Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck

Bus carrying prisoners involved in West Texas fatal wreck
House votes to undo Obama immigration policies
Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station
Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack
The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train
‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths
Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet
Judge rejects request to delay Boston bombing trial
Ten killed, five injured after Texas prison bus hits train
Exclusive: FBI raids Florida offices of firm with 'Wolf of Wall Street' link - witnesses
French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo
Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents
Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students
Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats
Tsarnaev lawyers: Suspend jury selection over France attacks
Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit
Montana officer breaks down after fatally shooting unarmed man

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:41 AM PST

A bus carrying 12 prisoners and 3 corrections officers fell from an overpass.

House votes to undo Obama immigration policies

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:29 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican U.S. House voted Wednesday to overturn President Barack Obama's key immigration policies, approving legislation that would eliminate new deportation protections for millions and expose hundreds of thousands of younger immigrants to expulsion.

Alarm sends astronauts to shelter at space station

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:28 AM PST

NASA stresses that the crew on board is safe.

Yemen's al-Qaida claims Paris attack

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:26 AM PST

In a video message, the group says it was behind last week's Charlie Hebdo massacre.

The twisted saga behind California’s bullet train

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:39 AM PST

California's long-awaited, long-debated, long-delayed high-speed rail system had its groundbreaking ceremony on Jan. 6. But it was nearly impossible, even with a backer like Gov. Jerry Brown in a state like California, to build a bullet train in the first place — and it's still pretty much impossible anywhere else in America.

‘Vision Zero,’ one year on: NYC’s quest to reduce preventable traffic deaths

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST

A year after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would begin to consider pedestrian fatalities as a top priority, advocates take stock.

Singapore navy finds main body of crashed AirAsia jet

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:08 AM PST

A Singaporean navy ship on Wednesday located the main body of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea late last month, raising hopes that bodies of most of the 162 victims will now be found. Underwater photos showed the cracked fuselage and part of a wing of Flight QZ8501, that went down on December 28 in stormy weather during a short trip from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Just 50 bodies have so far been recovered with most of the victims believed to be trapped inside the Airbus 320-200's main body. It followed the retrieval this week of both the plane's black boxes, which contain vital information to help investigators determine what caused the crash.

Judge rejects request to delay Boston bombing trial

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 09:43 AM PST

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected the latest plea by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to pause jury selection for his trial due to the recent attacks in Paris. Tsarnaev's lawyers on Tuesday had argued that the Paris attacks, which started with a mass shooting at a satirical newspaper and left 17 people dead after three days of violence, would stir memories of the deadly 2013 blasts at the marathon, making it harder to select an impartial jury. ...

Ten killed, five injured after Texas prison bus hits train

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 10:53 AM PST

By Jon Herskovitz and Lisa Maria Garza AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas prison bus carrying 15 people skidded off an icy overpass and hit a moving freight train on Wednesday, leaving at least 10 people dead and five others injured, officials said. Two correctional officers and eight inmates died from injuries sustained in the accident near the west Texas city of Odessa, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. "It's with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of those killed and injured this morning in a tragic accident. ...

Exclusive: FBI raids Florida offices of firm with 'Wolf of Wall Street' link - witnesses

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 10:14 AM PST

WASHINGTON/BOCA RATON, FL. (Reuters) - U.S. FBI agents on Wednesday raided the offices of Med-Care Diabetic & Medical Supplies Inc, a Florida medical device company whose executive vice president helped inspire the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street," according to two witnesses. Dozens of agents from the FBI, Florida fraud department, and local police closed entrances to the building that houses Med-Care, and are removing boxes of files, one of the witnesses said. ...

French rush to buy new Charlie Hebdo

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 07:08 AM PST

The satirical weekly sells out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France.

Ohio bartender contemplated poisoning Boehner: court documents

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:07 PM PST

By Alex Dobuzinskis (Reuters) - An Ohio bartender suspected of wanting to poison U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has been charged with threatening to murder the Republican politician, court documents showed on Tuesday. Michael Hoyt, who served Boehner at a country club in Ohio and checked into a psychiatric facility after he was questioned by police on Oct. 29, was indicted on the charge last Wednesday, court papers said. ...

Mexican mayor faces charges in kidnapping of 43 students

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:39 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The former mayor of the southwestern city of Iguala has been charged with last year's kidnapping of 43 students who are feared to have been killed, a top security official said on Tuesday. Tomas Zeron, director of criminal investigations at the federal Attorney General's office, said that prosecutors had obtained an arrest warrant for former mayor Jose Luis Abarca and 44 others on charges of kidnapping the 43 students. President Enrique Pena Nieto is facing his deepest crisis over the government's handling of the investigation. ...

Defiant Charlie Hebdo fronts Muhammad, drawing more threats

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:48 PM PST

PARIS (AP) — In an emotional act of defiance, Charlie Hebdo resurrected its irreverent and often provocative newspaper Tuesday, featuring a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover that drew immediate criticism and threats of more violence.

Tsarnaev lawyers: Suspend jury selection over France attacks

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST

Attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a judge to suspend jury selection in his trial for at least a month because of the terror attacks in France.

Pope emphasizes post-war healing in Sri Lanka with rare Buddhist visit

Posted: 14 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST

By Philip Pullella and Frank Jack Daniel COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday, capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country's war wounds. The only other visit by a pope to a Buddhist temple was made by Pope John Paul during a trip to Thailand in 1984. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the pope briefly stopped at Colombo's Mahabodhi temple to meet Banagila Upatissa, a Buddhist leader who had invited him when they met on Tuesday at an inter-religious meeting. ...

Montana officer breaks down after fatally shooting unarmed man

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:27 PM PST

In the footage, Billings Police Officer Grant Morrison can be seen sobbing on the hood of a police cruiser after shooting 38-year-old Richard Ramirez three times during a traffic stop.