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• Ferguson awaits grand jury decision
• House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories
• White House to Democrats: We’ll seek extension to Iran nuke talks
• Holder urges restraint ahead of decision on Ferguson shooting
• Obama seeks support for immigration plan, blasts Boehner
• New Jersey home shooting appears to be murder-suicide gone awry
• Agency: Schools helped Lanza's mom 'appease' him
• House GOP sues administration over health care law
• Senate to vote on two controversial Obama ‘ambassadonors’ Dec. 1
• GOP could struggle to roll back immigration changes
• More signs of Florida shooter's troubled life
• 100-year-old woman sees the ocean for the first time
• What the Cosby uproar says about how far we've come
• Bandits in Guinea steal suspected Ebola blood
• More arrests as protesters await Ferguson grand jury decision
• Israel says Hamas planned to assassinate Lieberman in West Bank
• Michael Brown's father issues plea for peace in Ferguson
• Woman with gun arrested outside White House after Obama's immigration speech
• Obama presses on with immigration plan as clash looms

Ferguson awaits grand jury decision Posted: 21 Nov 2014 04:29 PM PST A St. Louis official says the panel is still reviewing the Michael Brown case.

House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories Posted: 21 Nov 2014 02:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, and asserted no wrongdoing by Obama administration appointees.

White House to Democrats: We’ll seek extension to Iran nuke talks Posted: 21 Nov 2014 12:47 PM PST The White House told a select group of Congressional Democrats on Friday that Secretary of State John Kerry will suggest to Iran that the two sides extend ongoing nuclear negotiations that are not expected to seal a comprehensive deal by a Nov. 24 deadline.

Holder urges restraint ahead of decision on Ferguson shooting Posted: 21 Nov 2014 02:33 PM PST By Julia Edwards and Daniel Wallis WASHINGTON/FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday urged police restraint in protests that may follow a grand jury's imminent decision on whether to indict the white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. As tensions simmered in the St. Louis suburb over a case that has become a flashpoint for U.S. race relations, police in riot gear arrested three people in overnight protests that led to scuffles, St. Louis County police said. ...

Obama seeks support for immigration plan, blasts Boehner Posted: 21 Nov 2014 02:34 PM PST By Steve Holland LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended his decision to bypass Congress and overhaul U.S. immigration policy on his own on Friday, saying he was forced to act because House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner would not let legislation come to a vote. With many Americans skeptical of his decision to bypass Congress and impose an immigration overhaul unilaterally, Obama attempted to rally support for his move in a speech at a Las Vegas high school, saying illegal immigrants need a chance to come out of the shadows. ...

New Jersey home shooting appears to be murder-suicide gone awry Posted: 21 Nov 2014 03:30 PM PST By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A day after a shooting in New Jersey that left two children dead and their mother and brother in critical condition, police said on Friday it appeared to be a murder-suicide attempt gone awry. Jeaninne LePage, 44, used a pillow to conceal the sounds of gunshots as she shot her three children before turning the gun on herself at their home in Tabernacle, New Jersey, state police said. ...

Agency: Schools helped Lanza's mom 'appease' him Posted: 21 Nov 2014 01:37 PM PST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adam Lanza's parents and educators contributed to his social isolation in the years before he carried out the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by accommodating — and not confronting — his difficulties engaging with the world, according to a state report issued Friday.

House GOP sues administration over health care law Posted: 21 Nov 2014 11:49 AM PST Republicans says Obama overstepped his legal authority in carrying out the ACA.

Senate to vote on two controversial Obama ‘ambassadonors’ Dec. 1 Posted: 21 Nov 2014 08:41 AM PST The Senate will vote Dec. 1 on whether to confirm a pair of big-time donors to President Barack Obama's reelection campaign as ambassadors to Argentina and Hungary. It could be Noah Bryson Mamet's and Colleen Bell's last chance — their odds become vanishingly small when the GOP takes over in January.

GOP could struggle to roll back immigration changes Posted: 20 Nov 2014 05:28 PM PST Republicans have no clear plan yet on how to respond to Obama's executive action.

More signs of Florida shooter's troubled life Posted: 21 Nov 2014 02:56 PM PST TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man who shot three people at a Florida State University library complained to police and property managers in New Mexico that cameras were watching him in his apartment and that he heard voices talking about and laughing at him, according to police reports released Friday.

100-year-old woman sees the ocean for the first time Posted: 21 Nov 2014 07:05 AM PST ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Ruby Holt spent most of her 100 years on a farm in rural Tennessee, picking cotton and raising four children. She never had the time or money to go to a beach.

What the Cosby uproar says about how far we've come Posted: 21 Nov 2014 02:31 AM PST For decades, those who accused Cosby did so in the context of a world inclined not to believe them.

Bandits in Guinea steal suspected Ebola blood Posted: 21 Nov 2014 09:58 AM PST CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — It was a highway robbery but the bandits got more than they bargained for when they stopped a taxi in Guinea and made off with blood samples that are believed to be infected with the deadly Ebola virus.

More arrests as protesters await Ferguson grand jury decision Posted: 20 Nov 2014 10:46 PM PST By Daniel Wallis FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) - Riot police arrested at least two demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, for a second night running as tensions simmer ahead of a grand jury decision in the case of a white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in August. The grand jury is deciding whether to charge officer Darren Wilson in the slaying of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb in a case that has exposed fresh strains in often-troubled race relations in the United States. ...

Israel says Hamas planned to assassinate Lieberman in West Bank Posted: 21 Nov 2014 01:03 AM PST By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has arrested four Palestinians suspected of planning to kill Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with an anti-tank rocket while he drove to his Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say. The alleged Hamas plot was hatched during the July-August war in Gaza. Its disclosure comes as ties fray between Israel and U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is based in the West Bank, over a contested Jerusalem shrine. ...

Michael Brown's father issues plea for peace in Ferguson Posted: 20 Nov 2014 05:11 PM PST ST. LOUIS — On the eve of what appears to be a grand jury decision in the shooting death of his son, Michael Brown, Sr. issued a last-minute plea for no more Ferguson riots.

Woman with gun arrested outside White House after Obama's immigration speech Posted: 20 Nov 2014 10:10 PM PST (Reuters) - A woman demonstrating outside the White House on Thursday night was arrested for carrying a gun, the Secret Service said, shortly after President Barack Obama began a speech unveiling sweeping reforms to the U.S. immigration system. April Lenhart, 23, of Mount Morris, Michigan, was arrested around 8:30 p.m. local time, Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said in an email. Obama had started his speech some 30 minutes earlier, during which he imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation. The executive actions ease the threat of deportation for some 4. ...

Obama presses on with immigration plan as clash looms Posted: 21 Nov 2014 03:08 PM PST US President Barack Obama staunchly defended his unilateral move to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation Friday, pledging to implement his controversial plan despite furious criticism from congressional opponents. I will never give up," Obama insisted at the Las Vegas, Nevada high school where he launched his immigration reform efforts two years ago. "We're going to keep on working with members of Congress to make permanent reform a reality," he added. The controversial overhaul, praised by many immigration rights activists, provides three-year relief for millions of undocumented people who have lived in the country for more than five years and have children that are US citizens or legal residents.

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