2016年8月26日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Judge blocks N.C.'s transgender bathroom law

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 02:40 PM PDT

Judge blocks North Carolina's transgender bathroom law. (Getty Images)The ruling means two students and a UNC employee can use bathrooms matching their gender identity.


Honoring working dogs on National Dog Day

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Honoring working dogs on National Dog DayService dog "Titan" hangs out off the floor of the Quicken Loans Arena on first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18, 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Immigration hardliner's warning for Trump

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 09:00 PM PDT

Republican Rep. Steve King speaks in Des Moines. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)GOP Rep. Steve King says that if the candidate is changing his position, it could prompt supporters to stay home.


Maine governor to lawmaker: ‘I am after you’

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 09:27 AM PDT

Rep. Drew Gattine; Maine Gov. Paul Richard LePage (Yahoo News)Gov. Paul Richard LePage became angry after being called a racist by Rep. Drew Gattine.


Kaine channels Bill Clinton on 'Late Show'

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 10:18 AM PDT

Tim Kaine played the harmonica on the "Late Show." ("Late Show")Tim Kaine showed off his mean harmonica skills in a bluesy jam session with house band Jon Batiste and Stay Human.


Clinton, Trump trade bigotry accusations

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 08:16 AM PDT

Hillary Clinton in Reno, Nev. (Carolyn Kaster/AP); Donald Trump in Manchester, N.H. (Gerald Herbert/AP)Hillary Clinton has denounced Donald Trump as a race-baiting demagogue, and he's fighting back.


Zika screening at U.S. blood centers advised

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 12:41 PM PDT

FDA advises Zika screening at all U.S. blood centers. (AP)The new FDA advisory means all states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for the virus immediately.


Small town 'shocked' by nuns' slaying

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 10:26 AM PDT

"Sister Paula was an angel," says Joe Morgan Jr., of Lexington, Miss., Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, standing at a businesses adjacent to the Lexington Medical Clinic where he was a patient of Sister Paula Merrill, one of two nurse practitioners who were found slain Thursday in their Durant, Miss., home, a few miles away. Merrill and Sister Margaret Held, were known for their kindness and community involvement in the mostly rural Mississippi Delta towns. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)Sister Margaret Held and Sister Paula Merrill, reportedly found stabbed in their home, were nurse practitioners at a clinic in Durant, Miss.


Behind university's 'trigger warning' letter

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 06:47 AM PDT

Students walk through the main quadrangle at the University of Chicago. (Robert Kozloff/University of Chicago)The University of Chicago's dean says the firestorm over a letter to freshmen was somewhat the point.


French court rules to suspend burkini ban

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 06:21 AM PDT

French court makes initial ruling to suspend burkini ban. (AP)The Conseil d'Etat gave the ruling after a human rights group said the ban contravenes with civil liberties.


Obama race relations legacy seen as mixed

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 01:31 PM PDT

Obama's legacy on race relations is seen as mixed. (AP)As the presidential candidates attack each other over racial politics, black leaders say Obama's record looks mixed.


Dangerous humanitarian mission in Iraq

Posted: 26 Aug 2016 02:00 AM PDT

Clearing mines amid the rubble of war. (Yahoo News)A team made up mostly of Kurdish civilians is tasked with clearing explosive devices before displaced Iraqi residents can return to their homes.


Controversial rape case judge requests change

Posted: 25 Aug 2016 09:09 PM PDT

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky. (AP)Aaron Persky, criticized for a lenient sentence for a former Stanford swimmer, will no longer hear criminal matters.


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