DOJ: Albuquerque police used 'patterns of excessive force'

DOJ: Albuquerque police used 'patterns of excessive force'
Lawyer: Pa. stabbing suspect 'confused, scared and depressed'
Stephen Colbert named as Letterman's replacement
Statewide manhunt for suspect in fatal Fla. day care crash
Pistorius admits 'no reason' to fire fatal shots
Possible fifth ping heard in Malaysia jet search
The Koch brothers' 'secret bank' steps out of the shadows
Matt Bai: Scott Brown shouldn’t worry about carpetbagger label
Samsung Galaxy S5: When a committee builds a smartphone
Russia withheld intel on Boston bomb suspect
New possible sound detected in hunt for lost jet
Police seek motive of school stabbing rampage
1 child dead, 14 hurt in Florida day care crash
At Fort Hood memorial, Obama promises help for war-weary troops
Scientists seek to build 'bioficial heart' with 3-D printer
Kerry ‘betrayed and surprised’ by McCain onslaught
NATO strategy might send U.S. troops to front lines near Russia
Vatican hires hawk to protect pope's doves after attack horrified crowds
Obama comforts base twice struck by tragedy
Twin bombings kill 25 in Syrian battleground city

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 10:01 AM PDT

Officers need more training and tools to ensure they can protect the community.

Lawyer: Pa. stabbing suspect 'confused, scared and depressed'

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Alex Hribal does not understand the gravity of the charges against him, his attorney says.

Stephen Colbert named as Letterman's replacement

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 09:01 AM PDT

Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" host Stephen...

Statewide manhunt for suspect in fatal Fla. day care crash

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 09:34 AM PDT

WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) — As mourners trickled by Thursday to honor the 4-year-old girl who was killed and 14 others injured in a crash at a Florida daycare center, authorities scoured the state for the driver they said fled in the vehicle that caused the fatal wreck.

Pistorius admits 'no reason' to fire fatal shots

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 08:16 AM PDT

In a pummelling cross-examination, the prosecution called Oscar Pistorius's account of killing his girlfriend "impossible" on Thursday, zeroing in on apparent inconsistencies in key parts of his testimony. "Your version is so improbable that nobody would ever think it's reasonably, possibly true it's so impossible," Prosecutor Gerrie Nel thundered during his second day interrogating the Olympian. Under intense questioning, Pistorius said police moved fans, put the duvet on the floor and opened the curtains when they came to his villa, implying they had tampered with the crime scene.

Possible fifth ping heard in Malaysia jet search

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 07:37 AM PDT

PERTH, Australia (AP) — An Australian aircraft Thursday detected what may be the fifth signal coming from a man-made device deep in the Indian Ocean, adding to hopes that searchers will soon pinpoint the object's location and send down a robotic vehicle to confirm if it is a black box from the missing Malaysian jet.

The Koch brothers' 'secret bank' steps out of the shadows

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:26 AM PDT

A once-secretive Koch-backed group that bankrolls conservative causes puts its name on ads against Democrats for the first time. But donors remain undisclosed.

Matt Bai: Scott Brown shouldn’t worry about carpetbagger label

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 02:30 AM PDT

The real reason modern politics so often seems to surprise those of us who practice or follow it closely isn't because we lack for reams of granular data culled from the research of political scientists, or because we're locked away in Washington and have no idea what's going on in the rest of the country. It's because we apply the wrong context to the question.

Samsung Galaxy S5: When a committee builds a smartphone

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Why do all the new, hotly awaited phones produce global sighs of disappointment?

Russia withheld intel on Boston bomb suspect

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:27 PM PDT

Russia failed to provide key details to the FBI before the attack, reports the N.Y. Times.

New possible sound detected in hunt for lost jet

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 03:21 AM PDT

An Australian aircraft picks up a new possible underwater signal.

Police seek motive of school stabbing rampage

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:45 AM PDT

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — It was just before the start of class and the hallways were packed as usual with students at their lockers or chatting with friends.

1 child dead, 14 hurt in Florida day care crash

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 09:41 PM PDT

Out-of-control car smashed through wall after being struck by SUV that fled scene.

At Fort Hood memorial, Obama promises help for war-weary troops

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 03:16 PM PDT

After losing 576 Fort Hood soldiers in a dozen years of war, the president, along with top US military leaders, gathered at the Texas Army base to remember the three who were gunned down by Sgt. Ivan Lopez. The job of military leaders "is to prepare our soldiers for the chaos of war," the Army's top officer, Gen. Raymond Odierno, said in remarks at the memorial service. But that the soldiers were lost "on American soil, at the hands of one of their own, makes this tragedy inexplicable," added General Odierno, whose lived with his family on the base for more than seven years when he wasn't commanding troops in Iraq. Two Fort Hood soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Ferguson and Staff Sgt. Carlos Lazeney-Rodriguez, joined the military two decades ago, prior to the 9/11 attacks "and stayed as the nation went to war," Mr. Obama said.

Scientists seek to build 'bioficial heart' with 3-D printer

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 07:10 PM PDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — It may sound far-fetched, but scientists are attempting to build a human heart with a 3-D printer.

Kerry ‘betrayed and surprised’ by McCain onslaught

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 01:25 PM PDT

Secretary of State John Kerry felt "betrayed and surprised" by Republican Sen. John McCain's withering and highly personal remarks at a congressional hearing, a senior administration official tells Yahoo News on Wednesday.

NATO strategy might send U.S. troops to front lines near Russia

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 02:52 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alliance member states in Eastern Europe now feeling at risk.

Vatican hires hawk to protect pope's doves after attack horrified crowds

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:53 PM PDT

The Catholic weekly Credere (Believe) has been caught in a delayed April Fools' prank about the Vatican recruiting a hawk to protect the pope's doves after two were killed by a crow and a seagull. The publication said a bird of prey named "Sylvia", who was specially trained for the task in northern Italy, has been taken on by the Swiss Guards following the incident in January. But a Vatican official told AFP the report, which was due to appear in the Italian weekly's Thursday edition and was relayed by other newspapers, was an "April Fools' they picked up".