| GOP presidential hopefuls say no thanks to White House Correspondents’ Dinner Posted: 24 Apr 2015 06:43 AM PDT  It's one of the hottest tickets in the political world — unless you're a Republican hoping to win your party's nomination.
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| Police: Gray should've received medical care before ride Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:45 PM PDT  Freddie Gray should have received medical attention at the spot where he was arrested — before he was put inside a police van, authorities said Friday.
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| Why U.S. won't recognize 'forgotten genocide' Posted: 23 Apr 2015 11:22 AM PDT  Katie Couric examines the controversy over the massacre of Armenians 100 years ago.
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| After drone killings, pressure for a new hostage strategy Posted: 24 Apr 2015 01:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The accidental killing of two hostages in a U.S. operation against al-Qaida has put a new spotlight on the Obama administration's reliance on drones in the battle against terrorism — and has also raised pressure on the White House to revise the nation's oft-criticized strategy for dealing with abducted Americans and their families.
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| Police respond to suspicious package at Statue of Liberty Posted: 24 Apr 2015 01:50 PM PDT  New York City police say they're responding to a report of a suspicious package at the Statue of Liberty.
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| Italian authorities: Terror suspects planned Vatican attack Posted: 24 Apr 2015 07:58 AM PDT  MILAN (AP) — An Italian prosecutor says Islamic extremists suspected in a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against the Vatican in 2010 that was never carried out.
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| Questions after Indiana school stage collapse injures 16 Posted: 24 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The superintendent of a central Indiana school district where a stage collapsed, injuring 16 high school students when they plunged an orchestra pit, said Friday that the section that gave way was only a few years old, but it's unclear whether it was ever subject to inspection.
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| Pakistan says botched strike highlights dangers of US drone war Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:15 AM PDT  Pakistan said Friday the botched US drone attack that killed two foreign hostages showed the risks of the controversial tactic, as details came to light apparently pinpointing the fatal strike. President Barack Obama admitted on Thursday that one American and one Italian hostage were accidentally killed in a counter-terrorism operation in January targeting a suspected Al-Qaeda hideout. Obama said US consultant Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto were killed along with Ahmed Faruq, an American described as a leader of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).
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| Gaps remain in probe of Baltimore man's death in police custody Posted: 24 Apr 2015 04:22 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) - An investigation into the death of a black man in Baltimore police custody is still trying to figure out what happened, the police commissioner said on Friday as the city braced for a major protest over the incident. Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said police would release surveillance camera photos involving the death of Freddie Gray, 25, who died on Sunday a week after being arrested. More than 1,000 protesters are expected in Baltimore for a march from the site of his arrest to City Hall on Saturday, police said. Batts said Gray was put in a police van for transport to a police station and he was not buckled in at any time, as regulations required.
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| Hostage locations difficult to track - and may be getting harder Posted: 24 Apr 2015 03:38 PM PDT  By Warren Strobel and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. drone strike that accidentally killed two hostages in Pakistan exposes intelligence shortfalls that former and current U.S. officials say appear to be growing more frequent as militants expand their safe havens and as Washington gathers less on-the-ground human intelligence. Obtaining timely intelligence on hostages has always been difficult, especially in volatile regions where the United States has limited access and where militants have well-established operations.
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| All-clear sounded at Statue of Liberty after bomb scare Posted: 24 Apr 2015 02:25 PM PDT  By Laila Kearney and Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Statue of Liberty was declared safe on Friday after a bomb scare forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists from the New York Harbor landmark, the National Parks Service said. All visitors and staff were safely ferried off Liberty Island soon after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up the statue that stands guard at the mouth of the Hudson River, Mindi Rambo, a National Park Service spokeswoman, said in a statement. Liberty Island, which draws some 4 million visitors a year, will reopen on Saturday, the park service said. Statue Cruises, which operates ferry service between Liberty Island and Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, said it took about 2,700 people off the island and offered passengers full refunds.
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| Arizona sheriff acknowledges investigation into judge's wife Posted: 23 Apr 2015 06:12 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — In a bombshell revelation, Sheriff Joe Arpaio acknowledged Thursday that his office was behind a secret investigation into the wife of the judge presiding over a racial-profiling lawsuit against the brash Arizona lawman known for his anti-immigration patrols.
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