Obama, de Blasio blasted over NYPD cop slayings

Obama, de Blasio blasted over NYPD cop slayings
Pakistan makes arrests in Taliban school carnage
What police departments can learn from the LAPD
2 cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself
U.S. mulls putting N. Korea on terrorism sponsor list
Raul Castro: Don't expect detente to change Cuban system
Two N.Y. police officers slain in apparent retribution attack
Florida police officer killed; shooting suspect in custody
U.S. dismisses N. Korea hacking probe offer, seeks China's help
Teen gets portrait with rifle into yearbook despite objections from staff
North Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking
Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia
U.S. stands by assertion that North Korea behind Sony attack
2 NYPD officers fatally shot in ambush

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 09:55 AM PST

Lawmakers, civil rights leaders and other officials took to Sunday morning talk shows to condemn Saturday's slayings of two NYPD police officers.

Pakistan makes arrests in Taliban school carnage

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 09:01 AM PST

Authorities made several arrests in the case of the Taliban school attack that killed 148 in the northwestern city of Peshawar, on Sunday, officials said.

What police departments can learn from the LAPD

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 07:25 AM PST

Los Angeles used to be a hotbed of racial profiling and unrest. Now Chief Charlie Beck thinks his force could be a model for the rest of the nation.

2 cops ambushed, fatally shot in car; gunman kills himself

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 09:21 AM PST

The warning came just moments too late: A man who had shot his ex-girlfriend a few hours earlier had traveled to New York City and vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.

U.S. mulls putting N. Korea on terrorism sponsor list

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 08:41 AM PST

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama says the United States is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism as Washington decides how to respond to what he calls an "act of cybervandalism," not one of war, against a movie company.

Raul Castro: Don't expect detente to change Cuban system

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 01:17 PM PST

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and Cuba: Don't expect detente to do away with the communist system.

Two N.Y. police officers slain in apparent retribution attack

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 08:44 AM PST

By Laila Kearney and Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead two New York City police officers in what officials called an "assassination", hours after warning on social media that he planned an attack in retribution for recent U.S. police killings of unarmed black men. Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday ordered flags flown at half staff around the city. New York City's main police union harshly criticized the city's first Democratic mayor in two decades for being insufficiently supportive of the department during recent waves of anti-police violence. ...

Florida police officer killed; shooting suspect in custody

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 10:16 AM PST

By Letitia Stein TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A veteran Florida police officer was shot and killed while on duty early Sunday, law enforcement officials said, providing no details about the suspect in custody or motive for the shooting. Officer Charles Kondek, 45, was gunned down in Tarpon Springs, about 30 miles northwest of Tampa, after responding to a call for service around 2 a.m. EST, the Tarpon Springs Police Department said. The officer later died of his injuries at a local hospital, the police department said. ...

U.S. dismisses N. Korea hacking probe offer, seeks China's help

Posted: 21 Dec 2014 12:50 AM PST

The United States has dismissed a call by North Korea for a joint investigation into the hacking of Sony Pictures and wants China to help block cyber attacks from Pyongyang. Washington blames North Korea for a breach of cyber security at Sony which led to the release of embarrassing emails and prompted executives to halt the release of "The Interview". Pyongyang has repeatedly denied that it was behind last month's crippling attack, which also led to the leaking of scripts, and called Saturday for a joint probe with the US.

Teen gets portrait with rifle into yearbook despite objections from staff

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 12:19 PM PST

A teenage girl from Broadalbin-Perth High School in upstate New York managed to get her hunting picture into the yearbook even after a school committee objected to its inclusion.

North Korea proposes joint probe over Sony hacking

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 04:40 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious" consequences if Washington rejects a probe that it believes would prove Pyongyang had nothing to do with the cyberattack.

Muhammad Ali hospitalized with pneumonia

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 08:44 PM PST

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalized with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said Saturday night.

U.S. stands by assertion that North Korea behind Sony attack

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 11:22 AM PST

The United States stands by its assertion that the North Korean government was behind the massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council said on Saturday.