Strong earthquake rocks California
Napa
County firefighters spray foam on hot spots from a fire at a mobile
home park following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in
Napa, California. A 6.0 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area
shortly after 3:00 am on Sunday morning causing damage to buildings and
sending at least 70 people to a hospital with non-life threatening
injuries. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Read More ...
James Foley describes captivity in letter to family
ROCHESTER,
N.H. (AP) — The parents of slain American journalist James Foley have
released a letter they say their son wrote during his time in captivity.Read More ...
Dad of 18-year-old shot by officer asks for peace
ST.
LOUIS (AP) — The father of a black 18-year-old shot to death by a white
police officer in Ferguson pleaded Sunday for a "day of silence" as he
lays his son to rest Monday.Read More ...
Back in spotlight, Sharpton seizes the moment
Stepping
to the pulpit at Greater Grace Church — minutes from where a suburban
St. Louis police officer shot and killed an unarmed black 18-year-old —
the Rev. Al Sharpton wielded the fiery words that have marked his long,
often notorious career.Read More ...
Pediatricians' Rx for schools: Later start times
CHICAGO (AP) — Pediatricians have a new prescription for schools: later start times for teens.Read More ...
Bow down: Beyonce owns the MTV Video Music Awards
Bow down: Beyonce was the reigning queen of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.Read More ...
Four inmates killed -- two beheaded -- in Brazil jail riot
Brasília
(AFP) - Inmates rioting for better facilities in a Brazilian jail
killed four fellow prisoners, decapitating two of them, and took two
guards hostage, officials said. Negotiations to resolve the standoff
were to resume Monday, with 60 percent of the jail still under inmate
control overnight, said Elson Faxina a state judicial spokesman. There
were no numbers on how many inmates were involved in the uprising, but
local media said around 77 prisoners were transferred because they were
threatened by the rioters. "A group of prisoners rebelled during
breakfast and took two officers hostage.Read More ...
Miley Cyrus wins top prize at MTV Video Music Awards
Miley
Cyrus won the award for Video of the Year for her hit single "Wrecking
Ball," at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards outside Los Angeles. The
singer beat out Beyonce and her husband JayZ, nominated for "Drunk in
Love," as well as Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCV for "Fancy," and
Pharrell Williams for "Happy," and Sia for "Chandelier." Cyrus, who
sparked a furor at last year's MTV awards show with her controversial
"twerking" on stage, avoided scandal this year. Rapper Drake won Best
Hip-Hop Video for "Hold On (We're Going Home)," which had also been
contested by Canadian duo Majid Jordan.Read More ...
Winners of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Winners of the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, presented Sunday at the Forum in Inglewood, California:Read More ...
Hamilton powers Angels past A's
OAKLAND,
Calif. (AP) — Josh Hamilton is heating up at the right time, and Los
Angeles manager Mike Scioscia hopes he can keep going.Read More ...
American held in Syria freed after nearly 2 years
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The nation found something of a reprieve from the killing of an
American journalist with the release of another freelance reporter who
had been held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group
in Syria.Read More ...
CME Group resumes electronic trading after glitch delays open
(Reuters)
- CME Group delayed the start of trade on its electronic platform by
four hours on Monday due to technical problems, the latest glitch to hit
the world's largest futures market operator. The start of trade in all
contracts on the Globex Markets platform, apart from Bursa Malaysia
derivatives, was halted because of an unspecified technical glitch, the
top U.S. The delay marks another headache for CME, which shut electronic
trade for leading agricultural contracts on April 8 in the worst-ever
trading outage for those markets. CME Executive Chairman Terrence Duffy
has said that outage was triggered when sophisticated technology tripped
over a trading halt in a single market.Read More ...
Tennis - Djoker won't tag Federer as favourite for US Open
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World number one Novak Djokovic said he'd let others decide who's
favourite for the US Open after expectations soared that Roger Federer
could claim a record-extending 18th Grand Slam title at the age of 33.
The Wimbledon champion refused to enter the debate about the likeliest
winner before starting his campaign against 79th-ranked Diego
Schwartzman on Monday. I leave it to the people to really judge who is
the one, two, three or number four favorite," said Djokovic, who on
paper faces a tougher path than Federer with 2012 champion Andy Murray,
French dangerman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and big-serving American John Isner
in his quarter. Djokovic beat Federer in the Wimbledon final but the
Swiss underlined his strong form by warming up with a victory at this
month's Cincinnati Masters.Read More ...
