2014年10月27日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Sheriff: School shooter invited victims to lunch

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 02:50 PM PDT

A sign bearing the Oct. 24, 2014 date of a shooting in the cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School is shown Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 as part of a growing memorial on a fence around the school in Marysville, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A popular student responsible for a shooting at a Washington state high school on Friday invited his victims to lunch by text message, then shot them at their table, investigators said Monday.


U.S. isolates soldiers after mission in West Africa

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:48 PM PDT

Liberian health workers don full protection outfits at an Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, on October 18, 2014The Army is isolating soldiers returning from an Ebola response mission despite no symptoms of infection.


Christie poilcy said to create 'police state'

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 05:52 AM PDT

New Jersey Governor Christie talks at a legal reform awards luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in WashingtonEbola survivor Dr. Rick Sacra calls out the New Jersey governor's Ebola protocols.


Police investigating death of Cardinals prospect Taveras

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 11:39 AM PDT

FILE - This May 31, 2014 file photo shows St. Louis Cardinals' Oscar Taveras smiling after the Cardinals' 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in St. Louis. Authorities say, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, Taveras has died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)By Manuel Jimenez SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny on Monday called the death of Oscar Taveras, a top prospect killed in a car accident, "a horrible loss of a life." Taveras, 22, was killed Sunday night along with Yamaly Arvelo, 18, while driving a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro on the tourist road Sosua-Puerto Plata on the north coast of Dominican Republic, police said. Dominican authorities on Monday were investigating the circumstances of the crash. ...


Seattle student reportedly brings Molotov cocktail to school

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 11:13 AM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle high school that shares a building with a children's museum in a popular tourist area was evacuated and a 16-year-old student arrested on Monday after he was discovered on campus with an explosive device, Seattle police said. Police responded to the Center School, a small public school in the same building as the Seattle Children's Museum, after receiving a tip that a student had a Molotov cocktail, police said in a statement. "The school was evacuated as a precaution," the statement said. ...

Latinos say cash goes missing in Arizona arrests

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 10:02 AM PDT

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe ArpaioPHOENIX (AP) — Armando Gutierrez was headed to Las Vegas with cash from his 2011 tax refund when he and his friends were pulled over by a sheriff's deputy.


Rob Ford to be replaced

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 12:26 PM PDT

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford looks on during his first appearance since being released from the hospital where he was undergoing cancer treatment at "Ford Fest", a party held by the Ford family where the public is invited, in TorontoBy Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto voters were set to replace their notorious mayor, Rob Ford, in Monday's election after Ford dropped out of the race in September after being diagnosed with cancer, but his elder brother still has a shot at the city's top job. Ford, who made global headlines last year when he admitted to using crack cocaine while in office, threw his support to his brother Doug Ford, a city councillor, who took his place on the mayoral ballot. ...


Florida A&M hazing scandal heads to court

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:32 PM PDT

The Florida A&M University band performs at half time Sunday, Sept. 1, 2013, in Orlando, Fla., during FAMU's season-opening football game against Mississippi Valley State, its first appearance in a football stadium in nearly 22 months after the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. All band performances were halted for FAMU's famed Marching 100 shortly after Robert Champion collapsed and died following a hazing ritual on a bus parked at an Orlando hotel in November 2011. (AP Photo/John Raoux)ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the trial of one of the four remaining former Florida A&M University's band members charged with felony hazing and manslaughter in the death of a drum major is set to move to a second day, while trials for three other remaining defendants have been postponed until April.


Controversy brews over Thomas Eric Duncan's death

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 09:25 AM PDT

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.Of nine people treated for Ebola in U.S., only one has died.


More girls abducted by Islamic extremists in Nigeria

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Boko Haram has used kidnapping as a tactic since the start of its insurgency in 2009 but Human Rights Watch said the authorities in Nigeria have done nothing to prevent it or bring those responsible to bookMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of girls and young women are being abducted by Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria, raising doubts about an announced cease-fire and the hoped-for release of 219 schoolgirls held captive since April.


Rap sheet, several aliases for suspect in Calif. deputy deaths

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 12:59 PM PDT

Law enforcement officers gather at the site where a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy was shot by an assailant who then carjacked two vehicles prompting a manhunt in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. The deputy was taken to a hospital but his condition is not immediately known.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SAN DIEGO (AP) — The man accused in a shooting rampage that left two sheriff's deputies dead and a motorist seriously wounded was living in the United States illegally. He had been convicted in Arizona for selling drugs and deported to Mexico twice.


Child at NYC hospital being tested for Ebola

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 06:37 AM PDT

5-year-old boy tested at Bellevue for possible symptoms of EbolaPatient was in W. Africa, developed fever Monday while under observation at Bellevue Hospital.


Police use unmanned balloon in hunt for trooper shooting suspect

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 07:38 AM PDT

Troopers Hope New Device Will Help Find Eric FreinCANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police say they're using a device similar to a weather balloon in their search for a suspect in the killing of a state trooper last month.


U.S., coalition led 11 air strikes on Islamic State

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 07:35 AM PDT

Smoke rises from damaged buildings in ZumarWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States led nearly a dozen air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq on Sunday and Monday, according to the U.S. military. U.S. forces conducted four strikes in Syria near the town of Kobani near the border with Turkey, hitting five vehicles and one occupied building used by the militant group, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Monday. In Iraq, the United States and other partner countries led seven air strikes, including three strikes near the Mosul Dam area that hit a small unit of Islamic State fighters, the statement said. ...


