| John Russel Houser: What we know about Louisiana movie theater shooting suspect Posted: 24 Jul 2015 06:48 AM PDT  John Russel Houser, originally from Alabama, was identified as the person who opened fire during a showing of "Trainwreck" in Lafayette.
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| Sandra Bland Was 'Distraught' in Jail, Says Fellow Inmate Posted: 24 Jul 2015 10:30 AM PDT  One of the women in the cell across from Sandra Bland says that she was "distraught" in the days before she was found dead. "She was crying and I could barely understand her, and I was like, 'It'll be OK, don't cry, it'll be alright, you can't be in here forever,'" fellow inmate Alexandra Pyle said of Bland to ABC station KTRK in Houston.
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| Justice Department weighs request to probe Clinton emails Posted: 24 Jul 2015 10:44 AM PDT  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Friday it is weighing a request by two government inspectors to look into the possible mishandling of classified information in Hillary Clinton's private email account from when she was secretary of state. The department said it "has received a referral related to the potential compromise of classified information." A Justice Department official said the "referral" is not a request for a criminal investigation into Clinton's emails, thousands of which she handed over to the State Department after resigning in 2013.
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| Motive eludes investigators in Louisiana theater rampage Posted: 24 Jul 2015 10:59 AM PDT  By Kathy Finn LAFAYETTE, La. (Reuters) - A jobless 59-year-old man whose estranged family feared him was identified by authorities on Friday as the gunman who fatally shot two people in a rampage at crowded movie theater in central Louisiana before turning the gun on himself as police closed in. The suspected gunman, John R. Houser, who police described as a drifter from Alabama who was staying at a local motel, opened fire with a .40 caliber handgun about 20 minutes into the film "Trainwreck," sending panicked theatergoers ducking behind seats and running for the exits. "This is a normal movie theater in a normal part of a normal town.
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| Obama arrives in Kenya for first presidential trip to father's homeland Posted: 24 Jul 2015 10:14 AM PDT  NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama flew into Kenya late on Friday for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland, aiming to boost trade and security ties in east Africa. Obama's Air Force One plane landed in the evening in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he will co-host a conference on boosting entrepreneurs on the African continent before traveling on to Ethiopia. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Edith Honan)
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| Sick juror delays Colorado movie massacre trial until Monday Posted: 24 Jul 2015 09:40 AM PDT  By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - The judge in the Colorado movie massacre trial sent the jury home until Monday after a member of the panel complained early on Friday that she was suffering from a sinus infection, fever and headache and could not concentrate. "We've all been sick before ... we can all empathize," Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour told the juror. The panel of nine women and three men are hearing the punishment phase of the trial of gunman James Holmes, 27, who killed 12 people and wounded 70 in a July 2012 rampage at a midnight screening of a Batman film at a Denver area theater.
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| In shift, Turkish jets strike Islamic State targets in Syria Posted: 24 Jul 2015 10:34 AM PDT  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — In a major tactical shift, Turkish warplanes struck Islamic State group targets Friday across the border in Syria, Turkish officials announced — a move that came a day after IS militants fired at a Turkish military outpost, killing a soldier.
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| Trump tours Mexican border despite 'great danger' Posted:  The Republican presidential hopeful tours the city of Laredo without the protection of U.S. border agents.
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| Bush says O’Malley shouldn't have apologized for ‘white lives matter’ Posted: 23 Jul 2015 01:46 PM PDT  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Thursday that Martin O'Malley, the former Maryland governor now running for the president as a Democrat, should not have apologized this week for comments that some activists deemed to be racially insensitive.
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