2015年11月12日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Hillary Clinton’s story about Marines rejection scrutinized after retelling

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Racial divide over tech’s impact on politics

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A Yahoo poll finds a sharp split over whether technology has been a positive or negative force in politics.


Ben Carson reacts to 'kill baby Hitler' rhetoric

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Texas tries to stitch a safety net without Planned Parenthood

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 02:31 PM PST

Ashley Sandoval sorts pills at the pharmacy at Nuestra Clinica de Valle women's clinic in San Juan, TexasFour years after cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, the state of Texas says it has been able to rebuild its safety net, in what could be a model for Republicans in Congress who hope to defund the nation's largest family planning provider at the national level. Independent health experts dispute the claim, saying Texas still has a long way to go before it can provide the level of service it did when Planned Parenthood was an integral part of its family planning efforts. According to figures provided to Reuters by Texas health officials, the state's retooled family-planning programs reached 317,393 women in the 2014 fiscal year, nearly as many as the 320,044 the state served in fiscal 2010, before it cut off funding to Planned Parenthood.


Pentagon chief fires military assistant, cites misconduct allegations

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 04:47 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Carter speaks with service members aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in the South China SeaU.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct that Carter learned of this week. Carter has referred the matter to the inspector general of the Defense Department, he said in a brief statement on Thursday. After the inspector general's investigation is complete, the Army may take action, a senior defense official said.


Secret Service officer arrested in child sexting sting

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 03:52 PM PST

A U.S. Secret Service officer assigned to the White House was arrested this week after he sent naked pictures of himself to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to a criminal complaint. Lee Robert Moore, 37, of Church Hill, Maryland, turned himself in to Maryland State Police on Monday and faces charges including solicitation of a minor, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware. The complaint details a series of pornographic online chats starting in late August between Moore and a Delaware State Police detective posing as a 14-year-old girl.

U.S. weighs ‘genocide’ label for IS in Iraq — and more than a word may be at stake

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The extremely rare move is meant to ratchet up international pressure on the terror group.


Is Ben Carson an impostor?

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Should we really question Carson's integrity, given some of the doubts that now surround his personal story?

Senator wants a ‘more responsive’ veterans admin. Just don’t ask them for pot

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Amid offensive, Iraqi Kurds cut Islamic State supply line

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 02:27 PM PST

A Kurdish peshmerga fighter pauses during an operation to retake the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which the Islamic State overran last year in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the U.S. to launch airstrikes against the militants. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)SINJAR, Iraq (AP) — Supported by U.S.-led airstrikes, Kurdish Iraqi troops on Thursday seized part of a highway that is used as a vital supply line by the Islamic State group, a key initial step in a major offensive to retake the strategic town of Sinjar from the militants.


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