Local group takes on gun violence in wake of Newtown massacre |
- Local group takes on gun violence in wake of Newtown massacre
- Former President George H.W. Bush leaves hospital
- Armstrong admits to doping during Winfrey interview -report
- Two eastern states join call for tighter gun control
- Chiefs player legally drunk when he killed girlfriend: autopsy
- California boy, 12, convicted of neo-Nazi dad's murder
- Arguments in sex abuse trial of Philadelphia priest kick off
- FBI agent says Oregon bomb suspect discussed martyrdom in emails
- Florida priest pleads no contest in child abuse case
- Military suicides hit record in 2012, outpace combat deaths
- Senator Rand Paul's son accused of assault in airline fracas
- Supreme Court weighs overturning sentencing precedent
- Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths
- Judge in New York resists call to delay Imam's terror trial
- Obama digs heels in, refuses to negotiate debt ceiling
- Illinois father and two sons freeze to death during hike
- Cadillac ATS named 2013 North American Car of the Year
- Maine men accused in lobster crime face possible $190,000 fine
- Former President George H.W. Bush may leave hospital Monday
- Dallas razes apartment building where JFK assassin Oswald lived
- Newtown community leader says guns only part of the problem
- Obama: Government shutdown over debt ceiling would harm economy
- Obama says willing to assume authority to raise debt ceiling
- Aurora shooting victim's mother grieves with Newtown families
| Local group takes on gun violence in wake of Newtown massacre Posted: 14 Jan 2013 05:52 PM PST
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| Former President George H.W. Bush leaves hospital Posted: 14 Jan 2013 12:56 PM PST
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| Armstrong admits to doping during Winfrey interview -report Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:01 PM PST
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| Two eastern states join call for tighter gun control Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - Maryland and Delaware have joined the push for a ban in the United States on assault weapons and some types of ammunition magazines after last month's Connecticut school massacre. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joined leaders of the mid-Atlantic state on Monday in announcing new gun measures while his father, Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, was preparing national gun control proposals. ... |
| Chiefs player legally drunk when he killed girlfriend: autopsy Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:58 PM PST
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| California boy, 12, convicted of neo-Nazi dad's murder Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A California boy, now 12, was convicted of second-degree murder on Monday for shooting dead his neo-Nazi father, following a juvenile trial that centered on allegations of abuse and the young defendant's grasp of right and wrong. The verdict by Superior Court Judge Jean Leonard means that Joseph Hall, who was 10 years old when he shot his father to death at point-blank range in May of 2011, could be sentenced to a juvenile facility until he is 23. He faces a disposition hearing on February 15 to determine where he will be placed. ... |
| Arguments in sex abuse trial of Philadelphia priest kick off Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:58 PM PST PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Monday laid out a case of what they described as vile sexual attacks on a child by a priest and a former teacher, opening a new chapter in the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Reverend Charles Engelhardt, 66, and former teacher Bernard Shero, 49, are accused of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of a minor, in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia. ... |
| FBI agent says Oregon bomb suspect discussed martyrdom in emails Posted: 14 Jan 2013 05:31 PM PST PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Testimony in the trial of a Somali-born man charged with trying to bomb a Christmas tree event in Oregon opened on Monday with an FBI agent saying the accused first aroused concerns by discussing martyrdom in email exchanges with Islamist militants. Miltiadis Trousas, supervisor for the FBI sting operation that led to the arrest of Mohamed Osman Mohamud two years ago, testified that the defendant came to authorities' attention through intercepted communications with "some dangerous people overseas. ... |
| Florida priest pleads no contest in child abuse case Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:37 PM PST FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,. (Reuters) - A South Florida priest accused of sexually assaulting young boys for decades pleaded no contest to a half dozen charges on Monday and could face up to 15 years in prison under a plea deal. It is the first time criminal charges have been brought against Father Neil Doherty, 69, despite numerous civil cases that named him. A civil case involving Doherty last year ended in a jury awarding $100 million to one victim, among the largest awards in the United States to compensate for abuses committed by a Roman Catholic priest. ... |
| Military suicides hit record in 2012, outpace combat deaths Posted: 14 Jan 2013 01:39 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. troops committing suicide set a record in 2012, exceeding the number of combat deaths, the Pentagon said on Monday. The Pentagon said 349 active-duty troops killed themselves in 2012, up more than 15 percent from 2011 despite renewed efforts by the military to stem the suicide rate. "This is an epidemic that cannot be ignored," said Senator Patty Murray, who championed legislation last year to improve suicide prevention efforts and mental health care for troops and veterans. ... |
| Senator Rand Paul's son accused of assault in airline fracas Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:15 PM PST WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina police have accused the 19-year-old son of U.S. Senator Rand Paul of assaulting a flight attendant during an incident that led to his arrest on disorderly conduct charges earlier this month, authorities said on Monday. Police arrested William Hilton Paul, who is also the grandson of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, on January 5 at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, where he had arrived on a US Airways flight from Kentucky. ... |
