French authorities arrest five suspected of preparing attack

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• French authorities arrest five suspected of preparing attack
• Oil could hit $25 a barrel
• How the U.S. Capitol gets ready for the State of the Union
• Houthis take Yemen presidential palace
• Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children's protest
• Jury selection begins in Colorado theater shooting case
• Why Obama’s State of the Union still matters in the Twitter era
• Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives
• Obama to talk taxes, trade deals in State of Union speech
• Yemeni nationals charged in U.S. over alleged al Qaeda link
• Suspect in Boston hospital shooting dead of 'self-inflicted' wound
• Officials: 1 dead, 1 injured in overpass collapse in Ohio
• Intrigue surrounds Argentine prosecutor's death
• Jindal: Muslims establish 'no-go zones' outside civic control
• McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat IS

French authorities arrest five suspected of preparing attack Posted: 20 Jan 2015 09:10 AM PST A group Chechens in southern France are in police custody.

Oil could hit $25 a barrel Posted: 20 Jan 2015 09:20 AM PST By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its 2015 global economic forecast on lower fuel demand and key producer Iran hinted prices could drop to $25 a barrel without supportive OPEC action. Genscape, an analytics firm that monitors U.S. oil stocks, reported a 2.6 million-barrel build last week in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the U.S. crude futures contract, adding to the market's bearish sentiment, traders said. Trade group American Petroleum Institute will issue its data on U.S. crude inventories for last week on Wednesday while the government's Energy Information Administration will release its stockpile tally on Thursday, both delayed a day by a holiday on Monday. Benchmark Brent crude was down 39 cents at $48.45 a barrel by 1656 GMT, after touching a session low at $47.78.

How the U.S. Capitol gets ready for the State of the Union Posted: 20 Jan 2015 02:12 AM PST It may only draw half the viewers it once did, but for staffers at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday night's annual State of the Union address by the president is their Super Bowl. It is the single most complex logistical undertaking held each year in the United States' more than 200-year-old central legislative building. Months of work by press gallery staff, the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms and Capitol Police are required to stage the event properly for television cameras around the world.

Houthis take Yemen presidential palace Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST The development follows some of the most intense fighting in Sanaa in years.

Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children's protest Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:03 AM PST By Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan officials on Tuesday rushed to condemn the use of teargas against children at a Nairobi primary school who were protesting at the loss of their playground. Police were seen firing at least three canisters of tear gas just outside the Langata Primary School as several hundred tried to knock down a wall surrounding the playground in protest at what they called an illegal "land grab" to turn it into a car park. Children wearing green school uniforms were seen scampering away from the clouds of gas, coughing and choking. President Uhuru Kenyatta said he had censured the Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission for failing to address the dispute sooner.

Jury selection begins in Colorado theater shooting case Posted: 20 Jan 2015 10:32 AM PST The process of choosing the dozen jurors who will decide whether James Holmes was sane or insane at the time of the Colorado theater rampage begins Tuesday afternoon when the first wave of an unprecedented 9,000 prospective jurors reports to the Arapahoe County Justice Center.

Why Obama’s State of the Union still matters in the Twitter era Posted: 20 Jan 2015 02:10 AM PST His team plans to use a complex social media blitz to make up for a shrinking TV audience.

Islamic State threatens two Japanese captives Posted: 20 Jan 2015 06:31 AM PST ISIS is reportedly demanding $200 million for their release.

Obama to talk taxes, trade deals in State of Union speech Posted: 20 Jan 2015 09:47 AM PST By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose to hike taxes on the wealthy in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, an idea already panned by Republicans in Congress who want him to aggressively pursue trade deals with Asia and Europe. Obama has said he wants to reach out to Republicans who support trade deals his administration has pursued, over the objections of some of his fellow Democrats, and could push for fast-track trade negotiating authority in his speech at 9 p.m. EST. "If President Obama can be more forward-leaning with members of his party, starting with tonight's State of the Union address, I think we can get this (fast-track authority) done quickly.

Yemeni nationals charged in U.S. over alleged al Qaeda link Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:16 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Yemeni nationals were charged with conspiring to murder Americans abroad and providing material support to al Qaeda, according to a complaint and arrest warrant unsealed on Tuesday. Saddiq Al-Abbadi and Ali Alvi were arrested in Saudi Arabia and expelled to the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. Al-Abbadi is scheduled to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later on Tuesday. (Reporting by Aruna Viswanatha)

Suspect in Boston hospital shooting dead of 'self-inflicted' wound Posted: 20 Jan 2015 10:41 AM PST A man suspected of shooting a doctor at a major Boston hospital on Tuesday later died of a "self-inflicted" gunshot wound, the city's Police Commissioner William Evans said, adding that the incident was over. The victim in the shooting at Brigham & Women's hospital, a male doctor, sustained "life threatening" injuries, police said. Police have yet to identify the shooter or the victim, who Evans said is being treated in the emergency room at Brigham & Women's. Brigham & Women's, located in downtown Boston amid a cluster of major healthcare facilities, is a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School.

Officials: 1 dead, 1 injured in overpass collapse in Ohio Posted: 19 Jan 2015 11:14 PM PST CINCINNATI (AP) — Officials say one person died and another person was injured when a highway overpass collapsed in Cincinnati.

Intrigue surrounds Argentine prosecutor's death Posted: 19 Jan 2015 06:50 PM PST Officials say there is no indication anybody else was involved in the death of a prosecutor who had accused Argentina's president of shielding Iranian suspects in a deadly terror attack.

Jindal: Muslims establish 'no-go zones' outside civic control Posted: 19 Jan 2015 05:47 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Some countries have allowed Muslims to establish autonomous neighborhoods in cities where they govern by a harsh version of Islamic law, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday during a speech in London.

McCain urges 'boots on the ground' to combat IS Posted: 19 Jan 2015 03:29 PM PST US Senator John McCain on Monday urged the deployment of international ground forces to combat jihadists in Syria and Iraq, as he toured the Middle East with a Senate delegation. "For months we've been bombing (Syrian border town) Kobane and we still haven't driven ISIS out," the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman told reporters in Jerusalem, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. "The reality is, we need more boots on the ground... we need intelligence, we need special forces, and we can't treat Iraq and Syria as different battlegrounds because it's the same enemy," McCain said.

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