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• Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old
• Former Gov. Bush, in home-state Florida, pans Clinton, Trump
• Violent weather in seven states takes deadly toll
• Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from IS, sweeps for bombs
• Storms snarl U.S. travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes
• Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old
• Chicago mayor cuts short vacation after latest police shooting

Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old Posted: 28 Dec 2015 03:06 PM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park, after finding a series of mistakes but no criminal activity, a prosecutor said on Monday. The decision drew calls on social media for protests around the country and a special prosecutor days after another fatal shooting by Chicago police of two black residents increased pressure on that department and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Ohio grand jury had heard weeks of testimony on the Rice shooting, which occurred within seconds after police reached a park next to a Cleveland recreation center in response to reports of a suspect with a gun.

Former Gov. Bush, in home-state Florida, pans Clinton, Trump Posted: 28 Dec 2015 07:27 AM PST HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton "has no clue" about leading the country and GOP front-runner Donald Trump is "not serious about being a candidate."

Violent weather in seven states takes deadly toll Posted: Dozens of people were killed during a week of devastating tornadoes, flooding and storms.

Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from IS, sweeps for bombs Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:08 PM PST Iraq declared the city of Ramadi liberated from the Islamic State group Monday and raised the national flag over its government complex after clinching a landmark victory against the jihadists. Pockets of jihadists may remain, but the army said it no longer faced any resistance in the city and that its main task was to defuse countless bombs and traps. "Ramadi has been liberated and the armed forces of the counter-terrorism service have raised the Iraqi flag above the government complex," Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said on television.

Storms snarl U.S. travel, threaten rare winter tornadoes Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:33 PM PST By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Snow, sleet and hail snarled transportation across swaths of the United States on Monday during one of the busiest travel weeks, after dozens died in U.S. storms that were part of a wild worldwide weather system seen over the Christmas holiday period. More than 40 people were killed by tornadoes and floods in the United States during the holiday season, where rare winter tornado warnings were issued in Alabama on Monday. Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida panhandle were expected to bear the brunt of the of the day's strongest storms, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Michael Leseney said.

Ohio grand jury clears police in fatal shooting of 12-year-old Posted: 28 Dec 2015 04:14 PM PST A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers on Monday in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park, and a prosecutor said there were a series of mistakes but no criminal activity. The decision drew calls on social media for protests around the country and a special prosecutor days after another fatal shooting by Chicago police of two black residents increased pressure on that department and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Ohio grand jury had heard weeks of testimony on the Rice shooting, which occurred within seconds after police reached a park next to a Cleveland recreation center in response to reports of a suspect with a gun.

Chicago mayor cuts short vacation after latest police shooting Posted: 28 Dec 2015 12:35 PM PST Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Monday he would cut his family vacation in Cuba short to address the fatal shooting of two more black residents by a city police department already under federal investigation over its use of deadly force. "While Mayor Emanuel has been in constant contact with his staff and Interim Superintendent (John) Escalante, he is cutting his family trip short so that he can continue the ongoing work of restoring accountability and trust in the Chicago Police Department," said the mayor's spokeswoman, Kelley Quinn. Emanuel is set to arrive back in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, she said.

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