Roundup of life support delay and separate crimes in three cities
In Oakland a judge orders 13 year old Jahi McMath kept on life support until January 7 amid a family fight over medical procedures. In Casa Grande Arizona a woman is jailed after stabbing her ex husband and allegedly poisoning her four children including a dead teen. In Philadelphia a bishop official’s clergy sex abuse conviction may be overturned and bail set at 250000 as appeals proceed.
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Oakland
Calif
Children’s Hospital
Jahi McMath
Alameda County Superior Court
Evelio Grillo
Jabi
Jahi
Nailah Winkfield
Phoenix
Arizona
Connie Villa
Casa Grande
Adam Villa
Amanuel Macias
Thomas Anderson
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William Lynn
Lynn
U.S
M. Teresa Sarmina
Thomas Bergstrom
Israel frees Palestinian prisoners in third stage of peace talks plan
Israel released 26 long serving Palestinian prisoners amid U S brokered talks to revive peace negotiations. Abbas welcomed the men in Ramallah while Netanyahu faced domestic anger as Israel moves to build more settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Mideast
West Bank
Gaza
Ramallah
Mahmoud Abbas
Old City
Netanyahu
Likud
Kerry
East Jerusalem
Volgograd Bombings Kill 31 Raise Olympics Security Concerns
Two attacks in Volgograd within days killed 31 people and wounded 104, prompting fears of a broader Islamist campaign ahead of the Sochi Winter Games. Officials insist the Olympics remain secure despite the strikes on the railway station and a city trolleybus.
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Volgograd
Russia
Moscow
Sochi
Kremlin
Caucasus
Vladimir Putin
Doku Umarov
North Caucasus
Matthew Clements
Jane’s
Medicaid expansion leaves 5 million without coverage nationwide
A Kaiser estimate shows about 4.8 to 5 million people remain in the coverage gap as states declined expansion. The gap concentrates in Texas and Pennsylvania residents like Cheryl Jones of Erie, underscoring lack of insurance for working poor.
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Harrisburg
America
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
Kaiser Family Foundation
Texas
Kaiser
Cheryl Jones
Erie
Washington, D.C
Jones
Joan Alker
Georgetown University
Center For Children and Families
Feds name six drone test sites across the United States
The FAA selected Alaska Nevada New York North Dakota Texas and Virginia as drone test sites to study safe commercial use. Lawmakers praised the plan as a boost to jobs with projected 70000 new roles and pilot salaries of 85000 to 115000 while the agency works toward final guidelines by 2015.
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Las Vegas
Alaska
Nevada
New York
North Dakota
Texas
Virginia
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S
Congress
Harry Reid
Charles Schumer
FAA
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Benjamin Netanyahu
Krasnodar
Stalingrad
Dmitry Trenin
Carnegie Endowment
Feds
Ben Gielow
Association For Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
Michael Huerta
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