2016年11月30日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Clown who charmed Aleppo's children killed

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 10:58 AM PST

Syrian social worker Anas al-Basha, 24, dressed as a clown in Aleppo. (Courtesy of Ahmad al-Khatib, via AP)Anas al-Basha dies in a presumed Russian or government missile strike in the war-ravaged city.


Adviser: Trump picking 'insiders' and 'disrupters'

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 08:28 AM PST

Anthony Scaramucci, a member of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team executive committee, leaves Trump Tower. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)Transition team member Anthony Scaramucci defends the president-elect's choice of finance bigwigs and D.C. veterans.


Activists deride Texas' fetal remains burial rule as unconstitutional

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 01:50 PM PST

Abortion rights advocates (Getty Images)Abortion rights advocates say the rules place an unconstitutional burden on a woman and could lead to unsafe options.


Questions surround Trump's Treasury pick

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 09:35 AM PST

Mnuchin has a nagging foreclosure problemSteve Mnuchin helped turn around a bank but in the process foreclosed on thousands of irate homeowners.


Trump Cabinet picks share a familiar trait

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 11:54 AM PST

Wilbur Ross, Steve Mnuchin, and Todd Ricketts. (AP; Getty Images)Despite pledging to "drain the swamp," the president-elect is surrounding himself with millionaires and billionaires.


Will Trump let his family run his empire?

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 10:52 AM PST

Surprise! Trump is listening to criticsIt seems the president-elect has decided to respond to criticism of his conflicting roles, writes Yahoo Finance's Rick Newman.


Strict gas mileage standards won't change

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 01:25 PM PST

EPA to keep strict gas mileage standards in placeThe EPA decides not to ease government fuel economy requirements for cars and light trucks despite automaker protests.


FBI suggests what motivated OSU attacker

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 11:16 AM PST

Ohio State attacker may have been inspired by overseas militants: FBI. (AP)Abdul Razak Ali Artan may have been inspired by the Islamic State and an al-Qaida-linked cleric, an official says.


Pilot reported 'no fuel' before Colombia crash

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 05:03 PM PST

Rescue workers recover a body from the wreckage site of an airplane crash, in La Union, a mountainous area near Medellin, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. The plane was carrying the Brazilian first division soccer club Chapecoense team that was on it's way for a Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombia's Atletico Nacional. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing.


Photos: Great Smoky Mountains wildfires

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 10:12 AM PST

Photos: Great Smoky Mountains wildfiresResident Mark Rowlett finds a high vantage point to survey the damage to structures and woodlands as smoke fills the air and surrounds businesses and resorts in the wake of a wildfire November 30, 2016 in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

Can Trump bring a divided nation together?

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 08:12 AM PST

Can a divided America come together under Trump? Historians weigh inHistorians and political scientists weigh in on how America is ever going to unwind the present atmosphere of dug-in political division.


Tens of thousands forced to flee Aleppo

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 11:10 AM PST

Syrian residents fleeing the eastern part of Aleppo gather in Masaken Hanano, a former rebel-held district which was retaken by the regime forces last week, on November 30, 2016A growing exodus of terrified civilians floods roads out of the beleaguered city as government forces close in.


'There aren't going to be trade wars'

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 07:49 AM PST

Wilbur Ross, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary. (AFP)Wilbur Ross, likely the next commerce secretary, says not to worry about rifts with trade partners.


Enlistment bonuses won’t have to be repaid

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 08:21 AM PST

Robert D'Andrea, a retired Army major and Iraq war veteran, holds a frame with a photo of his team on his first deployment to Iraq. (AP)The Pentagon had demanded the money back after audits revealed overpayments by the California National Guard.


House Dems re-elect Pelosi as leader

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 08:45 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2016, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi faces a challenge to her job as frustrated House Democrats meet to select a new slate of leaders. Pelosi is likely to be re-elected easily Nov. 30 despite disenchantment among the Democratic caucus she has led since 2002. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)The California lawmaker, who has been the party's House leader since 2002, turned back a challenge from Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan.


Castro's remains go on final Cuban tour

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 01:12 PM PST

The urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro is driven through the streets of Havana starting a four-day journey across Cuba, on November 30, 2016A jeep carried Fidel Castro's ashes along streets lined with flag-waving Cubans, starting a journey to his resting place.


No charges against officer who killed Keith Scott

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 04:58 PM PST

Keith Scott looks over to police with hands by his sides just before he was shot four times by Charlotte police in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 20, 2016. (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department/Handout via Reuters)North Carolina prosecutors say the officer who killed Keith Scott 'acted lawfully' after Scott brandished a gun.


Philip Morris foresees end of cigarettes

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 02:32 AM PST

Philip Morris may phase out cigarettes. (Reuters)The CEO of the world's largest international tobacco company envisions a dim future for burning tobacco.


Trump speaks out about OSU attacker

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 06:53 AM PST

Trump: OSU attacker "should not have been in this country." (AP)Abdul Razak Ali Artan "should not have been in this country," the president-elect tweeted.


Deadly storms sweep through the South

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 07:38 AM PST

Deadly storms sweep through the South. (AP)A possible tornado swept through an area in northeastern Alabama, killing three in a mobile home and injuring others.


Trump to step away from business empire

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 12:03 PM PST

Trump to step away from business empire. (AP)President-elect Trump has bowed to pressure to avoid potential conflicts of interest between governing and profiting in the private sector.


Trump rekindles old fight over citizenship

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 08:31 PM PST

Donald Trump (AP)The president-elect's casual mention of stripping Americans of their citizenship for flag burning reignites a century-old controversy.


Former foe Romney hails Trump after dinner

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 08:32 PM PST

President-elect Donald Trump at dinner with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in New York. (Reuters)Mitt Romney, a potential secretary of state, tries to reassure Trump loyalists who have voiced doubts about him.


Inauguration tickets will sell for up to $1M

Posted: 29 Nov 2016 05:35 PM PST

Donald Trump and Mike Pence (Getty Images)Yahoo News has obtained a copy of the package deals offered by the president-elect's inaugural committee.


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