| US arrests suicide bomb suspect in Kansas: Justice Dept Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:17 AM PDT  The US Justice Department said Friday it arrested an Islamic State sympathizer who was plotting to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a US military base in Kansas. John T. Booker Jr, 20, is charged with "attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction... attempting to damage property by means of an explosive and one count of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," the Justice Department said. Booker was arrested earlier Friday near the Kansas city of Manhattan "as he made his final preparations for his planned assault" on nearby Fort Riley, the US Attorney for Kansas, Barry Grissom, told reporters in Kansas City.
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| Obama, Castro to meet Saturday amid bid to restore Cuba ties Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:54 AM PDT  The call sets the stage for a historic encounter between the two leaders at a summit.
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| Purple Hearts awarded to victims of Fort Hood rampage Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:47 AM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Dozens of people who survived a 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in central Texas and relatives of those who were killed received Purple Heart and Defense of Freedom medals on Friday after years of lobbying by politicians and lawyers. In February, the U.S. Army cleared the way for the military and civilian distinctions after the shooting was declared an act of international terrorism.. Nearly 50 awards were handed out at the base. In addition to the medals, the awards also confer additional benefits, from Veterans Health Administration health care and combat-related special compensation to burial privileges at Arlington National Cemetery, lawyers for the group have said. Of our honorees, it can truly be said that all gave some and some gave al on that terrible day," Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland, the commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, said at the ceremony.
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| Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run this weekend Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:45 AM PDT  By Steve Holland and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats' best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. The announcement will mark Clinton's return to the campaign trail seven years after losing the Democratic Party nomination in 2008 to Barack Obama. Clinton has been a high-profile figure in American politics for more than two decades since her husband, Bill Clinton, won the presidency in 1992, and her fame still eclipses her other likely Democratic contenders and Republican opponents. A Democrat close to the Clinton camp told Reuters on Friday the former U.S. senator and secretary of state would announce her long-anticipated plans through video and social media.
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| Illinois governor says 2nd person dead in tornadoes Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:26 AM PDT FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner confirms a second person has died in the northern Illinois community of Fairdale after tornadoes struck the region. |
| Police cruiser video shows moments before fatal shooting Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:00 PM PDT  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The traffic stop starts like any other: an officer pulls over a motorist, walks up to the driver's side window and asks for license and registration. What happened minutes later appears to take place without any obvious sign of provocation or conflict: The driver opens the door and runs, and the officer chases after him.
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| After four days, no verdict in ex-NFL star Hernandez's murder trial Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:10 AM PDT  The jury in the murder trial of former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez finished its fourth day of deliberations on Friday without a verdict. Hernandez, 25, a former tight end for the New England Patriots, is accused of fatally shooting semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd in an industrial park near Hernandez's Massachusetts home in June 2013. If convicted of first-degree murder, Hernandez would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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| U.S. man arrested in car bombing plot of Kansas army base Posted: 10 Apr 2015 10:59 AM PDT  By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Kevin Murphy WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - A U.S. man was arrested on Friday for an alleged plot to explode a car bomb at the Fort Riley army base in Kansas as part of a suicide mission in support of the Islamic State militant group, the Justice Department said. John T. Booker, Jr., 20, of Topeka, Kansas, was taken into custody this morning as part of a sting operation after he and two undercover FBI agents arrived at the military base to detonate what he did not realize was an inert bomb, prosecutors said.
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| One dead as tornadoes sweep through northern Illinois Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:04 AM PDT By Bob Chiarito ROCHELLE, Ill. (Reuters) - A dangerous storm system rolled through the Midwest on Thursday evening, killing at least one person and leveling houses and businesses northwest of Chicago, local officials said. One person was killed and at least seven people were injured in the tiny town of Fairdale, Illinois, located some 75 miles (120 km) from Chicago, according to local media, citing emergency officials. Les Bellah, village president of nearby Kirkland, said that there was "extensive damage" to Fairdale, which has about 300 people. Damage was also reported in and around Rochelle, Illinois, about 81 miles (130 km) west of Chicago, according to Rochelle Councilman Bill Hayes. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother: ‘My sons are innocent’ Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:50 PM PDT  Zubeidat Tsarnaeva condemned the guilty verdict delivered by the jury in the Boston bombing trial.
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| Gay man's painful past with conversion therapy Posted: 09 Apr 2015 02:38 PM PDT  In a move that further solidifies the White House's stance on gay marriage and LGBTQ civil liberties, President Obama is calling for an end to what's known as gay and transgender conversion therapies. This comes just a few months after a 17-year-old transgender teen, Lellah Alcorn, took her own life after writing an online suicide note, which included references to how religious therapists attempted to change her back to being a boy.
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