Second prison worker arrested in New York escape
A veteran guard allegedly swapped paint and tools for art by one of the escaped killers.
Obama to Clyburn: Charleston victims 'are my people'
Rep. James Clyburn recalls an anguished call with President Obama the day after the tragedy.
Obama scolds heckler at gay pride event: 'You're in my house'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took on a heckler head-on at a gay pride month reception at the White House Wednesday, scolding the protester for being disrespectful in “my house.”
Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare insurance subsidies
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory on Thursday by upholding tax subsidies crucial to his signature healthcare law, with Chief Justice John Roberts saying Congress clearly intended for them to be available in all 50 states. The court ruled on a 6-3 vote that the 2010 Affordable Care Act, widely known as Obamacare, did not restrict the subsidies to
NY prison guard charged with giving tools to escapees for art
A corrections officer was due in court on Thursday as the second person charged with helping two murderers escape an upstate New York prison, accused of passing them tools hidden in frozen hamburger in exchange for artwork, court documents said. Guard Gene Palmer, 57, who was suspended with pay from Clinton Correctional Facility, was freed after posting $25,000 cash bail early on Thursday, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department said. Law
Mayor faces complexities of poverty, crime in reviving N.J.'s largest city
A handful of streets in New Jersey’s largest city boast glistening apartment towers with floor-to-ceiling views of the Manhattan skyline, but much of the rest of Newark bears the scars of stubbornly high crime rates and persistent poverty. The complexities of life in Newark are reflected in graffiti, boarded-up houses and shattered car windows, stark reminders for Mayor Ras Baraka of the challenges he faces to attract people and investment
Tsarnaev: 'I am sorry for the lives I have taken'
The Boston Marathon bomber speaks publicly for the first time since the 2013 attack.
Former Facebook president Sean Parker says ‘The Social Network’ got him all wrong
In the Social Network, Justin Timberlake portrays former Facebook president Sean Parker as a cocky opportunist. Parker sits down with Global News Anchor Katie Couric to reflect on who the real Sean Parker is, and how he has changed since he made billions in Silicon Valley.
Former Facebook president Sean Parker says ‘The Social Network’ got him all wrong
In the Social Network, Justin Timberlake portrays former Facebook president Sean Parker as a cocky opportunist. Parker sits down with Global News Anchor Katie Couric to reflect on who the real Sean Parker is, and how he has changed since he made billions in Silicon Valley.
Former Facebook bad boy Sean Parker doing a whole lot of good
At just 35, Sean Parker has become public enemy number-one to the music industry with his music-sharing site, Napster, and made billions as the first president of Facebook. Today the serial entrepreneur is shifting his focus and personal wealth to philanthropy by establishing The Parker Foundation. Parker sat down with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric to talk about his past, his future and his plan to change the world.
Will Tsarnaev finally break his silence?
A federal judge will formally sentence the Boston Marathon bomber to death on Wednesday. But first, he’ll give victims and the convicted bomber a chance to speak.
What went wrong for Bobby Jindal
The Louisiana governor was supposed to be ‘the next Ronald Reagan’ – but now he barely registers in 2016 polls.
French president: Obama promises to stop US spying tactics
Leaked documents appear to show that the U.S. spied on the past three French presidents.
As SC honors church victims, Alabama lowers its flags
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate battle flag was still flying high atop a 30-foot pole outside the South Carolina Statehouse on Wednesday as lawmakers prepared to honor their beloved black colleague with a viewing in the Rotunda.
Prison worker smuggled escape tools in meat
Joyce Mitchell put hacksaw blades and other tools in hamburger meat, the DA says.
Victims confront Boston bomber at sentencing, call him 'despicable'
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – The mother of one of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing, speaking at the Wednesday hearing where a U.S. judge will formally sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, said the convicted bomber made “despicable” choices. The same federal jury that earlier this year found Tsarnaev, 21, guilty of killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath voted in
White nationalists condemn church killings, identify with shooter
By Tom Polansek ABBEVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) – Leaders of America’s core white supremacist groups have a laundry list of perceived grievances. Interviews with half-a-dozen prominent white nationalists reveal a movement that they say has been re-energized by such things as the election of America’s first black president and, more recently, what movement leaders describe as “a siege” against white police officers. “A lot of the whites in the U.S.
In new hostage policy, U.S. will not prosecute families for paying ransom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday released a new policy aimed at becoming more sensitive to the needs of families of U.S. hostages held abroad.
Arrest video reveals officers’ emotions after capturing Dylann Roof
Changing tone on Confederate flag follows years of refusal
For years, South Carolina lawmakers refused to revisit the Confederate flag on Statehouse grounds, saying the law that took it off the dome was a bipartisan compromise, and renewing the debate would unnecessarily expose divisive wounds.
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Center-right Argentine candidate names loyalist as running mate
Argentine Senator Gabriela Michetti will be the running mate of presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, he said on Friday, defining the battle lines ahead of an October election that will pit the business-friendly duo against the current ruling party. Macri, mayor of Buenos Aires, is second in the polls against front-runner Daniel Scioli, the provincial governor who this week picked a member of the inner circle of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez
UN-brokered Yemen peace talks end with no deal
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed says peace talks in Geneva between the exiled Yemeni government and Shiite rebels who control the capital have concluded without reaching an agreement.
The Latest: Older generation in contention at US Open
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):
Palestinian kills Israeli near West Bank settlement
Jerusalem (AFP) – A Palestinian opened fire on two Israeli men near a West Bank settlement on Friday, killing one and wounding the other, authorities said.
