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‘Trump University’ fraud claims surface in campaign
Dow Chemical settles case citing Supreme Court uncertainty
Syria ceasefire takes effect under U.S.-Russia deal
Five dead including suspect after Washington state shooting
Obama, at battery plant, jabs Republicans on economic 'snake oil'
Time for Christie to eat his harsh words about Trump
Kansas mass shooting suspect had been served protection order
Trump wins endorsement from Republican Christie
Marco Rubio Defends His More Combative Debate Style Against 'Con Artist'
Kansas Workplace Shooting Suspect Identified as Cedric Larry Ford, Sources Say
Every GOP candidate sides with FBI in fight with Apple
Donald Trump had a rough night. Will it matter?
Kansas workplace shootings leave 4 dead, 14 wounded

‘Trump University’ fraud claims surface in campaign

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Dow Chemical settles case citing Supreme Court uncertainty

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 01:49 PM PST

Dow Chemical said Friday it will pay $835 million to settle a long-standing class action lawsuit, after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia decreased its chances of prevailing at the Supreme Court. The ...

Syria ceasefire takes effect under U.S.-Russia deal

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 03:09 PM PST

A landmark UN-backed ceasefire came into effect at midnight in Syria on Friday -- the first major truce in five years of civil war that have claimed more than 270,000 lives. On the stroke of midnight, guns fell silent in the Damascus suburbs and the devastated northern city of Aleppo, AFP correspondents said, after a day of intense Russian air strikes on rebel bastions across the country. Russia and the United States, the sponsors of the ceasefire deal, have warned that applying it will be difficult in a country that has been torn apart by a conflict that broke out in March 2011.

Five dead including suspect after Washington state shooting

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 03:38 PM PST

By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Five people were dead, including a suspected gunman, following a shooting and standoff with police at a home in Washington state on Friday, but a 12-year-old girl safely escaped, Mason County authorities said. "It's a terrible tragedy." The newspaper quoted Mason County Sheriff Deputy Chief Ryan Spurling as saying that a man called law enforcement on Friday morning and reported that he shot two children, a woman and another person. A short time later, the sheriff tweeted that the 12-year-old girl was "safe after getting away from the shooter, adding that her "relation to the shooter is not confirmed yet." Police surrounded the home near the community of Belfair, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Seattle across Puget Sound, but did not immediately enter the residence because the man was armed with a handgun, Spurling said, according to the Seattle Times.

Obama, at battery plant, jabs Republicans on economic 'snake oil'

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 12:49 PM PST

By Roberta Rampton JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used a trip to a lithium-ion battery factory on Friday to defend his economic record against arguments made by Republicans in the race to succeed him after the Nov. 8 presidential election. Obama said his policies, including the $760 billion economic stimulus he brought in when he first took office, helped the American economy bounce back from the 2007-2009 recession that he inherited much faster than European nations that adopted austerity measures. "If we don't recognize the progress we've made and how that came about, then we may chase some snake oil and end up having policies that get us back in the swamp," Obama told workers at the plant built by French company Saft with $95.5 million from the stimulus.

Time for Christie to eat his harsh words about Trump

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 02:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had better be hungry: He's got a lot of harsh words to eat about Donald Trump now that he's endorsed the billionaire.

Kansas mass shooting suspect had been served protection order

Posted: 26 Feb 2016 02:38 PM PST

The man suspected of killing three people at the Kansas lawnmower factory where he worked had been served a protection order 90 minutes before his shooting spree, which also wounded 14 people, authorities said on Friday. The first police officer to reach the scene, Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder, killed Ford in an exchange of gunfire, said police secretary Jeannine Hoheisel. "The man was not going to stop shooting," Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said on Friday, noting that there were up to 300 people in the Excel Industries factory where the worst of the rampage took place.