| Airline stunned as news emerges that co-pilot sought to 'destroy' plane Posted: 26 Mar 2015 10:48 AM PDT  Officials say the Germanwings co-pilot "intentionally" sent the plane into its doomed descent.
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| Politicians are the only people who can't be addicted to their phones Posted:  Life inside a presidential campaign bubble has long been maligned as a suffocating, alienating experience.
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| National Guardsman, cousin arrested for trying to join Islamic State Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:39 AM PDT  The FBI has arrested two men -- one of them a current member of the Illinois National Guard -- for allegedly trying to join ISIS, the brutal terrorist group wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq, authorities said. Army National Guard Specialist Hasan Edmonds, 22, was arrested at Chicago Midway International Airport as he was trying to fly to Egypt, according to authorities. His cousin, Jonas Edmonds, 29, was arrested at his home. Hasan Edmonds first came onto the FBI's radar in late 2014 as he hatched a plan for Hasan Edmonds to join ISIS overseas while Jonas Edmonds launched an attack inside the United States, according to the Justice Department.
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| 'Distrust and Verify': How Obama will sell an Iran nuke deal Posted:  The White House is gearing up for an unprecedented campaign to sell a potential pact.
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| Tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Arkansas; 1 dead, several injured Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:49 AM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The first batch of severe weather in this year's tornado season devastated an Oklahoma mobile home park, as storms across the area damaged buildings, tore off roofs and left debris strewn across roads. One person was killed and several were injured.
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| More than 15,000 buildings without power after Oklahoma tornadoes Posted: 26 Mar 2015 11:29 AM PDT  By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - About 15,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma and Arkansas were without power on Thursday after tornadoes touched down in the states a day earlier, leaving at least one person dead and scores of structures damaged. School were closed in parts of Oklahoma and clean up was under way from the twisters that hit near Tulsa, Oklahoma City and in northwest Arkansas. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in 25 counties. Another tornado was spotted in Moore, Oklahoma, where police said multiple buildings were damaged and vehicles overturned.
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| Boston bombing jury told brothers used al Qaeda instructions Posted: 26 Mar 2015 11:22 AM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - An FBI explosives expert on Thursday told the Boston Marathon bombing trial jury about instructions in al Qaeda's "Inspire" magazine that prosecutors contend were used by two brothers to make bombs for the attack. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, is charged with killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013. Edward Knapp, a supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, read and described the instructions in court that show both how to build pipe bombs and pressure-cooker bombs. The bombs used in the attack, and others thrown at police during a gunfight in the suburb of Watertown, Massachusetts, were stuffed with explosives taken from fireworks, FBI chemistry specialist David McCollam testified on the 14th day of the trial.
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| U.S. House committee advances 'threat-sharing' cybersecurity bill Posted: 26 Mar 2015 07:54 AM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a long-awaited bill that would make it easier for companies to share information about cybersecurity threats with the government without the fear of lawsuits. The legislation is expected to come before the full House as soon as late April, after lawmakers return from a two-week early April recess. Similar legislation is making its way through the U.S. Senate and backers of both bills say they have a good chance of passing after repeated setbacks. U.S. corporations have been clamoring for more protection against cyberattacks, but they also worry about potential lawsuits if they hand information over to government investigators.
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| Bergdahl says he tried to escape Taliban captors a dozen times Posted: 25 Mar 2015 10:50 PM PDT  U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl tried to escape his Taliban captors a dozen times in five years as a prisoner of war, once remaining free for nine days, but each time he was found and brutally beaten, he said in a statement released on Wednesday. The statement, Bergdahl's first account of his time as a Taliban prisoner, was released by his attorney, Eugene Fidell, after the Army charged Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior in the face of the enemy in connection with his capture.
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| Saudi Arabia begin airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen Posted: 25 Mar 2015 05:59 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia began airstrikes Wednesday against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen, vowing that the Sunni kingdom will do "anything necessary" to restore a deposed government that has been routed by the Iranian-backed group.
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| James O'Keefe video purportedly catches Cornell dean encouraging pro-IS groups Posted: 25 Mar 2015 03:12 PM PDT  A video released this week by Project Veritas, O'Keefe's nonprofit investigative organization, purports to expose Cornell as a welcoming environment for terrorist groups like IS and Hamas.
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| Bergdahl may face life in prison Posted: 25 Mar 2015 08:30 PM PDT The Army sergeant is charged with misbehavior before the enemy and desertion. |
| Germanwings plane went down in French Alps within a mile of 1953 crash site Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:39 PM PDT  The Germanwings airplane fell from the sky extremely close to an Air France crash site from 1953.
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| U.S. conducting airstrikes to help Iraq retake Tikrit Posted: 25 Mar 2015 09:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — At Iraq's request, the U.S. began airstrikes in Tikrit on Wednesday in support of a stalled Iraqi ground offensive to retake the city from Islamic State fighters. The bombing marked a significant expansion of the U.S. military role in Iraq.
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| Knox defense calls conviction grave error Posted: 25 Mar 2015 01:02 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — Amanda Knox's defense lawyer urged Italy's highest court on Wednesday to overturn the American's conviction in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, calling it a "grave judicial error."
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