Hong Kong vetoes China-backed electoral reform proposal
By Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-backed electoral reform package criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, easing for now the prospect of fresh mass protests in the financial hub. Beijing had pressured and cajoled the city’s pro-democracy lawmakers to back the blueprint that would have allowed a direct vote for the city’s chief executive, but with
Pope calls for 'action now' to save planet, stem warming, help poor
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis demanded swift action on Thursday to save the planet from environmental ruin, urging world leaders to hear “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” and plunging the Catholic Church into political controversy over climate change. In the first papal document dedicated to the environment, he called for “decisive action, here and now,” to stop environmental degradation and
Boko Haram kills at least 30 in attacks on Niger villages: sources
Boko Haram militants attacked two villages in southern Niger’s Diffa region overnight, killing at least 30 civilians, two security sources said on Thursday. Its government has declared a state of emergency for the region and has arrested more than 600 people it accuses of links to the group.
Senior U.S. diplomat: Russia missile plan has 'rattling effect', reality less dramatic
A senior U.S. State Department official played down on Thursday an announcement by Russia that it will add more than 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal this year. “Those kinds of announcements when made publicly like that obviously have a rattling effect,” Victoria Nuland, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs, told reporters on a visit to the Czech capital. “When we look at what is
Melee erupts at Yemen peace talks, underscoring rifts
By Mohammed Ghobari and Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA/SANAA (Reuters) – A fistfight erupted on the sidelines of peace talks in Geneva on Thursday between supporters of different warring factions in Yemen, underlining the divisions that have thwarted United Nations efforts broker a truce in the near three-month conflict. Yemeni opponents of the Houthi forces that drove the government into exile interrupted a news conference by Houthi officials, throwing shoes and insulting
Putin ally proposes early election to get through Russia's storm
By Oksana Kobzeva and Polina Devitt ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – A former finance minister proposed on Thursday bringing forward the next presidential election to give his ally, Vladimir Putin, a stronger mandate to reform the economy and guide Russia through a financial “storm”. Russia is sliding into recession, with economic sanctions imposed by the West over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict taking a toll and lower global oil
Keeping tradition intact, Ascot goes international
Pomp, pageantry and a vast array of elaborate hats make Royal Ascot a truly English affair –- but Britain’s most prestigious horse race meeting is attracting a growing international contingent. More than 300,000 people are expected during the course of the five-day extravaganza in Berkshire, southeast England, attended yearly by Queen Elizabeth II — with Ladies Day on Thursday a sartorial highlight of the upper class social calendar. Taiwanese couple
Record 60 million forced to flee war, violence: UN
Geneva (AFP) – The number of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution has soared to a record 60 million, half of them children, the United Nations said Thursday, warning that the situation was raging out of control.
Suspect in killing of nine at black U.S. church arrested: officials
A 21-year-old white gunman accused of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, was arrested on Thursday, said U.S. officials, who are investigating the attack as a hate crime. Law enforcement officials caught alleged gunman Dylann Roof, whose rampage on Wednesday came in a year that has seen months of racially charged protests across the United States over killings of black men. U.S. Attorney General
UNHCR says West should follow Turkey 'example' on Syria refugees
The UN’s refugee chief on Thursday urged the world including Western states to open up their borders and follow Turkey’s example in hosting Syrian refugees. Turkey, which has taken in some 1.8 million Syrian refugees since the conflict started in 2011, has repeatedly said that it has been left to shoulder a disproportionate burden as Western states stand by. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told reporters in Istanbul
Houthis blow up delegate's home, casting shadow over Geneva talks
By Mohammed Ghobari and Lara Sukhtian SANAA/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Houthi fighters in central Yemen blew up the home of a senior politician on Wednesday while he was in Switzerland as a member of the exiled government’s delegation to peace talks, residents said. In Geneva, the U.N.-sponsored talks between the warring factions went into a second day. Yemeni websites published picture of its collapsed ceiling on top of a pile of
Al Qaeda kills two Saudis accused of spying for America: residents
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants in Yemen killed two alleged Saudi spies on Wednesday, residents said, accusing them of planting tracking devices which enabled the assassination of the group’s leader in a suspected U.S. drone strike last week. Residents said al Qaeda charged the men with planting chips which pinpointed the location of several al Qaeda commanders slain in recent months, including its boss Nasser al-Wuhayshi,
Hong Kong debates election reform plan with veto likely
By James Pomfret and Yimou Lee HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers appeared to be standing firm on Wednesday in their pledge to veto Beijing-backed electoral reforms, as the Asian financial center’s legislature debated the package that will define its democratic future. The former British colony has reinforced security after mass protests crippled parts of the city late last year, presenting China’s ruling Communist Party with one of
Russia, Germany trade Cold War accusations
By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused NATO on Wednesday of reviving the ghost of the Cold War by encroaching close to its borders and seeking to change the strategic balance of power, as Germany denounced Moscow’s nuclear weapons build-up as a Soviet-style reflex. Ties between Russia and the West have hit new lows over Ukraine and the latest accusations come after Moscow said it would enhance its nuclear
As Iran deal takes shape, Israel plays up regional common ground
By Luke Baker and Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – With a deal on Iran’s nuclear program drawing near, Israel is beginning to look at what comes afterwards and how best to position itself for the longer term. Publicly, Israeli officials have not given up trying to influence what appear to be the closing stages of negotiations, although gaps could persist beyond an end-June deadline. Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, Prime Minister
U.S. calls for 'greater commitment' from Iraq's government
The United States called for a “greater commitment” from Iraq’s government on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State as it lamented Baghdad’s failure to deliver enough soldiers for training and underscored the need to empower Sunni tribesmen. “As I’ve told Iraqi leaders, while the United States is open to supporting Iraq more than we already are, we must see a greater commitment from all parts of the Iraqi government,”
