Obama to free dozens of inmates from federal custody
The president will use his executive authority to release inmates this week serving decades for nonviolent crimes.Read More ...
Greek talks with skeptical creditors to resume Sunday
BRUSSELS
(AP) — Greece will have another, possibly its last, chance Sunday to
convince skeptical European creditors it can be trusted to enact
wide-ranging economic reforms that would safeguard its future in the
euro.Read More ...
Trump criticizes border policy as well as trade agenda
PHOENIX
(AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S.
immigration and trade policies on Saturday in speeches that veered from
accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to
professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.Read More ...
Massachusetts prosecutor to charge bomber Tsarnaev with murder
(Reuters)
- A Massachusetts district attorney plans to bring state murder charges
against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death in a federal
trial for a deadly bomb attack on the 2013 Boston Marathon, her office
said on Saturday. The Boston Globe reported that Middlesex District
Attorney Marian Ryan said she would charge Tsarnaev with murdering MIT
police officer Sean Collier and for other crimes in the aftermath of the
marathon attacks. Ryan said a guilty verdict in Massachusetts could
keep Tsarnaev in prison if he successfully appeals his federal
convictions.Read More ...
NAACP votes to end boycott of South Carolina over Confederate flag
The
resolution was approved during the NAACP's annual convention in
Philadelphia. South Carolina removed the flag on Friday to chants of
"USA, USA!," after three weeks of emotional debate over the banner, a
symbol of slavery and racism to many, but of Southern heritage and pride
to others. The Confederate flag was raised atop the South Carolina
State House dome in 1961 as part of centennial commemorations of the
American Civil War.Read More ...
Los Angeles sheriff relieves jail employees of duty over inmate neglect complaint
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has relieved 10 jail employees of duty and reassigned others over an inmate's complaint that he was denied food for more than a day, the sheriff said in a statement on Saturday. The officers relieved of duty include two lieutenants and one sergeant, according to the sheriff's department. The action by Sheriff Jim McDonnell, who was elected to the position last year, follows several scandals at the department's jails that have drawn increased scrutiny of detention facilities that collectively rank as the nation's largest jail system, with about 20,000 inmates.
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Greece faces D-Day after 'difficult' bailout talks halted
Greece
on Sunday faced a final EU summit to clinch a deal that would stop
Athens crashing out of the euro after divided eurozone ministers halted
"very difficult" talks on a new bailout overnight. Saturday's meeting of
the Eurogroup, comprising finance ministers from the 19-nation single
currency area, was supposed to pave the way for all 28 European Union
leaders to sign a final agreement at an emergency summit the following
day, billed as the last chance to keep Greece in the euro. Eurogroup
chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the "issue of credibility and trust was
discussed" by ministers, who are wary of the Greek government's
commitment to enacting the new reforms which closely resemble those
rejected by voters in a surprise referendum.Read More ...
Rubio revisits childhood in Vegas, calls Putin a criminal
HENDERSON,
Nev. (AP) — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio called Russian President
Vladimir Putin a criminal on Saturday in a presidential campaign speech
less focused on foreign and domestic policy than recounting his parents'
immigrant experience to voters in his childhood hometown.Read More ...
Greek talks with skeptical creditors to resume in morning
BRUSSELS
(AP) — Bailout discussions between the Greek finance minister and his
skeptical counterparts in the 19-country eurozone will resume Sunday
after breaking up following more than eight hours of talks without any
apparent breakthrough that will secure the country's future in the euro.Read More ...
Afghanistan says US strikes destroy its Islamic State branch
KABUL,
Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan said Saturday that recent U.S.
airstrikes it assisted destroyed the top leadership of a fledging
Islamic State affiliate there, potentially striking a major blow to an
insurgent group already targeted by local Taliban fighters.Read More ...
In Los Angeles, Trump speaks out on undocumented immigrants
By
Phoenix Tso LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful
Donald Trump met in Los Angeles on Friday with families whose loved ones
were killed by undocumented immigrants, saying U.S. immigration policy
has allowed criminals from other countries to find sanctuary in American
borders. “People came into the country illegally and killed their
children,” Trump said at a press conference at the Beverly Wilshire
Hotel on Friday. During his speech, Trump vented about illegal
immigrants, claiming that many of the people crossing the border from
Mexico are criminals and rapists.Read More ...
Healthy, easy recipes by kids at White House dinner
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Reddit interim CEO Pao resigns; Huffman regains CEO title
NEW
YORK (AP) — Reddit said Friday that interim CEO Ellen Pao resigned from
the company, and co-founder Steve Huffman is back as its CEO.Read More ...
Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina after 54 years
South
Carolina pulled the Confederate flag from its place of honor at the
Statehouse on Friday, marking a milestone in how America commemorates
the war that tore the United States apart 150 years ago.Read More ...
FBI: Dylann Roof got gun because of screening-system failures
FBI
Director James B. Comey said that Dylann Roof was able to get a gun
because of failures in the screening system for gun purchases.Read More ...
CIA, FBI looking into forged letter from top Democrat
The
request for comment reached Sen. Dick Durbin’s staff just after
midnight on Monday. What did the No. 2 Senate Democrat have to say about
a letter, over his signature, in which he appeared to dictate to
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who should be in his
government? A Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Russian outlet RIA
Novosti wanted to know.Read More ...
U.S. personnel chief quits after massive data breach
Katherine
Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, has
resigned from her post amid a cascading scandal over her handling of a
massive breach of federal employee data, a congressional source has told
National Journal.Read More ...
U.S. women's soccer team gets heroes' welcome in NYC
The world champion women's national team gets the rare honor of a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan.Read More ...
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