2014年12月12日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


3 hurt in Oregon school shooting

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 04:32 PM PST

Police: Two shot at Portland, Oregon high schoolTwo boys and one girl are taken to the hospital after what may be a gang-related incident.


Obama urges Senate to pass $1.1 trillion spending bill

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 04:47 PM PST

U.S. President Obama holds a meeting with senior aides to discuss the U.S. fight against the Ebola virus, at the White House in WashingtonIt's now up to the Senate to pass a huge $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running, but not before a battle between old school veterans and new breed freshmen such as tea partier Ted Cruz ...


Adrian Peterson's request to be reinstated is denied

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U.S. spending bill likely to pass Senate, may take a few days

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:20 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Reid speaks to reporters on upcoming budget battle in WashingtonBy Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate looked set to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill but it might need a few days to overcome procedural hurdles before voting on legislation that averts a government shutdown and ends jitters over major budget standoffs until next fall. ...


New York protesters to stage mass whistle-blowing at police stations

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 02:48 PM PST

By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest wave of protests in New York against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman began on Friday with a visual demonstration by artists in Times Square and a rally outside City Hall. As hundreds of tourists and shoppers watched, protesters held up stark, black signs with white lettering bearing the names of more than 100 people who organizers say were victims of police violence. The artists are members of a Brooklyn-based collective called We Will Not Be Silent. ...

Obama says NFL was 'winging it' in Rice domestic violence case

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:22 PM PST

US President Obama answers questions at news conference at White House after mid term electionsBy Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday the NFL appeared to be "winging it" in dealing with former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice's domestic violence case but praised the league for later putting in place a new policy to handle such incidents. The National Football League on Wednesday unveiled a tougher policy for disciplining players for off-field misconduct including violence against women in the wake of high-profile domestic violence cases involving Rice and 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player Adrian Peterson. ...


Videos capture chaos of monster California storm

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:33 AM PST

A Caltrans crew tries to clear a flooded stretch of Highway 101 in South San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)A atmospheric river came in off the Pacific Ocean and slammed the west coast with heavy rain, causing floods and mudslides.


FBI looking into teen's hanging death

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:46 PM PST

Teen's death brings up painful past in SouthBLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — The black teenager was found in a North Carolina trailer park, hanging from a swing set by a dog leash and a belt that was not his own. His mother said he showed no sign of suicidal thoughts, yet authorities quickly ruled that he had taken his own life.


Longtime Rep. Dingell hospitalized as 'precaution'

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 11:35 AM PST

FILE - In this May 7, 2014 file photo, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Dingell says the Michigan Democrat has been admitted to a hospital for observation and is resting comfortably. Spokesman Christopher Schuler did not say why the 88-year-old Dingell sought care. He said the lawmaker was admitted Friday morning to George Washington University Hospital in the nation's capital. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. John Dingell, Congress' longest serving member, was hospitalized for observation on Friday and was resting comfortably, his spokesman said.


Artist wins trademark battle against Chick-fil-A

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Artist wins trademark battle against Chick-fil-A

Union: Police not told boy's gun might be fake

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 04:00 PM PST

This undated photo provided by the family's attorney shows Tamir Rice. Rice, 12, was fatally shot by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a replica gun, triggering an investigation into his death and a legislator's call for such weapons to be brightly colored or bear special markings. (AP Photo/Courtesy Richardson & Kucharski Co., L.P.A.)CLEVELAND (AP) — A dispatcher didn't tell officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy last month that the gun might not be real or that the person might be a child, a Cleveland police union official said Friday.


Palestinian wounds five Israelis in suspected acid attack

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 06:27 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian man threw a chemical substance believed to be acid at an Israeli family in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring a man and four children, Israeli police and the military said. The assailant was shot and wounded immediately after the attack, which took place at a checkpoint south of Jerusalem. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the attacker had "poured an unknown substance suspected to be acid on a Jewish family." She said a civilian at the scene shot and wounded the assailant. ...

Award-winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia

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Award-winning Washington Post photographer dies of heart attack in Liberia

Oil sinks below $63 a barrel

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 01:35 PM PST

A customer uses a petrol nozzle to fill up his tank in a gas station at a supermarket in Truchtersheim near StrasbourgBy Barani Krishnan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil markets fell 3 percent or more to plumb new five-year lows on Friday after the world's energy watchdog forecast even lower prices on weaker demand and larger supplies next year. Benchmark Brent oil settled at below $62 a barrel and U.S. crude slumped to under $58 to extend Thursday's landmark fall below $60. Surging crude inventories in the United States and top oil exporter Saudi Arabia's reiteration that it will not cut production had roiled prices over the last two days despite data pointing to strong U.S. economic recovery. ...


Major storm sweeps through Southern California

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 04:46 PM PST

Ellie Mahoney, 15, of Geyserville, Calif., uses a kayak to make her way through a flooded parking lot Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, in Healdsburg, Calif. A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Californians got a lot of what they wanted and not too much of what they didn't from a major storm that finally blew out of the state Friday.


CIA chief challenges Senate torture report

Posted: 12 Dec 2014 12:30 AM PST

Central Intelligence Director (CIA) Director John Brennan gestures during a news conference at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Brennan is pushing back hard against the wave of criticism following a Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing harsh interrogation tactics employed by intelligence community people against terrorism war-era detainees. Brennan and several past CIA leaders fear the historical record may define them as torturers instead of patriots. The CIA is now in the uncomfortable position of defending itself publicly, given its basic mission to protect the country secretly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did "abhorrent" things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate. But he defends the overall post-9/11 interrogation program for stopping attacks and saving lives.


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