South Carolina deputy’s history comes to light after shocking video goes viral

South Carolina deputy’s history comes to light after shocking video goes viral
Poll finds Donald Trump trailing Ben Carson for first time nationally
The Notorious RBG book and phenomenon
White House, Congress reach tentative budget deal
FBI launches probe of violent arrest of black South Carolina student
Gun control will reduce police officer deaths: Obama
House GOP leaders reach budget deal with Obama White House
A surging Clinton campaign tries to play it cool
For House Republicans, a crucial week
Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200

Posted: 27 Oct 2015 09:03 AM PDT

Richland County Sheriff's Deputy Ben Fields has a dubious history at the school where he slammed a female student on the ground during an arrest Monday.

Poll finds Donald Trump trailing Ben Carson for first time nationally

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The Notorious RBG book and phenomenon

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When you think about Supreme Court justices, you probably do not think about Internet memes and pop culture icons...

White House, Congress reach tentative budget deal

Posted: 27 Oct 2015 10:38 AM PDT

By David Lawder and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. budget and debt ceiling deal headed toward quick action in Congress on Tuesday as lawmakers rushed to avert yet another fiscal standoff, which threatened to push the federal government into an unprecedented default early next month. House Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republicans he was clearing the way for a vote on Wednesday on the double-barreled measure, which would bust strict spending caps by $80 billion over the next two years in order to pump up defense and domestic programs. It also would extend the Treasury Department's borrowing authority until March 2017.

FBI launches probe of violent arrest of black South Carolina student

Posted: 27 Oct 2015 10:30 AM PDT

Federal authorities said on Tuesday they will investigate a white deputy's arrest of a black high school student in South Carolina, after video showed him slamming the teenager to the ground and dragging her across a classroom. The actions by officer Ben Fields at Spring Valley High School in Columbia on Monday drew swift condemnation after video recordings of the incident were picked up by media outlets and posted on social media. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department opened a civil rights probe of the arrest to determine if federal law was broken, the agencies said in a statement.

Gun control will reduce police officer deaths: Obama

Posted: 27 Oct 2015 11:09 AM PDT

President Barack Obama will tell police chiefs on Tuesday that stricter gun control would reduce the number of police officers shot down on U.S. streets, in his latest call for reform of laws that govern the use of firearms in America. Obama is scheduled to speak at a major conference of police chiefs during a turbulent time for the law enforcement community, with a new U.S. Justice Department report expected to be issued at the gathering on ambush attacks on police.

House GOP leaders reach budget deal with Obama White House

Posted: 26 Oct 2015 10:52 PM PDT

The deal is aimed at averting a government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis.

A surging Clinton campaign tries to play it cool

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For House Republicans, a crucial week

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Big quake in Afghanistan and Pakistan kills over 200

Posted: 26 Oct 2015 11:29 AM PDT

A major earthquake struck the remote Afghan northeast on Monday, killing more than 200 people in Afghanistan and nearby northern Pakistan, injuring hundreds and sending shock waves as far as New Delhi, officials said. The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range where the quake was centered. In one of the worst incidents, at least 12 girls were killed in a stampede to flee their school building in Taloqan, just west of Badakhshan province where the tremor's epicenter was located.