, and
the rebels said they would welcome U.N.-led peace talks in the conflict
that has killed more than 900 people.Read More ...
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