Delay morning school start for teens: pediatricians
By
Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle and high schools
should delay their start times to at least 8:30 a.m. to benefit the
health and welfare of students, according to a new policy statement from
a large organization of U.S. “We want to engage in at least starting a
discussion in the community,” Dr. Judith Owens told Reuters Health.
“Hopefully as a result of that the importance of sleep health as a
priority will become more prominent.” Owens, a sleep medicine specialist
at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., led the AAP’s
Adolescent Sleep Working Group, Council on School Health and Committee
on Adolescence in writing the new policy. “I think that we definitely
acknowledge that changing school start times is a challenge for many
communities and that there are political, logistical and financial
considerations associated with that, but at the end of the day this is
something that communities can do to have a significant and definite
impact of the health of their population,” Owens said.Read More ...
New Zealand Rugby bans fireworks after mishap
New
Zealand rugby chiefs on Monday suspended all pre-match fireworks as
authorities investigate an accident before last weekend's All
Blacks-Wallabies Test that left three people injured. New Zealand fan
Cecilia Wang was hospitalised with a gash to her forehead and two men
suffered minor injuries when a giant fireball primed to go off after the
All Blacks finished the haka war dance exploded with more force than
anticipated, sending shrapnel into the crowd. I tried to hold her cut
but the blood wouldn't stop, it was like opening tap water, it kept
coming out," he told Fairfax New Zealand. New Zealand Rugby Union chief
executive has apologised to the injured fans and said there will be no
more fireworks until an official WorkSafe New Zealand investigation is
completed.Read More ...
Linkage: New Monomoy Regional High School; Sea Level Rise; More!
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New Monomoy Regional High School unveiled · 35 awesome photos of
Provincetown's Carnival parade · Post golf, Obama had dinner with Gov.
Patrick yesterday · Yikes! MVC maps chart sea level rise on the Vineyard
· Culling ACK...Read More ...
AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America
In
Mexico, race horses recovered from rigorous exercise by swimming in a
hydrotherapy pool at the capital city's Hippodrome of the Americas. At
the track, female apprentice jockeys trained on mock horses made of hay
bales as they try to break into the historically male-dominated sport
that hasn't seen a woman ride professionally since 2005.Read More ...
Girls from Brazil's favelas find escape in ballet
SAO
PAULO (AP) — Past the graffiti-covered overpass and subway tracks, in a
slum penned in by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela Aparecida fixes her
curly hair into a bun as she waits for a ride to her new favorite
activity: ballet. Peeling back the tarp over the doorway, the skinny
girl reaches out into the dirt alleyway to hug the church volunteer
arriving to take her to dance class.Read More ...
Slow-moving Cristobal dousing Bahamas with rain
SANTO
DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal doused the
Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands with heavy rainfall as it moved
slowly on a northern track in the Caribbean. One man died over the
weekend and two other people were reported missing when they were caught
up by swollen rivers on the island shared by the Dominican Republic and
Haiti.Read More ...
Pop's ladies lead MTV VMAs with raunchy moves and tears
By
Piya Sinha-Roy INGLEWOOD Calif. (Reuters) - With some twerking and
shaking, the leading ladies of pop music dominated the MTV Video Music
Awards on Sunday, while an emotional Miley Cyrus and a touching moment
between Beyonce and her family led the Moonman award wins of the night.
Beyonce picked up three other awards;Read More ...
Victim killed in head-on crash in Springfield identified
Police
have identified the person who was killed in a head-on crash that also
injured three other people in Springfield, Bucks County.Read More ...
Rap mogul Suge Knight hurt in nightclub shooting
Rap mogul Suge Knight and two others were wounded in a shooting at 1OAK nightclub in West Hollywood early Sunday.Read More ...
Japan PM visits slide site, as complaints swirl
TOKYO
(AP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Hiroshima on Monday as
rescuers expanded their search for dozens still missing from landslides
around the western Japanese city that killed at least 50 people.Read More ...
