2014年12月3日星期三

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Live updates: No charges for NYPD officer in chokehold death of Eric Garner

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:57 PM PST

Chokehold decision protestsThe city responds following the decision to not indict a cop who used a deadly maneuver.


New York cops test out body cameras as protests begin over Garner decision

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:47 PM PST

A police body camera is seen on an officer during a news conference on the pilot program involving 60 NYPD officers dubbed 'Big Brother' at the NYPD police academy in the Queens borough of New YorkDozens of New York City police officers will begin wearing body cameras to record their interactions with citizens beginning this week, Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced Wednesday. The pilot program launches as the city is bracing itself for massive protests after a grand jury decided against charging a police officer in the death of an unarmed Staten Island man.


McConnell on Obama meeting: 'It's not the bourbon summit'

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 10:50 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Facing a new political landscape, President Barack Obama and Sen. Mitch McConnell will meet Wednesday to size up the prospect for potential cooperation between two sides that have shown little interest in working together over the past six years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Before Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was scheduled to meet President Barack Obama at the White House — their first sit-down since Election Day — the incoming Senate majority leader told Yahoo News that the pair would not be drinking bourbon on the job.


NYC grand jury to return no indictment in police choke hold case

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 03:40 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City grand jury on Wednesday returned no indictment against a white police officer who used a choke hold on Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, while arresting him for illegally selling cigarettes, local media reported. They said the Staten Island panel decided against criminal charges for Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo. (Reporting by Frank McGurty; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Sandra Maler)

Obama's pick to head Pentagon not always on same page as president

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:19 PM PST

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter walks towards his seat at the start of a meeting with Japanese Senior Vice Defence Minister Shu Watanabe in TokyoBy Andrea Shalal and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ashton Carter, a veteran Washington insider President Barack Obama is expected to name as his new defense secretary, built a reputation as a behind-the-scenes team player during many years in senior Pentagon posts. But scrutiny of the 60-year-old former physicist's views on issues ranging from North Korea to Iraq to defense spending also show an independent thinker whose opinions have not always aligned fully with those of the president. ...


U.S. couple leaves Qatar after convictions overturned in child death

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:54 PM PST

Matthew and Grace Huang, a U.S. couple who were accused of murdering their adopted daughter Gloria, stand outside the entrance of the Court of First Instance after their trial in DohaBy Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. couple who were convicted and later cleared of wrongdoing in the death of their adopted African-born daughter in Qatar left the Gulf Arab state on Wednesday after a travel ban was lifted, ending a nearly two-year ordeal, their supporters and a U.S. diplomat said. Matthew and Grace Huang left Doha, headed for Los Angeles to reunite with their two other children, also adopted, following a flurry of diplomacy on behalf of the family after an appeals court threw out their conviction. "Matt and Grace Huang are wheels up from Qatar," U.S. ...


House votes to extend tax breaks through December

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:57 PM PST

House votes to extend tax breaks through DecemberThe House rushed through a last-minute measure Wednesday to extend a massive package of expired tax breaks for banks, investment firms, commuters and NASCAR track owners. The bill would enable millions ...


No indictment in NYC chokehold death

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 12:05 PM PST

Grand Jury Decision Expected Soon In Police-Involved Death Of Eric GarnerA grand jury decides against criminal charges on a police officer who used the maneuver on Eric Garner.


5 million children out of school in West Africa due to Ebola

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 09:40 AM PST

A man walks by a mural with health instructions on treating the Ebola virus, in MonroviaBy Misha Hussain DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some five million children are out of school in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the deadly Ebola outbreak, according to a report by the Global Business Coalition for Education. Schools and other public buildings have been closed because they are believed to increase the spread of the virus. Many are now used as holding centers for Ebola patients. ...


U.S.: Chinese economy should wean from cheap labor model

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 11:21 AM PST

The United States said China needs to move away from its cheap labor and export-focused economy to maintain growth in the years aheadThe United States on Wednesday said China needs to move away from its cheap labor and export-focused economy to maintain growth in the years ahead. US Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Nathan Sheets also said Europe and Japan need to take action to boost domestic demand and further a global "rebalancing" that would help growth in countries which run chronic trade deficits. "The historical record highlights that some countries have been able to engineer policies -- particularly policies to suppress domestic consumption -- that have allowed their current account balances to remain in meaningful surplus for long periods," Sheets said in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington. He noted that China's powerful expansion over the past three decades was deeply founded on abundant cheap labor, massive investment and a focus on the export industry.


GTA 5 'violence against women' criticisms spurs ban

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 11:15 AM PST

GTA 5 "Violence Against Women" Criticisms Spurs Ban by Australian Retailer[UPDATE] Take-Two CEO says company is "disappointed" by Target Australia's decision to remove the game from sale.


