Democrats' plan would benefit middle class, target rich: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressional leaders plan on Monday to unveil proposed legislation to boost the middle class by giving many families a tax cut that would be countered by a fee on financial transactions and reduced tax benefits for the top 1 percent of earners, the Washington Post…
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Israel PM defied France to join Paris march: reports
France asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stay away from a weekend solidarity march in Paris but he ignored the request and attended anyway, Israeli media reported on Monday. The same message was conveyed to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in a bid to avoid the commemoration of…
Meet the Grandpa Doing Life Without Parole—for Pot
Just past noon on Dec. 19, 1993, Jeff Mizanskey rolled his red Pontiac Firebird to a stop next to a long, low Mercury Cougar in the parking lot of a Super 8 motel in Sedalia, Missouri. Mizanskey, then a lean, mustachioed 39-year-old, hopped out and took a quick look at the back of the Cougar. Its…
Divers retrieve AirAsia 'black box', explosion theory questioned
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Charlotte Greenfield PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian navy divers retrieved the black box flight data recorder from the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet on Monday, a major step towards unraveling the cause of the crash that killed all 162 people on…
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Iran eclipses US as Iraq's ally in fight against militants
BAGHDAD (AP) — In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping the extremists' march on Baghdad.
Turkey confirms woman wanted over Paris attack crossed into Syria
Turkey on Monday confirmed that Hayat Boumeddiene, the wanted partner of one of the gunmen behind the terror attacks in France, travelled through Turkey last week on her way to Syria. "She entered Turkey on January 2 from Madrid. There are images of her at the airport," Turkish Foreign Minister…
'I am not Charlie:" cracks in the unity after Paris attacks
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - The world outpouring of sympathy after the deadly "Charlie Hebdo" attack has touched many in France but some either detect a note of hypocrisy or feel squeamish about supporting a satirical weekly that antagonized many. President Francois Hollande's government…
Did Indianapolis Colts just draw curtain on Peyton Manning's career?
At some point in the fourth quarter, waiting for the Denver Bronco rally that never came, the realization dawned about how perversely the tables have turned for Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.
Mind-blowing French video amazes many
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Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic
DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic. Asked on a religious website if it was permissible for fathers to build snowmen for their children after a snowstorm in the…
Sweden confirms second 'submarine' sighting
Sweden's military on Sunday confirmed a second sighting in October of what appeared to have been a submarine in waters near Stockholm city centre, not long after a search had been launched for a suspected Russian submarine off the coast. In November the Swedish military released images of tracks on…
AP Exclusive: Witness to Paris officer's death regrets video
PARIS (AP) — The man whose amateur video of a Paris police officer's cold-blooded murder shocked the world now regrets sharing the footage online, saying he never expected it to be broadcast so widely.
Pressure change likely caused AirAsia jet to explode before impact: government official
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - The AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago in Indonesia likely "experienced an explosion" before hitting the water due to a significant change in air pressure, a senior government official said on Monday. "My analysis is, based on the wreckage found and…
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I'm not going anywhere, fires indignant Messi
Four-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi shot back angrily Sunday at rumours that he could leave Barcelona after clashing with coach Luis Enrique and the club's board. The Argentine was in top form with a goal and two assists as the Catalan giants ended and unsettling week off the field…
56 people die after drinking poisoned beer in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Contaminated traditional beer has killed 56 people in Mozambique, health authorities in the southern African country said on Sunday.
Four men charged in gunfight that kills Kansas gun shop owner
(Reuters) - Four men who got into a gunfight that killed the owner of a Kansas gun shop will face first-degree murder charges, the Kansas City Star reported on Sunday, citing county records. The newspaper identified the four suspects as Nicquan K. Midgyett, 19; Hakeem W. Malik, 18; Londro E.…
No Pants Subway Ride
The No Pants Subway Ride began in 2002 in New York as a stunt and has taken place in cities around the world since then. Organizers call it “an international celebration of silliness” and are organizing it in dozens of cities on Sunday. (AP) Find more news-related pictures on our photo galleries…
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Nigeria's Horror in Paris's Shadow
As many as a million people, joined by 40 world leaders, filled the streets of Paris on Sunday in solidarity after two separate terrorist attacks claimed 17 innocent lives last week. The day before, more than 3,000 miles to the south, a girl believed to be around 10 approached the entrance to a…
Camel tramples two people to death in Texas
(Reuters) - A male camel in rut trampled two people to death at the Camel Kisses farm in north Texas, KFDX television station reported on Sunday. A man had entered a pen holding a male and two female camels at the farm near Wichita Falls on Saturday, KFDX said. The male then charged the man, named…
Wife of Charlie Hebdo attacker condemns deadly strikes: lawyer
The wife of Charlie Hebdo attacker Cherif Kouachi, held for 72 hours after the deadly assault, has condemned her husband's actions and expressed her feelings for the victims, her lawyer told AFP on Sunday. Speaking after she was released from custody on Saturday, Christian Saint-Palais said the…
