2016年9月9日星期五

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


VW engineer details emissions scheme

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:34 PM PDT

VW headquarters in Germany. (Getty Images)The employee's decision to discuss how the company cheated on U.S. emissions tests is a major break for investigators.


Chelsea Manning starts hunger strike to protest treatment

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:58 PM PDT

Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, then-Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, is escorted out of a courthouse. (Patrick Semansky/AP)The transgender soldier imprisoned for leaking classified information says she will only consume water and prescription medication.


U.S., Russia reach deal on Syria conflict

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 04:24 PM PDT

U.S., Russia seal Syria cease-fire, new military partnership. (AP)Secretary of State John Kerry says the agreement, if implemented, could be a "turning point" in the five-year war.


Why trial for 9/11 suspects is years away

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 01:59 PM PDT

Illustration of Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Ramzi Bin al-shibh, Walid bin Attash, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a courtroom at Guantánamo. (Janet Hamlin/AP)The five men accused of plotting the deaths of nearly 3,000 people were captured just two years after the terror attacks.


Ex-NYPD chief's biggest security fear

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:33 AM PDT

Ray Kelly on the Sept. 11 anniversary, his next chapter, and cybersecurity. (Yahoo News)Former New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly reflects on the 15th anniversary of 9/11 and the evolving terror threat.


California police officers face sex charges

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:04 PM PDT

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, left, speaks beside then-Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent. (Ben Margot/AP)Seven Bay Area officers are accused of crimes that include engaging in prostitution and unauthorized use of police databases.


Govt. seeks delay on tribe-opposed pipeline

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:49 PM PDT

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe confront bulldozers working on the Dakota Access Pipeline in an effort to make them stop near Cannon Ball, North Dakota on September 03, 2016After a judge denies the Standing Rock Sioux's attempt to halt construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, the U.S. government steps in.


'The toll continues to mount for us'

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 01:04 PM PDT

For 9/11 first responders, time will never heal all woundsSept. 11 first responders speak out about the physical and mental issues they continue to face.


How 9/11 influenced Trump's freewheeling White House bid

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:53 AM PDT

Donald Trump speaks outside the New York Stock Exchange a week after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. (Todd Maisel/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)The GOP nominee says there needs to be new immigration safeguards to prevent people like the 9/11 hijackers from entering the country.


Tribe's request to block oil pipeline denied

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 04:31 PM PDT

Federal government halts work on part of pipeline projectThe Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's attempt to halt construction of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline near their North Dakota reservation, a cause that has drawn thousands to join a protest, was denied ...


U.S. 'about to see a bunch of' Zika babies

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 11:44 AM PDT

Municipal workers fumigate a school as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Zika. (Reuters)The head of the CDC issues a dire warning as lawmakers wrangle over funding to fight the disease.


World reacts to 9/11 attacks: A look back

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 09:33 AM PDT

World reacts to 9/11 attacks: A look backA poster reading : "America, you will never walk alone" in front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, in memory of the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States. (AP Photo/Jan Bauer)

Trump charity's $100K donation draws scrutiny

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 08:13 AM PDT

Donald Trump and David Bossie at the Freedom Summit. (Rainier Ehrhardt/AP)A $100,000 gift to David Bossie's Citizens United Foundation was by far the largest from his tax-exempt charity in 2014.


$2 billion sought for Louisiana flood recovery

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 09:53 AM PDT

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards testifies in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets hearing on FEMA's response to the flooding in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)Gov. John Bel Edwards appeals to Congress to approve the aid package in the wake of his state's recent catastrophe.


'Napalm girl' protest against Facebook grows

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:48 PM PDT

Facebook allows postings of 'napalm girl' photo after debateNorway's prime minister joins criticism after a post of an iconic 1972 image of a naked girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam was deleted.


House passes Sept. 11 bill amid Obama veto threat

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:30 PM PDT

FILE - This June 16, 2016, file photo, shows an exterior view of the Capitol Building in Washington. The House is slated to vote Sept. 9 on a bipartisan bill that would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, setting the stage for a showdown with President Barack Obama on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the attacks. The Senate passed the bill in May by voice vote despite the strident objections from Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi nationals.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The legislation would allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.


Trump’s Larry King interview draws scrutiny

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:30 AM PDT

Trump's campaign says it didn't realize King interview was for Russian TV. (Charles Sykes/AP)The GOP nominee didn't know his appearance with the talk show host was for Russian TV, his campaign says.


Giant cruise liner's historic Arctic voyage

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 09:51 AM PDT

The Crystal Serenity's historic Arctic voyage. (AP)The Northwest Passage has long been choked off by ice, but climate change is allowing passengers to cruise through.


ISIS gas canister plot spearheaded by women

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 03:27 PM PDT

A French police officer patrols in front of Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Friday Sept. 9, 2016. A failed attack involving a car loaded with gas canisters near Notre Dame Cathedral was spearheaded a group of women that included a 19-year-old whose written pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group was found by police, a security official said Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)A failed Paris attack involving a car loaded with explosive gas canisters was led by a group of women that included a 19-year-old.


How Clinton's marking 9/11 anniversary

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 07:46 AM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)The former New York senator is slated to attend a memorial at Ground Zero before the annual moment of silence.


Facebook co-founder puts $20M against Trump

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 04:14 AM PDT

Facebook co-founder puts $20M against TrumpDustin Moskovitz says the GOP candidate is dangerous and quite possibly a "deliberate con."


Mattress company airs 'tasteless' 9/11 ad

Posted: 08 Sep 2016 03:34 PM PDT

Mattress Company Behind Disrespectful 9/11 Commercial Closes 'Indefinitely,' Owner SaysA Texas business sparks intense outrage for a commercial promoting its "Twin Tower sale."


Rivera 'filled with regret' for defending Ailes

Posted: 08 Sep 2016 08:35 PM PDT

Rivera "filled with regret" for defending Ailes. (Getty Images)Geraldo Rivera penned an apology for backing former Fox News's Roger Ailes against sexual harassment allegations.


The Last 100 Days: Critters named after Obama

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 05:00 AM PDT

Paragordius obamai was named after President Obama. (Photos: Ben Hanelt, Matthew G. Bolek, Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa via Wikispecies)The president's name is attached to a parasitic hair worm and a carnivorous lizard that went extinct 66 million years ago.


Bush aide’s notes show unfolding chaos of 9/11

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 02:00 AM PDT

Yahoo NewsGeorge W. Bush's former press secretary shares his previously unpublished account of the traumatic minutes and hours after the attacks.


Photos: How NYC has changed since 9/11

Posted:

Photos: How NYC has changed since 9/11The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building, Sept. 11, 2001. (Photo: Marty Lederhandler/AP)

N. Korea says it conducted 5th nuclear test

Posted: 09 Sep 2016 10:44 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. South Korean and international monitoring agencies reported Friday, Sept. 9, 2016 an earthquake near North Korea's northeastern nuclear test site, a strong indication that Pyongyang had detonated its fifth atomic test explosion. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)South Korea quickly condemned the detonation, saying it showed the "fanatic recklessness" of the Kim Jong Un government.


‘Seismic waves’ around N. Korean nuclear site

Posted: 08 Sep 2016 08:02 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Reuters)South Korean officials say Pyongyang may have detonated its fifth atomic device after monitors detect a 5.0-magnitude quake.


bnzv