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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Bloomberg calls for stricter gun laws

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 08:53 AM PDT

New York City Mayor Bloomberg examines a confiscated gun during a 2012 news conference in New York on major firearms trafficking cases.Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on the rampage in California.

'Brady Brunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:47 PM PDT

Ann B. Davis Dead -- Alice From 'The Brady Bunch' Dies At Age 88 ... After Falling At HomeSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who played the housekeeper on "The Brady Bunch," has died at a San Antonio hospital. She was 88.

U.S. defends captive swap with Taliban, critics stir

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Accompanied by President Barack Obama, Jani Bergdahl, and Bob Bergdahl speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Saturday, May 31, 2014 about the release of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Bergdahl, 28, had been held prisoner by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. He was handed over to U.S. special forces by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees held by the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years a captive from the Afghanistan war, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism detainees in a swap stirring a sharp debate in Washington over whether the U.S. should have negotiated with the Taliban over a prisoner exchange.

EPA to seek to cut power plant carbon by one-third

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:41 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday will roll out a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history.

Philly Inquirer co-owner among 7 dead in jet crash

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:18 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a deal that many hoped would end months of infighting at the newspaper and help restore it to its former glory.

Official: Recovering fallen climbers too dangerous

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:42 PM PDT

This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Rescuers likely know the final resting place of six climbers who set out last week to attempt one of the most technical and physically grueling routes to the peak of Mount Rainier in Washington state.

States move to blunt Obama carbon plan

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 07:53 AM PDT

In this March 8, 2014 file photo steam from the Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the setting sun near St. Marys, Kan. As President Barack Obama prepares to announce tougher new air quality standards affecting coal-fired power plants, lawmakers in about a half-dozen state already have acted pre-emptively. Not to toughen their own standards, but to make it tougher to enforce the new federal ones. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As President Barack Obama prepares to announce tougher new air quality standards, lawmakers in several states already are trying to blunt the impact on aging coal-fired power plants that feed electricity to millions of consumers.

Suspect in Jewish museum killings went to Syria

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 03:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this hand out file photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Paris prosecutor's office said a man has been arrested Friday May 30, 2014 in the investigation of the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police, File)PARIS (AP) — A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria has been arrested over the shooting deaths of three people at a Belgian Jewish museum, prosecutors said Sunday, crystalizing fears that European radicals will parlay their experiences in Syria into terrorism back home.

Fabien Cousteau plans 31-day underwater mission

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 10:13 AM PDT

This 2012 photo provided by Mission 31, Fabien Cousteau sits inside Aquarius Reef Base in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Beginning Sunday, June 1, 2014, the filmmaker and Jacques Cousteau's grandson plans to spend 31 days living underwater at the lab, making a documentary and leading a five-person crew on science experiments. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mission 31)ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — Like viewers worldwide, Fabien Cousteau was entranced by his famous grandfather's films about marine life and human exploration underwater. Now he's adding to his family's sea stories with a 31-day underwater expedition in the Florida Keys.

NASA to test giant Mars parachute on Earth

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 08:36 AM PDT

This undated image provided by NASA shows a saucer-shaped test vehicle holding equipment for landing large payloads on Mars in the Missile Assembly Building at the U.S Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kekaha on the island of Kaua'i in Hawaii. The vehicle, part of the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator project, will test an inflatable decelerator and a parachute at high altitudes and speeds over the Pacific Missile Range scheduled for June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/NASA)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the red planet.

Justin Bieber apologizes for racial slur joke

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 19, 2013, file photo, singer Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris. Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word. In a statement Sunday, June 1, 2014, to The Associated Press, Bieber said when he was a kid he didn't realize how certain words could hurt. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber is apologizing after a years-old video surfaced showing the then-teenager telling a racist joke with the N-word.

Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner dead in plane crash

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 06:54 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 27, 2014, file photo businessman Lewis Katz arrives for a closed-door auction to buy the The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz is among the seven people killed in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, the newspaper's editor said Sunday, June 1, 2014. Katz was 72. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, his business partner said Sunday.

France: Suspect in Brussels' Jewish Museum shooting arrested

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 04:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this hand out file photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. The Paris prosecutor's office said a man has been arrested Friday May 30, 2014 in the investigation of the shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police, File)PARIS (AP) — A man has been arrested in southeast France in the investigation of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three people dead, the Paris prosecutor's office said Sunday.

Officials: 7 aboard NJ-bound plane die in crash

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 12:54 AM PDT

7 killed in Atlantic City-bound plane crashAll aboard a private plane that crashed on takeoff in a Massachusetts air field were killed, authorities said.

Chuck Hagel: Captive's life was in danger

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 02:26 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham, center, and Marine General Joseph Dunford, left, commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), during his arrival to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, POOL)The defense secretary cited Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health and safety as major reasons the U.S. moved swiftly to arrange a prisoner swap with the Taliban.

Thai protesters come out again despite junta's ban

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 05:17 AM PDT

Protesters wear masks during an anti-coup demonstration in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, June 1, 2014. Hundreds of demonstrators shouting "Freedom!" and "Democracy!" gathered Sunday near a major shopping mall in downtown Bangkok to denounce the country's May 22 coup despite a lockdown by soldiers of some of the city's major intersections. The words on a mask, left, means "Scary." (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)Thailand's army deployed thousands of troops to the streets of Bangkok and detained demonstrators, but there was no violence.

Official: 6 climbers likely died in mountain fall

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 11:27 AM PDT

This photo provided by the National Parks Service, shows the Liberty Ridge Area of Mount Rainier as viewed from the Carbon Glacier, Saturday, May 31, 2014, in Washington state. Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday. (AP Photo/National Park Service)SEATTLE (AP) — Six climbers on Mount Rainier likely fell thousands of feet to their deaths in what would be among the worst alpine accidents ever on the iconic Washington mountain.

U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners leave Gitmo

Posted: 01 Jun 2014 12:59 PM PDT

AMERICAN POW RELEASED BY TALIBANBy Warren Strobel and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal for five Taliban militants who were released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been held for nearly five years and his release, following years of on-off negotiations, suddenly became possible after harder-line factions of the Afghan Taliban shifted course and agreed to back it, U.S. officials said. "As I said and explained before, Sergeant Bergdahl was a prisoner of war.

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