2014 was best hiring year since '99

2014 was best hiring year since '99
Massive pileup in Michigan, one dead, multiple vehicles on fire
6 dead in terror clashes in Paris; several hostages freed
Sources: Suspect sought in Paris shooting trained in Yemen
Shooting, explosions at French gunmen siege
Gunman to kill market hostages if police storm brothers
Indonesia: Pings detected in search for AirAsia jet's black box
U.S. court to weigh overturning gay marriage bans in three southern states
Abu Hamza gets life in prison on U.S. terrorism conviction
Arizona court to release convicted killer Jodi Arias’ secret testimony
Obama proposes free community college program
Suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers were on U.S. ‘no fly’ list
Videos, pictures show danger and beauty of cold snap across U.S.
Newspapers around the world react to Charlie Hebdo shootings
Brothers sought in French attack were on US no-fly list
Obama meets Giffords on 4th anniversary of shooting

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 10:07 AM PST

The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in December, and the unemployment rate hit a six-year low. The numbers support expectations that the United States will ...

Massive pileup in Michigan, one dead, multiple vehicles on fire

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 09:33 AM PST

(Reuters) - One person was killed and six cars and semi-trailers set afire in a weather-related pileup of 50 to 70 vehicles on Friday morning on Interstate 94 about 10 miles east of Kalamazoo, Michigan, state police said. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. local time and one of the burning semis was carrying hazardous material, State Trooper O.J. Hamilton told Reuters. He said icy conditions and low visibility contributed to the crash. (Reporting by Fiona Ortiz; Editing by Bill Trott)

6 dead in terror clashes in Paris; several hostages freed

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 10:25 AM PST

The suspects are cornered inside a printing house northeast of Paris.

Sources: Suspect sought in Paris shooting trained in Yemen

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 03:56 PM PST

One of two brothers suspected of carrying out deadly attacks has been linked to militants.

Shooting, explosions at French gunmen siege

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 08:09 AM PST

DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France (Reuters) - Several rounds of automatic gunfire rang out, accompanied by loud explosions, at a print works north of Paris where security forces had encircled the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo killings and a hostage, a Reuters reporter said. Smoke came from the building in an industrial zone near the town of Dammartin-en-Goele. Earlier, at least four armed security force members were seen on its roof. (Reporting by John Irish; Editing by James Regan)

Gunman to kill market hostages if police storm brothers

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:27 AM PST

A police official says the gunman holding at least five hostages in a kosher market in eastern Paris has threatened to kill them if police launch an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the newspaper ...

Indonesia: Pings detected in search for AirAsia jet's black box

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:02 AM PST

By Kanupriya Kapoor and Charlotte Greenfield PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian search and rescue teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet detected pings they believed were from the plane's black box flight recorders on Friday, 12 days after it went missing with 162 people on board. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 vanished from radar screens on Dec. 28, less than half way into a two-hour flight from Indonesia's second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore. There were no survivors. ...

U.S. court to weigh overturning gay marriage bans in three southern states

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 07:04 AM PST

By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court is set on Friday to weigh whether to strike down same-sex marriage bans in the conservative southern states of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. A three-judge panel will hear arguments about gay marriage bans in the three states, setting up a possible decision that could allow gay marriages to go ahead. The hearings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit come as momentum builds nationwide to allow same-sex marriage, which is now legal in 36 states. Also on Friday, U.S. ...

Abu Hamza gets life in prison on U.S. terrorism conviction

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 10:23 AM PST

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, eight months after he was convicted of federal terrorism charges in New York. U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan imposed the sentence on the one-eyed, handless Abu Hamza, whom jurors had found guilty of providing a satellite phone and advice to Yemeni militants who kidnapped Western tourists in 1998, leading to the deaths of four hostages. ...

Arizona court to release convicted killer Jodi Arias’ secret testimony

Posted: 09 Jan 2015 10:38 AM PST

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge ordered the release of testimony made behind closed doors by convicted murderer Jodi Arias as she seeks to avoid the death penalty, following a ruling by the state's supreme court, court documents showed on Friday. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens ruled that transcripts for Oct. 30 and Nov. 3 be unsealed after the Arizona Supreme Court denied a bid by defense lawyers to block the move, claiming it would hurt Arias' right to a fair trial. ...

Obama proposes free community college program

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday announced a proposal that President Barack Obama said would make community college "free for everybody who is willing to work for it." But administration officials provided no details about the program's costs or where the money would come to pay for it.

Suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers were on U.S. ‘no fly’ list

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 01:28 PM PST

The two brothers wanted in the massacre had long been viewed as potential terror suspects.

Videos, pictures show danger and beauty of cold snap across U.S.

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 09:10 AM PST

Americans are bundling up as a cold snap roars across the country, causing temperatures to plunge and creating hazardous driving conditions.

Newspapers around the world react to Charlie Hebdo shootings

Posted: 08 Jan 2015 06:38 AM PST

A day after masked gunmen killed 12 people at the Paris offices of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, newspapers around the world showed solidarity with the victims of the massacre on their covers.