| Robert Gates: Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders not sustainable Posted: 21 May 2015 09:36 AM PDT The Boy Scouts of America will no longer seek to revoke the charters of chapters that accept gay adult leaders, the organization's president Robert Gates told its national leadership on Thursday. |
| Obama's trade agenda clears key Senate hurdle Posted: 21 May 2015 11:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's trade agenda cleared a key Senate hurdle and advanced toward likely passage on Thursday despite opposition from most Democrats.
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| The emoji diversity lobby Posted: 21 May 2015 05:45 AM PDT  As one redhead found out, those cute little figures are ruled by a surprisingly complex political process.
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| Matt Bai: What presidential candidates need to understand about income inequality Posted:  The American Dream that's at the center of our national identity is not, in fact, in danger of slipping away. For most Americans, it's already long gone, like Oldsmobiles and New Coke.
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| Suspect in wealthy family deaths believed to be in New York Posted: 21 May 2015 11:11 AM PDT  A 34-year-old man is being sought in last week's quadruple homicide.
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| David Letterman signs off as late-night host Posted:  The funnyman hosts his final show after 33 years and 6,028 broadcasts.
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| Boy Scouts of America president says ban on gay leaders unsustainable Posted: 21 May 2015 10:17 AM PDT  By Marice Richter DALLAS (Reuters) - Boy Scouts of America President Robert Gates said on Thursday the group's ban on adult gay leaders cannot be sustained, a move that could open the door to ending the policy. Gates said at a national meeting of the group he does not plan to revoke the charter of Boy Scout councils that allow gay leaders, according to a text of the speech.
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| Cleanup of oil-fouled California beach enters third day Posted: 21 May 2015 10:21 AM PDT  By Steve Gorman SANTA BARBARA (Reuters) - Cleanup teams labored on Thursday for a third day to remove patches of crude petroleum that stained a California beach and fouled offshore waters from a pipeline rupture that may rank as the biggest oil spill to hit the Santa Barbara coastline in more than four decades. By then, however, a torrent of oil had streamed down a canyon, under a culvert and out onto the once-pristine beach, blackening a 4-mile (6-km) stretch of sand and rocks and leaving two oil slicks in the water spanning more than 9 miles (14 km) in length. Environmental activists and local officials said it was believed to be the largest oil spill in 46 years along the ecologically sensitive but energy-rich Santa Barbara shoreline, about 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
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| Detroit prosecutors join criminal probe of Takata over air bags Posted: 21 May 2015 10:28 AM PDT  Prosecutors in Detroit have joined the U.S. federal probe into Takata Corp's defective air bag inflators that are linked to at least six deaths globally. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division, Fraud Section in Washington "are jointly handling the criminal investigation into Takata," Gina Balaya, spokeswoman for the Detroit office, said on Thursday. "We have been cooperating fully and are engaged in a regular dialog with the Department of Justice, and we will continue to do so," a Takata spokesman said.
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| Two 2016 candidates, two faces of fear Posted:  Two top Republican senators aired their grievances against the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy and surveillance.
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| Innovative technologies under development for cleaning up oil spills Posted: 20 May 2015 11:17 AM PDT  As California struggles to deal with Tuesday's huge oil spill, scientists are working on more efficient technologies to aid in future cleanups.
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| About 120 guns found at scene of deadly Texas gang fight Posted: 20 May 2015 04:08 PM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - About 120 guns and 160 knives were recovered from the scene of a deadly Sunday battle between rival motorcycle gangs in the Texas city of Waco that left nine people dead, police said on Wednesday as they sharply dropped their tally of weapons found. Gang members hid weapons in sacks of flour and bags of chips at the Twin Peaks restaurant, where they attacked each other in a fight that was likely set off by a smoldering turf battle, Waco Police said. Waco Police Sergeant Patrick Swanton told cable channel CNN: "These were vicious gang members that were in our city Sunday." The two main adversaries were motorcycle gangs the Bandidos, seen as the long-standing dominant gang in Texas and called a criminal organization by the U.S. Justice Department, and the Cossacks, which have been challenging them for power in the state, according to experts on the gangs.
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| Oil slicks off California span 9 miles; cleanup underway Posted: 20 May 2015 02:44 PM PDT  An oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean Wednesday as cleanup efforts began and federal regulators investigated ...
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