| Supreme Court weighs overturning sentencing precedent Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:19 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court appeared narrowly divided on Monday on whether to overrule an 11-year-old precedent that lets judges, rather than juries, conduct fact-finding that could result in longer minimum sentences. A review of the 2002 decision, Harris v. U.S., came in one of two cases heard by the court involving the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution's Sixth Amendment. ... |
| Drug overdoses top AIDS as main cause of homeless deaths Posted: 14 Jan 2013 02:03 PM PST
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| Judge in New York resists call to delay Imam's terror trial Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:04 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday rejected suggestions by lawyers for Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical Islamic cleric awaiting trial on terrorism charges, to push back the trial date five months. The Egyptian-born al-Masri, who is missing both hands and is prohibited from using his signature metal hook prosthetics outside of his jail cell, has pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal counts including hostage taking, providing material support to the al Qaeda network and conspiracy to provide goods and services to the Taliban. ... |
| Obama digs heels in, refuses to negotiate debt ceiling Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:12 PM PST
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| Illinois father and two sons freeze to death during hike Posted: 14 Jan 2013 11:33 AM PST KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - An Illinois man and two of his sons died from exposure to freezing temperatures during a weekend hike in the Ozark Mountains in southeast Missouri, authorities said on Monday. Rescue crews found David Decareaux, 36, and sons Dominic, 10, and Grant, 8, on a rocky bluff Sunday morning, Reynolds County Sheriff Tom Volner said. The father was pronounced dead at the scene and the boys later died at a hospital, Volner said. Decareaux, his wife and five children of Millstadt, Illinois, were staying at an Ozarks lodge, Volner said. ... |
| Cadillac ATS named 2013 North American Car of the Year Posted: 14 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST
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| Maine men accused in lobster crime face possible $190,000 fine Posted: 14 Jan 2013 10:52 AM PST CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A Maine lobsterman and his son pleaded not guilty on Monday to illegally possessing more than 400 protected egg-bearing female lobsters and face a possible $190,000 fine, authorities said. Marine patrol officers discovered the lobsters, marked with a v-shaped notch in their tails or mutilated to remove the notch, during an inspection last year of a boat owned by Ricky Curtis, the state Department of Marine Resources said in a statement. ... |
| Former President George H.W. Bush may leave hospital Monday Posted: 14 Jan 2013 09:20 AM PST
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| Dallas razes apartment building where JFK assassin Oswald lived Posted: 14 Jan 2013 06:35 PM PST DALLAS (Reuters) - The city of Dallas on Monday demolished a dilapidated two-story apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald had lived briefly before he assassinated President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. Oswald, his wife Marina and their daughter lived in the 10-unit building at 600 Elsbeth Street from November 1962 to March 1963. It was one of several places Oswald had lived in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. ... |
| Newtown community leader says guns only part of the problem Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:45 PM PST NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - In the days after a shooter killed 20 first graders and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, Tom Bittman resolved the town should come together to demand immediate action on guns. A month later, the community leader sees things differently. He says guns are only part of the problem and Newtown has to address mental health and school safety issues as well. The 19-year resident of Newtown is one of the founders of Sandy Hook Promise, a community group unveiled on Monday with the support of several grieving families. ... |
| Obama: Government shutdown over debt ceiling would harm economy Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday the U.S. economy would be damaged if a Washington impasse over raising the debt ceiling led to a government shutdown. "My hope is that common sense prevails," Obama said at a news conference. Obama said it is possible that the Republican-led House of Representatives could vote against raising the debt ceiling. If a government shutdown results, "It will damage our economy," he said. (Reporting by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Paul Simao) |
| Obama says willing to assume authority to raise debt ceiling Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that he would be willing to take over authority for raising the U.S. borrowing limit if Congress does not want to increase the debt ceiling. Obama was asked at a news conference about differences he is having with congressional Republicans over raising the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling that the country is expected to hit as soon as the middle of next month. "This is about paying your bills," he said. "We've got to stop lurching from crisis to crisis to crisis." (Reporting By Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Mohammad Zargham) |
| Aurora shooting victim's mother grieves with Newtown families Posted: 14 Jan 2013 03:06 PM PST NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Sandy Phillips began her journey of grief nearly six months ago, and on Monday it brought her to the New England community of Newtown, still shattered by the deaths of 20 first graders and six educators at the hands of a gunman in an elementary school. Phillips, the mother of Jessica Redfield Ghawi, one of those killed in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting in July, traveled 1,800 miles to Newtown for the launch by relatives and neighbors of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre's victims of an initiative to end gun violence. ... |
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