Speakers assure Justice for All crowds the ‘spirit of revolution’ won’t be pacified

Speakers assure Justice for All crowds the ‘spirit of revolution’ won’t be pacified
Protesters of police killings march on DC
Police arrest suspect in shooting near high school
Multiple attacks kill 20 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms
Thousands of protesters expected in D.C., NYC over police killings
Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting
Police arrest man in connection with Oregon high school shooting
Day of insurgent violence kills 19 in Afghanistan
Indonesia landslide kills 18, leaves 90 missing
Russia reaches out to Europe's far-right parties
Pacific storm triggers tornado, mudslides, floods in Southern California
Adrian Peterson's request to be reinstated is denied
New York protesters 'blow the whistle' at police stations
3 hurt in Oregon school shooting
Videos capture chaos of monster California storm
Longtime Rep. Dingell hospitalized as 'precaution'
Artist wins trademark battle against Chick-fil-A

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 09:21 AM PST

Civil rights activists told the gathering crowd for the Justice for All March in our nation's capital that they are 'sick and tired of being sick and tired.'

Protesters of police killings march on DC

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 10:55 AM PST

More than 10,000 protesters converged on the nation's capital Saturday to help bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and call for legislative action.

Police arrest suspect in shooting near high school

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 10:48 AM PST

The man is a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school.

Multiple attacks kill 20 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 07:20 AM PST

Taliban insurgents killed at least 20 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining worsening security as US-led NATO forces end their combat mission in the country. A suicide blast wrecked an Afghan military bus in Kabul, killing seven soldiers, while a senior court official was assassinated in the city and 12 Afghan mine clearance workers were gunned down in the south. Two NATO soldiers were also killed on Friday in an attack in the east of Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement, without identifying their nationality. The Taliban claimed responsibility for all the attacks.

Thousands of protesters expected in D.C., NYC over police killings

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 10:22 AM PST

By Ian Simpson, Lacey Johnson and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Saturday for a march to protest the killings of unarmed black men by law enforcement officers and to urge Congress to do more to protect African-Americans from unjustified police violence. Organizers said the event and a parallel march in New York City would rank among the largest in the recent wave of protests against the killings of black males by officers in Ferguson, Missouri, New York, Cleveland and elsewhere. ...

Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 10:36 AM PST

(Reuters) - A Missouri prosecutor on Saturday made public two dozen documents related to the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager killed by a white police officer, saying his office had inadvertently held them back. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCullough released 23 documents, including a transcript of an interview authorities had with Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown in August when the unarmed 18-year-old was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, in Ferguson. The incident set off days of sometimes violent protests in the St. Louis suburb. A grand jury on Nov. ...

Police arrest man in connection with Oregon high school shooting

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 06:13 AM PST

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - A 22-year-old man was arrested on Saturday morning in connection with the shooting of three teenagers and a 20-year-old who were wounded outside a Portland high school, police said. The unidentified man was apprehended at 1:30 a.m. local time when a vehicle he was in was stopped by the Portland Police Bureau gang unit in the western part of the city, the department said in a statement. ...

Day of insurgent violence kills 19 in Afghanistan

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 07:15 AM PST

The assault was part of a series of attacks that saw two U.S. troops killed and a top Afghan court official gunned down.

Indonesia landslide kills 18, leaves 90 missing

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 06:03 AM PST

BANJARNEGARA, Indonesia (AP) — A mudslide set off by torrential rains rushed down hills into a village in central Indonesia and swept away scores of homes, killing at least 18 people and leaving 90 others missing, officials said Saturday.

Russia reaches out to Europe's far-right parties

Posted: 13 Dec 2014 02:25 AM PST

VIENNA (AP) — A Russian loan to France's National Front. Invitations to Moscow for leaders of Austria's Freedom Party. Praise for Vladimir Putin from the head of Britain's anti-European Union party.

Pacific storm triggers tornado, mudslides, floods in Southern California

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:39 PM PST

The twister touched down in South L.A., where it damaged roofs and uprooted trees.

Adrian Peterson's request to be reinstated is denied

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New York protesters 'blow the whistle' at police stations

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 05:28 PM PST

By Sebastien Malo and Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demonstrators staged mass "whistle-blowing" rallies outside police stations across New York City on Friday to start a second weekend of planned protests against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman. In Harlem, about three dozen protesters marched past public housing projects where they say police abuse is particularly pervasive before rallying outside a local police station house. There, the crowd blew metal whistles, piercing the cold air with the high-pitch shrill. ...

3 hurt in Oregon school shooting

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:54 PM PST

Two boys and one girl are taken to the hospital after what may be a gang-related incident.

Videos capture chaos of monster California storm

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:33 AM PST

A atmospheric river came in off the Pacific Ocean and slammed the west coast with heavy rain, causing floods and mudslides.

Longtime Rep. Dingell hospitalized as 'precaution'

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 11:35 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Dingell, Congress' longest serving member, was hospitalized for observation on Friday and was resting comfortably, his spokesman said.