Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to appear on federal charges

Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert to appear on federal charges
Community leaders ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy's death
How the White House plans to work with Hillary Clinton’s campaign
McKinney, Texas, protesters call for cop to be fired
Louisiana inmate ordered freed after 4 decades in solitary
Protests follow video of officer drawing gun on black teens
Police evacuate building near U.S. Capitol after bomb threat
U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80
Obama targets weaknesses in battle with Islamic State
Govt. makes it easier for Corinthian students to erase debt
Second psychiatrist concludes Colorado cinema gunman was sane
U.S. base shipped live anthrax to 19 states plus D.C.: Pentagon
Yemeni families of drone strike victims file lawsuit against U.S.
G-7 set far-off goal to move away from fossil fuels

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 07:29 AM PDT

Hastert is due to be arraigned in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday on charges of trying to hide large cash transactions and lying to the FBI about it. According to an indictment, Hastert, 73, was trying to evade detection of $3.5 million in payments he had promised to make to someone from his hometown of Yorkville, Illinois, to conceal past misconduct against the person. Law enforcement officials have said that the misconduct Hastert was trying to cover up was sexual contact with a male, according to reports in national media outlets.

Community leaders ask judge for arrests in Cleveland boy's death

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:47 AM PDT

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Community leaders said they planned to ask a judge on Tuesday to issue arrest warrants for two Cleveland policemen in the 2014 fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy carrying a replica handgun even as prosecutors mull charges against the officers. The move, a signal of distrust in the community toward the authorities handling the case, represents an attempt to bypass the local prosecutor's office by using an obscure Ohio state law that allows citizens to request an arrest. The two officers involved in the shooting are white and the boy, Tamir Rice, was black.

How the White House plans to work with Hillary Clinton’s campaign

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There are legal limits on how and how much people who work in the White House can cooperate with a presidential campaign.

McKinney, Texas, protesters call for cop to be fired

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Protesters gathered in McKinney, Texas, on Monday night, three days after a white police officer responding to reports of a disturbance at a pool party was seen acting aggressively toward black teenagers, throwing a bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulling his gun on two others.

Louisiana inmate ordered freed after 4 decades in solitary

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 09:27 PM PDT

A federal judge orders the release of the last of the "Angola Three"inmates.

Protests follow video of officer drawing gun on black teens

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 04:21 AM PDT

A black teenager repeatedly cried out, "Call my momma!" as a white officer pinned her down.

Police evacuate building near U.S. Capitol after bomb threat

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 10:52 AM PDT

Authorities evacuated people from several floors of a U.S. Senate office building on Tuesday after receiving a bomb threat by telephone, U.S. Capitol Police said. Police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said Capitol Police received the call and are investigating a report of suspicious package in room G-40 of the Dirksen building, part of the complex near the U.S. Capitol. "Several floors in the (Dirksen building) have been evacuated as a precaution while the USCP continues to investigate," Schneider said in a statement.

U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 10:38 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the main provisions of a restrictive Texas abortion law, including one that requires clinics to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit allowed for the law to be applied across the state but set up an exception for a clinic in the southern city of McAllen. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Susan Heavey)

Vincent Bugliosi, prosecutor in Manson trial, dies at 80

Posted: 09 Jun 2015 02:51 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson trial into a career as a bestselling author, has died, his son said Monday night. He was 80 years old.

Obama targets weaknesses in battle with Islamic State

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 02:38 PM PDT

The president says the U.S. lacks a "complete strategy" for training Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State.

Govt. makes it easier for Corinthian students to erase debt

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 04:17 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will make it easier for more students who attended the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges to get rid of their federal loans, officials announced Monday, as part of a new plan that could cost as much as $3.6 billion.

Second psychiatrist concludes Colorado cinema gunman was sane

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 03:28 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - A second court-appointed psychiatrist has concluded that Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes was sane when he fatally shot 12 moviegoers and wounded dozens more in 2012, jurors in his capital murder trial heard on Monday. Psychiatrist Jeffrey Metzner testified that after interviewing Holmes for more than 25 hours he determined that the onetime neuroscience graduate student met the criteria for sanity under Colorado law. "Despite having a mental disability or defect ... Mr. Holmes had the capacity to tell the difference between right and wrong," Metzner said.

U.S. base shipped live anthrax to 19 states plus D.C.: Pentagon

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 01:47 PM PDT

The number of labs that received live anthrax samples from a U.S. military base in Utah has risen to 66 in 19 states, Washington and three foreign countries, the Pentagon said on Monday. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said 31 people were receiving precautionary treatment for exposure to live anthrax, unchanged since the Pentagon's last update on the incident. Warren said one new state, Pennsylvania, had been added to the list of locations where live anthrax had been sent.

Yemeni families of drone strike victims file lawsuit against U.S.

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 11:01 AM PDT

The families of two men killed in a 2012 U.S. drone strike filed a suit in Washington seeking greater accountability for mistakes made during anti-terrorism operations.

G-7 set far-off goal to move away from fossil fuels

Posted: 08 Jun 2015 12:58 PM PDT

ELMAU, Germany (AP) — The world should move away from using fossil fuels by the end of this century, G-7 leaders said Monday, setting an ambitious but distant goal ahead of a global conference on climate change this year.