2017年9月6日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Terrorism


Obama speaks out as Trump moves to end DACA: 'This is about basic decency'

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:41 PM PDT

Obama speaks out as Trump moves to end DACA: 'This is about basic decency'Former President Barack Obama condemned the White House's move to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, on Tuesday.


Florida Governor Warns Irma Is 'Bigger, Faster And Stronger' Than Hurricane Andrew

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 07:31 AM PDT

Florida Governor Warns Irma Is 'Bigger, Faster And Stronger' Than Hurricane AndrewFlorida Gov. Rick Scott (R) is urging residents and tourists to take Hurricane Irma seriously, warning that the record-breaking storm is "bigger, faster and stronger" than Hurricane Andrew, which devastated the state 25 years ago.


These Photos Show Hurricane Irma's Destructive Path Across The Caribbean

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 09:47 AM PDT

These Photos Show Hurricane Irma's Destructive Path Across The CaribbeanAs Hurricane Irma sweeps over the Caribbean, images are starting to surface of the damage that has taken place on the shared island of Saint Martin and Sint Maarten.


Indian journalist gunned down outside her home

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:24 AM PDT

Indian journalist gunned down outside her homeBANGALORE, India (AP) — An Indian journalist was fatally shot outside her home the southern city of Bangalore, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting journalists or outspoken critics of religious superstition and extreme Hindu politics.


Wildfires burn out of control in Pacific Northwest

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 07:51 AM PDT

Wildfires burn out of control in Pacific NorthwestA 16-square-mile fire east of Portland, Oregon, forced hundreds of home evacuations. And embers from the fire drifted across the Columbia River — sparking blazes in neighboring Washington state. Here are pictures.


Houston Families Face Rent Demands On Flooded Properties

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:21 AM PDT

Houston Families Face Rent Demands On Flooded PropertiesSome families in the Houston area being asked to pay rent, with late fees, after Hurricane Harvey caused catastrophic flooding to hit southeast Texas and drove them from their homes, The Guardian reported.


Republican mayoral candidate in North Carolina says to vote for her because she’s white

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 11:20 AM PDT

Republican mayoral candidate in North Carolina says to vote for her because she's whiteA candidate for mayor in Charlotte, North Carolina has deactivated her Facebook account after listing being "white" as one of her qualifications to run the city. Kimberley Paige Barnette, the 53-year-old running for mayor, was quickly rebuked by the chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party, and was forced to apologise for the remarks. "VOTE FOR ME!" Ms Barnette wrote on her Facebook page, according to the Charlotte Observer.


Every fashion blogger is wearing this blouse from Target

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:34 PM PDT

Every fashion blogger is wearing this blouse from TargetWhile scrolling our Instagram feeds for the latest style inspiration, we couldn't help but notice the one shirt that has been spotted on top bloggers and influencers.


House Intelligence Committee Subpoenas FBI, DOJ

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 04:21 PM PDT

House Intelligence Committee Subpoenas FBI, DOJThe House Intelligence Committee is interested in the unverified dossier by Christopher Steele.


What You Shouldn't Say To Someone Who's Had A Miscarriage (And What To Say Instead)

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 02:05 PM PDT

What You Shouldn't Say To Someone Who's Had A Miscarriage (And What To Say Instead)A powerful campaign is shedding light on the good, bad and ugly things people say to individuals who've experienced miscarriage.


Putin: Russia reserves right to cut further U.S. diplomatic mission

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:48 PM PDT

Putin: Russia reserves right to cut further U.S. diplomatic missionRussia reserves the right to cut further the number of U.S. diplomatic staff in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, in response to what he called Washington's "boorish" treatment of Russia's diplomatic mission on U.S. soil.


Asian-American Activists Speak Out For DACA Recipients After Trump Ends Program

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:45 PM PDT

Asian-American Activists Speak Out For DACA Recipients After Trump Ends ProgramMoments after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Asian-American activists spoke up against the decision, in support of all Dreamers.


Hunter tries to shoot grizzly bear, bear knocks gun out of his hand and badly mauls him

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 05:32 AM PDT

Hunter tries to shoot grizzly bear, bear knocks gun out of his hand and badly mauls himA hunter was mauled by a grizzly bear after the animal swatted his pistol away as he tried to shoot it in the neck. Tom Sommer said he could "hear bones crunching" as the bear bit his thigh and slashed his head during the attack in the US state of Montana. The 57-year-old and his hunting partner used a type of pepper spray to defend themselves against the charging bear after disturbing it as it feeding on an elk during a hunting trip in the Beaverhead-Deelodge National Forest.


