Obama to press Congress for action on Islamic State
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Cars engulfed as rain sets record for Phoenix
PHOENIX
(AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Norbert pushed into the desert
Southwest and swamped Phoenix with record rainfall for a single day,
turning freeways into small lakes and sending rescuers scrambling to get
drivers out of inundated cars.Read More ...
Obama on Ray Rice video: A 'real man' doesn't hit a woman
Speaking
out against domestic violence in the wake of a video showing former
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in an
elevator, President Barack Obama said on Monday that "hitting a woman is
not something a real man does." “The President is the father of two
daughters. And like any American, he believes that domestic violence is
contemptible and unacceptable in a civilized society," White House
spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement. "Hitting a woman is not
something a real man does, and that’s true whether or not an act of
violence happens in the public eye, or, far too often, behind closed
doors," the White House statement added, saying that stopping domestic
violence "is something that’s bigger than football." The Ravens released
Rice on Monday after the video, published on the website TMZ, showed
him punching Janay Palmer, who is now his wife, and her falling face
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Torrential rains hit U.S. Southwest, two dead in Arizona
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Torrential rains drenched much of the U.S. Southwest on Monday, prompting flash-flood warnings across four states and taking the lives of two women washed away in separate incidents in Arizona. The Phoenix area was hit by a record downpour that closed sections of two major freeways, and the National Weather Service issued flash-flood warnings for parts of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. In Phoenix, a record-setting 3.29 inches of rain fell on Sky Harbor International Airport, beating the 2.91 inches seen in September 1939 for the city's most rainfall in a single day.
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Ravens cut Ray Rice after domestic violence video is released
All
the support the Baltimore Ravens gave Ray Rice this offseason as he
dealt with his domestic violence incident evaporated after TMZ released
video of the running back knocking out his wife. The team cut him on
Monday afternoon.Read More ...
Fourth Ebola patient to be flown to U.S. for care
An Atlanta hospital says a patient infected with Ebola will be brought from West Africa to its isolation unit for treatment.Read More ...
Kerry: New Iraq gov't is key to militants' defeat
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says Iraq has cleared a major
milestone in the fight against the Islamic State militant group by
forming a government that has pledged to ease sectarian tensions in the
country.Read More ...
Author: DNA reveals the real Jack the Ripper
Serial killer who terrorized London in the 1880s identified by DNA evidence left behind on shawl, new book says.Read More ...
Why NATO is worried about Scottish independence
British
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday a number of NATO partners
had used last week's summit of the alliance in Wales to raise concerns
about Scotland's Sept. 18 vote on independence. Asked by a lawmaker in
parliament if he had discussed the implication of potential Scottish
secession on both the defense of the United Kingdom and of NATO, Cameron
said: "Of course a number of people raised their concerns about the
referendum." "The overwhelming view of people who wish our country well
is to say of course it is a decision for the people in Scotland but they
hope we stay together," Cameron told parliament. Britain has four
submarines carrying Trident nuclear warheads operating out of the
Faslane naval base in Scotland. The pro-independence Scottish National
Party wants nuclear weapons removed from an independent Scotland at the
earliest opportunity.Read More ...
3 Italian nuns sexually assaulted, murdered in Burundi
By
Patrick Nduwimana BUJUMBURA (Reuters) - Three Italian nuns were found
killed, two of them raped and decapitated, over the weekend in the north
of Burundi's capital, officials and a priest in the African state said
on Monday. Father Mario Pulicini, who is responsible for the parish in a
northern suburb of Bujumbura, named two of the nuns as Lucia Pulici,
who was 75 and due to celebrate her birthday on Monday, and Olga
Raschietti, 82. The third nun, 79-year-old Bernadetta Boggian, was found
dead early on Monday morning, he told Reuters. Evidence showed that two
of the nuns had been raped before they were killed, police spokesman
Hermenegilde Harimenshi said.Read More ...
As Colombia pursues peace, paramilitary killers walk free from jail
When
Carlos Mario Ospina joined a rightwing paramilitary group in 1997,
Colombia's militias were just beginning to extend their writ in his
province. Mr. Ospina, known as "Tomate," rose quickly through the ranks,
and by 2004, he led paramilitary activity in Putumayo Province, in
southwestern Colombia. His demobilization – along with that of another
30,000 members of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) –
came after negotiations with the government of former President Alvaro
Uribe. Paramilitary leaders were originally promised they would do no
jail time, but this changed under a 2006 law that established a maximum
sentence of eight years, compared to 40 years, the normal upper limit.Read More ...
