2014年6月11日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

NASA scrubs Mars 'flying saucer' test

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 03:35 PM PDT

In this undated image provided by NASA a saucer-shaped test vehicle holding equipment for landing large payloads on Mars is shown in the Missile Assembly Building at the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 weather permitting, a balloon carrying the saucer-shaped vehicle is set to launch from Hawaii. (AP Photo/NASA)Weather delays launch of craft into Earth's atmosphere to test landing technology.

Cantor loss touches off 'Game of Thrones' House GOP struggle

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT

U.S. House Majority Leader Cantor arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in WashingtonDefeated Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's announcement Wednesday that he will step down from his leadership post touched off what one GOP strategist dubbed a "Game of Thrones"-style struggle for the number two House job.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco on his 'mission'

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 07:17 PM PDT

Rapper Lupe Fiasco talks with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie CouricLupe Fiasco talks with Katie Couric about his new mission, music and what he's said about Pres. Obama.

Jihadists say Iraq-Syria border smashed

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:56 PM PDT

An image from jihadist Twitter account Al-Baraka news on June 11, 2014 allegedly shows ISIL militants as a bulldozer cuts a road through the Syrian-Iraqi borderOnline photos claim to show progress toward goal of creating cross-border Islamic state.

NTSB: Driver in Morgan crash had multi-state commute

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:39 PM PDT

Kevin Roper leaves a court appearance Wednesday, June 11, 2014, in New Brunswick, N.J. Roper, a Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia, was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in the wake of a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, June 7, 2014, that killed comedian James McNair and left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and two others critically injured. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Accident investigators are looking into what role the work commute of the driver charged in the accident that injured comedian Tracy Morgan played in the fatal crash on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Police say Oregon school shooter had assault rifle

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 03:37 PM PDT

Police ID victim of Oregon shooting as 14-year-oldA 15-year-old gunman at an Oregon high school had an assault rifle, handgun and several magazines of ammunition hidden in a guitar case and duffel bag when he rode a school bus to the campus, police said.

Police: Vegas gunman killed by officers, not wife

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:21 PM PDT

A combination photo shows Jerad Miller and Amanda Miller in undated handout photosContrary to initial reports, cop killer Jerad Miller was fatally shot by officers, police say.

FBI opens criminal probe into VA after scathing report

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 12:48 PM PDT

The Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix is seen Wednesday May 28, 2014. About 1,700 veterans in need of care were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" after being kept off the official waiting list at the Phoenix veterans hospital, the Veterans Affairs watchdog said Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALESWASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs after a scathing watchdog report that found sweeping problems in the medical system for military veterans, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday.

'No place else like this': The 74 school shootings since Newtown

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 06:40 AM PDT

Brandi Wilson, left, and her daughter, Trisha Wilson, 15, right, embrace Trish Hall, a mother waiting for her student, as students arrived at the Fred Meyer grocery store parking lot in Wood Village, Ore., after a shooting at Reynolds High School Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in nearby Troutdale. A gunman killed a student at the high school east of Portland Tuesday and the shooter is also dead, police said. (AP Photo/Troy Wayrynen)For Americans, the scene at Oregon's Reynolds High School was mind-numbingly familiar.

Head of Iraqi rebels is jihad's rising leader

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:23 AM PDT

Civilian children stand next to a burnt vehicle during clashes between Iraqi security forces and al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northern Iraq city of MosulMilitants have seized the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit. Who is their leader?

Hagel testifies in Bergdahl case

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:12 AM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel listens to opening statements before testifying about the Bergdahl prisoner exchange on Capitol Hill in WashingtonU.S-Taliban deal may have been "last, best" chance to rescue Bergdahl, Hagel said.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the Koch brothers

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 06:20 AM PDT

Koch BrothersTwo new books pull back the curtain on the Koch brothers and their political donor network.

Murray, Mikulski blazing trail for future female leaders

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Barbara Mikulski and Patty MurrayFrom their perches as chairs of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, Patty Murray and Barbara Mikulski have effectively — but quietly — put a moratorium on the successive fiscal crises that dominated Washington between 2011 and 2013. That makes Murray and Mikulski not just powerful women senators. That makes them powerful U.S. senators, period.

Washington caught totally off guard by Cantor loss

Posted: 10 Jun 2014 07:30 PM PDT

Congressman Eric Cantor, R-Va., stands beside his wife Diana, left, and delivers a concession speech at his election night party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Cantor lost the GOP primary to tea party candidate Dave Brat. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)The second-highest ranking Republican in the House goes down, and no one saw it coming.

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