2017年2月6日星期一

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Binge-eating black hole gobbling up star

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 03:22 PM PST

An artist's rendering of a star being devoured by a black hole. (NASA via AP)For more than a decade, an object 1.8 billion light years away and twice as heavy as our sun has been getting swallowed up.


N.C. in danger of losing NCAA events over law

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 03:11 PM PST

A North Carolina establishment opposed to the state's bathroom law. (Getty Images)The state is close to losing college championships worth more than $250 million because of its bathroom law, a sports official says.


Israel passes contentious settlement law

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 04:18 PM PST

The Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the outskirts of Jerusalem. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)The law is meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfully on private Palestinian land.


Why some tech giants didn't join ban brief

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 02:42 PM PST

Why some big tech giants didn't join a brief fighting Trump's immigration banNearly 100 companies filed an amicus brief opposing a refugee and immigrant travel ban, but not IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle.


Dems to protest all night ahead of DeVos vote

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 01:02 PM PST

Senate in round-the-clock session to confirm Trump CabinetDemocrats vow to hold the Senate floor around the clock because they don't want Betsy DeVos confirmed as education secretary.


ACA replacement may come long after repeal

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 01:18 PM PST

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan. (Getty Images)President Trump admits that a new health care plan might not be feasible until next year, slowing momentum to pull the plug on Obamacare.


Genetic breakthrough offers hope for the deaf

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 10:23 AM PST

A teacher works with a hard-of-hearing pupil. (Denis Kozhevnikov/TASS/Getty Images)Researchers have delivered gene therapy via a benign virus that enabled deaf mice to hear for the first time.


Why Trump's economic agenda is stalling

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 11:35 AM PST

Donald Trump (Getty Images)The president's plans for tax cuts and an Obamacare replacement are fading due to political infighting.


9 executive orders that changed history

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 11:00 AM PST

9 executive orders that changed history. (AP)President Trump has made extensive use of executive orders in his first two weeks at the White House.


Hot-button Super Bowl ads spark pushback

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 11:52 AM PST

Uber, Airbnb walk a tightrope in Trump eraThe risk for startup Airbnb's political statement was greater than established companies Anheuser-Busch and Coca-Cola.


Trump: Media not reporting terrorist attacks

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 12:09 PM PST

Trump claims media not reporting terrorist attacksIn his first speech to active troops since taking office, the president unleashes a trademark tirade against the press.


Surprising trend among big U.S. companies

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 05:15 AM PST

For the first time since the recession, America's biggest companies are getting smallerA dark shadow is hovering over the hiring environment; employment at large firms has slowed for the first time since the recession.


'Torture Memos' author: Trump has gone too far

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 09:49 AM PST

'Torture Memo' author thinks Trump goes too far. (Getty Images)John Yoo, the scholar who backed President George W. Bush's authority to torture terror suspects, says Trump is overstepping his authority.


Iran's missile test 'not a message' to Trump

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 03:57 AM PST

Iran president says Trump will cost the US, calls him a political novice"There is no need to test Mr Trump as we have heard his views on different issues in recent days," says Iran's foreign ministry spokesman.


Meteor lights up sky in several states

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 08:59 AM PST

This image from a dashcam video shows a meteor as it streaked over Lake Michigan. (Lisle (Ill.) Police Department via AP)Dashcam video from police cruisers in Wisconsin and Illinois captured the green fireball streaking through the sky around 1:30 a.m.


Top security officials file brief against ban

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 06:40 AM PST

President Trump holds up an executive order. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)Former Cabinet secretaries and national security officials filed a brief in federal court arguing against President Trump's travel ban.


Trump fumes over travel-ban polls

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 06:46 AM PST

Trump fumes over travel-ban polls. (Reuters)"Any negative polls are fake news," President Trump tweeted from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.


Sean Spicer advises 'SNL' to 'dial back'

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 06:19 AM PST

Sean Spicer reacts to Melissa McCarthy's scarily accurate SNL impressionAfter watching Melissa McCarthy's 'SNL' sketch, the White House press secretary has some advice for the actress.


Travel ban fight heads for Tuesday hearing

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 03:49 PM PST

Iranian-born bioengineer researcher Nima Enayati holds up his boarding pass at the Milan's Malpensa International airport in Busto Arsizio, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Just hours after an appeals court blocked an attempt to re-impose the travel ban, Iranian researcher Nima Enayati checked in on an Emirates Airline flight direct from Milan's Malpensa airport to New York's JFK on Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)A federal appeals court will hear oral arguments in the case around President Trump's immigration order.


Tech giants fight Trump travel ban

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 02:55 PM PST

Tech giants fight Trump travel ban. (Reuters)Dozens of tech firms, including Apple, Google, and Facebook, are siding with two states battling the president's executive order.


The Kremlin wants an apology from Fox News

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 09:25 AM PST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP)Russia voices outrage that Fox host Bill O'Reilly called Vladimir Putin "a killer" in an interview with President Trump.


Queen Elizabeth celebrates 65 years on throne

Posted: 06 Feb 2017 08:49 AM PST

Queen Elizabeth II (AP)The 90-year-old queen becomes the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee.


Brady leads greatest Super Bowl comeback

Posted: 05 Feb 2017 07:30 PM PST

Extra special: Patriots rally to win Super BowlThe New England Patriots storm back from a 25-point deficit to win their fifth Super Bowl with a stunning 34-28 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons.


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