New Jersey to release nurse quarantined after W. Africa work

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Molten lava flow has some Hawaiians ready to flee homes

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT

This Oct. 26, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the lava flow front of from an eruption that began the June 27, as the front remains active and continues to advance towards the northeast threatening the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. Dozens of residents in this rural area of Hawaii were placed on alert as flowing lava continued to advance. Authorities on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 said lava had advanced about 250 yards since Saturday morning and was moving at the rate of about 10 to 15 yards an hour, consistent with its advancement in recent days. The flow front passed through a predominantly Buddhist cemetery, covering grave sites in the mostly rural region of Puna, and was roughly a half-mile from Pahoa Village Road, the main street of Pahoa. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey)Hawaii officials will make arrangements for those living in the path of a lava flow to watch the destruction of their homes.


27 feared dead in Iraq suicide bombing attack

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 01:10 PM PDT

Shi'ite fighters pose with a black flag belonging to the Islamic State, which they pulled down after capturing the town of Jurf al-Sakhar from the Islamic State militants, south of BaghdadBy Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 27 Shi'ite militiamen outside the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar on Monday after security forces pushed Islamic State militants out of the area over the weekend, army and police sources said. The attacker, driving a Humvee vehicle packed with explosives and likely stolen from defeated government troops, also wounded 60 Shi'ite Muslim militiamen, who had helped government forces retake the town just south of the capital. ...


GOP digital revamp sees mixed results two years after report

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 01:33 AM PDT

Bryan Munks, 19, of Arlington, Va., left, and Priscilla Houk, 17, of Fairfax, Va., make calls for the Romney campaign while wearing quick response code stickers, known as QR codes, in Fairfax, Va., on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. The presidential ground game has gone high tech, marrying old-school organizing work with innovative digital tools. The T-shirts that Romney campaign volunteers wear in Virginia feature a digital code that voters can zap with their smart phones to learn more about the Republican presidential hopeful, which gives Romney field organizers valuable information on how to reach them in the future. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)GOP operatives said the RNC's data-sharing agreement with Koch-backed groups is the party's biggest digital breakthrough since Mitt Romney lost in 2012. But Republicans still face major structural challenges in the digital arena that will take time – in some cases, years – to overcome.


As Canada pushes for anti-terror laws, some say more police needed

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:03 AM PDT

CSIS director Coulombe waits to testify with Canada's Public Safety Minister Blaney on Parliament Hill in OttawaBy Euan Rocha and David Ljunggren TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian police need more resources and not extra powers to deal with the threat posed by extremists after two deadly attacks, say legal and security experts, as the government pledged to deliver tough new anti-terror legislation. Canada's Conservative government said it will soon introduce a bill to enhance the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spy agency and is planning other legislation designed to allow police to preempt threats and crack down on hate speech. ...


Are Latinos ditching the Democrats? Don't believe the hype

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 01:49 AM PDT

153422618DP023_OBAMA_CAMPAIAs the 2014 midterm elections approach, some national political observers are maintaining that Latino voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party. There's only one problem with this sweeping conclusion — it's practically meaningless.


Boy in NYC being observed for Ebola

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:35 PM PDT

An exterior view of Bellevue Hospital in New York City5-year-old who arrived from Guinea being watched at Bellevue Hospital for possible symptoms, say media reports.


US governors, Army go own way on Ebola quarantines

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:30 PM PDT

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, left, listens as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie talks at a news conference, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 in New York. The governors announced a mandatory quarantine for people returning to the United States through airports in New York and New Jersey who are deemed "high risk." In the first application of the new set of standards, the states are quarantining a female healthcare worker returning from Africa who took care of Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended new restrictions for people at highest risk for coming down with the virus, and symptom monitoring for those at lower risk. But some state governors and even an Army commander have gone beyond that guidance.


Teen wounded in Wash. school shooting dies

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 10:53 PM PDT

A memorial grows Saturday Oct. 25, 2014 at the entrance to Marysville Pilchuck High School the day after a shooting in the school cafeteria left two dead and four wounded. The shooter was among the dead. A first year teacher was being hailed as a hero for intervening in the shooting, possibly stopping the gunman. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)A 14-year-old girl wounded when a fellow student opened fire in a cafeteria has died.


Cardinals slugger Oscar Taveras killed in auto crash in Dominican

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Washington state high school gunman invited victims to cafeteria: sheriff's office

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 02:46 PM PDT

Two girls hug at Shoultes Gospel Hall church where families are reuniting after an active shooter situation at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, WashingtonSEATTLE (Reuters) - The gunman in a Washington state high school shooting rampage had arranged for the victims to meet at the cafeteria at lunch, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said on Monday. "A witness confirms that the five victims were seated at the table when the shooter opened fire, striking the victims before turning the gun on himself," the sheriff's department said in a statement. (Reporting by Eric M. Johnson; Editing by Cynthia Johnston)


Detroit trial ends, judge to rule Nov. 7 on bankruptcy plan

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT

A vacant and blighted home, covered with red spray paint, sits alone in an east side neighborhood once full of homes in DetroitBy Lisa Lambert DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit on Monday wrapped up its historic bankruptcy case, which began with contentious opposition from creditors and ended with eleventh-hour deals enabling the city to shed $7 billion of its $18 billion of debt and obligations. In closing arguments, attorneys for the city and others worked to convince U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes that he should permit Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy before Thanksgiving. ...


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