Co-pilot told flight school of depressive episode in 2009

Co-pilot told flight school of depressive episode in 2009
Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law
Nigeria opposition leader fears 'tricks' after election victory
Police: Prisoner who stole gun, fled hospital found in DC
White House: Iran nuke talks could continue beyond deadline
On a cold Boston morning, remembering Teddy Kennedy
Defense in Boston bombing trial details brother's research
New Jersey school evacuated after reports of armed intruder
Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules
Colorado theater gunman's mother says he's not a 'monster'
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at gates of NSA

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:25 AM PDT

Lufthansa says the note was found in emails that Andreas Lubitz sent.

Indiana governor wants changes to religious-objections law

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 09:26 AM PDT

Mike Pence said Tuesday that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that a new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination.

Nigeria opposition leader fears 'tricks' after election victory

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:10 AM PDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari's spokesman told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Buhari has won Nigeria's presidential election but fears his victory could be stolen by "tricks" from the government.

Police: Prisoner who stole gun, fled hospital found in DC

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:36 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner being treated at a northern Virginia hospital wrestled with a guard Tuesday and took her gun before escaping in a hospital gown and fleeing in a carjacked vehicle, police said. The prisoner was captured hours later in nearby Washington.

White House: Iran nuke talks could continue beyond deadline

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:38 AM PDT

Diplomats wrap up six days of marathon nuclear talks with mixed results.

On a cold Boston morning, remembering Teddy Kennedy

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A host of political luminaries attended the dedication Monday of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute on Columbia Point, right next to the presidential library of Teddy's older brother, President John F. Kennedy.

Defense in Boston bombing trial details brother's research

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:36 AM PDT

By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's older brother, Tamerlan, researched radio transmitters, fireworks and gun stores in the weeks leading up to the 2013 attack that killed three people, a computer expert testified for the defense on Tuesday. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, on Tuesday called digital forensics expert Mark Spencer, who testified about data found on three computers owned by the Tsarnaev brothers. The computer belonging to Tamerlan, who died four days after the April 15, 2013, attack, which also injured 264 people, showed searches for information on radio transmitters and receivers and on Ruger P95 handguns. Under cross-examination by federal prosecutors, Spencer acknowledged that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's laptop showed Internet searchers for the phrase "the call of jihad" four days before the bombing.

New Jersey school evacuated after reports of armed intruder

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:00 AM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey elementary school was evacuated on Tuesday after reports of an armed intruder on the grounds, law enforcement officials said. Police and SWAT teams converged on Village Elementary School in Holmdel Township, about 40 miles (64 km) south of New York City, just after noon local time and searched for a gunman, said Charles Webster, a spokesman with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. No shots were reported fired and no one was injured, Webster said. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Chizu Nomiyama)

Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 10:43 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure by Republicans in Congress that would have blocked a government labor agency's rules designed to speed up the time it takes to unionize workers. The rules would shorten the period between a union filing a petition to represent workers and an election, from the current median of 38 days to as little as 14 days. Employers would be required to share workers' names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses with unions. The National Labor Relations Board adopted the rules last year and they are set to take effect April 14.

Colorado theater gunman's mother says he's not a 'monster'

Posted: 30 Mar 2015 06:36 PM PDT

The mother of accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes says in a new book that she prays for her son's victims daily, even calling out the deceased by name. "The first time I prayed for them by name and by wound, I was shaking, overcome," Arlene Holmes writes.

1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at gates of NSA

Posted: 30 Mar 2015 02:59 PM PDT

Two men dressed as women smashed a stolen car into a police vehicle, prompting officers to open fire.