National News

• Mitt Romney says he will not make 2016 White House bid January 30, 2015
  The 2012 GOP nominee announced he won't make a third bid for the presidency.
• Jordan awaits proof hostage is alive after swap deadline January 30, 2015
  Families of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot remained in limbo.
• 'Suge' Knight arrested for murder0
  'Suge' Knight faces murder charges
• Is Mitt Romney running for president? January 30, 2015
  Romney will update supporters today about his plans for 2016.
• Obama calls for spending surge, buoyed by rising economy January 30, 2015
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring an end to "mindless austerity," President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the sweeping budget cuts both parties agreed to four years ago when deficits were spiraling out of control.
• Suge Knight arrested on murder charge January 30, 2015
  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Marion "Suge" Knight, the former rap music mogul with a long history of violent crimes, was arrested early Friday on suspicion of a hitting and killing a man with his car and then fleeing the crash near Los Angeles.
• Florida prosecutor drops domestic disturbance case against Zimmerman January 30, 2015
  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida prosecutor announced on Friday he will not pursue charges against former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman stemming from a domestic incident earlier this month after the alleged victim recanted. Zimmerman, who was acquitted in 2013 in a fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, has had several brushes […]
• U.S. proposes effort to analyze DNA from 1 million people January 30, 2015
  By Toni Clarke and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has proposed analyzing genetic information from more than 1 million American volunteers as part of a new initiative to understand human disease and develop medicines targeted to an individual's genetic make-up. At the heart of the initiative, to be announced on Friday by […]
• Secretary of State Kerry fined for not shoveling by Boston home January 30, 2015
  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was slapped with a $50 fine for failing to have a side street adjoining his Boston home shoveled following the blizzard that dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow on Massachusetts this week, a spokesman said on Friday. Kerry was in Saudi Arabia with President Barack Obama […]
• Keystone XL bill passes in Senate, faces Obama veto January 29, 2015
  The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Thursday to approve the long-pending Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite the White House saying earlier in the day that President Barack Obama would veto the measure. The Republican-led Senate passed the bill that would approve TransCanada Corp's project to carry 800,000 barrels per day of heavy Canadian crude […]