Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack

Russia offers support to North Korea amid Sony hack
Pope condemns Islamic State in Christmas address
Americans appear comfortable with political dynasties
Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man
Texas armored car driver accused of theft arrested in Colorado
Two more NY men arrested for threatening police after officers killed
CDC monitoring tech for possible Ebola exposure
A glance at key police shootings in St. Louis area
Chinese university bans Christmas, calls it 'kitsch'
Potential Ebola Exposure At CDC Lab

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 08:28 AM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday offered sympathy to North Korea amid the Sony hacking scandal, saying the movie that sparked the dispute was so scandalous that Pyongyang's anger was "quite understandable."

Pope condemns Islamic State in Christmas address

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 05:21 AM PST

Pope Francis denounces the group's "brutal persecution" of religious minorities.

Americans appear comfortable with political dynasties

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 12:21 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Again? Really?

Protests flare after Missouri police killing of armed black man

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 01:38 AM PST

By Aaron P. Bernstein BERKELEY, Mo. (Reuters) - Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night. A group of protesters marched onto Interstate 170 in the city of Berkeley, Missouri, around 7 p.m. on Wednesday, blocking traffic for roughly 45 minutes. The demonstration followed a vigil at the Mobil On The Run gas station where the shooting occurred. ...

Texas armored car driver accused of theft arrested in Colorado

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 10:09 AM PST

(Reuters) - An armored car driver in Texas who abandoned his vehicle and made off with $200,000 has been arrested in Colorado on theft charges, and the missing money has been recovered, police said on Thursday. Trent Michael Cook, 24, was arrested at a hotel room in Colorado Springs on Wednesday afternoon along with a suspected accomplice, the Colorado Springs Police Department said in a statement. "Following a carefully orchestrated plan, the driver was contacted in a hotel room and taken into custody without incident," the statement said. Cook, an employee of Rochester Armored Car Co. ...

Two more NY men arrested for threatening police after officers killed

Posted: 25 Dec 2014 09:39 AM PST

(Reuters) - Two more men have been arrested for threatening New York police, including one who called the precinct headquarters of two officers killed as they sat in their patrol car and asked to speak to one of them, a police spokesman said on Thursday. The arrests bring to six the number of those detained for threats against the New York Police Department since officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot on Saturday by a gunman seeking revenge for unarmed black men killed by police. ...

CDC monitoring tech for possible Ebola exposure

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 08:22 PM PST

The technician has been working in a secure laboratory, the CDC says.

A glance at key police shootings in St. Louis area

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 07:44 PM PST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The shooting death of 18-year-old Antonio Martin marks the third fatal shooting of a young black man by a white police officer in the St. Louis area since Michael Brown was killed in August.

Chinese university bans Christmas, calls it 'kitsch'

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 09:18 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A university in northwestern China has banned Christmas, calling it a "kitsch" foreign celebration unbefitting of the country's own traditions and making its students watch propaganda films instead, media said on Thursday. The state-run Beijing News said that the Modern College of Northwest University, located in Xian, had strung up banners around the campus reading "Strive to be outstanding sons and daughters of China, oppose kitsch Western holidays" and "Resist the expansion of Western culture". ...

Potential Ebola Exposure At CDC Lab

Posted: 24 Dec 2014 02:25 PM PST

The transfer of material from an Ebola virus experiment from one Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab to another earlier this week may have exposed one lab technician to the virus, after it was discovered that the transferred material may have contained live virus, the agency reported Wednesday.