Live Updates: 12 killed in shooting at satirical newspaper office in Paris

Live Updates: 12 killed in shooting at satirical newspaper office in Paris
Young mother let terrorists into Charlie Hebdo building after threat against daughter
House GOP tries to regroup after divisive speaker vote
Arab League and top Muslim body condemn Paris attack
Obama calls Paris violence 'terrorist attack'
Paris shooting: Gunmen attack satirical French magazine
Tail of missing AirAsia jet located
As snow moves out, 'dangerously cold air' on the way
12 dead in shooting at French satirical weekly
12 dead in 'terrorist' attack at Paris paper
Cold front causes school closings, transit delays in Chicago
Washington state school district cancels classes after reports of gunman
One dead following officer-involved shooting at Ohio airport
FBI: Gunman fatally shot doctor at Texas veterans' clinic
Group seeks new grand jury in Ferguson police shooting case
House reauthorizes special committee probing Benghazi attack
White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline
Syria's accusation against John McCain

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:19 AM PST

The manhunt for the terrorists responsible is underway.

Young mother let terrorists into Charlie Hebdo building after threat against daughter

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:13 AM PST

A young mother says she let gunmen into the Paris office building housing the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo because they threatened her and her daughter with violence.

House GOP tries to regroup after divisive speaker vote

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 10:23 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans began the new Congress with old divisions on display Wednesday, bitter fallout from a failed rebellion against Speaker John Boehner.

Arab League and top Muslim body condemn Paris attack

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 07:02 AM PST

Cairo (AFP) - The Arab League and Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning, both condemned a deadly attack Wednesday on a Paris satirical newspaper.

Obama calls Paris violence 'terrorist attack'

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:01 AM PST

US President Barack Obama condemned the "cowardly, evil" assault on a French satirical newspaper that left 12 dead Wednesday, pledging US assistance to Paris to bring the attackers to justice. The US leader -- speaking from the Oval Office -- expressed solidarity with France and pledged that the attack on Charlie Hebdo would not squelch the right to free speech held dear by both nations. "France is one of our oldest allies, our strongest allies," Obama said.

Paris shooting: Gunmen attack satirical French magazine

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:25 AM PST

Footage taken from nearby rooftops captures dramatic scene.

Tail of missing AirAsia jet located

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 12:15 AM PST

It's the first confirmed sighting of any major wreckage from Flight 8501.

As snow moves out, 'dangerously cold air' on the way

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:18 PM PST

Frigid air is blowing across the United States, dropping temperatures in many areas into the single digits and leading weather monitors to issue wind chill advisories and politicians to plead with residents to check on their neighbors.

12 dead in shooting at French satirical weekly

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Gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs and a rocket-launcher opened fire.

12 dead in 'terrorist' attack at Paris paper

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 06:06 AM PST

Heavily armed gunmen shouting Islamist slogans stormed a Paris satirical newspaper office Wednesday and shot dead at least 12 people in the deadliest attack in France in four decades. The capital was placed under the highest alert status after the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly that has sparked anger in the past among Muslims for publishing cartoons of the prophet Mohamed. The attack took place at a time of heightened fears in France and other European capitals over fallout from the wars in Iraq and Syria where hundreds of European citizens have gone to fight alongside the radical Islamic State group. President Francois Hollande, who immediately rushed to the scene of the shooting, described it as a barbaric terrorist attack.

Cold front causes school closings, transit delays in Chicago

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 08:08 AM PST

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of children in Chicago, the third-largest U.S. school district, stayed home on Wednesday as weather forecasters warned of dangerously low temperatures in a cold front across the Upper Midwest. The district closed all of its nearly 800 schools for the day as a precautionary measure due to forecasts of temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below average. There were also some delays of buses and elevated trains due to the weather. The National Weather Service issued wind chill alerts for cities including Chicago and Detroit. ...

Washington state school district cancels classes after reports of gunman

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 10:58 AM PST

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A lockdown was lifted at a Washington state school district near Seattle on Wednesday but authorities canceled classes and were sending students home after reports of an armed man on the campus of an elementary school, the King County Sheriff said. Police searched all schools in the Shoreline School District and were continuing to canvas a swath of the city of Shoreline, a Seattle suburb, after witnesses called in reports of a man dressed in a dark hooded sweatshirt and camouflage pants and brandishing a firearm, the sheriff's office said. ...

One dead following officer-involved shooting at Ohio airport

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 11:47 AM PST

(Reuters) - A man was shot and killed by Port Columbus International Airport police in Ohio's state capital on Wednesday, according to an airport official. The shooting occurred in the outdoor departure area of the airport following a "confrontation" at around 1 p.m. local time, said airport spokesman David Whitaker. The Columbus Police bomb squad was investigating a car involved in the incident. Whitaker said there had been no bomb threat prior to the incident. He said there was no exchange of gunfire. Flights at the airport are continuing, Whitaker said. ...

FBI: Gunman fatally shot doctor at Texas veterans' clinic

Posted: 07 Jan 2015 09:06 AM PST

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The FBI has confirmed that a doctor was fatally shot at a West Texas veterans' clinic in an attack that also left the suspected gunman dead.

Group seeks new grand jury in Ferguson police shooting case

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 01:56 PM PST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The NAACP's Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing "grave legal concerns," is asking a Missouri judge to convene a new grand jury to consider charges against the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.

House reauthorizes special committee probing Benghazi attack

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 05:22 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-led House voted Tuesday to extend a special committee's investigation into the deadly 2012 attacks on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador.

White House says it will veto bill to approve oil pipeline

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto the first piece of legislation introduced in the Republican-controlled Senate, a bill approving the much-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, in what was expected to be the first of many confrontations over energy and environmental policy.

Syria's accusation against John McCain

Posted: 06 Jan 2015 11:49 AM PST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Syrian government on Tuesday accused U.S. Senator John McCain, former French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner and two others of entering the country illegally.