UN slams 'inexcusable' Afghan hospital air strike that kills 19

UN slams 'inexcusable' Afghan hospital air strike that kills 19
Oregon college shooting victims identified
Jeb Bush: ‘Stuff happens,’ but no need for new gun regulations
Gunman in Oregon massacre was turned away from firearms academy
U.S. auto union, Ford avert strike at pickup factory
Hurricane Joaquin leaves the Bahamas, U.S. braces for separate floods
Fiorina makes distortion of Planned Parenthood a centerpiece
The real story behind the pope’s meeting with Kim Davis
Obama: Russia action in Syria is 'recipe for disaster'
Education Secretary Arne Duncan steps down after 7-year term

Posted: 03 Oct 2015 11:23 AM PDT

A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people Saturday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN condemned as "inexcusable, and possibly even criminal". Dozens more were seriously wounded at the facility, a key lifeline that has been running "beyond capacity" during fighting that saw the Taliban seize control of the northern provincial capital for several days. The strike early Saturday left the building engulfed in flames, with photos posted by Doctors Without Borders showing their staff shocked and dazed.

Oregon college shooting victims identified

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:59 PM PDT

The nine people killed after a gunman opened fire on an Oregon community college campus Thursday took different paths to the small rural college, ranging from teens starting college for the first time to adults who were seeking a second career. One was an assistant professor of English at the college.

Jeb Bush: ‘Stuff happens,’ but no need for new gun regulations

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Gunman in Oregon massacre was turned away from firearms academy

Posted: 03 Oct 2015 06:45 AM PDT

By Eric M. Johnson and Emily Flitter ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - The gunman slain by police after he killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon college was once turned away from a firearms academy by an instructor who recalled finding him "weird" and "a little bit too anxious" for high-level weapons training. Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, who moved to Oregon from the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, California, was officially identified on Friday as the assailant in the rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which ranks as the deadliest among dozens of U.S. mass shootings in the past two years.

U.S. auto union, Ford avert strike at pickup factory

Posted: 03 Oct 2015 11:04 AM PDT

The United Auto Workers union and Ford Motor Co. said they have averted a strike at a factory in Kansas City, Mo. that builds the company's best-selling F-150 pickup trucks. Ford said in a statement Saturday that they "resolved the open items" at the Kansas City Assembly Plant and have agreed to a tentative local agreement, without elaborating. UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles, the union's top negotiator at Ford, in a Facebook post late on Friday said a strike had been averted but gave no details on the agreement.

Hurricane Joaquin leaves the Bahamas, U.S. braces for separate floods

Posted: 03 Oct 2015 10:30 AM PDT

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Hurricane Joaquin regained strength on Saturday as it swirled away from the Bahamas with the fate of a missing cargo ship and its 33 crew still unknown, while vast swaths of the U.S. Southeast and mid-Atlantic braced for more heavy rains and flooding from a separate weather system. By 12 p.m. EDT, Joaquin had strengthened significantly since Saturday morning and now had maximum sustained winds of 155 miles (250 km) per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, bringing it back up to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 on a scale of 1 to 5. The storm was about 595 miles (960 km) southwest of Bermuda, the Miami-based NHC said.

Fiorina makes distortion of Planned Parenthood a centerpiece

Posted: 03 Oct 2015 12:02 AM PDT

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has spent the last two weeks repeating an erroneous description of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists. That seems bound to continue as she makes her opposition to Planned Parenthood a centerpiece of her 2016 campaign.

The real story behind the pope’s meeting with Kim Davis

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Obama: Russia action in Syria is 'recipe for disaster'

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 02:09 PM PDT

President Obama warned that Russia's military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar al-Assad is a "recipe for disaster," though Washington could still work with Moscow on reducing tensions. Russian President Vladimir Putin "doesn't distinguish between ISIL and a moderate Sunni opposition that wants to see Mr Assad go," Obama told reporters, referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan steps down after 7-year term

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 01:07 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reluctantly accepting the resignation of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, saying he's earned the right to return home as one of the longest-serving secretaries in the department's history.