| Parents of Colorado theater shooting victim fear copycat massacre Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:33 AM PDT  CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Tom and Caren Teves — parents of theater shooting victim Alex Teves — fear irresponsible coverage of the massacre's trial could spark another rampage elsewhere.
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| Baltimore mourns Freddie Gray, man who died in police custody Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:16 AM PDT  Family and friends gathered Monday for the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death in custody triggered a fresh wave of protests over US police tactics. Dozens of people arrived at the New Shiloh Baptist church to pay final respects to Gray, who died on April 19 of severe spinal injuries, a week after his arrest in Baltimore.
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| Loretta Lynch sworn in as new US attorney general Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:18 AM PDT  Loretta Lynch was sworn in Monday as the 83rd U.S. attorney general, becoming the first African-American woman to serve as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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| Quake-aid need acute in Nepal capital, more so in villages Posted: 27 Apr 2015 10:00 AM PDT  The death toll from Saturday's massive earthquake soared past 3,700.
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| Justice Ginsburg has already made up her mind on gay marriage Posted:  Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the 82-year-old leader of the Supreme Court's minority liberal wing, has cast aside her usual restraint in the past months and left little doubt where she stands on the upcoming gay marriage case.
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| Thousands attend funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:43 AM PDT  Thousands were expected Monday at a funeral for a man who died after suffering serious spinal injuries while in the custody of Baltimore police.
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| Boston bomber's lawyer urges 'unrelenting punishment' over death Posted: 27 Apr 2015 08:34 AM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was adrift and following his obsessive older brother when he carried out the deadly 2013 attack, a defense lawyer said on Monday as he urged a jury to spare his client's life. The defense sought to portray Tsarnaev as a member of a fractured family who easily fell under the spell of his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, who lawyers described as the mastermind of the April 15, 2013, attack that killed three people and injured 264. It also echoed the recent words of the family members of some of the people killed by the 21-year-old ethnic Chechen in saying that sentencing Tsarnaev to prison for the rest of his life would both punish him and ensure he is removed from the intense media spotlight he has occupied for the past two years. "No punishment could ever be equal to the terrible effects of these crimes on the innocent people who were killed and hurt or on their families," said defense attorney David Bruck.
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| Baltimore police threatened as funeral held for man who died in custody Posted: 27 Apr 2015 09:50 AM PDT  By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Baltimore Police Department on Monday reported receiving a "credible threat" that several gangs were planning to try to "take out" law enforcement officers, the same day of a funeral for a city man who died in police custody. The death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray has led to protests in the latest outcry over U.S. law enforcement's treatment of minorities. At the funeral, a long line of mourners stretched out of the front door of the New Shiloh Baptist Church. "I am here to show that Freddie's loss of life was not in vain," said Joe Jones, head of the Center for Urban Families, which provides aid to local residents.
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| Jury in case of missing N.Y. boy starts ninth day of deliberations Posted: 27 Apr 2015 07:49 AM PDT  By Natasja Sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of a former deli worker who confessed to killing Etan Patz in 1979 began a ninth day of deliberations on Monday with a re-reading of testimony that implicated another, earlier suspect in the case of the missing 6-year-old boy. Pedro Hernandez, 54, is charged in state Supreme Court in Manhattan with the murder and kidnapping of Patz, one of the first missing children whose pictures appeared on milk cartons in an effort to locate them. His lawyers have said the real culprit is Jose Ramos, long a prime suspect in the disappearance.
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| Clinton Foundation acknowledges mistakes in revealing donors Posted: 27 Apr 2015 12:28 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting chief executive of the Clinton Foundation says the global philanthropy is working quickly to remedy mistakes it made in how it disclosed donors, saying that its policies on transparency and contributions from foreign governments are "stronger than ever."
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| Republican presidential contenders woo evangelical voters Posted: 26 Apr 2015 04:40 PM PDT  By Luciana Lopez DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls in Iowa and elsewhere have recently begun sounding a call to arms to Christian conservatives, describing what they say is an urgent threat to religious liberty. Citing high-profile dust-ups over religious freedom bills in Indiana and Arkansas, the contenders are painting a vivid picture of faith under fire. "In the past month, we have seen religious liberty under assault at an unprecedented level," Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on Saturday at a forum sponsored by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition outside Des Moines.
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| New Jersey doctor, Google exec among Nepal earthquake victims on Everest Posted: 26 Apr 2015 08:26 AM PDT  A Google executive-turned-mountain climber and a New Jersey doctor working at a Mount Everest base camp were among three Americans killed in Saturday's devastating earthquake in Nepal.
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