| Live updates: Guilty verdict in Boston Marathon bombing trial Posted:  A jury will now decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death.
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| S.C. mayor vows body cams for entire force after shooting video Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:23 AM PDT  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city's mayor announced Wednesday, a day after the release of a video showing the officer firing eight shots at the fleeing man's back.
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| American, Afghan killed in firefight between Afghan and NATO soldiers Posted: 08 Apr 2015 06:11 AM PDT  By Rafiq Sherzad JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An American soldier and an Afghan soldier were killed when a firefight broke out between Afghan and NATO coalition forces at a compound where a senior U.S. diplomat met a provincial governor in eastern Afghanistan, police and U.S. sources said. A handful of others from both sides were wounded in the shooting, which erupted shortly after the diplomat left the compound aboard a helicopter, according to U.S. and Afghan sources. The NATO soldiers involved in the incident were American, according to Afghan police, and had been leaving the venue to return to Camp Gamberi in east Afghanistan where they were stationed.
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| 'Gunned down like an animal': Walter Scott's family reacts to video of his killing Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:20 AM PDT Family members speak out after a white S.C. police officer is charged with murder. |
| Report: Iran sends navy vessels near Yemen amid airstrikes Posted: 08 Apr 2015 05:53 AM PDT  SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Iran dispatched a naval destroyer and another vessel Wednesday to waters near Yemen as the United States quickened weapons supply to the Saudi-led coalition striking rebels there, underlining how foreign powers are deepening their involvement in the conflict.
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| South Carolina officer fired after shooting man in back, murder charge Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:09 AM PDT  By Harriet McLeod NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A white South Carolina police officer has been dismissed from his job after being charged with murder for shooting an apparently unarmed black man in the back as he fled, the latest death that has brought protesters out to decry racism and police brutality in the United States. With dozens of demonstrators in North Charleston protesting the fatal shooting there on Saturday of 50-year-old Walter Scott, which was captured on video by a witness, officials held a tense news conference expressing revulsion and appealing for calm. "I have been praying for peace, peace for the family and peace for this community," North Charleston Police Chief Eddie Driggers said. North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey told reporters that police officer Michael Slager, 33, had been fired.
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| Boston bombing jury finds Tsarnaev guilty of deadly 2013 attack Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:22 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - The jury hearing the Boston Marathon bombing on Wednesday found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15, 2013 attack on the city's best-attended sporting event, as well as fatally shooting a police officer four days later. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Richard Valdmanis)
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| New York woman gets 20 years to life for killing son with salt Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:07 AM PDT  By Barbara Goldberg WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Reuters) - A suburban New York mother who blogged about motherhood was sentenced by a judge to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering her young son with a salt overdose so she could bask in social media attention about his mysterious illness. The sentence imposed on Lacey Spears, 27, who chronicled her 5-year-old son's illnesses on a personal blog called "Garnett's Journey" and other social media, was less than the maximum penalty of 25 years to life requested by the prosecution. "By not imposing the maximum, I'm exhibiting something you didn't show your son - namely mercy," said Judge Robert Neary in the Westchester County Courthouse in Valhalla. Assistant District Attorney Doreen Lloyd described Garnett as a normal, healthy child whose illnesses were induced by his mother, who eventually killed him by putting a lethal amount of salt into the hospitalized boy's feeding tube, all the while blogging and posting pictures to Facebook.
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| Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wins 2nd term in runoff victory Posted: 07 Apr 2015 08:56 PM PDT  The expensive campaign hinged on serious financial challenges facing the nation's third-largest city.
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| Jurors end 1st day of deliberations in marathon bombing case Posted: 07 Apr 2015 02:30 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Jurors in the trial of admitted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deliberated for a little more than seven hours Tuesday before ending their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.
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| Power outage strikes much of D.C., including the White House Posted: 07 Apr 2015 12:00 PM PDT  A power outage reportedly struck much of Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning. The U.S. State Department, White House, Capitol, and Justice Department were among the buildings that lost power.
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