2016年5月5日星期四

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Paul Ryan ‘just not ready’ to support Donald Trump

Posted: 05 May 2016 01:46 PM PDT

Paul Ryan 'just not ready' to support Donald TrumpHouse Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he is not ready to support presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In an appearance on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper," Ryan said he wants to support his party's nominee, but that he simply cannot do so just yet. "I hope to though, and I want to," Ryan said just after 4 p.m. ET.


White House says Hillary can handle classified briefings. Trump? Eh.

Posted: 05 May 2016 02:44 PM PDT

White House says Hillary can handle classified briefings. Trump? Eh.Since 1952, the parties' nominees for president have received classified national security briefings. The FBI may be investigating whether Hillary Clinton's private email server arrangement endangered top-secret materials, but the White House is confident she will properly handle any classified information she might get in CIA briefings arranged for the two parties' presidential nominees. Since 1952, the U.S. intelligence community has given classified briefings to the Democratic and Republican nominees.


Prince had painkiller Percocet in his system : reports

Posted: 05 May 2016 10:22 AM PDT

Prince performs during the halftime show of the NFL's Super Bowl XLI football game in MiamiPrince also had a dangerously low red blood cell count, indicating he had been ill, Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP-TV said, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials. A spokeswoman for the local medical examiner's office that conducted a post-mortem examination of Prince declined to confirm the reports. The cause of Prince's death remained undetermined.


Air strikes on Syria displaced camp kill 28 as Aleppo truce holds

Posted: 05 May 2016 04:00 PM PDT

Syrian men ride a motorbike past damaged buildings in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district in eastern Aleppo, on May 4, 2016Air strikes killed at least 28 civilians Thursday in a camp for the displaced in northern Syria near the Turkish border as a 48-hour ceasefire took hold in Aleppo. The truce came after fierce violence in and around Aleppo and was made possible as President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel forces gave in to mounting diplomatic pressure for a pause.


Ben Sasse: U.S. deserves better than Trump or Clinton

Posted: 05 May 2016 08:45 AM PDT

Ben Sasse: U.S. deserves better than Trump or ClintonBen Sasse speaks at the American Conservative Union 2016 annual conference in Maryland on March 3, 2016. In a lengthy open letter late Wednesday night, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., gave voice to the countless Americans who feel frustrated with their likely options for the next commander in chief. "If you are one of those rare souls who genuinely believe Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are honorable people — if they are the role models you want for your kids — then this letter is not for you," he wrote.


Hillary Clinton won’t call Donald Trump a bigot — but her campaign will

Posted: 05 May 2016 07:20 AM PDT

In a preview of what could be a six-month-long political tap dance, the Democratic frontrunner is choosing her words about the likely Republican nominee carefully. Her campaign, on the other hand, is not holding back.

One law firm, two sets of clients: Donald Trump, and the refugees he wants to deport

Posted: 05 May 2016 07:12 AM PDT

One law firm, two sets of clients: Donald Trump, and the refugees he wants to deportWhile Donald Trump publicly calls for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, his campaign has hired a law firm that's fighting against those deportations.


Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Flint boos: ‘I appreciate people being angry and frustrated’

Posted: 05 May 2016 09:23 AM PDT

A day after being nearly booed off the stage while introducing President Obama at a high school in Flint, Mich., Gov. Rick Snyder says he's not stepping down over his office's role in the water crisis there: "My view is, you don't walk away."

Four rescued six days after Kenya building collapse

Posted: 05 May 2016 09:48 AM PDT

A woman is carried on a stretcher by medical personnel after she was rescued alive on May 5, 2016 in NairobiNairobi (AFP) - Four people were pulled alive Thursday from the rubble of an apartment block that collapsed six days ago when heavy rains hit Nairobi, causing floods and landslides in the Kenyan capital.


Clinton has the map on her side, but history working against her

Posted: 05 May 2016 02:00 AM PDT

Clinton has the map on her side, but history working against herHillary Clinton makes a stop at the Lincoln Square pancake house in Indianapolis on May 1. If you want to experience the full-on contempt of the leftist intelligentsia right now, go on social media and suggest, as I did this week, that Donald Trump isn't certain to get crushed in November. The way a lot of partisan Democrats see it, Hillary Clinton — despite a loss to Bernie Sanders in Indiana Tuesday — will soon lock down her party's nomination, and the only way she finds herself even threatened by Trump is if the media decides to legitimize him so we all have something to talk about.


US bans sale of e-cigarettes to those under 18

Posted: 05 May 2016 03:51 PM PDT

Traditional cigarette smoking has declined in recent decades, but youths are increasingly turning to e-cigarettes, which are battery powered devices that heat a nicotine liquid -- and flavored cigarsThe United States Thursday issued a sweeping ban on sales of e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and hookahs to those under 18, marking the first time these products have been federally regulated. The ban will go into effect in 90 days, according to the US Food and Drug Administration, which issued the final rule after several years of study and debate. Until now, the marketplace for tobacco products outside of traditional cigarettes has been like "the wild, wild west," said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products.


Johnny Manziel appears in court on domestic violence charge

Posted: 05 May 2016 07:31 AM PDT

Johnny Manziel mug shotThe former NFL quarterback appears in court in connection with a domestic violence charge.


Alberta declares emergency as fires threaten Canada oil town

Posted: 04 May 2016 10:27 PM PDT

Alberta declares emergency as fires threaten Canada oil townAlberta declared a state of emergency Wednesday as crews frantically held back wind-whipped wildfires that have already torched 1,600 homes and other buildings in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing more than 80,000 residents to flee. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said fire had destroyed or damaged an estimated 1,600 structures. Flames are being kept from the downtown area thanks to the "herculean'" efforts of firefighters, said Scott Long of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency.


Kenya: Woman found alive after 6 days in collapsed building

Posted: 05 May 2016 03:05 AM PDT

Nurses at Kenyatta National Hospital attends to Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, the nearly 6-month-old girl who was rescued early Tuesday from the rubble of a building that collapsed last week, lies in a hospital bed at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, May 4, 2016. The girl was brought to the hospital after being found in the ruins of the seven-story building that collapsed Friday night but had no physical injuries and was being treated for dehydration, according to a hospital spokesman. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)A Kenyan official says a woman has been found alive after six days in a collapsed building and rescuers are working to free her. Pius Masai, the head of the National Disaster Management Unit, said Thursday ...


Questions arise about California doctor's response to Prince

Posted: 05 May 2016 03:26 PM PDT

Questions arise about California doctor's response to PrinceWas a California doctor acting legally when he sent his son to Prince's home with a drug often used to treat people addicted to opiates such as prescription painkillers? Dr. Howard Kornfeld may have been ...


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