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- Amid US-Cuba thaw, no word from FidelThe retired Cuban leader has made no public statement on the end of the stalemate that defined his country's relationship with the world.
- Obama heads to Hawaii for much-needed vacationThough the year was filled with high-profile battles with Congress, the President left for vacation on a high note after announcing a thaw in relations with Cuba.
- NYC crime falls but concern about police tactics risesNew York City serious crime declined 4.7 percent compared to the same period last year.聽The decreases come at a time when the NYPD has dramatically scaled back its highly-disputed strategy of stop and frisk.
- What do Florida politics have to do with US-Cuba policy? Less and less.Cuban-Americans have less influence over the Florida Hispanic vote. And fewer Cuban-Americans today will vote solely based on a hard-line anti-Castro US policy.聽
How immigrants may qualify to stay under Obama 'amnesty'To avoid deportation, immigrants must prove they were in the US continuously since Jan. 1, 2010.聽Speeding tickets, dentist records, even Facebook photos may be used.聽- Why the US released four Afghans from Guantanamo BayEach of the four Afghans released is considered a low-level operative at best. There are 132 prisoners still in Guantanamo Bay.
Another Megabus crashes on I-65 in southern IndianaA Megabus traveling from Atlanta to Chicago crashed Saturday morning on Interstate 65 in Indiana. Some 27 people were treated for minor injuries.
New video Ray Rice's lawyer did not want made publicAfter Ray Rice knocked his then-fianc茅e聽unconscious in an Atlantic City casino, a聽video released Friday shows聽her crying and kissing him.- Why Sea Shepherd attacks on Japanese whalers are illegalThe US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that聽Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society violated a court order to stop harassing Japanese whalers.聽
- Obama's traditional Hawaii Christmas: Shaved ice and golfPresident Obama and his family arrived in Hawaii Friday evening for their traditional Christmas vacation. He won't return to Washington until Jan. 4.
Top Islamic militants killed: Are more US troops heading to Iraq?Word of the deaths of two senior Islamic State group leaders killed in coalition airstrikes came as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signed orders for a group of US troops to go to Iraq as part of the deployment of 1,500 more American forces to the country.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect makes first court appearance since 2013Security was tight at the federal courthouse in Boston for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's final pretrial conference. His trial is scheduled to start January 5.- US-Cuba thaw: Does this mean Americans can now go to Cuba?Most Americans are still prohibited from聽traveling聽to聽Cuba聽and spending money there. Only close relatives of Cubans, academics, and people on accredited cultural education programs can visit the Caribbean Island. But Obama's move offers hope for a change.聽
Why Ferguson reforms are starting in traffic courtsSt. Louis County's jumble of more than 80 municipal courts has been targeted by some public-interest lawyers who say the courts are virtual debtor's prisons, extracting fines and fees from poor drivers and using the money to fund local governments.- In surprise move, Mike Enzi will chair Senate Budget CommitteeSen. Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee for the past four years ended his effort Wednesday to becomes the panel's chairman. Sen. Mike Enzi, of Wyoming, will head the committee.
- Nathaniel Kibby charged in case of kidnapped New Hampshire teenNathaniel Kibby faces charges including kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, and criminal threatening in the case of a 15 year-old New Hampshire girl he is accused of kidnapping at gunpoint in 2013.
70 years later, judge rules 14-year-old boy was wrongly executedOn Wednesday, a judge threw out the conviction of George Stinney, who at 14, was the youngest person to be executed in the United States in 1944. In the span of three months he was arrested, convicted of murdering two young girls, and sent to the electric chair.
Fourteen charged in deadly meningitis outbreak caseTwo years ago, 64 people died and more than 750 people in 20 states were sickened after they contracted fungal meningitis and other illnesses from tainted steroids made by the New England Compounding Center.- California mudslide blocks Highway 91 in Orange CountyHeavy rain triggered a mudslide that blocked California Highway 91 and stranded motorists.聽Flash flood warnings are in effect for many areas early Wednesday as the storm system moves inland.
What did Hillary Clinton say about the torture report?On Tuesday, Hillary聽Clinton made her first remarks on the Senate report last week investigating the CIA's interrogation techniques. Clinton said 'the United States should never condone or practice torture anywhere in the world.'