Where’s Rex?

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 02:24 PM PDT

Where's Rex?U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley steps in as America's de facto diplomat-in-chief.


Limbaugh Suggests Hurricane Irma is a Liberal Hoax

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:58 PM PDT

Limbaugh Suggests Hurricane Irma is a Liberal HoaxRush Limbaugh knows a hoax when he sees one.


Car Slams Into 3 People On Massachusetts Sidewalk (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 02:20 AM PDT

Car Slams Into 3 People On Massachusetts Sidewalk (GRAPHIC VIDEO)Three pedestrians in Waltham, Massachusetts, were taken to a hospital on Saturday when an SUV jumped a curb and slammed into them in a frightening scene caught on video.


Purr-Fect Ending: Stray Kitten Rescued After Shutting Down Traffic on Busy Highway

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:10 AM PDT

Purr-Fect Ending: Stray Kitten Rescued After Shutting Down Traffic on Busy HighwayThe police are now asking the public to help name her.


15 Must-Try Gravy Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Feast

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 01:56 PM PDT

15 Must-Try Gravy Recipes For Your Thanksgiving Feast


Mayor: St. Louis 'on edge' awaiting police shooting verdict

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:25 PM PDT

Mayor: St. Louis 'on edge' awaiting police shooting verdictST. LOUIS (AP) — The mayor of St. Louis says the city is "on edge" as it awaits a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, in part because of a troubled history of justice in St. Louis and nationwide.


Obama Speaks Out On Trump Ending Dreamer Protections

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:15 PM PDT

Obama Speaks Out On Trump Ending Dreamer ProtectionsWASHINGTON ― Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to dismantle the program protecting young undocumented immigrants was "contrary to our spirit, and to common sense."


Debt, sanctions and disrepair: Venezuela's oil sector in agony

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 09:38 AM PDT

Debt, sanctions and disrepair: Venezuela's oil sector in agonyAfter decades of being Venezuela's cash cow, the state oil company PDVSA is a ragged shadow of its former self: overburdened, underfed, and in hock to Russian and Chinese creditors. The woes of the group, whose full name is Petroleos de Venezuela S.A., look set to worsen because of US sanctions imposed last month restricting its access to credit. Oil production keeps declining and much of what is exported goes to repay billions of dollars in loans.


Hurricane Irma crashes into Donald Trump’s Caribbean estate on St Martin island

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 03:34 PM PDT

Hurricane Irma crashes into Donald Trump's Caribbean estate on St Martin islandHurricane Irma has crashed into Donald Trump's Caribbean estate and now appears to be heading toward his properties in Florida. The storm crashed against the island of St Martin where Mr Trump owns a waterfront estate. The winds reportedly wrecked buildings, uprooted trees and overturned cars in the region.


Trump Admin. Seeks U.N. Authorization to Use Military Force Against North Korean Smuggling Vessels

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 12:33 PM PDT

Trump Admin. Seeks U.N. Authorization to Use Military Force Against North Korean Smuggling VesselsThe controversial draft is likely to get pushback from Russia and China.


Heroic Women Sacrifice Own Car To Block Alleged DUI Driver On Highway

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 03:58 AM PDT

Heroic Women Sacrifice Own Car To Block Alleged DUI Driver On HighwayThree women in Florida sacrificed their own safety for that of others when they made an alleged DUI driver crash into the vehicle in which they were traveling.


Mom's Post About Son With Autism Shows The Impact Of 'Small Victories'

Posted: 06 Sep 2017 11:22 AM PDT

Mom's Post About Son With Autism Shows The Impact Of 'Small Victories'On August 30, Sara Farrell Baker wrote on Facebook about "one of the proudest moments" of her life. August, who has autism and sensory sensitivities, toured his school with his mother and visited one of the bathrooms he'd be using throughout the school year. Baker told her son that he had the option of using the hand dryer in the bathroom, although she knew they typically scare him.


