Hillary Clinton meets with Black Lives Matter activists

Hillary Clinton meets with Black Lives Matter activists
Man in yellow shirt is focus of Bangkok bombing probe
George Zimmerman paints Confederate battle flag to raise money for ‘Muslim-free’ gun store
North Carolina officer's manslaughter trial goes to jury
Texas launches jail safety study weeks after woman's death in custody
Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution
Indonesian rescuers reach crash site, find plane destroyed
Thai security forces hunt bombing suspect with backpack
Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed', no survivors
Thai PM vows to quickly find bombers in blast that killed 18
Planned Parenthood asks judge for emergency ruling
Trump takes a detour off the trail, reports for jury duty
Trump immigration proposal divides GOP presidential field

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Man in yellow shirt is focus of Bangkok bombing probe

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:27 AM PDT

BANGKOK (AP) — In the grainy security video, a man in a yellow shirt sits on a bench at the crowded Erawan Shrine, removes a backpack he is wearing, and leaves it behind when he walks away.

George Zimmerman paints Confederate battle flag to raise money for ‘Muslim-free’ gun store

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:12 AM PDT

George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, is selling prints of his Confederate battle flag painting to raise money for a gun store in Florida that refuses to serve Muslims.

North Carolina officer's manslaughter trial goes to jury

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:43 AM PDT

The trial of a North Carolina police officer charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in 2013 went to a jury Tuesday afternoon. Jurors, who began hearing testimony Aug. 3, will have to decide whether Randall Kerrick was justified in using lethal force against 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell in the early hours of Sept. 14, 2013. Kerrick, 29, was charged with voluntary manslaughter and placed on unpaid leave from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department the same day as the shooting.

Texas launches jail safety study weeks after woman's death in custody

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:44 AM PDT

Texas will conduct a study on jail safety with the goal of preventing suicide in custody, officials said on Tuesday, weeks after the death of a black woman in a county jail renewed questions about racial bias in U.S. policing. The announcement by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick comes a day after five special prosecutors were appointed to look into the death of Sandra Bland, 28. Patrick, a Republican, told a news conference he had asked a Texas Senate committee to conduct the study.

Texas man arrested for luring college students into prostitution

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 10:45 AM PDT

Police in San Antonio have arrested what they describe as a "smooth talking man" who preyed on college women who were financially vulnerable, convincing dozens of them to be part of his prostitution business, officials said on Tuesday. Steven Sumlin, 38, was arrested at his home in San Antonio on Monday and charged with felony aggravated promotion of prostitution, police said. Sumlin is suspected of going to college campuses in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas and telling women they could make hundreds or thousands of dollars doing unspecified jobs in his business, according to San Antonio Police Officer Douglas Greene, a spokesman.

Indonesian rescuers reach crash site, find plane destroyed

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 06:04 AM PDT

Rescuers reach the remote area where a passenger plane crashed, killing all 54 people on board.

Thai security forces hunt bombing suspect with backpack

Posted: 18 Aug 2015 09:34 AM PDT

Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday said authorities are hunting a male "suspect" seen on CCTV footage near the scene of the bombing.

Crashed Indonesian plane found 'destroyed', no survivors

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 11:08 PM PDT

A plane that crashed in eastern Indonesia was Tuesday found "completely destroyed" with the bodies of all 54 people who had been aboard amid the wreckage in a fire-blackened clearing at a remote site in dense jungle. Rescuers finally reached the debris of the Trigana Air plane, which went down Sunday during a short flight in bad weather, after being forced to abandon search efforts a day earlier due to the mountainous terrain and bad weather. "The plane has crashed, it is completely destroyed," search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo said of the ATR 42-300 after rescue teams reached the site in Papua province at 9:30 am (0030 GMT).

Thai PM vows to quickly find bombers in blast that killed 18

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 09:33 PM PDT

Police are trying to determine who set off the most devastating single attack in the capital's recent history.

Planned Parenthood asks judge for emergency ruling

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 03:43 PM PDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Planned Parenthood in Florida asked a judge Monday for an emergency ruling to allow them to continue performing abortions at 12 and 13 weeks after a discrepancy with the state about what constitutes first and second-trimester abortions.

Trump takes a detour off the trail, reports for jury duty

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 04:13 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump pulled up in a long black limousine and gave a very presidential wave as he made his way into the building. Then the billionaire promptly found himself seated next to ordinary, wage-earning, subway-riding New Yorkers, forced to wait — and wait some more — for the wheels of justice to turn.

Trump immigration proposal divides GOP presidential field

Posted: 17 Aug 2015 03:04 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is dividing his Republican presidential rivals anew with his call to rewrite the Constitution to crack down on millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and to force Mexico to pay for a better border fence. Scott Walker embraced some of the plan Monday, but other contenders, such as Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina, dismissed elements as unworkable.