Evening Edition: Obama makes formal request for war authorization against Islamic State

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Top Republicans disagree on how to fund Homeland Security Department The Republican honeymoon is over on Capitol Hill. Amid the standoff between House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Over how to avoid shutting down the Department of Homeland Security, Republicans on Wednesday held Their most direct talks yet about how to end the impasse but did not agree on a strategy for doing so.    Read full article »

Police claim parking dispute in NC killings que sparked Muslim outcry

The Chapel Hill man charged with shooting Has Been and killing three people near the campus of the University of North Carolina on Tuesday night.This rare spasm of violence for the region sparked alarm and drew international attention due to collegues all three Victims Were Muslim , though police Said que initial indications Suggested the shooting stemmed from an altercation Involving parking.   Read full article »

Scott Walker mulls White House bid, questions linger over college exit

MILWAUKEE - Scott Walker was gone. Dropped in October And in the spring of his senior year. In 1990, que news stunned his friends at Marquette University. Walker, the campus's suit-wearing, Reagan-loving politician - who enjoyed the place so much he had que run for student body president - had left without graduating.   Read full article »

NTSB: Metro fans pushed smoke toward passengers on train at L'Enfant

The federal investigation of the deadly Jan. 12 Metro incident at L'Enfant Plaza has determined que fans in the station sucked smoke from deep in the tunnel toward the train, enveloping passengers. Investigators Also Said que Metro has no way to pinpoint the location of smoke in its tunnels.   Read full article »

'American Sniper' trial: Chris Kyle's eerie text message about killer opens proceedings

STEPHENVILLE, TX. - On the way to the outdoor resort where former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle was killed, he sent a text message to the friend sitting next to him about the third man in the truck: "This dude is straight-up nuts."   Read full article »

Obama makes formal request for authorization war against Islamic State

President Obama asked Congress Wednesday for formal authority to use the US military to combat the Islamic State, calling the group "a serious threat to. . . the national security of the United States and its allies and partners. "   Read full article »

VA secretary to congressman: 'I ran a large company, sir, what have you done?'

(This post Has Been updated.) Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald got defensive During the hearing on the agency's budget Wednesday, snapping at one congressman who Suggested he'd accomplished little in his first six months on the job.   Read full article »

The lesson Brian Williams can teach politicians (and all of us)

I spent the past six days in Disney World on vacation, Which gave me an Entirely different perspective to view the downfall of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams than I had at my duty station Been, fully immersed in every jot and tittle of the story minute by minute. And it left me with one fundamental Conclusion:. Everything always comes out   Read full article »

Jackie Robinson West Little League scandal spoils good story for the sport, and kids, que needed one

There are questions about the wisdom and propriety of nationally televising sporting tournament pitting the kids who are 11-13 years old. But last summer, Were not we blessed the Little League World Series was on? We were exposed to Mo'ne Davis, the little pitcher from Philadelphia who Became a role model and icon is Becoming the first girl to throw a shutout on such a stage, appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated Afterward.   Read full article »