California officers accused of 'sadistic and terrorizing acts' against prisoners

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 04:08 PM PDT

California officers accused of 'sadistic and terrorizing acts' against prisonersFour sheriff's deputies have been arrested amid allegations they committed 'terrorizing' acts against prisoners. Four California sheriff's deputies have been accused of "sadistic and terrorizing acts" against inmates, including encouraging prisoners to throw urine and feces at each other, laughing at an assault victim seeking help, strangling an inmate into unconsciousness and intimidating witnesses. The felony assault charges against four Alameda County deputies, accused of victimizing eight prisoners, have provided a window into the violent abuse and misconduct that prisoners' rights activists say is still commonplace in some jails across the country, including in progressive regions that have pledged reforms.


McCain, Whitehouse Make Bipartisan Appeal To SCOTUS Against Wisconsin Gerrymandering

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 03:14 PM PDT

McCain, Whitehouse Make Bipartisan Appeal To SCOTUS Against Wisconsin GerrymanderingSens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold a lower court's ruling that Wisconsin's electoral maps for the state legislature were unconstitutional.


13 Great Food Gifts For The Ultimate Host Or Hostess

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:45 PM PDT

13 Great Food Gifts For The Ultimate Host Or Hostess


Trump’s Upset Over Aide’s Expected Exit

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 10:05 AM PDT

Trump's Upset Over Aide's Expected ExitThe president is "crushed" by Keith Schiller's departure, and his longtime aide may be leaving because of new Chief of Staff John Kelly.


Venice Film Festival 2017: Best of beauty

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 11:47 AM PDT

Venice Film Festival 2017: Best of beautyStars from across the globe gathered this past weekend in Venice, Italy, for this year's esteemed film festival.


Israel evicts Arab family from Jerusalem home Jews claimed

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:54 PM PDT

Israel evicts Arab family from Jerusalem home Jews claimedIsraeli police evicted a Palestinian family from their home in east Jerusalem on Tuesday to make way for new Jewish tenants who claimed ownership.


This Is The First Thing You Should Do When You Feel Unhappy

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 04:58 AM PDT

This Is The First Thing You Should Do When You Feel UnhappyFor most of us, when we feel unhappy, we naturally want to push those thoughts away or move on to something positive.


Texas churches sue FEMA for disaster relief after Harvey

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 11:14 AM PDT

Texas churches sue FEMA for disaster relief after HarveyIn a complaint filed on Monday in federal court in Houston, the churches said they would like to apply for aid but it would be "futile" because FEMA's public assistance program "categorically" excludes their claims, violating their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.


Bless Cher And Her Instantly Iconic Clapback About DACA Repeal

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:39 PM PDT

Bless Cher And Her Instantly Iconic Clapback About DACA RepealIn this human cesspool that we all call the internet, there's only one place left that remains sacred: Cher's Twitter.


Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fight

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 05:53 PM PDT

Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fightCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that's helped fuel their own Republican party's rise to power.


Elon Musk Predicts The Cause Of World War III (And It's Not Donald Trump)

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 01:39 AM PDT

Elon Musk Predicts The Cause Of World War III (And It's Not Donald Trump)Elon Musk has a prediction about the cause of World War III, and it's not President Donald Trump and may not even involve humans at all.


Girl, 16, Is Suspected Mastermind In Home Invasion Murder of MMA Fighter: Cops

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 06:05 AM PDT

Girl, 16, Is Suspected Mastermind In Home Invasion Murder of MMA Fighter: CopsA Florida girl in 11th grade has been charged along with two 18-year-old men in the July 3 murder of Aaron Rajman.


Russia fires missiles near enclave besieged by IS

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 03:44 AM PDT

Russia fires missiles near enclave besieged by ISA Russian warship on Tuesday fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at the Islamic State group near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor where regime forces are battling the jihadists, Moscow said. The Russian defence ministry said the strike, which was carried out by the frigate "Admiral Essen," hit IS targets near the town of Al-Shula, which were controlled by fighters from Russia and other post-Soviet nations. "The launch of the Kalibr cruise missiles has ensured the continued success of the advance by Syrian government troops and helped thwart plans of IS militants to regroup and reinforce the positions of terrorists in the vicinity of the city of Deir Ezzor," the ministry said.


Airline That Destroyed Disabled Man’s Custom Wheelchair Apologizes

Posted: 05 Sep 2017 12:35 PM PDT

Airline That Destroyed Disabled Man's Custom Wheelchair ApologizesRyanair is now apologizing to a disabled man whose wheelchair was destroyed while traveling with the carrier.


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