Police, protesters face off again in Ferguson
Police arrested nearly two dozen people during another night of demonstrations.Read More ...
New Google CEO Pichai's low-key ascent
A
low-key style and an unusually firm handle on diplomacy propelled new
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to the top of the search engine
giant, former colleagues said, cementing his successes such as creating
the Chrome browser. As part of a major overhaul of its operating
structure, Google said on Monday it was creating a new holding company
called Alphabet. Google co-founder Larry Page will step down as Google's
chief and Pichai was appointed as head of a "slimmed-down" version of
the company.Read More ...
Bush links Clinton to rise of Islamic State
BURBANK,
California (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will step
up his criticism of Hillary Rodham Clinton and her tenure as secretary
of state on Tuesday, arguing in a speech on foreign policy the
Democratic front-runner shares in the mistakes that he says led to the
rise of the Islamic State.Read More ...
Protests return to Ferguson streets, state of emergency declared
By
Carey Gillam and Scott Malone FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Riot police
clashed early on Tuesday with protesters in the streets of Ferguson,
Missouri marking the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed
black teen whose death sparked a national outcry over strained race
relations. About 200 demonstrators, some waving flags, beating drums,
and shouting anti-police slogans, marched along a street that was a
flashpoint of riots that erupted last year after white police officer
Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Police carrying shields
rushed into a crowd of protesters around midnight, prompting many to
scream and run away.Read More ...
Ohio high court advises judges not to refuse to perform gay marriages
Judges
in Ohio should not refuse to perform same-sex marriages based on
personal or religious beliefs, the state's Supreme Court said in an
informal, nonbinding opinion released on Monday. The advisory opinion
was issued in response to inquiries from judges and a judicial
association seeking guidance, after a number of Ohio judges refused to
marry same-sex couple or halted civil marriages altogether. The opinion
cited the June 26 U.S. Supreme Court Obergefell v Hodges ruling that
legalized gay marriage nationwide, effectively invalidating Ohio's law
prohibiting marriages not between a man and a woman.Read More ...
Cutting terms for some violent crimes key to easing U.S. mass incarceration: analysis
By
Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mass incarceration, a problem
that President Barack Obama and nearly all 2016 White House hopefuls
agree must be tackled, can only be substantially reduced by easing
punishments for some violent criminals, according to an analysis
released on Tuesday. A range of ideas for shrinking the swelling U.S.
prison population, now at 2.2 million, was advanced by the Urban
Institute, a policy think tank, in the wake of Obama's historic prison
visit last month and call for congressional sentencing reform
legislation. The Urban Institute unveiled an online tool, called the
Prison Population Forecaster, to measure how the changes would affect
the prison population, which grew exponentially over the past four
decades even as crime dropped to all-time recorded lows.Read More ...
Google to become Alphabet as firm shakes up operating structure
Investors
have been after Google CEO Larry Page for years to cut back on the
pie-in-the-sky bets that many see as a costly distraction to the
company's highly profitable core search and Internet advertising
businesses.Read More ...
Charges filed against Washington Post reporter who covered 2014 Ferguson protests
A
Washington Post reporter arrested last year while covering protests in
Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting of an unarmed black
teenager has been charged with trespassing and interfering with a police
officer, the newspaper said on Monday. Wesley Lowery, 25, was arrested
after police asked him and another reporter to leave a McDonald's
restaurant being used as a staging area for press coverage of the
demonstrations that occurred after the Aug. 9, 2014, shooting of Michael
Brown. The Post said Lowery received a court summons dated on Aug. 6
ordering him to appear in St. Louis County municipal court on Aug. 24 or
face the risk of arrest.Read More ...
Girls to stay in adult court in classmate stabbing case
WAUKESHA,
Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday that two 13-year-old girls
accused of stabbing a classmate to please the online horror character
Slender Man will stay in adult court, where they could face a sentence
of decades in prison.Read More ...
State of emergency issued following Ferguson anniversary violence
Police say the man opened fire on them during protests one year after Michael Brown's death.Read More ...
New step in Trump's feud with Fox News; Clinton weighs in
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Donald Trump's turbulent relationship with Fox News showed signs
of improvement Monday even as Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton seized on
the billionaire businessman's clash with the network to cast his
Republican rivals as being bad for women.Read More ...
Donald Trump: Megyn Kelly should apologize to me
Donald
Trump is not only refusing to apologize for his controversial comments
about Megyn Kelly — the Republican frontrunner now says the Fox News
host should apologize to him.Read More ...
Day of violence in Turkey leaves at least 9 dead
ISTANBUL
(AP) — Two female assailants opened fire at the U.S. Consulate in
Istanbul on Monday and at least six Turkish security forces were killed
elsewhere in a day of heavy violence in Turkey, where a government
crackdown has targeted Islamic State militants, Kurdish rebels and
far-left extremists.Read More ...
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