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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

AP Interview: Feds launch policing bias study

AP Interview: Feds launch policing bias study

AP Interview: Feds launch policing bias study

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 01:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says the Justice Department has enlisted a team of criminal justice researchers to study racial bias in five American cities.

FBI investigates Missouri officer's stun gun use

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:59 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Daniel J. Haus, attorney for the family, is Bryce Masters with his mother, Stacy Masters. The FBI is investigating after a police officer in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, used a stun gun to subdue 17-year-old Bryce during a traffic stop Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition. (AP Photo/family photo via Daniel Haus)INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A 17-year-old Missouri boy is in critical but stable condition after police subdued him with a stun gun, and a family spokesman says doctors are trying to bring him out of a medically induced coma.

Leonardo DiCaprio named UN Messenger of Peace

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2013 file photo, American actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for a portrait, in New York. The United Nations has named Leonardo DiCaprio a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the announcement Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, calling DiCaprio UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio's movie roles have made him an international star, but his long and little-known commitment to preserving the global environment has led to his new role — as a U.N. Messenger of Peace.

Mom pleads not guilty in 5-year-old son's death

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:56 PM PDT

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A Florida woman charged with killing her 5-year-old son more than 20 years ago has pleaded not guilty in a New Jersey courtroom.

Ebola vaccine trial finds 'no red flags': U.S. Senate testimony

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A key safety trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline has injected 10 healthy volunteers since Sept. 2, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday, and so far "no red flags" indicating serious adverse reactions have been found. An additional 10 volunteers will receive the vaccine in coming days. The trial is being conducted at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Results are expected by the end of this year. ...

Probe: HealthCare.gov website must boost security

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nonpartisan congressional investigators say the HealthCare.gov website has significant security weaknesses that could put Americans' personal information at risk.

New data shows Americans' incomes still stagnant after recession

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:54 PM PDT

A woman counts her U.S. dollar bills at a money changer in JakartaBy Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In what has become a recurring theme in America's long slog back from the 2007-09 recession, most U.S. households again saw no noticeable increase in their income last year. A report from the Census Bureau on Tuesday showed the country's median household income edged up just $180 last year to $51,939, a gain deemed statistically insignificant. Income at the median, meaning half the country earned more and half earned less, has declined nearly $5,000 since 2007 when the nation fell into a deep downturn. ...

U.S. pledges 3,000 troops to fight West Africa's Ebola crisis

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:53 PM PDT

Health workers bring woman suspected of having contracted Ebola virus to an ambulance in front of a crowd in MonroviaBy Jeff Mason and James Harding Giahyue ATLANTA/MONROVIA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will send 3,000 troops to West Africa to build treatment clinics and train health workers to try to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as the United States widens its response to the crisis. The U.S. plan, a dramatic increase from Washington's initial response last week, won praise from aid workers and officials in the region. ...

Rihanna rips US network for pulling song amid NFL scandal

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Barbadian singer Rihanna pictured in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 13, 2014New York (AFP) - Pop star Rihanna on Tuesday blasted a US television network for wavering on whether to use one of her songs in its American football broadcasts, amid a furor in the league over domestic violence.

US to assign 3,000 from US military to fight Ebola

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly, former Medical Director of Samaritan's Purse Ebola Care Center in Monrovia, Liberia, center, talks with Emira Woods, right, Director of Social Impact at ThoughtWorks, right, before the start of a hearing on Ebola before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Brantly's wife Amber watches at left. Woods thanked Brantly for his work fighting Ebola in Liberia. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)ATLANTA (AP) — Under pressure to boost the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis, President Barack Obama is ordering 3,000 military personnel to West Africa amid worries that the financial and human cost of the outbreak is rapidly growing.

DA: Josh Gordon gets probation in DWI case in NC

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 17, 2013, file photo, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon catches a pass during an NFL football practice in Berea, Ohio. Player representatives to the union voted to implement HGH testing for the 2014 NFL season, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Overall changes are retroactive for players who are suspended under previous policies, and for those in the appeal process. Those players, presumably including Browns receiver Josh Gordon, who is suspended for the season, and Broncos receiver Wes Welker (four games), would be subject to standards of the new policies. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prosecutor said Tuesday that suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon will receive probation and undergo a substance-abuse assessment after pleading guilty to a drunken-driving charge in North Carolina.

Criticism mounting for Vikings, Adrian Peterson

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2014, file photo, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson warms up for an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. The Vikings benched Peterson for Sunday's game after his attorney said he had been indicted by a Texas grand jury on a charge of child abuse. Attorney Rusty Hardin says the charge accuses Peterson of using a branch, or switch, to spank his son. He says Peterson has cooperated with authorities and "used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son." Hardin says Peterson regrets the incident but never intended to harm the boy. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For as long as he's been in the NFL, Adrian Peterson has been one of the most popular and most marketable stars in the league, an approachable superstar with the kind of inspirational comeback story that made him an endorser's dream.

