Obama gets tough on emissions

Obama gets tough on emissions
Sen. Schumer, comedian Amy Schumer call for more gun control
Darren Wilson opens up a year after Michael Brown’s death
Farmer visited by Obama is now the face of California’s drought
Cooler weather helps crews battling California wildfire
Manhunt underway for suspect in officer's fatal shooting
Manhunt under way for killer of Memphis police officer
Man shot dead in front of Mississippi courthouse: police
Northern California wildfire doubles in size, displaces thousands
Trump: Biden would be tougher to beat than Clinton
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Posted: 03 Aug 2015 08:43 AM PDT

Yahoo News takes a closer look at President Barack Obama's toughest plan yet to combat climate change.

Sen. Schumer, comedian Amy Schumer call for more gun control

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 08:24 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer is teaming up with New York Sen. Charles Schumer to call for tighter gun control.

Darren Wilson opens up a year after Michael Brown’s death

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 06:53 AM PDT

A year after fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., the former police officer reflects on a year spent in relative seclusion.

Farmer visited by Obama is now the face of California’s drought

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Little has changed in the 17 months since the president toured Joe Del Bosque's parched fields.

Cooler weather helps crews battling California wildfire

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 10:14 AM PDT

Fire officials called for thousands of evacuations as numerous homes remained threatened.

Manhunt underway for suspect in officer's fatal shooting

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 06:38 AM PDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Monday for a suspect who police say fatally shot a Memphis officer after he interrupted a drug deal involving a small amount of marijuana that would have resulted in just a misdemeanor citation and a fine.

Manhunt under way for killer of Memphis police officer

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 06:32 PM PDT

A manhunt was under way on Sunday in Tennessee for a parolee suspected of fatally shooting a Memphis police officer who apparently interrupted a drug transaction when he stopped to investigate an illegally parked car, police said. The slain policeman, Sean Bolton, 33, was confronted by the gunman and shot multiple times during a brief scuffle after the officer pulled up to the parked car and shined his spotlight on the vehicle, Memphis police said in a statement. Investigators also recovered a handgun in a field near the shooting scene, the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper reported.

Man shot dead in front of Mississippi courthouse: police

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 08:42 AM PDT

A man was shot to death Monday in front of a courthouse in a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi, as he arrived for a hearing on drug charges against him, and the gunman had turned himself in to the authorities, police said. Kendrick Brown was shot at point-blank range outside the Madison County Courthouse complex in Canton, about 30 miles north of Jackson, the state capital, authorities and Brown family members said. The shooter turned himself in to police but his name and details of his relationship to the victim were not released.

Northern California wildfire doubles in size, displaces thousands

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 09:18 PM PDT

By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A wildfire raging through the foothills and canyons of northern California's coastal mountains more than doubled in size as it roared into its fifth day on Sunday, leaving two dozen homes in charred ruins and displacing thousands of residents. The blaze, which has scorched about 54,000 acres (21,853 hectares) east of Lower Lake, a town about 110 miles (180 km) north of San Francisco, was the fiercest of 20 large fires being battled by 9,000 firefighters across the state, officials said. "This is a very fast-moving wildfire," said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, or Cal Fire.