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Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 04:30 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Lynch announced that Dylann Roof, the man accused of slaying of nine black church members in Charleston last month was indicted July 22, on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion, which could include the death penalty. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)The man accused of killing nine black church members last month in Charleston, South Carolina, was indicted Wednesday on 33 federal counts, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion, which could include the death penalty.


Killing Iran pact could lead to war, Rep. Keith Ellison warns

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Poll: Nearly half of United States has tried marijuana

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Charleston shooting suspect charged with federal hate crimes

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 04:59 PM PDT

Dylann Roof, charged with murdering nine worshippers at a historic black church in Charleston last month, listens to the proceedings with assistant defense attorney William Maguire during a hearing at the Judicial Center in CharlestonBy Lisa Lambert and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The white man suspected of murdering nine black people during bible study at a South Carolina church was charged on Wednesday with federal hate crimes, adding to multiple state counts that raise the possibility of a death sentence. Dylann Roof had his .45 caliber Glock pistol and eight magazines loaded with hollow point bullets," U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said after a federal grand jury returned the 33-count indictment against Roof. The 21-year-old is accused of the deadly shooting spree last month at Charleston's historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.


Armed man arrested in LA where Biden was due to speak

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 03:14 PM PDT

A man with a loaded handgun was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday as he tried to drive through a security checkpoint outside a business where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was due to speak a few hours later, police said. Biden was not at the venue when the man was taken into custody at about 9:15 a.m. in the city's North Hollywood area, just west of the Bob Hope Airport in neighboring Burbank, according to Los Angeles police Sergeant Kyle Kirkman. Law enforcement officers confronting the man were alerted to the possibility of a gun when he "advised them that he had a loaded weapon in the vehicle," a Secret Service spokeswoman in Washington, Nicole Mainor, told Reuters.

New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 02:45 PM PDT

Protesters rally during demonstrations asking for higher wages in the Manhattan borough of New YorkBy Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York moved on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state. The New York Wage Board voted unanimously for the increase, which would cover some 180,000 workers statewide and affect fast-food chains with 30 locations or more in the United States. The three-member board was formed at the behest of Governor Andrew Cuomo in May after the state legislature turned down his proposals for minimum wage increases for most workers.


GOP presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham destroys flip phone

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Unearthed: 1970s Bill Cosby on drugs and downers

Posted: 22 Jul 2015 09:26 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby gestures during an interview at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. Lawyers for Bill Cosby argue in a new court filing his admission he used quaaludes in the 1970s doesn't mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women. The lawyers on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, asked a court to preserve the confidentiality of his 2006 settlement in a sexual-battery lawsuit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Bill Cosby discussed downers on a Grammy Award-winning album for children called "Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs" in the 1970s.


Footage of Sandra Bland's traffic stop released

Posted: 21 Jul 2015 08:39 PM PDT

In this July 10, 2015, frame from dashcam video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, trooper Brian Encinia arrests Sandra Bland after she became combative during a routine traffic stop in Waller County, Texas. Bland was taken to the Waller County Jail that day and was found dead in her cell on July 13. (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP)Police video shows an officer telling the unarmed woman, "I will light you up."


O'Reilly: Media despise Trump because 'he has no fear’

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