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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


State of play in the GOP: Trump rivals see reasons for hope

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 10:23 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, Republican presidential candidates, from left, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush chat during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. Donald Trump's rivals emerged from the second Republican debate newly confident that the brash billionaire will fade if the primary takes a more substantive turn and that they can play a role in taking him down without hurting their own White House ambitions. Yet in a race that has so far defied standard political logic, that may be little more than wishful thinking. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's rivals emerged from the second Republican debate newly confident that the brash billionaire will fade if the nomination fight takes a more substantive turn, and that they can play a role in taking him down without hurting their own White House ambitions.


Pope offers solidarity with Cuba, highlights Hispanics in U.S.

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 03:47 PM PDT

Pope Francis waves to reporters at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, as he boards his flight to La Habana, Cuba, where he will start a 10-day trip including the United States. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge forward their historic rapprochement. He will be offering a show of solidarity with Cubans and making clear that Hispanics in the United States are the bedrock of the American church.


Iran nuclear deal is done, but not the debate in Congress

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 08:39 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. European businesses are rushing to make deals with the Iranians and Congress is done reviewing the nuclear deal. Yet Tehran isn't going to see any of the billions from sanctions relief for months. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a done deal, yet opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement won't go quietly.


Gains made in fighting California wildfires but threat persists

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 11:45 AM PDT

Firefighters search for victims in the rubble of a home burnt by the Valley Fire in MiddletownFirefighters were gaining ground on two major wildfires in drought-stricken California on Saturday as the tally of destroyed homes rises and searchers look for more people reported missing, officials said. The so-called Valley Fire, which is just north of the wine-producing region of Napa Valley, has burned 74,500 acres (29,946 hectares), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), or more than double the size of the city of San Francisco. "The fire is not progressing any longer, which is good," Cal Fire Captain Lucas Spelman said on Saturday.


Baseball player in critical condition after New York drive-by shooting

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 09:18 AM PDT

By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former minor league baseball player who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics is in critical condition on Saturday after being wounded in a drive-by shooting early Friday morning in a New York suburb, police said. Michael Nolan of Yonkers, New York, was shot once in the head and twice in the body while he was standing with a group of people in a Burger King parking lot, said Yonkers Police spokesman Lieutenant Patrick McCormack.

Suspect charged in Arizona highway shootings, held on $1 million bond

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 04:38 PM PDT

Leslie Allen Merritt Jr of the Phoenix suburb of Glendale faces a range of charges that include four counts each of drive-by shooting, intentional acts of terrorism and aggravated assault involving a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument. Merritt was arrested on Friday evening as he entered a Wal-Mart store in Glendale with a woman and a 5-year-old child, said Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves. Authorities had been monitoring him for most of the day.

Tests on brains of former NFL players continue CTE trend

Posted: 18 Sep 2015 08:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009 file photo, Dr. Ann McKee, of Boston University School of Medicine, talks about damaged human brains during a news conference about chronic traumatic encephalopathy in Tampa, Fla. Researchers studying a degenerative disease in former athletes say 11 of 12 brains of deceased former NFL players tested over the past year showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, continuing a trend they've been tracking. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, told PBS: "People think that we're blowing this out of proportion, that this is a very rare disease and that we're sensationalizing it. My response is that, where I sit, this is a very real disease." (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Researchers studying a degenerative disease in former athletes say 11 of 12 brains of deceased former NFL players tested over the past year showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, continuing a trend they've been tracking.


Jeb Bush draws boos at conservative gathering in South Carolina

Posted: 18 Sep 2015 05:41 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov., Scott Walker speaks at a presidential forum sponsored by Heritage Action at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in Greenville, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)Setting aside personality clashes for a night, the Republican Party's 2016 contest shifted to substance as a slate of White House hopefuls vowed to steer the nation sharply to the right as they courted conservatives in battleground South Carolina.


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