| Oregon college shooting victims identified Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:59 PM PDT  The nine people killed after a gunman opened fire on an Oregon community college campus Thursday took different paths to the small rural college, ranging from teens starting college for the first time to adults who were seeking a second career. One was an assistant professor of English at the college.
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| Obama: Russia action in Syria is 'recipe for disaster' Posted: 02 Oct 2015 02:09 PM PDT  President Obama warned that Russia's military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar al-Assad is a "recipe for disaster," though Washington could still work with Moscow on reducing tensions. Russian President Vladimir Putin "doesn't distinguish between ISIL and a moderate Sunni opposition that wants to see Mr Assad go," Obama told reporters, referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group.
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| Jeb Bush: ‘Stuff happens,’ but no need for new gun regulations Posted: |
| What we know about the Oregon college gunman Posted: 02 Oct 2015 12:00 AM PDT  Blog posts suggest he had an interest in past mass shootings and a disdain for religion.
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| As Boehner departs, his to-do list could remain undone Posted:  Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio has a lot he could do legislatively before he leaves Congress this month, but not a lot of time or conservative support to do it.
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| Education Secretary Arne Duncan steps down after 7-year term Posted: 02 Oct 2015 01:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reluctantly accepting the resignation of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, saying he's earned the right to return home as one of the longest-serving secretaries in the department's history.
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| Clinton backs potential no-fly zone in Syria Posted: 02 Oct 2015 03:37 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would push for a no-fly zone and safe regions in Syria to address the humanitarian crisis that has spilled out in the Middle East.
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| AP Exclusive: Afghan Taliban leader claims 'victory' in city Posted: 02 Oct 2015 10:07 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The new leader of the Afghan Taliban boasted in a phone call with The Associated Press on Friday that the group's three-day occupation of the northern city of Kunduz was a "symbolic victory" demonstrating the insurgents' strength, even as his fighters were fleeing under fire from Afghan government troops.
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| 6 US service members among 11 dead in Afghan plane crash Posted: 02 Oct 2015 12:29 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. Air Force C-130J transport plane crashed overnight at an air base in eastern Afghanistan, killing six American airmen and 5 civilians, the U.S. military said Friday.
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| Oregon gunman may have killed more if not for hero student Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT  By Eric M. Johnson and Courtney Sherwood ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - The gunman who went on a deadly rampage at an Oregon college was heavily armed and equipped with extra ammunition, authorities said on Friday, and he might have killed more people were it not for the heroism of a military veteran in an adjoining classroom. A day after the shooter killed nine people and wounded nine others at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, authorities sought a motive for this year's bloodiest mass shooting in the United States, where such massacres have grown all too common. Local broadcaster KOIN reported on Friday that the gunman, identified by law enforcement sources as Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, was a student at the college and enrolled in the writing class where the shooting took place.
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| Obama to look for new gun measures, says 'talk' is main tool Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:36 PM PDT  By Julia Edwards and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that he has asked his team to look for new ways to enforce existing regulations to keep guns away from criminals in the wake of the mass shooting in Oregon. "The main thing I'm going to do is I'm going to talk about this on a regular basis," Obama said at a news conference. "I will politicize it, because our inaction is a political decision that we are making." Obama started by mocking Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush who earlier on Friday had said "stuff happens" in the course of an answer to a question about gun violence.
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| Hurricane Joaquin batters Bahamas, fate of cargo ship unknown Posted: 02 Oct 2015 02:44 PM PDT  By Neil Hartnell NASSAU (Reuters) - The fate of more than 30 crew aboard a cargo ship missing off the Bahamas in heavy seas whipped up by Hurricane Joaquin was unknown on Friday as the powerful storm battered the island chain for a second day. News the vessel had lost contact with shore came as forecasters shifted the likely track of the potentially catastrophic storm further away from the U.S. East Coast, but there were still warnings about the possibility of severe flooding in the Carolinas from unrelated heavy rains. In an advisory at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Joaquin had weakened slightly to a Category 3 hurricane on a scale of 1 to 5, down from its previous Category 4 ranking.
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| Oregon shooting prompts new calls for stricter gun laws Posted: 01 Oct 2015 02:05 PM PDT  News of a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon Thursday prompted calls for stricter gun laws from the White House and the country.
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| Sheriff leading shooting response wrote anti-gun control letter Posted: 01 Oct 2015 05:54 PM PDT  The sheriff of Douglas County, Ore. — the location of the latest mass shooting — adamantly opposed the White House's push for stricter gun laws three years ago.
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| Hurricane Joaquin lashes Bahamas, could threaten U.S. Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:56 PM PDT  ELEUTHERA, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Joaquin destroyed houses, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as it hurled torrents of rain across the Bahamas on Friday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was trying to reach a disabled cargo ship with 33 people aboard that lost contact during the storm.
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