2016年12月18日星期日

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Senators call for full probe of Russian hacks

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 12:54 PM PST

Sen. John McCain (Molly Riley/AP)Leaders from both parties say a select committee is needed to properly investigate hacks of Democratic Party emails.


Trump aides on Russian hacks: Does it matter?

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 05:43 PM PST

Reince Priebus, the president-elect's chief of staff, at a Thank You Tour rally on Dec. 13 in West Allis, Wis. (Scott Olson/AFP)The suggestion that Donald Trump's victory would be forever tainted by the hacks "is a spin job," says incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus.


Trump voters are excited by his Cabinet picks

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 09:27 AM PST

Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump pray during a Dec. 17 rally in Mobile, Ala. (Brynn Anderson/AP)Despite some nominees' wealth, inexperience, and conflicts of interest, voters say they align with the promise to "drain the swamp."


Electoral College moves into the spotlight

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 09:07 AM PST

Electoral College elector Brian Fairbrother looks through mail he has received in Shelby Township, Mich. (AP)As the institution chooses the 45th president of the United States, its Republican electors justify its work.


Lynch still regrets Clinton tarmac meeting

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 11:32 AM PST

Loretta Lynch regrets "innocuous" meeting with Bill Clinton. (IBT)The attorney general met with ex-President Bill Clinton in June before the probe of his wife's email server was complete.


Massive 2013 oil spill still not cleaned up

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 01:52 PM PST

Massive 2013 oil spill in North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up. (AP)Less than a third of the 840,000 gallons that spilled in North Dakota has been recovered — or ever will be.


Trump aide says no 'one China' change coming

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 10:00 AM PST

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus.(AP)Reince Priebus addresses the president-elect's remarks that "I don't know why we have to be bound [by the policy]."


Corpus Christi, Texas, water ban lifted

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 12:48 PM PST

Corpus Christi, Texas, water ban lifted. (AP)The mayor says test results have shown that a chemical leak did not contaminate the city's water supply.


Ambush in Jordan rattles its reputation

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 03:02 PM PST

Jordanian police inspect the scene in Al-Qatranah where attackers first opened fire on the arriving policemen killing two and escaping to the nearest city of Al-Karak where they continued to the Crusader Castle. (Jordan Pix/Getty Images)A series of deadly attacks challenges the pro-Western kingdom's claim to be an oasis of calm in the Mideast.


Podesta: FBI never followed up on email hack

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 08:55 AM PST

Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta. (AP)The ex-Clinton staffer faults the FBI for devoting more attention to the private email server than to Russian hackers.


Trump tweet may prolong dispute over drone

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 07:21 AM PST

In this undated photo released by the U.S. Navy Visual News Service, the USNS Bowditch, a T-AGS 60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship, sails in open water. The USNS Bowditch, a civilian U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship, was recovering two drones on Thursday when a Chinese navy ship approached and sent out a small boat that took one of the drones, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. He said the Chinese navy ship acknowledged radio messages from the Bowditch, but did not respond to demands the craft be returned. (CHINFO, Navy Visual News via AP)The president-elect's remark could extend one of the most serious incidents between the U.S. and Chinese militaries in years.


U.S. says it will work with Duterte after outburst

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 11:13 AM PST

Rodrigo Duterte (Getty Images)The Philippine president threatened to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit his country.


Attack on buses halts Aleppo evacuations

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 03:18 PM PST

Smoke rises from a government bus in Idlib province, Syria. (SANA/AP)Hundreds of children "are now waiting in freezing temperatures, close to the front lines," a UNICEF official said.


U.N. watchdog: Iran is sticking to nuke deal

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 05:36 AM PST

International Atomic Energy Agency Director GeneraI Yukiya Amano, left, and Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Dec. 18. (Vahid Salemi/AP)So far, Tehran has shown it is committed to the agreement intended to curb nuclear fuel production, U.N. officials say.


Alarm over Philippine leader's painkiller use

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 12:40 AM PST

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Dec. 15. (Wallace Woon/AFP)Rodrigro Duterte's admission that he uses fentanyl, the addictive drug linked to the death of Prince, concerns lawmakers.


Police: Boy, 3, killed in road rage shooting

Posted: 18 Dec 2016 07:15 AM PST

A 3-year-old taken by his grandmother on a shopping trip in Little Rock, Ark., was killed in road rage incident, police say. (ABC News)Taken on a shopping trip by his grandmother, the boy dies after a driver fires into the woman's car for not "moving fast enough," police say.


3 reports of dirty water before ban in Texas

Posted: 17 Dec 2016 09:34 PM PST

The pipes where Corpus Christi's city-owned water main connects with an asphalt plant where a suspected chemical leak may have occurred. (Frank Bajak/AP)"Something white and sudsy" found in the water at an asphalt plant prompts Corpus Christi's ban on the use of public drinking water.


Probe of missing Mexican students released

Posted: 17 Dec 2016 01:20 PM PST

Relatives of the 43 missing students lead a protest. (Getty Images)A journalist discloses documents from an internal investigation that criticized the government's handling of the case.


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