Trump at center stage, but Cruz in spotlight at GOP debate
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Obama really wants to go to Cuba, but only if the conditions are right
The president tells Yahoo News that he "very much" hopes to visit Cuba.Read More ...
Bowe Bergdahl to face desertion charge in general court-martial
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Baltimore jury mulls officer's fate in Freddie Gray's death
BALTIMORE
(AP) — Jurors wrestled over what "evil motive" means Monday as they
deliberated the fate of the first of six officers to be tried in the
death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose neck was broken in a police
van, fueling the "Black Lives Matter" movement.Read More ...
U.S. soldier Bergdahl may face life sentence in court-martial over desertion
By
Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe
Bergdahl, who walked away from his post in Afghanistan and became a
Taliban prisoner for five years, will face court-martial with a
potential life sentence, the Army said on Monday. In ordering the court
martial on Monday, Army General Robert Abrams did not follow the
recommendation of a preliminary hearing which, according to Bergdahl's
lawyer, called for Bergdahl to face a proceeding that could impose a
potential maximum penalty of a year in confinement. Bergdahl's lawyer,
Eugene Fidell, said the defense team "had hoped the case would not go in
this direction." He also urged Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump, who has called Bergdahl a "dirty, rotten traitor," to "cease his
prejudicial months-long campaign of defamation against our client." In a
later interview on Monday, Fidell also criticized members of Congress
for publicly saying they were closely monitoring the outcome of the
case.Read More ...
California shooter messaged Facebook friends about support for jihad: LA Times
(Reuters)
- One of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre, Tashfeen Malik,
sent at least two private messages on Facebook to a small group of
Pakistani friends in 2012 and 2014, pledging her support for Islamic
jihad and saying she hoped to join the fight one day, the Los Angeles
Times reported on Monday. The messages were posted before Malik, 29,
entered the United States on a K-1 fiancée visa in July 2014, the Times
said, citing two top federal law enforcement officials. Malik's messages
were recovered by FBI agents investigating whether she and her husband,
Syed Rizwan Farook, had been in direct contact with foreign militant
organizations and were directed to carry out the Dec. 2 attack in which
14 people were killed, the Times reported.Read More ...
On Sandy Hook anniversary, U.S. activists call for gun restrictions
Speakers
including U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, and
survivors of recent U.S. mass shootings made their call outside the
Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters of the National Rifle Association
lobbying group. On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed
20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Connecticut, an attack that stands as one of the deadliest mass
shootings in U.S. history.Read More ...
Obama: faster progress needed against Islamic State
U.S.
President Barack Obama said on Monday progress needs to speed up
against Islamic State militants, calling on allies to increase their
military contributions to coalition efforts to destroy the group in Iraq
and Syria. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Obama said he was
sending Defense Secretary Ash Carter to the Middle East to secure more
military help from partner nations in the fight against the group. "This
continues to be a difficult fight," Obama said.Read More ...
Egypt says no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash
Egypt
said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other
illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai
that killed all 224 people on board on Oct. 31. Russia and Western
governments have said the Airbus A321 operated by Metrojet was likely
brought down by a bomb, and the Islamic State militant group said it had
smuggled an explosive on board. The crash hit Egypt's tourism industry,
a cornerstone of the economy.Read More ...
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