| Obama slaps sanctions on Venezuelan officials Posted: 09 Mar 2015 11:02 AM PDT  The president accuses 7 officials of perpetrating human rights violations and corruption.
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| Live updates from Boston Marathon bombing trial Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:35 AM PDT  Follow Yahoo News' liveblog for the latest updates from inside the courtroom.
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| Follow the Apple Watch event live with Yahoo Tech Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:36 AM PDT  Follow along live with experts from Yahoo Tech.
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| Obama announces effort to boost high-tech hiring Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:02 AM PDT The president calls on employers to ramp up training in an effort to drive up higher-income employment. |
| Solar-powered plane takes off for flight around the world Posted: 08 Mar 2015 09:15 PM PDT  A Swiss aircraft leaves Abu Dhabi in a bid to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.
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| University of Oklahoma fraternity closed due to racist video Posted:  A video posted online shows a group of students chanting racial epithets and making light of lynchings.
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| FBI investigates pro-IS hacks: report Posted: 09 Mar 2015 01:09 AM PDT  The FBI is investigating a string of hacks that defaced US websites with imagery from the Islamic State jihadist group, NBC News reported on Monday. The FBI said it was aware of the incidents and "is contacting the impacted parties." A security analyst told NBC it was unlikely the hacks had any "real connection" to the Islamic State group. "Hacked by Islamic State (ISIS) We Are Everywhere," the hacked website said while playing music associated with the group.
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| Wisconsin students walk out in protest over fatal police shooting Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:14 AM PDT  (Reuters) - University and high school students in Madison, Wisconsin, walked out of classes on Monday morning and marched to protest the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, local media reported. More than 100 students, including some from Sun Prairie High School, the alma mater of Tony Robinson, the 19-year-old who was shot and killed, marched toward Wisconsin's state Capitol, Madison.com and Channel3000.com reported. Officer Matt Kenny, who shot Robinson, is on paid administrative leave while the Wisconsin Department of Justice investigates the Friday shooting. Protests and vigils in Madison over the weekend were peaceful and Police Chief Michael and Mayor Paul Soglin pledged transparency in communicating results of the investigation.
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| White House says Obama, Clinton exchanged emails during her time in administration Posted: 09 Mar 2015 10:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton exchanged emails during her time as secretary of state in his administration, the White House said on Monday. But Obama was not aware of the details of how Clinton's personal email address and private server were set up, or with how Clinton and her team were planning to comply with the Federal Records Act, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton) |
| Supreme Court revives Notre Dame's Obamacare contraception objections Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:20 AM PDT  By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived the University of Notre Dame's religious objections to the requirement for contraception coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, throwing out a lower court decision in favor of the federal government. The justices asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision against the South Bend, Indiana-based Roman Catholic university in light of the June 2014 Supreme Court ruling that allowed certain privately owned corporations to seek exemptions from the provision.
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| Nemtsov friend: Islamist motive for Moscow killing is nonsensical Posted: 09 Mar 2015 05:12 AM PDT  By Christian Lowe and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - Suggestions that Russian politician Boris Nemtsov was killed by Chechen Islamists are nonsense designed to deflect suspicion from President Vladimir Putin, a colleague of the slain opposition figure said on Monday. Investigators have charged two men including a former Chechen police official over the shooting of Nemtsov on Feb. 27, the most high-profile killing of a political figure since Putin took power in 2000. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the ex-policeman, Zaur Dadayev, was a pious Muslim who had been angered by publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Nemtsov had condemned an attack on Charlie Hebdo in which Islamist militants killed 12 people in January.
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| #NotThere: International Women's Day marked with tributes online Posted: 08 Mar 2015 02:08 PM PDT  Thousands were urged to change their social media avatars with a female silhouette.
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| Documents: Wisconsin shooting victim suffered from anxiety Posted: 09 Mar 2015 09:36 AM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The unarmed black man who died at the hands of a white Wisconsin police officer suffered from attention deficit disorder and tended to be an impulsive risk-taker, court documents show.
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| Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary: Thousands crowd Selma bridge Posted: 08 Mar 2015 08:31 PM PDT  SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands of people crowded an Alabama bridge on Sunday, many jammed shoulder to shoulder, many unable to move, to commemorate a bloody confrontation 50 years ago between police and peaceful protesters that helped bring about the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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| Wisconsin capital marked by third day of protests after police shooting Posted: 08 Mar 2015 10:16 PM PDT  More than 100 people angry over the death of Tony Robinson Jr. marched through the streets of Madison toward the capital building on Sunday evening, carrying signs, beating drums and chanting "The people united will never be defeated." Earlier scores of people who took part in a sign-making event designed to involve children in the civil action rallied outside the apartment home where Robinson died. Robinson, 19, was shot in Madison, Wisconsin's capital, on Friday evening after Officer Matt Kenny responded to calls about a man dodging cars in traffic who had allegedly battered another person, Police Chief Mike Koval said. Last year, the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City triggered a wave of demonstrations against the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. Kenny is on paid administrative leave while the Wisconsin Department of Justice conducts an investigation.
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| Russian court charges 2, detains 3 others in Nemtsov killing Posted: 08 Mar 2015 12:14 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Five men were behind bars Sunday either charged or suspected in the killing of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, but details remained unclear in the case that has shaken Russia's marginalized and struggling opposition movement.
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| Democratic ally urges Clinton to explain her email actions Posted: 08 Mar 2015 01:55 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton should fully explain her actions involving the use of a private, nongovernment email account when she was the country's top diplomat, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on Sunday, becoming the first major Democrat to urge Clinton to share more details of the private account.
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