Rep. John Dingell, 88, hospitalized
(Reuters)
- Representative John Dingell of Michigan, the longest serving member
of the U.S. Dingell, a Democrat, is 88 years old and earlier this year
announced he would not run for re-election in November. His wife, Debbie
Dingell, in August won the Democratic Party primary election to run for
his seat. If she wins in November she would be the third in an unbroken
linen of Dingells in the seat, which began in 1933 when John Dingell
Sr. was first elected to Congress.Read More ...
Iraq violence takes toll on children
UN envoy says 700 children killed, maimed, even executed in Iraq since beginning of the year.Read More ...
12 dead in 1st jihadist attack in Somalia since al-Shabab leader killed
MOGADISHU,
Somalia (AP) — At least 12 civilians were killed Monday in a suicide
attack targeting African Union troops in Somalia's Lower Shabelle
region, the first serious assault by suspected Islamic extremists after
the killing of al-Shabab's top leader in a U.S. airstrike last week, the
police and a regional official said.Read More ...
Pakistan, India floods trap thousands, kill at least 320
NEW
DELHI (AP) — Rescue workers in boats and helicopters worked to save
thousands of people trapped in homes and on rooftops Monday after floods
and landslides killed more than 320 people in the Himalayan region of
Kashmir and eastern Pakistan.Read More ...
Brits in financial lather about possible Scotland independence vote next week
By
Guy Faulconbridge and Angus MacSwan LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) -
British financial markets tumbled on Monday after an opinion poll showed
for the first time this year that Scots may vote for independence in a
referendum next week, breaking up the United Kingdom. The survey
prompted concern bordering on panic among Britain's ruling elite, with
Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative-led government promising
proposals this week to grant Scotland greater autonomy if it stays.
Cameron's job would be on the line if Scots vote on Sept. 18 to secede,
less than eight months before a national election planned for May. His
spokesman said on Monday the government was not making contingency plans
for the possibility of Scottish independence. Sterling fell more than 1
percent - its biggest one-day drop in 13 months - to $1.6141,
long-dated government bonds tumbled and 3.5 billion pounds ($5.7
billion) was wiped off the market value of six London-listed companies
with large exposure to Scotland.Read More ...
Expecting a raise? Don't count on it
Employers also are outsourcing work more often, according to the Harvard survey.Read More ...
On front line of S. Africa's rhino genocide
Yahoo's Paula Froelich meets the man tasked with stopping poachers.Read More ...
White House orders review of security at embassies
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Obama administration is directing all U.S. diplomatic posts
overseas to review security and the State Department says it will give
additional help to embassies and consulates in need.Read More ...
Weather slows Yosemite wildfire that dozens fled
YOSEMITE
NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Cooler weather on Monday slowed the spread
of a wildfire that forced the helicopter evacuation of dozens of people
from the famous Half Dome rock in Yosemite National Park.Read More ...
Famous George Washington painting to get high-tech facelift
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Want to renounce your citizenship? It's going to cost—a lot
The
record numbers of Americans who have renounced their U.S. citizenship
since January 2009 did so at the bargain-basement cost of $450, a
subsidized fee that the State Department plans to increase sharply this
week as more and more people sever ties with the United States.Read More ...
Jihadists seeking to create 'house of blood'
New UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, lashed out at Islamic State's "caliphate" plans, terror actions.Read More ...
Unidentified respiratory virus likely to spread to kids throughout US
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Ceasefire in Ukraine said to be 'shaky,' but holding on
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gabriela Baczynska MARIUPOL/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko visited the eastern port of Mariupol on Monday and promised to deal a "crushing defeat" to pro-Russian rebels massed on the edge of town if they tried to advance in violation of a ceasefire agreement. "I have ordered (the military) to secure the defense of Mariupol with howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, tanks, anti-tank weapons and air cover," Poroshenko told a crowd of steel workers in the port on the Sea of Azov near the Russian border. It has also caused the sharpest confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The truce was largely holding on Monday, though each side accused the other of sporadic shelling, including in Mariupol, a city of about half a million, shortly after the president's arrival there.
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UK's Prince William, wife Kate expecting 2nd child
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