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| Australia police kill "terror suspect" after two officers stabbed | | | By Lincoln Feast SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police shot dead a teenager after he stabbed two counter terrorism officers, days after sweeping raids involving hundreds of police thwarted what they said was an imminent plot to behead a member of the public. Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its escalating action against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East. ... |
| Venezuela court gives long sentences to beauty queen's killers | | | CARACAS (Reuters) - Three men convicted of murdering a former Miss Venezuela and her ex-husband this year were sentenced to at least 24 years in jail in a case that shook the crime-ridden South American nation, authorities said. Monica Spear, 29, a soap opera actress, and Thomas Berry, 39, died after being attacked when their car broke down at night on a highway in central Venezuela in January. The 2004 Miss Venezuela winner lived in the United States but was vacationing in her homeland at the time. The pair's 5-year-old daughter survived but took a bullet in her leg. ... |
| Chicago church gives congregants $500 each to spend for good | | | By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Churchgoers grumble that they always get hit with pleas for money. But congregants at a Chicago church this month got a surprise - they each received a check for $500, with instructions to go out and do something good with it. "I was just in disbelief," said Valency Hastings, 42, when she got her check from the non-denominational LaSalle Street Church on the city's near north side. "The enormity of the responsibility of it has begun to sink in. ... |
| Australia counter-terror police kill man after two officers stabbed | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:59 PM | |
| | By Lincoln Feast SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police said they shot dead a man after he stabbed two counter-terrorism officers, just days after sweeping raids involving hundreds of police thwarted what they said was an imminent plot to behead a member of the public. Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its escalating action against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East. ... |
| Fired UPS worker kills two supervisors, self, in Alabama shooting | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:53 PM | |
|  By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) - A recently-fired UPS employee on Tuesday shot dead two supervisors at the company facility where he had worked in Birmingham, Alabama before turning the gun on himself, police said. The gunman, who was wearing a brown UPS uniform, had been terminated earlier this month and had learned a day earlier that he had lost his appeal to get his job back, police said, adding that his motive was not immediately clear. Police had earlier said that the man was fired yesterday. The shooting occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. ...
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| Colombia's Santos says using 'carrot and stick' to disarm FARC | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:49 PM | |
|  By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ending Colombia's 50-year war against Marxist rebels without a ceasefire will require carrots, sticks and social policy incentives, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday. In nearly two years of talks between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Cuba, three out of five points in the peace process have been agreed. Santos reiterated there would be no ceasefire until the final two points are settled in a comprehensive plan. ...
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| Britain close to joining U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:47 PM | |
|  By Andrew Osborn MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron may announce as early as this week that Britain is ready to join air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and that he plans to seek parliament's approval for such action, government sources said on Tuesday. Cameron is due to set out his position in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday night at which he will call on the world to unite to destroy Islamic State (IS)militants, whom he has warned are planning to attack Britain. The decision to strike in Iraq would be at Baghdad's request. ...
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| General Motors appoints its first cybersecurity chief | | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:14 PM | |
|  By Jim Finkle and Bernie Woodall BOSTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Tuesday named an engineer to serve as its first cybersecurity chief as the No. 1 U.S. automaker and its rivals come under increasing pressure to better secure their vehicles against hackers. The No. 1 U.S. automaker promoted manager Jeff Massimilla to the post as part of an eight-month review of its product design and engineering, said GM Vice President of Global Product Development Mark Reuss. ...
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