Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense'

Johnson: Immigration changes 'simple common sense'
Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama daughters
President Obama to order more training, oversight for military gear to cops
Former top prosecutor 'outraged' by military’s handling of sex-assault cases
Bad news for Apple stock
Xbox One dominates Black Friday
Islamic State militants kill 16 Iraqi soldiers on Syria border
Obama wants more police wearing body cameras
FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S.
Supreme Court considers Facebook threats case
Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead
U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report
Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson, Mo

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:35 AM PST

President Obama's Homeland Security secretary confronts GOP critics.

Congressional aide to resign after criticizing Obama daughters

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 08:13 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional aide who recently criticized President Barack Obama's teenage daughters on social media told NBC News on Monday that she would resign. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Republican Representative Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, had said via a Facebook post that Obama's daughters, Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13, needed to show "a little class," complaining they appeared to look disinterested last week during an appearance with their father at a White House pre-Thanksgiving ceremony at which he had "pardoned" a turkey. ...

President Obama to order more training, oversight for military gear to cops

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:02 AM PST

President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order to encourage more oversight of federal programs that dole out military gear to local police departments, senior administration officials said Monday.

Former top prosecutor 'outraged' by military’s handling of sex-assault cases

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 01:24 AM PST

In a Yahoo News Interview, Col. Don Christensen says he was sidelined after speaking out.

Bad news for Apple stock

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:25 AM PST

An unusual spike in volume led to a sudden tumble in the valuable tech company.

Xbox One dominates Black Friday

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:46 AM PST

If you've been following the Black Friday discounts this year, it's probably no surprise that the Xbox One had a great day last Friday. But how great a day? Data sales tracking site InfoScout says that the console and its bundles made up more than half of all console sales on Black Friday.

Islamic State militants kill 16 Iraqi soldiers on Syria border

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 07:12 AM PST

The fighters also seized guns and vehicles and brought them back to Rutba.

Obama wants more police wearing body cameras

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:32 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their interactions with civilians. However, Obama is not seeking to pull back federal programs that provide military-style equipment to local law enforcement.

FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S.

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FBI issues strong warning about Islamic State attacks in U.S.

Supreme Court considers Facebook threats case

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:41 AM PST

The high court is weighing the rights of people who use violent language on social media.

Ohio State's Kosta Karageorge found dead

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U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 09:58 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials have warned military personnel that Islamic State forces may be planning attacks against them in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday. A joint intelligence bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security urged U.S. military to erase from their online social media accounts anything would draw attention from "violent extremists" or reveal service members' identity, the news network said. FBI representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ABC report. ...

Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson, Mo

Posted: 01 Dec 2014 10:16 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing. The $263 million would pay for body cameras for police officers to use and expand training for law enforcement in an attempt to build trust in communities such as Ferguson, where a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death last summer of an unarmed black teenager. ...