2014年9月24日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Tsarnaev trial delayed, but not moved

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:52 PM PDT

This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.A two-month trial delay has been granted for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.


Man charged in disappearance of Va. student in custody

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:35 PM PDT

This undated photo provided by the Charlottesville, Va. Police Department shows Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. Authorities are again searching the apartment of Matthew, and they believe he is the last person seen with University of Virginia student Hannah Graham before she disappeared. Matthew is being sought on arrest warrants charging him with reckless driving, but authorities also say they want to talk to him about 18-year-old Graham, who has been missing since Sept. 13. (AP Photo/Charlottesville, Va. Police Department)Police say they have captured the man charged in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student.


New 'Bash' bug could be worse than 'Heartbleed'

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:02 PM PDT

A lock icon, signifying an encrypted Internet connection, is seen on an Internet Explorer browser in ParisBash is the software used to control the command prompt on many Linux computers.


GM compensation fund makes first offers to victims, gets more claims

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:51 PM PDT

The U.S. flag flies at the Burt GM auto dealer in DenverDETROIT (Reuters) - The fund to compensate for deaths or injuries linked to General Motors Co vehicles with faulty ignition switches this week made its first cash offers to about 15 people, the office of the lawyer overseeing the program said on Wednesday. The fund will pay at least $1 million for each death claim or more if they had dependants. GM has set aside $400 million to cover the compensation costs. The total number of claims filed by Wednesday was up to 850 from the 675 claims through last Friday, including 150 death claims, said an official with the office of lawyer Kenneth Feinberg. ...


U.S. to pay Navajo tribe $554 million in landmark settlement

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 05:00 PM PDT

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The Obama administration has agreed to pay the Navajo Nation a record $554 million to settle longstanding claims by America's largest Indian tribe that its funds and natural resources were mishandled for decades by the U.S. government. The accord, resolving claims that date back as far as 50 years and marking the biggest U.S. legal settlement with a single tribe, will be formally signed at a ceremony on Friday in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the sprawling Navajo reservation. ...

Two victims identified in shooting at UPS facility in Alabama

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:27 PM PDT

Police vehicles are seen outside a UPS service center following a deadly shooting in Birmingham, AlabamaBy Sherrel Wheeler Stewart BIRMINGHAM Ala. (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday released the names of the victims killed a day earlier in a murder-suicide at a UPS facility in Alabama, where police said an employee who had been fired shot dead two supervisors before turning the gun on himself. The victims in the Tuesday shooting in Birmingham were Doug Hutcheson, 33, and Brian Callans, 46, the Jefferson County Medical Examiner's Office said. ...


Cops: Saw Pa. fugitive, found soiled diapers

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:19 PM PDT

A Pennsylvania State Police trooper helps create a perimeter in the search area for Eric Frien near the intersection of Happy Hill Lane and Bear Town Road in Canadensis, Pa, on Tuesday, Sept 23, 2014. The manhunt for the survivalist accused of ambushing a state police barracks has narrowed to the rural area where he grew up and his parents still live, but Frein, the suspect, has managed to elude capture despite the efforts of hundreds of law enforcement officials. (AP Photo/The Times-Tribune, Jake Danna Stevens)WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDITPolice find empty cigarette packs, soiled diapers believed to have been left by ambush suspect Eric Frein.


U.S., allies launch new airstrikes in Syria

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:16 PM PDT

In this picture downloaded from the US Navy website and taken on September 23, 2013, an F/A-18F Super Hornet lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) after conducting strike missions against Islamic State (IS) group targetsPentagon: U.S., Arab aircraft have resumed bombing raids against IS jihadists in Syria.


13-year-old girl earns spot on middle school football team

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Paige Smith made the Gladewater Middle School football team two years after coaches told her it would be impossible.

U.N. Security Council passes resolution on foreign jihadists

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:15 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama chairs a UN Security Council summit meeting on foreign terrorist fighters in New York on September 24, 2014United Nations (United States) (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday led the UN Security Council in approving a resolution demanding that countries take action to stem the flow of foreign jihadists to Iraq and Syria.


No death penalty for dad in hot car death

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:25 PM PDT

Georgia Father Charged With Murder in Toddler's Hot Car DeathMan accused of leaving toddler son to die inside hot car won't face death penalty: report.


Red Cross team attacked in Guinea

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 12:34 PM PDT

A health worker, left, is seen on his way to collect a man suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. U.S. health officials Tuesday laid out worst-case and best-case scenarios for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, warning that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by mid-January — or peak well below that, if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up.(AP Photo/ Michael Duff)Incident occurred while group was collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola.


Tony Stewart cleared in race track death

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NASCAR's Stewart will not be charged by a grand jury in Kevin Ward Jr.'s death.


Clemson Univ. halts fraternity activities after student death

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Clemson University has suspended activities for its 24 fraternities following the death of a student and recent reports of inappropriate behavior, school officials said.


3 surrender in Philadelphia gay beating case

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:55 PM PDT

Philip Williams, right, accompanied by attorney Fortunato Perri Jr. walks to a police station Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in Philadelphia. Williams, Kevin Harrigan and Kathryn Knott are being charged with conspiracy, aggravated and simple assault, and reckless endangerment in the Sept. 11 beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The victims said a group hurled gay slurs, beat them when the 2 parties passed on the street.


Dutch to send fighter jets to strike at IS in Iraq

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:21 AM PDT

AIR FORCE GROUNDS AGING F-16 FIGHTER JETSThe Dutch government says it will send six F-16 fighter jets to strike at the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq.


Nigeria military claims Boko Haram leader dead

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 04:57 PM PDT

A screengrab taken on August 24, 2014 from a video released by Boko Haram shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group, Abubakar Shekau, delivering a speech at an undisclosed locationNigeria's military on Wednesday claimed for the first time that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was dead, saying troops had shot a lookalike who had been posing as the militant commander.


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