Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker

Kevin McCarthy drops out of race for House speaker
Hero in French train attack reportedly stabbed
Feds offer little guidance to Islamic State recruits too young to prosecute
Guns, Congress and Murphy's Law
Rupert Murdoch apologizes for suggesting Ben Carson would be a 'real black president'
Clinton server hack attempts came from China, Korea, Germany
Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'
House Republicans in chaos as favorite McCarthy quits speaker race
France train attack hero Stone stabbed in California, Air Force says
Man hailed as hero in Oregon college shooting leaves hospital
Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship
Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading
Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders following deadly airstrike
Rupert Murdoch: Ben Carson would be a "real black President"

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Hero in French train attack reportedly stabbed

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:56 AM PDT

CBS News is reporting that Spencer Stone, the U.S. airman who helped foil a terror attack on a French train this summer, was stabbed Wednesday night.

Feds offer little guidance to Islamic State recruits too young to prosecute

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Guns, Congress and Murphy's Law

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Rep. Tim Murphy's sensible bill on mental health and guns is unlikely to become law.

Rupert Murdoch apologizes for suggesting Ben Carson would be a 'real black president'

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Clinton server hack attempts came from China, Korea, Germany

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 08:36 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email server, containing an electronic inventory of some 55,000 pages of emails from her stint as secretary of state, was repeatedly hit by attempted cyberattacks originating in China, South Korea and Germany in 2014, according to a congressional document obtained by The Associated Press.

Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 06:22 AM PDT

The media mogul makes the comment while comparing GOP candidate Ben Carson to the president.

House Republicans in chaos as favorite McCarthy quits speaker race

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 11:35 AM PDT

By Susan Cornwell and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in Congress were plunged into turmoil on Thursday when California Representative Kevin McCarthy, the favorite to succeed retiring House Speaker John Boehner, dropped out of the race in a surprise that adds to concerns about the party's ability to govern effectively. McCarthy, the No. 2 Republican in the House, faced opposition from more conservative lawmakers who now could be emboldened to take a more confrontational approach toward Democratic President Barack Obama on legislation and policy. McCarthy's decision leaves House Republicans without a leader at a time when they face difficult decisions about the spending and national debt that could threaten the country's ability to pay its bills and keep its government running.

France train attack hero Stone stabbed in California, Air Force says

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 10:25 AM PDT

U.S. Air Force airman Spencer Stone, one of the three Americans who thwarted a train attack in France in August, was stabbed in Sacramento early on Thursday and was in stable condition at a California hospital, Air Force officials said. "At approximately 1 a.m., Airman First Class Stone was involved in a stabbing incident in Sacramento," Air Force spokeswoman Rose Richeson said in a statement.

Man hailed as hero in Oregon college shooting leaves hospital

Posted: 08 Oct 2015 09:20 AM PDT

Mercy Medical Center spokeswoman Kathleen Nickel did not say when he was released or give an update on his condition. Mintz, an 30-year-old army veteran, blocked a gunman from entering a classroom at Umpqua Community College, his former girlfriend told Reuters last week.

Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 05:47 PM PDT

By Susan Cooper Eastman JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday ended its search for missing crew of the cargo ship El Faro that sank off the Bahamas last week after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. An exhaustive air and sea search for possible survivors was called off at sunset, six days after communication was lost with the ship and the 33 people aboard, the Coast Guard said. The decision came a day after federal safety officials arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, El Faro's home port, to launch an investigation into what maritime experts have called the worst cargo shipping disaster involving a U.S.-flagged vessel in more than 30 years.

Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading

Posted: 07 Oct 2015 04:52 PM PDT

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will propose a tax on high-frequency trading, her campaign said late Wednesday. The tax would target securities transactions with excessive levels of order cancellations, which destabilize the markets, a campaign aide said. "The growth of high-frequency trading has unnecessarily burdened our markets and enabled unfair and abusive trading strategies," the aide said.