Rolling Stone apologizes for 'discrepancies' in UVA rape story

Rolling Stone apologizes for 'discrepancies' in UVA rape story
Why the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal: The competing claims
Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire
House leaders move to avoid immigration showdown
Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation
U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise
Ferguson marchers arrive at Missouri Capitol
German man punished for joining Islamic State
Protests spread over chokehold death
Obama nominates Ashton Carter as defense secretary
NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!"
Philippines braces for powerful, erratic typhoon
March seeks justice for black Missouri teen killed by police
Rolling Stone apologizes for University of Virginia rape story
Report: No evidence Christie involved in bridge plot
Phoenix police shooting is latest to ignite outcry
Orion flight marks 'milestone' for US space program: NASA
Cosby counter-sues alleged sex abuse victim
Eric Garner's children speak to Katie Couric in exclusive interview
Hundreds of killings by cops are not reported to FBI, study finds
U.S.: Cleveland police poorly trained, reckless

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:06 AM PST

An article about an alleged gang rape has led to an apology from the magazine.

Why the White House torpedoed Harry Reid's tax deal: The competing claims

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 05:21 AM PST

President Obama blew up a tax deal between the majority leader and the House GOP.

Ukraine tests ground for lasting cease-fire

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:30 AM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A one-day truce announced by Ukraine's president will serve as a test to see if the fighting in eastern Ukraine against Russian-backed separatists can truly be halted, a military spokesman said Friday.

House leaders move to avoid immigration showdown

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:29 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid a showdown over immigration, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that would keep the government running past next week.

Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 08:09 AM PST

By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Relatives of MH17 crash victims, angered by what they see as Dutch mishandling of inquiries into the disaster, want a special U.N. envoy to launch an international investigation. A letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday, a copy of which was seen by Reuters, said Dutch officials had failed to build a case. They asked that inquiries by the Safety Board and prosecution service be handed over to the United Nations. Rutte should "request the U.N. to appoint a special envoy to take over," said the letter written by Van der Goen Attorneys. ...

U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise

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U.S. monthly job gains largest in three years; wages rise

Ferguson marchers arrive at Missouri Capitol

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 11:32 AM PST

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Scores of people protesting the police shooting of Michael Brown arrived Friday at the Missouri Capitol, completing a 130-mile march from the shooting site in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.

German man punished for joining Islamic State

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:59 AM PST

By Maria Sheahan FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A 20-year-old German man was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison on Friday after he admitted joining Islamic State militants in Syria, in the first trial in Germany of a home-grown jihadi accused of membership of the insurgent group. Judges decided to treat the man, known as Kreshnik B., who was born in Germany to Kosovan parents and spent six months in Syria last year, as a juvenile because of his lack of maturity. They said there was no evidence he had fought directly. ...

Protests spread over chokehold death

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 08:49 AM PST

Marchers swarmed the streets of New York and other cities for a second night.

Obama nominates Ashton Carter as defense secretary

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 03:00 AM PST

President Barack Obama nominated former senior Pentagon official Ashton Carter on Friday to replace Chuck Hagel as defense secretary. Carter is expected to win Senate confirmation easily in 2015.

NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!"

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:33 AM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's new Orion spacecraft made a "bull's-eye" Pacific splashdown Friday following a dramatic journey 3,604 miles beyond Earth. The achievement opens a new era of human exploration to put people on Mars.

Philippines braces for powerful, erratic typhoon

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 08:04 PM PST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A wide swath of the Philippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erratic and powerful typhoon approaching from the Pacific, about a year after the country was lashed by Typhoon Haiyan that left more than 7,300 people dead.

March seeks justice for black Missouri teen killed by police

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 09:23 AM PST

By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Activists protesting police treatment of black Americans neared the end of a 120-mile (190-km) march from Ferguson to the Missouri governor's mansion on Friday, concluding a "journey for justice" tied to the police killing of an unarmed black teenager. A cold rain fell on about 120 marchers, a group that included children and adults from a mixture of racial backgrounds, as they neared the state capital in Jefferson City. The march, which began Nov. ...

Rolling Stone apologizes for University of Virginia rape story

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 11:06 AM PST

(Reuters) - Rolling Stone magazine on Friday apologized for its November story about an alleged 2012 gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity. Rolling Stone Managing Editor Will Dana said there were "discrepancies" in the account given by a woman identified as "Jackie" of an assault by seven men at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. "In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie's account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced," Dana said in a note to readers. ...

Report: No evidence Christie involved in bridge plot

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 07:52 AM PST

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers probing politically motivated traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge last year have found no evidence that Gov. Chris Christie was involved in the scheme. They did not rule out the possibility, however, as they have been unable to interview several witnesses.

Phoenix police shooting is latest to ignite outcry

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:30 PM PST

PHOENIX (AP) — The deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook a pill bottle for a gun demonstrates the challenges law enforcement agencies face at a time of unrest over police tactics.

Orion flight marks 'milestone' for US space program: NASA

Posted: 05 Dec 2014 10:35 AM PST

The US space agency's Orion capsule circled the Earth twice before plunging into the ocean Friday in a flawless test flight that NASA called a "significant milestone" in the journey to Mars. Then, a second stage engine burn propelled the spacecraft higher than any vessel meant to carry people since the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.

Cosby counter-sues alleged sex abuse victim

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 07:00 PM PST

Veteran comic Bill Cosby counter-sued a woman who says he sexually abused her, accusing her of trying to extort up to $250,000 from him. Judy Huth, 55, filed a lawsuit against Cosby in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, claiming sexual battery and infliction of emotional distress in an alleged assault at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.

Eric Garner's children speak to Katie Couric in exclusive interview

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 09:09 AM PST

Erica and Eric Garner Jr. raise the question of what more a jury needs to charge officer.

Hundreds of killings by cops are not reported to FBI, study finds

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 08:09 AM PST

A new study finds that more than 550 killings by police were not reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation between 2007 and 2012. This makes it nearly impossible to figure out how many people cops kill — justifiably or not — every year.

U.S.: Cleveland police poorly trained, reckless

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 04:26 PM PST

CLEVELAND (AP) — A U.S. Justice Department report released Thursday spared no one in the Cleveland police chain of command amid findings of excessive use of force and civil rights violations.