2015年9月5日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Clinton says family paid State Dept employee for email work

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:17 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has pictures taken with supporters as she leaves after being endorsed by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., during the kick-off event for New Hampshire Women for Hillary in Portsmouth, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that her family paid a State Department employee to maintain the private email server she used while secretary of state and compensated him "for a period of time" for his technical skills.


Rally to support defiant clerk jailed over marriage licenses

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 01:42 PM PDT

People gather in support of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis outside the Carter County Detention Center, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June, the vast majority of officials have abided by that ruling. However, Davis stopped issuing marriage licenses to any couple, gay or straight, in defiance of a federal court order, and was sent to jail on Thursday. (James Crisp/The Courier-Journal via AP)GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — They stood chanting outside the jail house, "Thank you, Kim; Thank you, Kim," and prayed that the defiant county clerk locked inside could hear them.


Candy and cuddly toys: Migrants finish epic trek to Germany

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 12:44 PM PDT

A woman holds her smiling baby in her arms as she arrives at the Hauptbahnhof station in Salzburg, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 on their way with other migrants from Hungary via Vienna to Germany. (AP Photo/ Kerstin Joensson)Thousands of exhausted, elated migrants reached their dream destinations of Germany and Austria on Saturday.


Hundreds gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in gay marriage dispute

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 11:33 AM PDT

David Jordan, a member of Chirst Fellowship in North Carolina, preaches in support of the prayer rally at the Carter County Detention Center for Rowan County clerk Kim Davis in GraysonUp to 500 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge's order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 49, who refused the licenses due to her Christian belief that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, said she was prepared to remain in jail where she has been reading a Bible since her incarceration for contempt on Thursday, her lawyers said. On Saturday, a white banner spray-painted with the black letters "Kim Davis POW" was placed near the entrance of the jail in Grayson, Kentucky, and a bagpipe and drum corps played "You're a Grand Old Flag" and marched to a field across from the jail.


Prosecutors seek to re-argue case that ended Connecticut death penalty

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 12:07 PM PDT

Connecticut prosecutors asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider its recent decision on a narrow vote to end the state's death penalty, a clerk for the state Supreme Court said. The ruling, on a 4-3 vote, added Connecticut to the growing list of states backing away from the death penalty, including Nebraska and Maryland most recently. Thirty-one states have the death penalty.

Judge upholds Arizona's 'show your papers' immigration law

Posted: 05 Sep 2015 02:34 PM PDT

The Arizona-Mexico border fence near NacoThe ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Friday was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law. The section being upheld allows police in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they stop. Bolton ruled that immigration rights activists failed to show that police would enforce the law differently for Hispanics than other people.


Patriots star Tom Brady breaks silence on deflate-gate

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