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Sheriff seeks probe after video of violent arrest of South Carolina student
The actions by officer Ben Fields, who is white, at Spring Valley High School in Columbia on Monday drew swift condemnation after video recordings of the incident involving a black student were picked up by media outlets and posted on social media. A spokesman for Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he had asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department on Tuesday to launch independent investigations of
France warns thorny issues unresolved as climate summit nears
Delegates to a climate summit in December remain divided over fundamental issues including a framework for measuring carbon emissions, the envoy of the host nation said on Tuesday, though she believes a deal to cut global warming will be signed. Representatives from almost 200 countries will meet in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, tasked with reaching an accord to keep temperatures below a ceiling of 2 degrees Celsius
Police in central Mexico find 4 severed heads in ice chests
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in north-central Mexico said Tuesday they have found the severed heads of four men in Styrofoam coolers along with gang messages directed at rivals.
House GOP leaders reach budget deal with Obama White House
The deal is aimed at averting a government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis.
Poll finds Donald Trump trailing Ben Carson for first time nationally
White House, Congress reach tentative budget deal
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House and congressional leaders reached a two-year budget deal overnight to lift mandatory spending caps on defense and domestic programs and raise the federal debt ceiling, in an attempt to avert yet another fiscal standoff. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner presented details of the pact to his rank-and-file in a closed-door meeting early on Tuesday with the hope of advancing
Sheriff seeks probe after video of violent arrest of South Carolina student
The actions by officer Ben Fields, who is white, at Spring Valley High School in Columbia on Monday drew swift condemnation after video recordings of the incident involving a black student were picked up by media outlets and posted on social media. A spokesman for Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he had asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department on Tuesday to launch independent investigations of
House GOP leaders reach budget deal with Obama White House
The deal is aimed at averting a government shutdown and forestalling a debt crisis.
White House, Congress reach tentative budget deal
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House and congressional leaders reached a two-year budget deal overnight to lift mandatory spending caps on defense and domestic programs and raise the federal debt ceiling, in an attempt to avert yet another fiscal standoff. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner presented details of the pact to his rank-and-file in a closed-door meeting early on Tuesday with the hope of advancing