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• Obama to transform immigration policy
• Ferguson police officer remains out of sight as ruling looms
• California man may walk free after 36 years in prison
• Obama says his immigration plan is lawful
• Alumnus shot dead after wounding three at Florida State University
• New York patient tests negative for Ebola, Missouri patient awaits results
• Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in South Carolina
• CIA's plan to erase emails comes under fire
• Mary Landrieu against the GOP wave
• Matt Bai: Uber, Gruber and underlying truth
• Texas judge approves execution of mentally ill man
• Oscar-winning director dies at 83
• Gunman killed by police after FSU shooting
• Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision
• Immigrants wait, hope, plan for Obama order
• Kasich steals show at governors' meeting
• Racial divide in U.S. arrest rates is 'staggering,' study finds
• Top Obama aide won’t rule out unilateral easing of Cuba policy

Obama to transform immigration policy Posted: 20 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST The president will lay out details of his executive order in a prime-time address.

Ferguson police officer remains out of sight as ruling looms Posted: 20 Nov 2014 11:10 AM PST The Ferguson police officer remains out of sight as the grand jury decision looms.

California man may walk free after 36 years in prison Posted: 20 Nov 2014 10:21 AM PST DNA evidence and the discovery of suppressed documents have exonerated Michael Ray Hanline in the 1978 murder case that landed him in prison for over three decades, authorities said.

Obama says his immigration plan is lawful Posted: 20 Nov 2014 04:51 PM PST By Roberta Rampton and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama planned on Thursday to impose the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation, easing the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with outraged Republicans. In excerpts ahead of his 8 p.m. (0100 GMT Friday) speech, Obama rejected Republican critics who say his actions are tantamount to amnesty for illegal immigrants and urged them to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation. The real amnesty, he said, was "leaving this broken system the way it is. ...

Alumnus shot dead after wounding three at Florida State University Posted: 20 Nov 2014 02:30 PM PST By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Brandishing a semi-automatic handgun and carrying extra ammunition in his pockets, a Florida State University graduate opened fire early on Thursday at his alma mater's main library, wounding two students and an employee as hundreds were studying for exams. The shooter, identified by authorities as Myron May, 31, was fatally shot by police near the entrance to Florida State's Strozier Library, the latest in a string of shootings on U.S. campuses, which left one victim critically wounded. ...

New York patient tests negative for Ebola, Missouri patient awaits results Posted: 20 Nov 2014 04:14 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A traveler who returned from Mali tested negative for Ebola at a New York City hospital on Thursday, and a patient who recently came back from West Africa awaited test results at a Missouri hospital, health officials said. Preliminary test results showed the traveler who returned to the United States from a trip to Mali does not have the disease, but the patient will remain in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center for further testing, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation said in a statement. ...

Supreme Court allows gay marriage to proceed in South Carolina Posted: 20 Nov 2014 02:41 PM PST By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for South Carolina to become the 35th U.S. state where gay marriage is legal, denying a request to block same-same weddings from proceeding. The order was another victory for gay marriage advocates after a federal judge in Montana on Wednesday struck down that state's ban on same-sex marriage. "We're really thrilled," said Jeff Ayers, board chairman of South Carolina Equality. "This proves that all the way to the highest court, these were our rights from the beginning. ...

CIA's plan to erase emails comes under fire Posted: 20 Nov 2014 06:43 AM PST A CIA plan 'could allow for the destruction of crucial documentary evidence...'

Mary Landrieu against the GOP wave Posted: 20 Nov 2014 01:36 AM PST The Louisiana senator's every move has garnered unusual amounts of attention.

Matt Bai: Uber, Gruber and underlying truth Posted: 19 Nov 2014 01:47 PM PST Social media routinely ruins good reputations by magnifying a few clumsy words beyond all proportion. Except, you know, when it doesn't really do that at all.

Texas judge approves execution of mentally ill man Posted: 20 Nov 2014 09:34 AM PST Washington (AFP) - A Texas judge on Wednesday refused to postpone the scheduled execution of a convicted killer who suffers from mental illness and is set to face lethal injection on December 3.

Oscar-winning director dies at 83 Posted: 20 Nov 2014 02:40 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A legend of film, theater and comedy in nearly equal measure, Mike Nichols was an unquestioned fixture of smart, urbane American culture across a relentlessly versatile, six-decade career that on stage or screen, reliably coursed with crackling intelligence.

Gunman killed by police after FSU shooting Posted: 20 Nov 2014 02:52 PM PST Three students were also wounded in the shooting at a campus library.

Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision Posted: 20 Nov 2014 03:24 PM PST By Scott Malone and Daniel Wallis FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson, Missouri, kept alert on Thursday for signs of tension after arresting five people for blocking a street the night before in a protest demanding the criminal indictment of a white police officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August. The St. Louis suburb has been bracing for months to learn whether a St. Louis County grand jury will charge police officer Darren Wilson in the slaying of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a case that has become a flashpoint for often-troubled U.S. race relations. ...

Immigrants wait, hope, plan for Obama order Posted: 20 Nov 2014 12:41 AM PST SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Immigrants in the country illegally already are flooding attorneys' offices with calls to see if they can qualify under President Barack Obama's yet-to-be-announced plan to shield as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation.

Kasich steals show at governors' meeting Posted: 19 Nov 2014 04:29 PM PST The wily 62-year-old former congressman butts heads with Wisconsin's Scott Walker during a heated exchange.

Racial divide in U.S. arrest rates is 'staggering,' study finds Posted: 19 Nov 2014 10:43 AM PST According to USA Today — which compared arrests reported by local police departments to the FBI in 2011 and 2012 with data from the 2010 U.S. census — at least 1,581 police departments arrest black people at a higher rate than Ferguson, Mo., where blacks are arrested nearly three times more than people of other races.

Top Obama aide won’t rule out unilateral easing of Cuba policy Posted: 19 Nov 2014 03:37 PM PST A year after President Barack Obama said the United States must "update our policies" on Cuba, his pick for the No. 2 job at the State Department, Tony Blinken, refused to rule out unilateral steps by the president in the next two years — provided Alan Gross goes free.

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