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• Israel's Netanyahu emerges with slight edge after tight race
• Police search Houston home of Robert Durst
• Ferguson shooting suspect gave false confession: lawyer
• Satisfaction over prospect of accused U.S. killer Durst facing justice
• U.S. Air Force veteran accused of trying to assist Islamic State
• U.S. Republican budget cuts social spending, boosts military
• California tightens water restrictions amid drought
• Congressman Aaron Schock resigns
• Former U.S. Air Force mechanic charged with trying to join IS
• Boat owner details moment he found Tsarnaev hiding
• Violent passenger restrained by fellow flyers on United flight
• Joe Biden announces federal funding to end rape kit backlog
• Attorney: Ferguson shooting suspect didn't target officers

Israel's Netanyahu emerges with slight edge after tight race Posted: 17 Mar 2015 03:52 PM PDT Benjamin Netanyahu has declared victory after a tight Israeli national election appeared to give him the upper hand in forming the country's next coalition government.

Police search Houston home of Robert Durst Posted: 17 Mar 2015 04:47 PM PDT HOUSTON (AP) — Police on Tuesday were searching the Houston home of millionaire Robert Durst after his arrest over the weekend in New Orleans.

Ferguson shooting suspect gave false confession: lawyer Posted: 17 Mar 2015 04:00 PM PDT The suspect charged with shooting two police officers during a demonstration in Ferguson, Mo., last week is now recanting a confession that he was the gunman, his lawyer told Yahoo News on Tuesday.

Satisfaction over prospect of accused U.S. killer Durst facing justice Posted: 17 Mar 2015 04:45 PM PDT By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - With accused murderer Robert Durst set to spend at least six days in a Louisiana jail awaiting extradition to California, law enforcement officials and friends of possible victims expressed satisfaction on Tuesday over the prospect of the real estate scion facing justice. Durst, 71, the subject of a six-part HBO documentary series called "The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," was picked up by a filmmaker's microphone saying he "killed them all," apparently acknowledging his crimes, in footage that aired on Sunday. He was arrested on Saturday by FBI agents at a New Orleans hotel, where he was staying under an alias and was deemed a risk to flee the country, after Los Angeles County issued a warrant for his arrest in the 2000 killing of longtime friend Susan Berman. Long estranged from his powerful family with its major New York real estate holdings, the eccentric Durst was acquitted in 2003 in the dismemberment and killing of a male neighbor in Texas, and was a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Kathleen Durst, in 1982.

U.S. Air Force veteran accused of trying to assist Islamic State Posted: 17 Mar 2015 11:34 AM PDT By Lindsay Dunsmuir and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force veteran has been charged with trying to provide support for the Islamic State militant group, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday. A federal grand jury in New York City indicted Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh for attempting to provide material support to the group and attempted obstruction of justice. Pugh, 47, of Neptune, N.J., is to be arraigned Wednesday morning in federal court in Brooklyn. Michael Schneider, a court-appointed lawyer for Pugh, said his client would plead not guilty.

U.S. Republican budget cuts social spending, boosts military Posted: 17 Mar 2015 03:08 PM PDT U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday proposed higher defense spending and deep cuts to social services including healthcare for the poor in an aggressive new budget plan that seeks to eliminate deficits by 2024. The blueprint from House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, which has almost no chance of becoming law, prescribes $5.468 trillion in spending cuts and interest savings over 10 years compared to current policies. Like the budgets of Price's predecessor, Representative Paul Ryan, the document assumes $2 trillion in 10-year savings from full repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the signature healthcare reform law that President Barack Obama has vowed to defend. The non-binding resolution reasserts the Republican Party's long-standing vision of a smaller federal government, less national debt, lower taxes and a stronger economy, all likely themes in the 2016 presidential campaign.

California tightens water restrictions amid drought Posted: 17 Mar 2015 02:31 PM PDT The California State Water Resources Control Board is meeting to expand regulations for water conservation during the state's crisis, as citizens look for ways to preserve the remaining water supplies.

Congressman Aaron Schock resigns Posted: 17 Mar 2015 11:32 AM PDT The Illinois Republican has been under fire for lavish spending.

Former U.S. Air Force mechanic charged with trying to join IS Posted: 17 Mar 2015 12:01 PM PDT A veteran has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly trying to join ISIS, the brutal terrorist group wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq.

Boat owner details moment he found Tsarnaev hiding Posted: 17 Mar 2015 10:35 AM PDT A long-time friend of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber testified in court today that he gave Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun later used in the shooting death of an MIT police officer. While wearing a beige prison jumpsuit, Silva testified that two months before the bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line, he gave Tsarnaev a 9-millimeter handgun that had an "obliterated" serial number.

Violent passenger restrained by fellow flyers on United flight Posted: A United Airlines flight had to return to Washington, D.C., after a passenger became violent and ran "toward the cockpit."

Joe Biden announces federal funding to end rape kit backlog Posted: 16 Mar 2015 02:38 PM PDT At the Maryland State Police Forensic Science Laboratory on Monday, Vice President Joe Biden outlined how the government's $41 million plan to test existing rape kits and prevent future backlogs.

Attorney: Ferguson shooting suspect didn't target officers Posted: 16 Mar 2015 05:14 PM PDT CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of shooting two officers last week in Ferguson was not targeting police or aiming at demonstrators at a late-night protest, his attorney said Monday as he countered an earlier police description of the crime.

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