Michael Brown's stepfather apologizes for angry reaction to grand jury decision

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 07:02 AM PST

Facing possible criminal charges, Louis Head explains his actions.

NYC neighborhood simmers over Eric Garner chokehold death

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 01:34 PM PST

Grand jury nearing a decision in Eric Garner caseBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the Staten Island neighborhood where a black father of six died after police put him in a banned chokehold while arresting him for illegal cigarette sales, a painted tribute on a wall reads: "His name was Eric Garner. Father, son and friend." Garner lived and died in Tompkinsville, a neighborhood tucked on the north shore of New York's least populated borough. A grand jury decided on Wednesday afternoon not to indict the New York Police Department officer who put Garner, 43, in the chokehold. ...


Kerry gives Islamic State update

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 09:28 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry gives statement after round table meeting of global coalition to counter Islamic State militant group at NATO headquarters in BrusselsBy Lesley Wroughton and Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition has inflicted serious damage on Islamic State, carrying out around 1,000 air strikes so far in Iraq and Syria, but the fight against the militants could last years, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. The United States and its allies began air strikes in September after the Sunni militants made large territorial advances. The Iraqi army, Sunni tribal fighters and Kurdish forces have since recovered some ground from the group which in its Arabic acronym is known as Daesh. ...


NBC reporter apologizes on 'Today' show

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 11:14 AM PST

In this Sept. 1, 2011 file photo, Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks about child vaccination on the "Today" show in New York. NBC News medical reporter Snyderman spoke with Matt Lauer on the NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News medical reporter Nancy Snyderman apologized on the "Today" show Wednesday for violating her quarantine for Ebola exposure, saying she failed to appreciate how frightened Americans were of the disease.


Woman sues Bill Cosby, claiming underage abuse

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 11:15 PM PST

In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby gestures during an interview about the upcoming exhibit, "Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue, " at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, in Washington. A Southern California woman has sued Cosby, claiming the comedian molested her around 1974 when she was 15 years old. Judith Huth claims in the sexual battery lawsuit filed Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. in Los Angeles that the molestation occurred in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)A woman claims Cosby molested her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 when she was 15.


US couple cleared in daughter's death leaves Qatar

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 02:43 PM PST

American couple Grace, right, and Matthew Huang walk to their departure gate with U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, Dana Shell Smith, left, at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. A Qatari appeals court on Sunday overturned a ruling against an American couple over the death of their adopted daughter and said they are free to leave, ending a closely watched legal saga that may have stemmed from cultural misunderstandings in the conservative Gulf nation. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An American couple left the Gulf nation of Qatar on Wednesday after being cleared of charges in their adopted 8-year-old daughter's death, ending a nearly two-year legal saga they contend was rooted in confusion over cross-cultural adoption.


American Alan Gross completes fifth year in Cuban prison

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 05:51 AM PST

Demonstrators gather during a rally for U.S. detainee Gross in WashingtonHis wife warns that the U.S. foreign aid worker is in terrible condition.


Iraq official: Arrested woman not IS leader's wife

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 10:21 AM PST

This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. Lebanese authorities have detained a wife and son of the leader of the Islamic State group and she is being questioned, two senior Lebanese officials said Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi official denied Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, adding that she is the sister of a terror suspect being held in Iraq.


3 Hong Kong protest leaders surrender to police

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 08:37 AM PST

Four protest leaders, from left, Benny Tai Yiu-ting, Chan Kin-man, Joseph Zen and Chu Yiu-ming, surrounded by police officers, walk to the police station in Hong Kong as they surrender to police Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 to take responsibility for protests that have shut down parts of the Asian financial center for more than two months. Three founders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protest movement called for an end to street demonstrations to prevent more violence and take the campaign to a new stage, but it wasn't clear whether student protesters, who make up the bulk of the activists, would heed the call. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)HONG KONG (AP) — Three founders of a civil disobedience campaign that helped spark Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests surrendered to police Wednesday, saying they want to take responsibility for their actions and that time has come to end the increasingly violent street demonstrations.


2 children, adult killed in Tenn. school bus crash

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 05:57 PM PST

Authorities work the scene of an accident involving two school buses in Knoxville, Tenn., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Two school buses have collided on a Tennessee highway, injuring at least 20 people. Darrell DeBusk, a Knoxville police spokesman, says three people who were most seriously injured were taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. At least 17 additional students were being transported to East Tennessee Children's Hospital with minor injuries. There was no immediate word on what caused the crash or the exact condition of those who were injured. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Michael Patrick)KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two buses bringing children home from school collided on a Tennessee highway Tuesday afternoon, killing two students and an adult and injuring another 27 people.


Michael Brown's stepdad investigated for comments

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:30 PM PST

FergusonST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating Michael Brown's stepfather for angry comments on the streets of Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who fatally shot his stepson, a spokesman said Tuesday.


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