Chicago charges officer in black teen's death, releases video of shooting
Prosecution hastened in hopes of averting renewed racial turmoil over the use of lethal police force.Read More ...
Hollande, Obama vow unity against IS, appeal to Russia
France
and the United States pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic
State group, urging Russia to throw its weight behind global efforts to
resolve the four-year Syrian conflict. President Francois Hollande met
his US counterpart Barack Obama at the White House as Turkey's downing
of a Russian warplane dealt a severe blow to efforts to coordinate the
fight against IS. Speaking 11 days after jihadists killed 130 people in
the French capital, Hollande urged an "implacable" joint response to
crush the group in Syria and Iraq.Read More ...
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U.S. working to keep up with surging weapons demand: Pentagon
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Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is working
hard to ensure quicker processing of U.S. foreign arms sales, which
surged 36 percent to $46.6 billion in fiscal 2015 and look set to remain
strong in coming years, a top Pentagon official said. "Projections are
still strong," Vice Admiral Joe Rixey, who heads the Pentagon's Defense
Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), told Reuters in an interview late on
Monday. The fight against Islamic State militants and other armed
conflicts around the globe were fueling demand for U.S. missile defense
equipment, helicopters and munitions, Rixey said, a shift from 10 years
ago when the focus was on fighter jets.Read More ...
CDC says at least 19 E. coli infections linked to Costco chicken salad
(Reuters)
- At least 19 people in seven states may have been infected by E. coli
after eating rotisserie chicken salad sold at Costco Wholesale Corp's
stores, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on
Tuesday. No deaths have been reported, but two individuals developed
hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, a type of kidney failure that can
lead to permanent organ damage. The infections have been reported in
Montana, Utah, Colorado, California, Missouri, Virginia and Washington,
CDC said.Read More ...
Chicago prepares for protests after release of video showing officer shooting teen
CHICAGO (AP) — The latest on the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago police officer (all times local):Read More ...
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border
Russia claims its plane was still in Syrian airspace at the time of the incident.Read More ...
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