Cincinnati mayor speaks to Katie Couric on police shooting

Cincinnati mayor speaks to Katie Couric on police shooting
Senator: Md. governor to close Baltimore detention center
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Donald Trump amuses us to death
James Holmes's revealing courtroom behavior
Judge sets $1 million bond for Ohio officer charged in murder
NY federal judge to hear U.S. football star Brady's appeal
Lawyers to argue over fate of Colorado movie gunman Holmes
N.H. thumbs its nose at Fox News
Carter: Successful Iran nuclear deal better than strike
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Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:49 AM PDT

A University of Cincinnati police officer pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the fatal shooting of Sam DuBose.

Senator: Md. governor to close Baltimore detention center

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:37 AM PDT

A Maryland lawmaker says the state will shut down a Baltimore jail that was the focus of a federal corruption investigation.

Wreckage may be first trace of missing Flight MH370

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:31 AM PDT

Investigators are treating debris found on an Indian Ocean island as a "major lead."

Donald Trump amuses us to death

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Trump's juggernaut isn't an actual campaign, with an agenda or a strategy. It's great programming

James Holmes's revealing courtroom behavior

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 02:18 AM PDT

As James Holmes watched his father being cross-examined on the witness stand Wednesday, the convicted Colorado theater shooter reverted to what has become his routine during many of the trial's more contentious moments: He swiveled.

Judge sets $1 million bond for Ohio officer charged in murder

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 07:48 AM PDT

By Steve Bittenbender CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday set a bond of $1 million for a former University of Cincinnati campus police officer charged with the murder of an unarmed black man he had stopped for a missing license plate. Ray Tensing, 25, pleaded not guilty at the arraignment before Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan in Cincinnati. Tensing was indicted on Wednesday on murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the July 19 death of Samuel Dubose, 43, who was shot in the head during a traffic stop.

NY federal judge to hear U.S. football star Brady's appeal

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 09:35 AM PDT

The National Football League players union filed the petition in the midwestern state on Wednesday on behalf of Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback and four-time Super Bowl champion. The union wanted the case to be heard in Minnesota, where U.S. District Judge David Doty has a history of ruling in favor of players in labor cases against the NFL.

Lawyers to argue over fate of Colorado movie gunman Holmes

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 10:14 AM PDT

By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Lawyers for both sides in Colorado's movie massacre trial are due to make closing arguments on Thursday in the penalty phase, then jurors will decide if mitigating factors such as mental illness outweigh aggravating ones that could justify the death penalty. After hearing 40-minute closing arguments, the panel will deliberate. If jurors vote unanimously that mitigating factors outweigh aggravating ones, Holmes will get an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for the July 20, 2012 mass shooting.

N.H. thumbs its nose at Fox News

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The GOP primary forum next Monday will be more of a grilling than a debate.

Carter: Successful Iran nuclear deal better than strike

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 04:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday that the U.S. armed forces stand ready to confront Iran, but told lawmakers that a successful implementation of the nuclear agreement with Tehran is preferable to a military strike.