Al-Qaida's heirs thrive in Mideast, Africa chaos

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:45 PM PDT

In this Sept. 15, 2014, photo, Kurdish citizens who live in Lebanon shout slogans and hold a photograph during a demonstration against militants who refer to themselves as the Islamic State, in front of the UN building, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. Osama bin Laden is dead and al-Qaida dispersed, yet the horrors keep coming. Journalists beheaded on camera. School girls abducted by gunmen in the night. Families fleeing their homes in fear they might be executed because of their religion. The news from much of the Middle East and Africa is relentlessly brutal. The Islamic State group's rampage through Iraq and Syria has shocked the United States into launching expanded air strikes at a time when Americans were expecting to pull back from the Middle East after more than a decade of war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden is dead and al-Qaida dispersed, yet the horrors keep coming.

Scottish 'don't knows' hold key to historic vote

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:44 PM PDT

By Alistair Smout and Angus MacSwan EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's independence campaign has stoked strong passions on both sides but with just two days until Thursday's historic referendum, it is the quiet waverers who may hold the balance of power.     Scotland decides on Sept 18. whether to sever centuries-old ties with the rest of the United Kingdom. Recent polls have narrowed dramatically and show the vote is too close to call.     The United Kingdom's fate may rest on a group of undecideds which could constitute as few as 500,000 people out of an electorate of more than four million. ...

Corinthian Colleges sued for predatory lending

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:44 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 8, 2014 file photo, a woman walks past the Everest Institute in Silver Spring, Md. Corinthian Colleges, which owns Everest, Heald College and WyoTech schools, is being sued by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for what it calls a WASHINGTON (AP) — Corinthian Colleges is being sued by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for what it calls a "predatory lending scheme."

Sen. Reid moves to ensure nuclear dump stays dead

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress debates terrorism overseas, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is finding time for an issue closer to home. Reid is working to ensure that a nuclear waste dump in his home state of Nevada remains mothballed even though the government has spent $15 billion on it.

US poverty rate dipped slightly in 2013

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:40 PM PDT

A homeless person sleeps on the street in New York, August 22, 2014Washington (AFP) - The number of people living in poverty in the United States dropped slightly in 2013 to 45.3 million, according to figures released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.

Senator ties NFL tax status to Redskins name

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wa., from left, President of National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Chairman of the Swinomish Tribe Brian Cladoosby, and Amy Sarck Dobmeier of the Qissunamiut Tribe of Alaska join other native Americans and lawmakers during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, to pressure the Washington Redskins football team to change their name. Cantwell says she will introduce a bill to eliminate the NFL's tax-exempt status because the league has not taken action over the Washington Redskins name. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. senator threatened the NFL with legislation over Washington's nickname, a letter was dispatched to the other 31 team owners, and the issue was linked to the league's others recent troubles Tuesday as the anti-"Redskins" movement took its cause to Capitol Hill.

Sheriff: Deputies visited victim before 4 slain

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:37 PM PDT

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say the victim of a quadruple slaying was given information on a domestic violence shelter before her ex-boyfriend killed her, her parents and another man.

Threat conviction tossed in violent poem case

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has tossed the conviction of a Utah man who was found guilty of threatening a professor by sending a violent anti-immigrant email.

Nik Wallenda to tightrope walk over Chicago River

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 18, 2013 file photo, high-wire performer Nik Wallenda practices in Sarasota, Fla. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, Wallenda said that his next tightrope walk will be more than 50 stories high from one high-rise building to another over the Chicago River in Chicago. Wallenda will attempt the night-time feat without a net or harness and it will be broadcast live on the Discovery Channel on Nov. 2. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)CHICAGO (AP) — Daredevil Nik Wallenda said Tuesday that his next tightrope walk will be more than 50 stories high from one high-rise building to another over the Chicago River.

FIBA: Players can wear religious head coverings

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

International basketball's governing body said Tuesday that players will be allowed to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial basis in some competitions.

Flatow, 'Science Friday' settle claims over grant

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Radio host Ira Flatow and his "Science Friday" show that airs on many National Public Radio stations have agreed to pay nearly $146,000 to settle civil claims that they misused money from a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, federal officials said Tuesday.

2nd conductor resigns from Vienna State Opera

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna State Opera has lost its second star conductor in less than two weeks.

School bus driver killed during safety drill

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio school bus driver is being hailed as a hero after tossing a child out of the way of a rolling bus Tuesday before the vehicle rolled over the driver herself and she was killed.

Blacks, Hispanics have doubts about media accuracy

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:33 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study shows a large majority of African-American and Hispanic news consumers don't fully trust the media to portray their communities accurately, a statistic that could be troubling for the news industry as the minority population of the United States grows.

