2015年8月12日星期三

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Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 04:25 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter speaks during the memorial service for Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, inside the Purcell Pavilion at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Carter Center officials said Sunday, May 10, 2015, that the former President has cut short an election observation visit in Guyana due to health reasons. The statement from the Center says the 90-year-old ex-president is returning to Atlanta. It did not disclose specifics, only saying Carter was The former U.S. president announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.

Obama urges Congress to restore Voting Rights Act

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U.S. judge questions NFL's 'Deflategate' case against Brady

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 03:06 PM PDT

Goodell arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New YorkA federal judge on Wednesday fired tough questions at a National Football League lawyer about whether New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady's four-game "Deflategate" suspension is supported by the evidence. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in New York, who is overseeing litigation between the league and the players union over the penalty, pressed lawyer Daniel Nash to cite direct evidence linking Brady to an alleged scheme to deflate footballs in a January playoff game. Nash acknowledged that there was no "smoking gun" but said there was plenty of circumstantial evidence - including a series of texts between Brady and the Patriots employees accused of letting air out of the balls - that Brady was aware of the deflation.

Riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri to remain in state of emergency: officials

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 10:38 AM PDT

Young men wait to see to see what happens during another night of demonstrating in FergusonThe St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, will remain under a state of emergency for at least another night, county officials said on Wednesday. The state of emergency, which gives county police oversight of security in the city of 21,000 people, was declared following a shooting incident at a protest Sunday night to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014. The decision came after two nights of relatively peaceful protests, with the St. Louis Country police reporting no arrests or reports of injuries during a small demonstration by several dozen people Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

Former President Carter says he has cancer

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Former U.S. president Carter speaks at the opening of a new exhibit, "Countdown to Zero, Defeating Disease" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York"I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare," Carter, 90, said in a statement. The Carter family has a history of pancreatic cancer, including his parents, two sisters and younger brother Billy Carter.

Uber driver accused of sexual assault on South Carolina passenger

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 04:42 PM PDT

Uber representative registers people on smartphone during kick off of citywide jobs tour in Queens borough of New YorkA driver for the popular taxi-hailing service Uber faces sexual assault charges after a passenger reported that he attacked her instead of driving her home from a bar, authorities said on Wednesday. Patrick Aiello, 39, a sixth-grade social studies teacher in North Charleston, South Carolina, was booked into jail on Monday on felony charges of kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct, according to Charleston County Jail records. The 23-year-old woman told police that she and a male friend had requested an Uber driver for a ride home from a beachfront bar in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, near Charleston, late Sunday evening, according to an arrest affidavit.

IS affiliate in Egypt releases image of slain Croat captive

Posted: 12 Aug 2015 02:49 PM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — A Croatian hostage abducted in Egypt by Islamic State militants has been beheaded, according to a gruesome image circulated Wednesday online — a killing that, if confirmed, would be the first of its kind involving a foreign captive in the country, undermining government efforts to project stability and buttress an economic turnaround.

Clinton relents, gives up possession of private email server

Posted: 11 Aug 2015 06:41 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with voters during a campaign stop at River Valley Community College Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Claremont,NH (AP Photo/Jim Cole)The former secretary of state directs her team to give the device to the Justice Department.

Trump says he'll release policy specifics soon

Posted: 11 Aug 2015 08:31 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets the media before addressing a GOP fundraising event, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Birch Run, Mich. Trump attended the Lincoln Day Dinner of the Genesee and Saginaw county Republican parties. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)BIRCH RUN, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump says his campaign is prepared to lay out specific policy plans. He's just not ready yet.

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