Syria, Iran slam US strategy in fighting militants
Syrian and Iranian officials criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for excluding them from an international coalition coming together in the battle against the Islamic State group, while a state-run Syrian daily warned that unauthorized U.S. Syria's main Western-backed opposition group,…
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Here's What Congress Tweeted While Obama Was Asking for Their Support Against ISIS
Here's What Congress Tweeted While Obama Was Asking for Their Support Against ISIS As President Obama addressed the American people tonight on the administration's plans to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS, he repeatedly mentioned that he wants Congress's support for his plans. On Twitter,…
Jay Carney Spent His First Night on CNN Being Called a Liar by John McCain
Former White House Press Secretary and newly-minted CNN employee Jay Carney spent his first night on the network being put through the wringer by Sen. John McCain. During a segment that followed the President's primetime speech, the two continually talked over each other as McCain argued that…
'Loving' father now tied to his 5 kids' deaths
Their little bodies shrouded in plastic bags, the five children of Timothy Ray Jones Jr. had been dead for days by the time he led investigators to the spot where they had been dumped among dead trees and scrub brush. The children's journey to that isolated hilltop in central Alabama covered…
More protests in Ferguson over shooting (9 photos)
More protests in Ferguson over shootingMore than 100 demonstrators tried to block a U.S. highway and 35 people were arrested in clashes with authorities on Wednesday in a protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman in
Nicki Minaj: Natural look stems from confidence
Nicki Minaj, who has recently dropped her colorful and oddball style for a more natural and sophisticated look, says it's because she's more comfortable in her skin. Minaj's new look includes her natural black hair color versus the wild and bright wigs she's worn that helped establish her name in…
Asia arms up to counter growing Chinese might
Vietnam has nearly doubled its military spending, Japan is requesting its biggest-ever defense budget and the Philippines is rushing to piece together a viable navy. Several Asian nations are arming up, their wary eyes fixed squarely on one country: a resurgent China that's boldly asserting its…
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Pretoria (AFP) - "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius wept in the dock on Thursday as a judge began handing down her verdict on whether the star Paralympian was guilty of the Valentine's Day murder of his model girlfriend. Judge Thokozile Masipa moved swiftly into her assessment of the almost 40…
Colorado woman latest American to admit attempt to join Islamist militants
A 19-year-old Colorado woman became the latest American to admit to attempting to join a Middle East terrorist group, pleading guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to provide support to the Islamic State militants in Syria. The FBI first noticed Shannon Conley when she showed up last fall at a church…
E.coli kills two girls in U.S. Pacific Northwest, boy hospitalized
By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - Two young girls have died and a boy was hospitalized in critical condition in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday after becoming infected with E.coli in two separate incidents, health officials said. Investigations have been launched into the source and…
2 more NFL players face domestic violence issues
Carolina Panthers Pro Bowl defensive end Greg Hardy has been convicted on two counts of domestic violence and is still playing. Ray McDonald of the San Francisco 49ers also remains active while he is being investigated for abuse allegations. The Panthers and 49ers have not publicly discussed…
Texas executes man who killed ex-wife, her brother
A man convicted of gunning down his former common-law wife and her brother more than two decades ago in Houston was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening. Willie Trottie's execution was carried out about 90 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last-day appeals.
2 Indianapolis officers charged with bar beating
Two Indianapolis police officers who were off duty at a bar drinking shots with a pregnant bartender beat up a patron who began arguing with the woman, an affidavit released Wednesday said. John Serban and Michael Reiger face felony battery charges over the Aug. 7 incident, the Indianapolis…
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By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE Tenn. (Reuters) - The partial remains of missing Tennessee student Holly Bobo, a cousin of country music singer Whitney Duncan, have been found in Tennessee more than three years after she disappeared, officials said. A human skull was discovered on Sunday by two men…
Trump Golf Course Tells Obama No He Can’t
Several posh golf courses, including Trump National Golf Club, turned down President Obama’s request to tee off on their links over Labor Day weekend. Though the request was a day or two in advance, the Westchester courses, such as Winged Foot and Willow
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How to Check If You Were Exposed by Today's 5 Million Password LeakToday, almost five million email addresses and passwords were posted on Bitcoin Security, a Russian forum. The forum member who posted the various Gmail and Yandex accounts, "tvskit,"
9/11: Then and now (54 photos)
9/11: Then and nowYahoo News photographer Gordon Donovan returned this week to the scenes of many memorable images taken on Sept. 11, 2001, closely matching them with images from today. Since 2001, new obstacles have arisen, requiring some adjustments
Scientists: Strong solar storm heading to Earth
A strong solar flare is blasting its way to Earth, but the worst of its power looks like it will barely skim above the planet and not cause many problems. It has been several years since Earth has had a solar storm of this size coming from sunspots smack in the middle of the sun, said Tom Berger,…
New York trial opens for mother accused of killing autistic boy
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - Socialite Gigi Jordan murdered her autistic son to avoid dealing with his developmental disorder, prosecutors said at the start of her trial on Wednesday, but the defense said it was a mercy killing to protect the boy from being raped by his father. "She…
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Rare respiratory virus spreading to kids across country
A respiratory illness that has already sickened more than a thousand children in 12 states is likely to become a nationwide problem, doctors say.
