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Technical glitch halts NYSE trading for 3 hours
Beyond 'To Kill a Mockingbird': The lost novel of Harper Lee
Veteran journalist uncovers full story of NYPD’s first African-American cop
Cosby fallout grows as LAPD investigates claims, Disney removes statue
United Airlines suffers 2nd major grounding in 2 months
Hillary Clinton talks trust and Trump in first campaign interview
Baltimore police commissioner fired after riot, killings
Confederate flag faces decisive vote in South Carolina legislature
Lawmakers bash U.S. Army plan to cut 57,000 troops and civilians
AP source: Fed's gun used in San Francisco pier slaying
US stocks open lower as China fails to halt market slide
Hillary Clinton talks trust and Trump in first campaign interview

Technical glitch halts NYSE trading for 3 hours

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 11:57 AM PDT

An internal technical hiccup halted trading on the New York Stock Exchange for more than three-and-a-half hours Wednesday, but in sign of resilience, other U.S. exchanges successfully picked up the slack.

Beyond 'To Kill a Mockingbird': The lost novel of Harper Lee

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 11:13 AM PDT

Katie Couric takes a closer look at what many are calling the biggest book event of the decade, the July 14 publication of Harper Lee's long lost first novel Go Set a Watchman.

Veteran journalist uncovers full story of NYPD’s first African-American cop

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 08:59 AM PDT

Samuel J. Battle, the NYPD's first black cop, paved the way for countless African-Americans but has mostly been absent from history books — until now.

Cosby fallout grows as LAPD investigates claims, Disney removes statue

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 07:24 AM PDT

The comedian's 2005 admission that he gave Quaaludes to at least one woman he wanted to have sex with creates a ripple effect.

United Airlines suffers 2nd major grounding in 2 months

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 02:48 PM PDT

Computer problems prompted widespread delays across the country Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton talks trust and Trump in first campaign interview

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Baltimore police commissioner fired after riot, killings

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 04:23 PM PDT

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts was fired on Wednesday following criticism of his handling of rioting over the death of a black man from an injury in police custody and a skyrocketing homicide rate. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the focus on Batts and the leadership of the 2,500-officer force had become a distraction in fighting resurgent crime and was hurting her goal of attracting families to the city. Batts' firing came after three people were shot dead overnight and another was killed on Wednesday, violence cited by the mayor at her news conference.

Confederate flag faces decisive vote in South Carolina legislature

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 03:00 PM PDT

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from South Carolina's capitol grounds marched forward on Wednesday, as the House of Representatives emotionally debated the banner symbolizing slavery and racism for many and Southern heritage for others. As debate on a proposed law to take down the flag began in the House of Representatives, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said it was investigating threats sent to legislators on both sides of the issue. The state Senate first took up the bill on Monday less than three weeks after nine black worshippers were gunned down on June 17 during Bible study at a historically black church in Charleston.

Lawmakers bash U.S. Army plan to cut 57,000 troops and civilians

Posted: 08 Jul 2015 04:22 PM PDT

The Obama administration was criticized by lawmakers on Wednesday over U.S. Army plans to cut nearly 60,000 soldiers and civilian personnel, warning the reductions were risky for U.S. forces at a time of conflict in the Middle East and rising tensions with Russia. Senator John McCain, the Republican head of the Armed Services Committee, called the plan to cut 40,000 soldiers and 17,000 civilian personnel "another dangerous consequence of budget-driven strategy" pursued by President Barack Obama. The cuts would reduce the active-duty Army from about 490,000 soldiers to about 450,000, its smallest number since before the United States entered World War Two.

AP source: Fed's gun used in San Francisco pier slaying

Posted: 07 Jul 2015 10:25 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The gun used in the seemingly random slaying of a woman on a San Francisco pier belonged to a federal agent, a law enforcement official briefed on the matter said Tuesday.