2015年12月29日星期二

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Chicago officer pleads not guilty to murder charges

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 12:47 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2015 file photo, Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke leaves the Cook County Jail after posting bond in Chicago. Van Dyke, who is charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager is expected to enter a plea at an arraignment Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015 in Chicago. The veteran officer faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)CHICAGO (AP) — A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald pleaded not guilty Tuesday.


The NSA spied on Israeli prime minister during Iran talks, says WSJ

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 03:25 PM PST

The NSA spied on Israeli prime minister during Iran talks, says WSJIn 2014, Washington was buzzing over a controversial new nuclear agreement between the US and Iran — but the negotiations may have kept America's spy agencies busy as well. A new report in The Wall Street Journal claims the negotiation process saw sustained efforts by the National Security Agency to monitor the communications of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, particularly once he came to Washington to lobby Congress to oppose the deal. The Journal had previously reported on Israel's own efforts to spy on the closed door talks.


Officials: 'Affluenza' teen, mother planned flight to Mexico

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 04:34 PM PST

This Dec. 28, 2015 photo released by Mexico's Jalisco state prosecutor's office shows who authorities identify as Ethan Couch, after he was taken into custody in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. U.S. authorities said the Texas teenager serving probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck after invoking an "affluenza" defense, was in custody in Mexico, weeks after he and his mother disappeared. (Mexico's Jalisco state prosecutor's office via AP)FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A teen fugitive who's known for using an "affluenza" defense and his mother attempted to disguise themselves and disappear among the American tourists thronging a Mexican resort city for the holidays, but are now in custody and will be returned to the U.S. after a cellphone used to order pizza gave away their location, authorities said Tuesday.


IS leader linked to Paris attacks 'mastermind' killed in Syria

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 02:53 PM PST

French police officers stand guard at Place de la Republique in Paris on November 21, 2015 as people gather to pay tribute to the victims of the November 13 terror attacks in the cityAn Islamic State leader with "direct" ties to the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks was among 10 of the group's higher-ups killed in Syria and Iraq this month, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The US military says such strikes are helping to weaken the jihadist group, which captured large parts of Iraq and Syria last year but has recently seen significant setbacks including this week's loss of Ramadi in Iraq. Baghdad-based US military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said French national Charaffe el Mouadan was killed in a US-led coalition strike on December 24.


Texas 'affluenza' teen to be returned to U.S. from Mexico after capture

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 09:27 AM PST

U.S. national Ethan Couch is pictured in this undated handout photographFORT WORTH, Texas/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A wealthy Texas teen who had been a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, was likely to be returned to the United States later on Tuesday after being caught in Mexico, Mexican authorities said. Ethan Couch, 18, and his mother, Tonya Couch, were taken into custody on Monday evening in the Pacific Ocean resort of Puerto Vallarta. Couch became known in the United States as the "affluenza" teen during his trial in juvenile court over the 2013 deaths, when a psychologist said he was so wealthy and spoiled he could not tell the difference between right and wrong.


Severe floods hit Missouri as U.S. storms sweep north

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 04:36 PM PST

Submerged roads and houses are seen after several days of heavy rain led to flooding, in an aerial view over Union, MissouriBy Kevin Murphy and Mary Wisniewski KANSAS CITY, Mo./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Missouri residents struggled through a fourth straight day of storms on Tuesday, fighting rising floodwaters that inundated homes, forced evacuations and closed highways and even part of the Mississippi River. Missouri has been pounded by downpours since Saturday, and forecasters warned that its major rivers were still days away from cresting at record levels. At the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, about 20 miles (32 km) north of St. Louis, residents of the small cities of West Alton and Arnold were told to evacuate on Tuesday due to rising waters.


Chicago officer who shot black teen pleads not guilty to murder

Posted: 29 Dec 2015 02:53 PM PST

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke (R), leaves the courtroom after a hearing with his attorney Daniel Herbert at Leighton Criminal Court Building in ChicagoThe Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager last year pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday, as Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short a vacation to return to the city to deal with the fallout from two more fatal police shootings over the weekend. Meanwhile, protesters demonstrated outside the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office in Cleveland, a day after a grand jury decided not to charge two white police officers in the 2014 shooting death of Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old boy who was playing in a park with a replica gun that shoots plastic pellets. Tensions over race and policing in Chicago and Cleveland come amid intense scrutiny of police killings in the United States over the past 18 months, especially of black men.


Trump campaign reportedly planning ‘major’ TV ad blitz

Posted: 28 Dec 2015 06:53 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump displays a copy of the Union Leader newspaper while addressing an audience during a campaign event Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Trump's attacks against the news media. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Donald Trump has received plenty of free publicity from the media for his 2016 presidential bid, but the Republican frontrunner's campaign is reportedly about to open the billionaire's war chest for a major TV ad blitz to bolster his candidacy ahead of the Iowa caucuses.


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