2015年8月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Stocks slump; Dow ends down 588 after early 1,000-pt. slide

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 03:37 PM PDT

People watch trading boards at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Stocks tumbled across Asia on Monday as investors shaken by the sell-off last week on Wall Street unloaded shares in practically every sector. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)U.S. stocks slid again Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly plunging more than 1,000 points in a sell-off that sent a shiver of fear from Wall Street to Main Street.

Criminal justice reformers await holy ally: Pope Francis

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How a New Orleans church found salvation from Katrina in Texas

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The congregation of Smoking For Jesus Ministry is still together ten years after the storm.

Judge overhauls troubled Ferguson, Missouri, court

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 04:21 PM PDT

Police arrest a man as protesters gathered after a shooting incident in St. LouisMunicipal Court Judge Donald McCullin, appointed in June, ordered that all arrest warrants issued in the city before Dec. 31, 2014 be withdrawn. Defendants will receive new court dates along with options for disposing of their cases, such as payment plans or community service. The changes come five months after the U.S. Department of Justice strongly criticized city leaders in its report, saying the police force and court worked together to exploit people in order to raise revenue.

New England prep school rape defendant had list of targets: friend

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 04:20 PM PDT

A sign marks the entrance to St. Paul's School in ConcordFriends of a former student at an elite New Hampshire prep school who is on trial for allegedly raping a younger student described in court testimony on Monday a young man who had made a list of girls he wanted to have sex with before graduation. Prosecutors have said Owen Labrie, now 19, took a 15-year-old girl to the roof of a campus building before sexually assaulting her in a machine room at St. Paul's School in May 2014, shortly before graduation.

Colorado movie gunman is 'monster' destined for 'hell,' victim says

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 03:46 PM PDT

James Holmes and his defense attorney Daniel King sit in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in CentennialThe Colorado movie massacre gunman is destined for the "darkest, most painful part of hell," a sobbing victim testified on Monday at the start of a three-day hearing after which James Holmes will be formally sentenced to life with no parole. "I will never forgive the monster that sits in this courtroom, smiling and laughing with his defense attorneys when the jury and your honor are out of the room," said Anita Busch, whose second cousin Micalya Medek was among the dozen people Holmes killed. Holmes, clean-shaven and clad in red jail garb, showed no reaction as a procession of victims addressed the court.

How President Bernie Sanders would handle foreign policy

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Here is where the Democratic presidential candidates stands on a range of important foreign policy issues.

Americans, Briton who thwarted attack get France's top honor

Posted: 24 Aug 2015 11:04 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, as U.S. National Guardsman from Roseburg, Oregon, Alek Skarlatos, right, looks on at the Elysee Palace, Monday Aug.24, 2015 in Paris, France. Three Americans and a British man who took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium have received France's top honor.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)The four men were honored for subduing a heavily armed man on a train speeding towards Paris.

IndyCar driver Justin Wilson in coma after wreck at Pocono

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 07:36 PM PDT

A helicopter lifts off at Pocono Raceway carrying race car driver Justin Wilson, of England, after he was involved in a crash during the Pocono IndyCar 500 auto race Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, in Long Pond, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car Sunday in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.

Obama sheds summer curse, just in time for daunting fall

Posted: 23 Aug 2015 07:52 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The president may have finally shed his summer curse, just in time for a daunting fall. The summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. But the president returns to Washington with a full schedule and confrontations with Congress that will help determine whether his summer momentum is sustained or sputters. Atop the president's priority list is preventing Congress from blocking the Iran deal, which curbs Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts (AP) — President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall.

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