| How Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson explain the crazy 2016 election Posted: 14 Sep 2015 08:09 AM PDT  During a normal election cycle, presidential candidates descend on the Golden State for one reason and one reason only: money. They fly in, flutter around a Hollywood fundraiser and fly out. This is not a normal election cycle.
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| Delta State professor fatally shot, 'active shooter' spotted on campus Posted: 14 Sep 2015 11:13 AM PDT  A college professor was shot and killed at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., on Monday, and the school was placed on lockdown amid reports an "active shooter" was spotted on campus.
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| Miss Alabama slams Donald Trump during pageant Q&A Posted:  "I think Donald Trump is an entertainer," Miss Alabama Meg McGuffin said during ABC's live broadcast when asked...
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| Kentucky clerk won't block, or authorize, gay marriage licenses Posted: 14 Sep 2015 09:57 AM PDT  By Steve Bittenbender MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) - The county clerk from Kentucky jailed after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples said Monday on her return to work she will not block her deputies from issuing them but will not authorize them, as one couple celebrated their marriage.Shannon and Carmen Wampler-Collins received a marriage license late Monday morning from a deputy clerk as friends and family in the clerk's office chanted "love has won" while demonstrators opposed to gay marriage shouted in the background. Outside, Davis supporters called gay marriage a sin. Elizabeth Johnston and Flip Benham, who organized rallies for Davis at the county jail, called for Deputy Clerk Brian Mason, who has been issuing licenses, to be fired.
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| Professor fatally shot at Mississippi university, shooter sought Posted: 14 Sep 2015 10:23 AM PDT A professor was shot and killed on Monday at Delta State University in Mississippi, a county coroner said, and the school remained locked down as authorities searched for a possible active shooter on campus. The university, located in Cleveland, Mississippi, confirmed the fatality on its Twitter account and asked those on campus to stay inside and away from windows. More than 4,000 students are enrolled in the public university, located 120 miles (193 km) northwest of Jackson, Mississippi. |
| Northern California wildfire destroys at least 400 homes Posted: 14 Sep 2015 10:49 AM PDT  By Curtis Skinner LAKEPORT, Calif. (Reuters) - At least 400 homes and hundreds of other buildings have gone up in flames and one person has been killed in a Northern California wildfire that ranks as the most destructive this summer in the U.S. West, officials said on Monday. The so-called Valley Fire, which erupted Saturday afternoon and spread quickly to a cluster of small communities in the hills and valleys north of the Napa County's wine-producing region, has also displaced thousands of residents under expanded evacuations. By Monday morning the blaze had devoured about 61,000 acres (24,690 hectares) of tinder-dry forests, brush and grasslands, and was only about 5 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).
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| Kentucky clerk won't interfere with gay marriage licenses Posted: 14 Sep 2015 08:06 AM PDT  A defiant Kim Davis said Monday she will not interfere with her deputies if they keep issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but she declared they will not be authorized by her and questioned their validity.
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| Northern California wildfire kills 1, destroys 400 homes Posted: 14 Sep 2015 10:33 AM PDT  One of the fires, north of San Francisco, raced through dry brush and exploded in size within hours.
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| GOP candidate Scott Walker proposes vast union restrictions Posted: 13 Sep 2015 09:20 PM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker on Monday will call for sweeping restrictions on organized labor in the U.S., seeking to replicate nationwide his successful effort as Wisconsin's governor to curb the power of unions.
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| Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell wins Miss America pageant Posted: 13 Sep 2015 10:32 PM PDT  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Miss Georgia Betty Cantrell is the new Miss America, but her crowning moment was nearly overshadowed by a three-decade old pageant scandal, and a still-raw debate over whether the NFL's reigning champions cheated on their way to a Super Bowl victory.
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| Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer to win U.S. Open Posted:  Taking the court more than three hours later than originally planned, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic delivered two of the best sets of tennis this tournament has seen.
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| Mexico slams Egypt 'air strike' after tourists killed Posted: 14 Sep 2015 10:14 AM PDT  Mexico called on Egypt Monday to swiftly investigate why a group of tourists were mistakenly targeted in what witnesses described as an air strike that killed at least two Mexicans. Egyptian authorities have not said what weapons were involved in Sunday's attack in the Western Desert, in which 12 people died and 10 more were wounded. The group had arrived in Cairo on September 11 and left two days later on their way to the Bahariya oasis, Ruiz Massieu said.
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| NFL 2015 campaign off to bruising start Posted: 13 Sep 2015 06:45 PM PDT  It was a bone and brain jarring opening Sunday in the NFL as the first full day of 2015 saw a spate of concussions, including a scary injury to New York Jets rookie Lorenzo Mauldin. Jets coach Todd Bowles acknowledged after his team's 31-10 win over the Cleveland Browns that he was "very worried" about the injuries that sent Mauldin to the hospital after he was caught under a pile of players during a scramble for a loose ball. "You just hope he's not seriously hurt," Bowles said after the game, when he was still awaiting word on the nature and gravity of the injuries.
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| Kentucky clerk case divides religious liberty advocates Posted: 13 Sep 2015 11:13 AM PDT  Kentucky clerk Kim Davis has become a hero to many conservative Christians who see her refusal to issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage as a litmus test for religious liberty in an increasingly secular culture.
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| Texas officials under scrutiny for biker shootout case Posted: 13 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT  The secrecy that enshrouds the investigation into a biker shootout in May that left nine people dead and led to the mass-arrest of 177 people is hardly surprising in this city, where public scrutiny is rare and unwelcome.
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| Ben Carson fears for future of U.S. without change in direction Posted: 13 Sep 2015 02:41 PM PDT  Surging Republican presidential Ben Carson, who has been feuding with rival Donald Trump this week, expressed his concern for the future of the United States today, saying he fears the country "may not survive the future" without a change of direction.The retired neurosurgeon said his comments were not directly aimed at supporters of Trump, but rather voters all across the country. Carson is second to Trump in several polls in national and early-voting states."I'm going after everybody in America because, you know, we live in very perilous times," he said on ABC's "This Week. ...
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| India police hunt for explosives' owner after deadly blast Posted: 13 Sep 2015 09:27 AM PDT  Police were hunting Sunday for the owner of an illegal cache of explosives blamed for a massive blast in a crowded restaurant in central India that left more than 80 people dead. The explosion, one of the worst such accidents in recent years, on Saturday morning tore through the restaurant building complex in central Madhya Pradesh state, packed with office workers and school children having breakfast. Some 100 people were also injured, the official said, as rescue workers wrapped up their search for more victims buried in the steel and concrete wreckage.
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