2015年8月4日星期二

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Debate field is set: Trump, Bush in; Santorum, Fiorina out

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 04:27 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Lindsey Graham, Ben Carson, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Rick Santorum speak among themselves after a forum Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)Fox News has named the Republican candidates who will take part in Thursday night's debate — the first of the 2016 White House campaign.


Family of woman found dead in Texas jail files wrongful death suit

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 07:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Bland family, Sandra Bland poses for a photo. Bland, a black 28-year-old from suburban Chicago, was found dead in jail on July 13, 2015. Texas authorities have said Bland hanged herself with a garbage bag, a finding that her family disputes. She was in custody after a traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal escalated into a physical confrontation with a white state trooper. (Courtesy of Bland family, File)The family of Sandra Bland filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against a Texas trooper, a sheriff's office and her jailers, accusing them of being responsible for the woman's apparent suicide in a county jail.


GOP forum in N.H.: More cattle call than debate

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Fourteen of the 17 Republican candidates show up, but they're hamstrung by the format.


Family of woman found dead in Texas jail files wrongful death suit

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 11:07 AM PDT

Still image of Texas state trooper Brian Encinia opening the driver's side door as he orders Sandra Bland out of her vehicle in Prairie ViewThe family of Sandra Bland filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against a Texas trooper, a sheriff's office and her jailers, accusing them of being responsible for the woman's apparent suicide in a county jail. The suit, filed in a federal court in Texas, said officials violated her constitutional rights. The family said it was seeking financial damages, but court papers did not specify an amount.


University of Cincinnati creates safety post after fatal shooting

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 11:00 AM PDT

Body cam video shows University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing standing near Dubose vehicle in CincinnatiRobin Engel, a criminal justice professor and researcher at the university, has been named to the post and her appointment will be effective immediately, it said. "I am fully committed to making any needed changes to our UC Police Department. University police officer Raymond Tensing was indicted in July on murder charges in the fatal shooting of unarmed black motorist Samuel DuBose.


Shots fired near Camp Shelby in Mississippi, no injuries

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 01:03 PM PDT

No one was injured in the shooting, which took place off the base while soldiers were training at the camp, said Lt. Col. Christian Patterson, director of public affairs at the Mississippi Military Department. Authorities were searching for two suspects in a red Ford pickup truck, both possibly white males but details remained uncertain, said Regina Hegwood, an officer with the Perry County Sheriff's Office. Soldiers at the camp, located 110 miles north of New Orleans, reported the shots to their commanding officers, who in turn told local authorities, Patterson said in a news release.

Special Report: State Department watered down human trafficking report

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 12:19 PM PDT

File photo of Obama shaking hands with Castro as they hold a bilateral meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Panama CityBy Jason Szep and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the weeks leading up to a critical annual U.S. report on human trafficking that publicly shames the world's worst offenders, human rights experts at the State Department concluded that trafficking conditions hadn't improved in Malaysia and Cuba. The State Department's senior political staff saw it differently — and they prevailed. A Reuters examination, based on interviews with more than a dozen sources in Washington and foreign capitals, shows that the government office set up to independently grade global efforts to fight human trafficking was repeatedly overruled by senior American diplomats and pressured into inflating assessments of 14 strategically important countries in this year's Trafficking in Persons report.


2 dead, 22 hurt in New Hampshire tent collapse

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 10:04 PM PDT

Officers surround the scene of a tent collapse in Lancaster, N.H., Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. Authorities say the circus tent collapsed when a severe storm raked the New Hampshire fairground. (Sebastian Fuentes via AP)A circus tent collapses as a severe storm rakes a northern New Hampshire fairground.


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