2017年1月5日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


GOP Texas lawmakers champion ‘bathroom bill’

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 02:24 PM PST

Texas lawmakers (AP)Conservative Texas lawmakers are championing a new "bathroom bill" that makes it illegal for transgender people from using bathrooms they feel match their gender identities.


Obama calls Facebook Live attack 'despicable’

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 03:10 PM PST

President Obama (Reuters)The president denounces the gruesome attack on a mentally challenged teen, but doesn't believe racial tensions are getting worse.


Obama pens review on criminal justice challenges

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 05:14 AM PST

President Obama participates in his Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell ceremony. (Getty Images)The president returns to his roots at the Harvard Law Review, writing an article about progress his administration made in reforming the system.


U.S. spymaster: Evidence on Russian hacking has only gotten stronger

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 12:53 PM PST

U.S. spymaster says evidence on Russian hacking has only gotten strongerJames Clapper's strong comments could set up an extraordinary confrontation with President-elect Donald Trump.


Israeli police question Netanyahu again

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 01:49 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a cabinet meeting. (AP)The prime minister is interrogated by investigators a second time in a probe over allegations he improperly accepted gifts from supporters.


GOP to 'defund' Planned Parenthood, Ryan says

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 02:27 PM PST

House Speaker Paul Ryan waves a copy of insurance premium statistics. (AP)The House speaker discloses that Republicans would slash federal funds for the group as part of an effort to repeal Obamacare.


Dems demand probe of Trump health nominee

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 01:15 PM PST

Sen. Patty Murray, Sen. Charles Schumer, and Sen. Ron Wyden. (Zach Gibson/AP)Senate Democrats have requested an investigation of Tom Price's investments in health care companies while pushing legislation.


GOP congresswoman's Obamacare poll backfires

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 12:56 PM PST

This Republican congresswoman's Twitter poll on Obamacare didn't go very well for herRep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., takes to Twitter to ask followers if they think the health care law should be replaced.


Teens charged with hate crimes in attack

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 10:08 AM PST

Arrest of young black suspects in brutal Chicago attack sparks hate crime debateThree teens and one 24-year-old, all black, are charged over the assault of a white man with special needs in Chicago.


Obama on 'toughest day' as president

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 08:47 AM PST

Obama: Going to Newtown was the 'toughest day of my presidency'"The only time [he] ever saw secret service cry at an event" was when the president met with Sandy Hook victims' families.


Paul Ryan says Russia didn't help Trump win

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 10:24 AM PST

House Speaker Paul Ryan (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)The House speaker says Donald Trump "won fair and square" a day after calling WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a "sycophant for Russia."


150 Sears, Kmart stores closing across U.S.

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 01:31 PM PST

A Sears store. (Keith Beaty/Toronto Star/Getty Images)Sears will shut down 108 Kmart and 42 Sears locations by April, which represents about 10 percent of the company's store base.


'Multifaceted' Russian bid to disrupt election

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 09:32 AM PST

Intelligence chief: Russia's election interference went far beyond hacksU.S. intelligence chiefs testified before a Senate hearing on the vast scope of Moscow's hacking.


Top gadgets from Day 1 of CES

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 06:03 PM PST

Top gadgets from Day 1 of CES. (Samsung)Samsung rolled out its Family Hub 2.0 refrigerator, which has a touchscreen interface and voice-recognition technology.


Diana's letters shed light on young Harry

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 08:42 AM PST

Princess Diana and Prince Harry. (Julian Parker/UK Press/Getty Images)A letter sent by the late Princess Diana describes Prince Harry as being "constantly in trouble" while at boarding school.


Top U.S. spy: Russia meddled in 2016 election

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 03:14 PM PST

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (L) and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 5, 2017U.S. intelligence chiefs testified before a Senate hearing Thursday on the Russian hacks.


Mysterious radio waves traced to distant galaxy

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 10:44 AM PST

Radio telescope dishes in New Mexico. (MyLoupe/UIG/Getty Images)Fast radio bursts picked up in 2016 by a telescope in New Mexico likely came from a dwarf galaxy 3 billion light-years from Earth.


Coca-Cola sued over healthfulness of drinks

Posted: 04 Jan 2017 01:13 PM PST

Coca-Cola gets sued over healthfulness of its drinks. (Getty Images)The lawsuit alleges that Big Soda used industry-funded reports to shift blame for health troubles off its products.


Eating peanuts early prevents allergies

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 11:40 AM PST

Peanuts (Patrick Sison/AP)New guidelines say that most babies should start having peanut-containing foods well before their first birthday.


Memorable hiccups from U.S. inaugurations

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 07:16 AM PST

Bernie Sanders displays giant Trump tweet on Senate floorDuring Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration, his VP-elect "disgraced himself and the Senate by making a drunken foolish speech."


Trump calls Sen. Schumer 'head clown'

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 06:30 AM PST

Trump calls for unity on health care. (AP)The request for unification to dismantle the Affordable Care Act came after he called Sen. Schumer the "head clown."


Obama's flurry of last-minute moves questioned

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 02:00 AM PST

President Obama (AP)Of course he's still the president, but should he really be doing all these things on his way out the door?


Top U.S. spy: Russia meddled in 2016 election

Posted: 05 Jan 2017 02:21 PM PST

National Intelligence Director James Clapper (AP)U.S. intelligence chiefs testified before a Senate hearing Thursday on the Russian hacks.


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