Grand jury to weigh case of NASCAR's Tony Stewart

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014, file photo, NASCAR driver Tony Stewart (14) looks out from his garage during a practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. A grand jury will decide whether Stewart will be charged in the August death of fellow driver Kevin Ward at a sprint car race in upstate New York, Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo announced Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Ward, 20, died after being struck by Stewart's car. Ward had climbed out of his car and walked onto the dirt track to confront Stewart after he spun out while the two raced side by side. (AP Photo/Paul J. Bergstrom, File)A grand jury will decide whether NASCAR driver Tony Stewart will be charged in the August death of a fellow driver at a sprint car race in upstate New York.

Seinfeld says Rivers was to be in series

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 14, 2014 file photo, TV personality Joan Rivers attends A Celebration of Barbara Walters in New York. Jerry Seinfeld says that Joan Rivers was to join him for an episode of his digital series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," until he got a call saying she had to postpone because she was undergoing a medical procedure. Rivers went into cardiac arrest following a throat procedure on Aug. 28 and died on Sept. 4. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Seinfeld says that Joan Rivers was to join him for an episode of his digital series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," until he got a call saying she had to postpone because she was undergoing a medical procedure.

Ukraine lawmakers ratify landmark deal with Europe

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shows the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement to lawmakers after its signing it in parliament in Kiev, Ukraine Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Ukraine's parliament ratified an agreement to deepen economic and political ties with the European Union on Tuesday, and passed legislation to grant autonomy to the rebellious east as part of a peace deal. (AP Photo/Mykola Lazarenko)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine moved to resolve months of crisis Tuesday by strengthening ties to Europe and loosening some controls over the country's rebellious eastern regions where it has been fighting Russian-backed separatists.

Stocks move higher in afternoon as Fed meets

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2007, file photo, the flags on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange provide a backdrop for a Wall Street street sign. Global stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, as jittery investors played it safe ahead of a potentially pivotal Federal Reserve meeting and the referendum on Scotland's independence on Thursday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks moved higher in afternoon trading Tuesday with energy stocks leading the way. Investors kept an eye on a two-day Federal Reserve meeting that got underway.

Default? What default? Argentina slams U.S. for using 'D' word

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Construction workers work near posters that read "Enough vultures, Argentina united for a national cause" in Buenos AiresBy Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina called in the United States' top diplomat in the country on Tuesday to express its "deep indignation" over a local newspaper interview in which he made reference the South American country's latest debt default. Argentina missed a coupon payment on its restructured sovereign bonds in July after a U.S. judge ordered that $539 million deposited by Buenos Aires with an intermediary bank and intended for bondholders not be paid out. Pointing to the fact that the government tried to make the payment, Argentina denies being in default. U.S. ...

UN: Nearly $1 billion needed now to stop Ebola

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:12 PM PDT

Health workers in protective gear move the body of a person that they suspect dyed form the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. The number of Ebola cases in West Africa could start doubling every three weeks and it could end up costing nearly $1 billion to contain the crisis, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)GENEVA (AP) — The number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, warning that the outbreak will cost nearly $1 billion to contain so it does not turn into a "human catastrophe."

History books spark latest Texas classroom battle

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:10 PM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas mulls new history textbooks for its 5-plus million public school students, some academics are decrying lessons they say exaggerate the influence of Christian values on America's Founding Fathers.

Top general: US ground troops possible in Iraq

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:09 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the first in a series of high-profile Capitol Hill hearings that will measure the president's ability to rally congressional support for President Barack Obama's strategy to combat Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama last week outlined his military plan to destroy the extremists, authorizing U.S. airstrikes inside Syria, stepping up attacks in Iraq and deploying additional American troops, with more than 1,000 now advising and assisting Iraqi security forces to counter the terrorism threat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama's current strategy fails, the nation's top military officer said Tuesday as Congress began debating Obama's plan to expand airstrikes and train Syrian rebels.

Racing wildfire engulfs homes in California town

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:09 PM PDT

A firefighter hoses down smoking rubble, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, inside the foundation of a home destoyed by a wildfire in Weed, Calif. The fire moved quickly after igniting Monday afternoon in brush and trees, destroying about 100 structures, the library, some mill buildings, and damaging the elementary school. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)WEED, Calif. (AP) — Aided by calmer winds and another day of fire-retardant bomber sorties, firefighters mopped up Tuesday around the smoldering remains of 100 structures, most of them homes, after a wind-driven wildfire raced through a hillside neighborhood and forced more than 1,000 people to flee this small town near the Oregon border.

'Ghost ship' wrecks found off SF's Golden Gate

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT

The Golden Gate Bridge stands over San Francisco Bay on March 12, 2014 in San Francisco, CaliforniaLos Angeles (AFP) - US maritime experts have discovered the wrecks of three "ghost ships" missing for over a century just outside San Francisco's Golden Gate strait, they said Tuesday.

Landmark fracking study finds no water pollution

Posted: 16 Sep 2014 12:05 PM PDT

The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to contaminate drinking water ...
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