Mishaps at nuke repository lead to $54M in fines

Mishaps at nuke repository lead to $54M in fines
American, South African hostages killed in Yemen
Profiling rules exempt agents at airports, border
Obama, Yemen say Luke Somers' life was in imminent danger
Los Angeles police investigating Cosby abuse claim
Protests against police violence block traffic in New York
U.S. holiday shopping discounts deepen, last longer
Border, airport screening exempt from new U.S. profiling rules: Post
Protesters of chokehold death rally around nation
Typhoon slams into Philippines, one million evacuated

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 10:38 AM PST

New Mexico on Saturday levied more than $54 million in penalties against the U.S. Department of Energy for numerous violations that resulted in the indefinite closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository.

American, South African hostages killed in Yemen

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 10:33 AM PST

An American photojournalist held by al-Qaida militants has been killed in a failed rescue attempt, his sister said Saturday.

Profiling rules exempt agents at airports, border

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 05:36 AM PST

Federal agents who guard the border and screen passengers at airports would be exempt from new racial profiling guidelines that must be observed by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

Obama, Yemen say Luke Somers' life was in imminent danger

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 07:33 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday he authorized the attempt to rescue American Luke Somers in Yemen because the U.S. had information that the American photojournalist's life was in imminent danger.

Los Angeles police investigating Cosby abuse claim

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 03:41 AM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police opened an investigation into a woman's claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old, a department spokeswoman said.

Protests against police violence block traffic in New York

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:27 AM PST

By Robert MacMillan, Andrew Chung and Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protests over U.S. police violence against minorities, sparked by grand-jury decisions not to charge officers in two high-profile cases, were peaceful on their third night in New York although 20 arrests took place, authorities said on Saturday. Protesters were arrested for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic on the city's FDR Drive, a major artery that runs along the eastern side of Manhattan, police said. ...

U.S. holiday shopping discounts deepen, last longer

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 08:06 AM PST

By Jilian Mincer and Nandita Bose (Reuters) - Amarilis Sinchi visited Macy's at a New Jersey mall on Black Friday, but she waited until this week to purchase the red fleece pajamas she had her eye on. The 21-year-old student ended up paying $13 at the department store, down from $30 on Friday, which has traditionally been the best day for deals during the U.S. holiday season. "The prices keep getting better," she said, planning a return to another store - Kohl's - which had dropped the price on LEGO toys. ...

Border, airport screening exempt from new U.S. profiling rules: Post

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:49 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New federal restrictions on racial profiling will still allow some officials to use the controversial practice along the southwestern U.S. border and in screening of airline passengers, the Washington Post said. The rules will ban racial profiling from national security cases for the first time and will bar the FBI from considering religion and national origin when opening a case, the newspaper said. The guidelines have been the subject of sharp debate within President Barack Obama's administration concerning which agencies would be covered, the Post said. ...

Protesters of chokehold death rally around nation

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:23 PM PST

Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways, and marched into stores.

Typhoon slams into Philippines, one million evacuated

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:57 AM PST

By Rosemarie Francisco MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and toppled power lines in areas still bearing the scars of a super typhoon 13 months ago. About 1 million people had already fled to shelters by the time Typhoon Hagupit made landfall, in what a U.N. agency said was one of the world's biggest peacetime evacuations. ...