Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress'

Obama on America's racial divide: 'We have made progress'
Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics
Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley
1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43
U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison
N. Korea denies Sony hack but calls it 'righteous deed'
Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip
New York set for fifth day of protests over police violence after West Coast clashes
Survivors to commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack
Woman who stabbed U.S. teacher in UAE was 'lone terrorist': agency
No major damage in Philippine typhoon; 3 dead
US protests turn violent after NY man killed by police buried
Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated
Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt
Chokehold death protest gets violent in California
Obama says Somers' life was in imminent danger
At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa
Thousands bid farewell to Washington's 'mayor for life'
Voters head to polls in Louisiana Senate race

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:41 AM PST

In an interview with BET, the president says the race issues spotlighted by recent grand jury decisions are not going to be solved overnight, but that it's also important to recognize the progress the United States has made on civil rights.

Bachmann ready to leave Congress, but not politics

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:43 AM PST

An audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment she was first elected to Congress in 2006. Democrats were ascendant and Bachmann was a stridently Republican new arrival with a homespun Minnesota twang.

Protests over Garner's death turn violent in Berkeley

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:17 AM PST

Peaceful protests over the chokehold death of Eric Garner took a violent turn in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, when several masked protesters smashed store windows and hurled objects at police officers who used smoke and teargas to disperse the crowd.

1st ID from remains in case of Mexico's missing 43

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 08:28 AM PST

More than two months after they disappeared, concrete evidence is beginning to emerge on the fate of 43 college students whose case has caused a political crisis in Mexico. At least one of them has been identified among charred remains found several weeks ago near a garbage dump, family and government officials say.

U.S. sends Uruguay 6 men from Guantanamo prison

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:13 AM PST

The deal had been delayed for months by security concerns in the Pentagon and political considerations in the South American country.

N. Korea denies Sony hack but calls it 'righteous deed'

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:37 AM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea released a statement Sunday that clearly relished a cyberattack on Sony Pictures, which is producing an upcoming film that depicts an assassination plot against Pyongyang's supreme leader.

Prince William, Kate to break new ground with U.S. trip

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 10:25 AM PST

London (AFP) - Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate head to New York on Sunday for a glitzy visit that marks a step-up in their role representing Britain abroad, royal commentators said.

New York set for fifth day of protests over police violence after West Coast clashes

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:56 AM PST

By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fifth day of demonstrations over police use of excessive force with minorities was set for New York on Sunday after 13 arrests in a night of violent protests in Berkeley, California, where stores were looted and tear gas fired, and in Seattle. Clashes on the West Coast contrasted with relatively calm demonstrations on a rain-soaked Saturday in New York, after mourners held a funeral for an unarmed black man shot dead by a white police officer in the stairwell of a Brooklyn apartment house. ...

Survivors to commemorate 73rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 04:05 AM PST

By Treena Shapiro HONOLULU (Reuters) - More than 50 World War Two veterans will gather in Honolulu on Sunday to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that left more than 2,000 Americans dead and thrust the United States into the war. The early morning ceremony on the main lawn of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center was expected to draw 2,500 people, organizers said. Among them will be four of the nine remaining Pearl Harbor survivors who have traveled to Oahu for the last official gathering of the USS Arizona Reunion Association. ...

Woman who stabbed U.S. teacher in UAE was 'lone terrorist': agency

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 06:49 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A United Arab Emirates woman who killed an American teacher last week has been inspired by "terrorist ideology" acquired through the Internet but investigators have found no links to militant groups, the state news agency WAM reported on Sunday. Attacks on Westerners are rare in the UAE, a wealthy western allied oil exporter and tourism hub, but concern has been rising following a spate of attacks in neighboring Saudi Arabia and after a warning in October about a jihadist web forum calling for attacks on American teachers in the region. ...

No major damage in Philippine typhoon; 3 dead

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 07:34 AM PST

LEGAZPI, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation that a monster storm brought to the region last year.

US protests turn violent after NY man killed by police buried

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:22 AM PST

Several officers were injured, and buildings and cars were vandalized or looted, said police spokeswoman Jennifer Coats. The angry demonstration took place hours after mourners gathered at the New York funeral of an unarmed black man shot dead by police in New York on November 20. Akai Gurley, 28, father of a two-year-old daughter, was killed when a police officer opened fire in a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment building where he was walking with his girlfriend. Friends and relatives filed past Gurley's open gray casket to pay their respects at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church, before the lid was closed and a huge spray of red and white flowers was placed on top of it.

Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu defeated

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 09:59 PM PST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy defeated Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Saturday, denying her a fourth term and extending the GOP's domination of the 2014 midterm elections that put Republicans in charge of Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure.

Berkeley protesters smash windows; 2 officers hurt

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 12:50 AM PST

Protests in California over police killings of unarmed black men in Missouri and New York turned violent.

Chokehold death protest gets violent in California

Posted: 07 Dec 2014 05:21 AM PST

Masked demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police in Berkeley.

Obama says Somers' life was in imminent danger

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 02:47 PM PST

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.

At home and cured of Ebola, Cuban doctor vows return to Africa

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 06:44 PM PST

HAVANA/GENEVA (Reuters) - A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was cured after experimental treatment in a Swiss hospital vowed on Saturday to return to West Africa and continue treating patients. "I will finish what I started. I am returning to Sierra Leone," Felix Baez, 43, told reporters at Havana's Jose Marti airport shortly after landing, the official website Cubadebate reported. It was not immediately clear if Cuban health officials would allow Baez to go back to Africa. ...

Thousands bid farewell to Washington's 'mayor for life'

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 02:22 PM PST

Thousands gathered Saturday for a joyful final farewell to Washington's "mayor for life" Marion Barry, remembering him more for his civic service than his infamous brush with crack cocaine. The popular and controversial Mississippi sharecropper's son turned civil rights activist who served four terms as mayor of the US capital died November 23 at the age of 78. Three days of events marking his outsized life culminated Saturday with a four-hour memorial service at Washington's convention center, followed by a private burial under dark gray skies. Thursday saw Barry lying in state in the Wilson Building, Washington's city hall.

Voters head to polls in Louisiana Senate race

Posted: 06 Dec 2014 09:25 AM PST

Louisiana voters voted on Saturday in a runoff election that opinion polls indicate will expand Republicans' majority in the U.S. Senate at the expense of one of the chamber's last remaining southern Democrats.