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Sanders wins Wyoming's Democratic nominating contest

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 03:43 PM PDT

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters about the Wyoming caucus results following a campaign rally at Laguardia Performing Arts Center in QueensBernie Sanders extended a string of victories on Saturday by winning the U.S. presidential Democratic nominating contest in Wyoming, besting rival Hillary Clinton as they gear up for a crucial match-up in New York. Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is trying to chip away at Clinton's sizeable lead in the number of delegates needed to secure the party's nomination. Wyoming's 14 Democratic delegates - fewer than any other state - will be awarded proportionally and will do little to help Sanders close the gap.


Belgians find elusive 'man in the hat' from airport video

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 01:17 PM PDT

Police investigate an area where terror suspect Mohamed Abrini was arrested earlier today, in Brussels on Friday April 8, 2016. The federal prosecutor's office confirmed a fugitive suspect in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks was arrested in Belgium on Friday, after a raid Belgian authorities said was linked to the deadly March 22 Brussels bombings. The suspect, Mohamed Abrini, is believed to be the mysterious "man in the hat" who escaped the double bombing at Brussels airport, but further investigation is needed to determine Abrini is the third suspect of the airport attack. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)The suspects include the last known fugitive of last year's Paris attacks and a Swedish fighter linked to the French massacre, officials say.


Florida gov. reacts to Starbucks critic with attack ad

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 11:20 AM PDT

Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks in the spin room before the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. Scott will not endorse any of the GOP presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)Two days after Florida resident Cara Jennings was seen calling Republican Gov. Rick Scott an "a**hole" and an "embarrassment to our state" at a Starbucks in Gainesville, Scott's political action committee has fired back with a video of its own.


California wildfire 'selfie' arsonist gets 20 years, $60 million fine

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 11:17 AM PDT

File photo of firefighters battling the King Fire watch as a backfire burns along Highway 50 in Fresh PondA man who took a video of himself surrounded by flames that erupted into one of the worst California wildfires of 2014 was fined $60 million and sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to arson on Friday, officials said. Wayne Allen Huntsman, who initially pleaded not guilty to setting the nearly month-long King Fire, changed his plea and admitted to three counts of arson to forest land with enhancements for causing injury to firefighters and destruction of property. "I plead guilty because I did it," Huntsman told the court on Friday, according to assistant district attorney Dave Stevenson.


2016 hopefuls look East, West for delegate support

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 03:58 PM PDT

2016 hopefuls look East, West for delegate supportLooking both East and West for support, Republican presidential candidates angled Saturday to pick up more delegates in Colorado while bidding for favor a half-continent away in New York's all-important ...


US to North Korea: Refrain from acts that 'destabilize' region

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 07:52 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) at the Tonghungsan Machine Plant under the Ryongsong Machine Complex in South Hamgyong Province, in an undated photo released by KCNA on April 2, 2016The United States on Saturday sternly admonished North Korea against acts that could "further destabilize" the region, amid claims that it successfully tested a new engine designed for an inter-continental ballistic missile that could reach US shores. "We have seen the reports of North Korea's claims to have developed new engine technology for its ICBMs," read a statement from State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner. "We call on North Korea to refrain from actions and rhetoric that further destabilize the region and focus instead on taking concrete steps toward fulfilling its commitments and international obligations," Toner said.


Prosecutors: Hastert sought to hide sex abuse of 14-year-old

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 08:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2015 file photo, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrives at the federal courthouse in Chicago for his arraignment on federal charges in his hush-money case in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune is citing unidentified law enforcement sources as saying at least four people have made "credible allegations of sexual abuse" against Hastert. In a Thursday April 7, 2016 story, the newspaper says it has determined the identities of three accusers, all men whose allegations stem from when they were teenagers and Hastert was their coach in Yorkville, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused, prosecutors said in a court filing.


Ted Cruz looking to scoop up more Colorado delegates

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 07:51 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to Jewish community leaders at the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach during a campaign event, Thursday, April 7, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)The 21 represent a majority of the delegates the state will send to Cleveland in July.


Canine leads officers to man who fled psychiatric hospital

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 03:37 PM PDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Lakewood Police Department shows Anthony Garver. Garver, 28, who escaped from a Washington state psychiatric hospital on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, where he was held after being found too mentally ill to face charges that he tortured a woman to death was captured Friday. Garver was taken into custody by law enforcement in Spokane, Wash., State Patrol spokesman Todd Bartolac said. (Lakewood Police Department via AP, File)His escape from a psychiatric hospital comes amid heightened scrutiny of the facility.


Austria wants to seize Hitler's birth house

Posted: 09 Apr 2016 02:35 AM PDT

The house where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria has been empty since 2011 when the government became embroiled in a dispute with owner Gerlinde Pommer, a local residentAustria said Saturday it wants to seize Adolf Hitler's birthplace from its private owner in a bid to end a bitter legal battle and stop the house from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. "We are currently examining the creation of a law, which would force a change of ownership and pass the property to the Republic of Austria," interior ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck told AFP. The building in the quaint northern town of Braunau am Inn has been empty since 2011 when the government became embroiled in a dispute with owner Gerlinde Pommer, a local resident.


Obama says Trump, Cruz doing Democrats a 'favor'

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 09:56 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Chicago Law School in ChicagoHe says the two front-runners in the GOP nomination have upset mainstream "establishment" Republicans.


Court rules Wisconsin right-to-work law is unconstitutional

Posted: 08 Apr 2016 04:14 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 3, 2016 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introduces Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in Eau Claire, Wis. Walker has his mojo back, and he's got Ted Cruz and Donald Trump to thank for it. Walker is re-emerging as a national political force six months after slipping into relative obscurity following his own short-lived, disappointing run for president. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)Wisconsin's right-to-work law, championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker as he was mounting his run for president, was struck down Friday as violating the state constitution. Attorney General Brad Schimel ...


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