Dec 24 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: UPS, FedEx cap big retaliers' last-minute holiday shipments By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, UPS and FedEx tried to avoid a repeat of last year’s mass delay of Christmas deliveries by capping air-express shipments by some major retailers. Also, authorities in Berkeley, Missouri, called for calm after a white… Continue watching
Dec 24 Army deserters rarely face prosecution By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army has prosecuted about 1,900 cases of desertion since 2001, despite tens of thousands of soldiers fleeing the service in the face of deadly combat, long and multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan and strains… Continue reading
Dec 24 Two words: Clooney. Downton. By News Desk If there was never any Lord Grantham, Downton Abbey would be a very different place. That's the premise of this spoof sketch created for the "Text Santa" charity event on British network ITV. There's granny breaking the world record for… Continue reading
Dec 24 U.S. to pay Alan Gross $3.2 million after 5 years in Cuban jail By Douglass K. Daniel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former subcontractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail will receive $3.2 million from the federal government as part of a settlement with the Maryland-based company that employed him at the time of his… Continue reading
Dec 24 Border patrol experiments with GPS to track immigrants caught at border By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. Continue reading
Dec 24 Sony releases 'The Interview' across several digital platforms By Joshua Barajas Sony Pictures' controversial comedy, "The Interview" will now be available to rent or buy online beginning today, the studio announced. The movie is set to be released across several digital platforms, including YouTube, Google Play, Microsoft's Xbox Video and… Continue reading
Dec 24 Can you go on and off Medicare? By Philip Moeller Is enrolling in Medicare a once-and-for-all decision? Not necessarily, explains Medicare Maven Phil Moeller. A retiree may want to drop Medicare Part B if he or she has the option of being covered under a new spouse's employer group health… Continue reading
Dec 24 Senate, CIA agree interrogation program was mismanaged By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — While the Senate report on the CIA's interrogation program and the spy agency's official response clash on almost every aspect of the long-secret operation, both reports largely agree the agency mismanaged the now-shuttered program. Continue reading
Dec 24 Judge dismisses lawsuit against Obama on immigration By Pete Yost, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Refusing to rule on the merits of the case, a federal judge has rejected an Arizona sheriff's lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's plan to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation. Continue reading
Dec 24 St. Louis County officer fatally shoots armed black teen By Joshua Barajas Tensions mounted in a St. Louis suburb Wednesday morning, after a Berkeley, Missouri police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old black man who pointed a handgun at him late Tuesday. Following the shooting, the dozens of protesters that descended onto the… Continue reading