Nashville hotel cancels reservations for hate group CCC, cited by Dylann Roof

Nashville hotel cancels reservations for hate group CCC, cited by Dylann Roof
North Korea orders troops on war footing
Shaun King: ‘White man on my birth certificate is not my biological father’
Federal workers with sensitive jobs used cheating website
Explosion at New York high school injures three
Black teen killed by St. Louis police shot in back-autopsy
U.S. agency opens probe into 2008 Honda Accord air bag controller
Florida woman says she secretly recorded Jared Fogle
Asian stocks fall further after global sell-off
St. Louis police chief defends fatal shooting by officers
1st women to pass Ranger School are Army pilot, military cop

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 08:42 AM PDT

The Guesthouse Inn says that it canceled the reservations for members of the Council of Conservative Citizens white supremacist group, which had scheduled an event at the hotel for this weekend.

North Korea orders troops on war footing

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:53 AM PDT

Kim Jong Un declares a "quasi-state of war" after an exchange of fire with South Korea.

Shaun King: ‘White man on my birth certificate is not my biological father’

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 08:51 PM PDT

Prominent Black Lives Matter activist accused this week of misrepresenting his race breaks his silence, says mother had affair with "a light-skinned black man."

Federal workers with sensitive jobs used cheating website

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 08:25 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government employees with sensitive jobs in national security or law enforcement were among hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay membership fees to the cheating website Ashley Madison, The Associated Press has learned.

Explosion at New York high school injures three

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 10:10 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A gas line explosion at a New York high school on Thursday injured three construction workers, one critically, and badly damaged at least three floors of the building, authorities said. The explosion occurred at about 8 p.m. EDT at John F. Kennedy High School in New York's Bronx borough while construction work was going on in a sixth-floor laboratory, a police spokesman said. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who held a press briefing from near the school, said the Department of Buildings would evaluate the structural integrity of the building.

Black teen killed by St. Louis police shot in back-autopsy

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 11:16 AM PDT

The finding could escalate tensions that flared immediately after the shooting Wednesday, as protesters and family members of the slain teen questioned police accounts that Mansur Ball-Bey pointed a gun at officers. The results of the autopsy show Ball-Bey was struck in the upper right part of his back by a bullet that hit his heart and an artery next to the heart, said St. Louis Chief Medical Examiner Michael Graham. Police said that Ball-Bey dropped his weapon and continued running after he was shot.

U.S. agency opens probe into 2008 Honda Accord air bag controller

Posted: 21 Aug 2015 09:17 AM PDT

U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into air bags on Honda Motor Co's 2008 Accord sedans after 19 complaints of air bags failing to deploy including in a front crash that resulted in an injury, federal officials said on Friday. The issue involves a module that controls deployment of the air bag. It appears to be a problem separate from that of combustible air bag inflators made by Takata Corp in Honda vehicles.

Florida woman says she secretly recorded Jared Fogle

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 06:35 PM PDT

A Florida woman says former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle told her years ago about his interest in having sex with minors and that she went to authorities who told her to record the conversations. Rochelle ...

Asian stocks fall further after global sell-off

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 09:25 PM PDT

The U.S. stock market is closing with its worst performance in 18 months, driven lower by another slump in Chinese shares and heavy selling by technical traders.

St. Louis police chief defends fatal shooting by officers

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 02:49 PM PDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The police chief on Thursday unapologetically defended the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old who was killed by two white officers in a confrontation that drew protesters and unrest back to the streets.

1st women to pass Ranger School are Army pilot, military cop

Posted: 20 Aug 2015 03:43 PM PDT

FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The first two women to pass the Army's notoriously difficult Ranger School impressed male classmates left in their dust during road marches and proved their mettle as teammates by helping carry heavy weapons when others were too fatigued to lift another ounce.