Obama: US, France stand 'united' against terror

Obama: US, France stand 'united' against terror
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border
Ted Cruz has always had a master plan. Now it could win him the White House.
Pakistani man sentenced in U.S. to 40 years prison for al Qaeda plot
Chicago policeman charged with murder in 2014 shooting of black teen
Police arrest one in shooting of Minnesota protesters
Congress is running out of time, and will, to respond this year to Paris attacks
Source: Chicago cop expected to be charged in teen's death
France finds explosive belt, detects Paris suspect's phone
Family of Muslim teen seeks $15M in clock incident

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 09:21 AM PST

President Barack Obama told his French counterpart Francois Hollande Tuesday the United States stands united with France against terror. "We are all French," Obama told Hollande, in French, after hosting him at the White House for talks on how to confront the threat posed by Islamic State. "We are here to declare that the United States and France stand united in total solidarity to deliver justice to terrorists and those who sent them, and to defend our nations," he said.

Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 09:17 AM PST

Russia claims its plane was still in Syrian airspace at the time of the incident.

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Pakistani man sentenced in U.S. to 40 years prison for al Qaeda plot

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 09:14 AM PST

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani man was sentenced by a U.S. judge to 40 years in prison on Tuesday for plotting to bomb a shopping center in England, as part of an al Qaeda plan to carry out attacks in Europe and the United States. Abid Naseer, 29, had faced up to life in prison following his conviction by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, in March on charges including that he provided material support to the Islamic militant group. Naseer, who at trial denied involvement with al Qaeda, sought leniency from U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie, saying he was "not nor have I been a career criminal." But while Dearie gave Naseer a path to leaving prison someday, he said the evidence established his guilt.

Chicago policeman charged with murder in 2014 shooting of black teen

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 10:35 AM PST

A white Chicago policeman was charged with murder on Tuesday in the October 2014 shooting of a black teenager, a day before the planned release of a patrol car's dashboard video showing the young man was shot 16 times, and the city prepared for possible protests. The officer, Jason Van Dyke, was denied bail at a hearing in Chicago's main criminal courthouse hours after a state prosecutor, Anita Alvarez, announced first-degree murder charges against him. Last week, a Cook County judge ordered the release of the dashcam video showing the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.

Police arrest one in shooting of Minnesota protesters

Posted: 24 Nov 2015 10:13 AM PST

Minneapolis police said on Tuesday they have arrested a 23-year-old white man in relation to the shooting of five people near a city police station where demonstrators have gathered for more than a week to protest the killing of an unarmed black man by officers. Minneapolis police said in a statement that the suspect, who was not identified, was arrested in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. It occurred a block from the police station where protests have been held since the fatal Nov. 15 shooting of Jamar Clark, 24, Minneapolis police said in a statement.

Congress is running out of time, and will, to respond this year to Paris attacks

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Source: Chicago cop expected to be charged in teen's death

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 10:03 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County prosecutors are expected to charge a white Chicago police officer with murder in the death of a black teenager who was shot 16 times more than a year ago, an official close to the investigation said Monday night.

France finds explosive belt, detects Paris suspect's phone

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 01:15 PM PST

By Chine Labbé and Gabriela Baczynska PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A suspected explosive belt was found dumped near Paris on Monday and the mobile phone of a fugitive believed to have taken part in the attacks on Nov. 13 was detected in two locations in the city, a source close to the investigation said. France and Belgium have launched a manhunt following the attacks that killed 130 people, with a focus on Brussels barkeeper Salah Abdeslam, 26, who returned to the city from Paris hours after the attacks and is still at large. Abdeslam's mobile phone was detected after the attacks in the 18th district in the north of Paris, near an abandoned car that he had rented, and then later in Chatillon in the south, the source said on Monday.

Family of Muslim teen seeks $15M in clock incident

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 08:54 PM PST

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a 14-year-old Muslim boy arrested after the homemade clock he took to his Dallas-area school was mistaken for a possible bomb said Monday he was publicly mistreated and deserves $15 million.