Actor-director Richard Attenborough dies at 90
Actor and Oscar-winning film director Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 90.Read More ...
Strong California earthquake causes injuries, damage
The
largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay Area in 25 years sent
scores of people to hospitals, ignited fires, damaged multiple historic
buildings and knocked out power to tens of thousands in California's
wine country on Sunday.Read More ...
Japan could offer unapproved Ebola drug under certain criteria: government
Japan
could offer an unapproved drug under certain circumstances to help
treat the deadly Ebola virus even before the World Health Organization
has decided to make a request for the drug, the country's top government
spokesman said on Monday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a
news conference that Japan would cooperate with the WHO and was ready
to make an international contribution. Food and Drug Administration to
submit an application to expand the use of favipiravir as a treatment
for Ebola.Read More ...
Taney Dragons welcomed home before national media tour
Philadelphia's
favorite little leaguers, the Taney Dragons arrived in town to a
homecoming celebration before heading to NYC for a media tour.Read More ...
American held in Syria freed
Secretary
of State John Kerry says Peter Theo Curtis was held by an
al-Qaida-linked militant group fighting the government of Syrian
President Bashar Assad.Read More ...
Foley family celebrates his life, prays for hostages
The
family of murdered US journalist James Foley prayed for the safety of
his fellow hostages as hundreds gathered for a mass to celebrate his
life as a witness on the front line. Foley was kidnapped in late 2012 in
northern Syria by the jihadist group that now dubs itself the Islamic
State and which this week released a video showing him being beheaded.Read More ...
Ryan says he's weighing possible White House run
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Paul Ryan was No. 2 on the Republicans' presidential ballot in
2012, and the Wisconsin congressman is thinking about whether he'll try
to move to the top of his party's ticket in 2016.Read More ...
Strong California quake causes injuries, damage
A
large earthquake caused significant damage in California's northern Bay
Area early Sunday, sending at least 70 people to a hospital, igniting
fires, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents
running out of their homes in the darkness.Read More ...
Iran says it downs Israeli drone near nuclear site
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Sunday its forces shot down an Israeli drone as it approached an Iranian nuclear site, recovering major parts of what it described as an advanced aircraft. Israeli officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
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White House aides to attend Michael Brown funeral
EDGARTOWN,
Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending three White House aides
to the funeral of Michael Brown, the young black man whose fatal
shooting by a white police officer sparked days of racial unrest in
Ferguson, Missouri.Read More ...
China executes 8 for 'terrorist' attacks in Xinjiang
China
has executed eight people for "terrorist" attacks in its restive far
western region of Xinjiang, including three who "masterminded" a
dramatic car crash in the capital's Tiananmen Square in 2013, state
media said. Xinjiang is the traditional home of Muslim Uighurs who speak
a Turkic language, and China has attributed attacks there to Islamist
separatists it says seek to establish an independent state called East
Turkestan. Exiled Uighur groups and human rights activists say the
government's own repressive policies in Xinjiang have provoked unrest,
an accusation Beijing denies. Three of the executed group "masterminded"
the October 2013 attack in the heart of the Chinese capital, official
news agency Xinhua said late on Saturday.Read More ...
Death toll from Hiroshima landslides reaches 50
The
death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rose to 50
with 38 others missing on Sunday as fresh rain stoked fears of more
disasters and hampered the round-the-clock search for survivors. Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe called off a planned inspection tour of the western
Japan city by helicopter on the day as his presence was feared to
further complicate the search and rescue mission as rain intensified,
media reports said. Meanwhile, two women were killed Sunday on the
remote island of Rebun, some 1,350-kilometres (840 miles) northeast of
Hiroshima, when a rain-triggered landslide crushed their home, local
officials said. The Hiroshima regional police headquarters updated the
death and missing figures Sunday morning after a 83-year-old man was
confirmed dead four days after unusual downpours caused landslides that
swallowed dozens of homes, many of them perched on hillside housing
areas.Read More ...
Palestinian president prepares new UN appeal
RAMALLAH,
West Bank (AP) — Aides to the Palestinian president said Sunday that he
will soon appeal to the international community to set a deadline for
Israel to end its occupation of lands captured in the 1967 Mideast war
and make way for an independent Palestinian state.Read More ...
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