Steven Sotloff's family breaks silence
Sotloff family: "Steve was no hero ... He was a mere man who tried to find good."Read More ...
5 killed in fighter jet crash in Libya
A
Libyan security official says a military jet has crashed in the
country's eastern city of Tobruk, killing the pilot and four other
people.Read More ...
Mass unemployment filing follows Atlantic City casino closures
The
closing of Atlantic City's Revel casino has caused a rush of people
signing up for unemployment benefits, with around 500 people lining up
at a temporary resource center Wednesday morning. Around 8,300 people
are losing jobs with three casinos closing in less than a month -
Showboat, a Caesars Entertainment Corp property, closed Sunday morning,
Revel closed early on Tuesday morning and Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino
is due to close on Sept. 16. "You have to take the ups with the downs,
and you have faith in God," said 49-year-old Irene Seda, who was waiting
to claim benefits after being laid off as a card dealer when Revel shut
its doors. Hundreds more are expected in the coming days at the center
in Atlantic City organized by Unite-HERE's Local 54 labor union with
state and local officials.Read More ...
Sotloff family mourns, challenges Islamic State leader to debate
By
David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of Steven Sotloff, the second
American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on
Wednesday he was "a gentle soul", and challenged the group's leader to a
debate on the peaceful teachings of the Muslim holy book, the Koran.
President Barack Obama vowed to "degrade and destroy" the group. Barak
Barfi, a friend of Sotloff who is serving as family spokesman, began a
prepared statement from the family in English, remembering the slain
journalist as a fan of American football who enjoyed junk food, the
television series "South Park" and talking to his father about golf. The
31-year-old Sotloff was "torn between two worlds," the statement said,
but "the Arab world pulled him." "He was no war junkie ... He merely
wanted to give voice to those who had none," Barfi said outside the
family's one-story home in a leafy Miami suburb.Read More ...
Thirteen people hurt in chemical explosion at Nevada museum
(Reuters) - Thirteen people were hurt, including several children, in a chemical explosion on Wednesday at a museum in Reno, Nevada, where presenters demonstrating a so-called smoke tornado caused the blast with a faulty mixture, officials said. Seven children and two adults with non-life threatening injuries were transported to a local hospital, and another four people were treated and released at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum in Reno where the explosion occurred, said Reno police spokesman Tim Broadway. The people who were hospitalized had suffered burn injuries, said Matthew Brown, a spokesman for the city of Reno. The museum is aimed mainly at children and offers interactive exhibits in geology, astronomy, history and other subjects.
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U.S. fast-food workers set for walkouts to demand wage hike
"We're going to have walkouts all over the country," said Kendall Fells, organizing director of the movement called Fight for 15. The protests come as cities across the United States propose minimum wage increases while Democrats in Congress seek to raise the federal minimum wage ahead of November's mid-term congressional elections. One in six restaurant workers, or 16.7 percent, lives below the official poverty line, compared to 6.3 percent of those working in other industries, the report said. Fast-food workers are even poorer, earning an average of less than $8 an hour, according to the Service Employees International Union, which supports the fast-food workers' protests.
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Bus gets stuck in sinkhole in suburban Phoenix
A
city bus got stuck in a sinkhole after a water main broke in suburban
Phoenix, forcing the passengers and driver to evacuate through the
windows.Read More ...
Britain’s Ashya King set for Czech Republic cancer treatment
British
boy Ashya King is due to receive treatment for his brain tumour in the
Czech Republic, his family said Wednesday, after getting the green light
from the British hospital responsible for his care. Police in Spain
released the parents of the five-year-old on Tuesday after they were
briefly detained for removing Ashya from Southampton General Hospital in
the UK without the consent of doctors. The incident sparked an
international manhunt for Brett and Naghemeh King, who were eventually
tracked down with the rest of their family to Malaga, Spain. Daniel King
said Wednesday that his brother would travel to the Proton Therapy
Centre (PTC) in Prague to receive specialist treatment unavailable in
Britain.Read More ...
Guatemala bishop's killer allegedly ran prison criminal empire
GUATEMALA
CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan army captain sentenced to 20 years for the
slaying of a Roman Catholic bishop was charged with money laundering and
organized crime for allegedly building a multimillion-dollar illicit
prison empire based on threats and corruption.Read More ...
Recline rancor: Passenger speaks out about airline seat dispute
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Al-Qaida announces India wing, renews loyalty to Taliban chief
Al
Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of
an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule
and "raise the flag of jihad" across the subcontinent. In a 55-minute
video posted online, Zawahri also renewed a longstanding vow of loyalty
to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in an apparent snub to the Islamic
State armed group challenging al Qaeda for leadership of transnational
Islamist militancy. Zawahri described the formation of "Al Qaeda in the
Indian Subcontinent" as a glad tidings for Muslims "in Burma,
Bangladesh, Assam, Gujurat, Ahmedabad, and Kashmir" and said the new
wing would rescue Muslims there from injustice and oppression.
Counter-terrorism experts say al Qaeda's aging leaders are struggling to
compete for recruits with Islamic State, which has galvanized young
followers around the world by carving out tracts of territory across the
Iraq-Syria border.Read More ...
Ebola: 2 Americans receive new vaccine
National Institutes of Health’s fast-tracked trial began this week amid growing outbreak.Read More ...
Juvenile jail escape latest for troubled Tenn. facility
The
juvenile detention center where more than 30 teens escaped under a
fence has a long history of violence, allegations of sexual abuse and
previous efforts to break out.Read More ...
Mysterious fake cellphone towers intercept calls throughout U.S.
Seventeen faux towers have been discovered so far, according to a recent report.Read More ...
Michael Brown never charged with serious felony: lawyer
The
18-year-old fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer didn't
face any juvenile charges at the time of his death and never was charged
with a serious felony such as murder, robbery or burglary, a juvenile
court system lawyer said Wednesday.Read More ...
Biden: We'll follow terrorists to 'gates of hell'
KITTERY,
Maine (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said America will
follow the terrorists who posted videos showing the beheading of two
journalists "to the gates of hell."Read More ...
N.Y. police to announce details of body camera pilot program
New
York City's police department is planning to release new details this
week about its pilot program for equipping officers with wearable video
cameras to record encounters with the public, the department's chief
spokesman said. A federal judge ordered the department last year to test
the technology in a handful of police precincts after ruling that
police had acted unconstitutionally by stopping and frisking black and
Latino New Yorkers in disproportionate numbers. Bill Bratton, the police
commissioner, is expected to announce a pilot program involving 50
police officers in five of the city's 76 police precincts, according to
NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis.Read More ...
U.S. gives $3.1M for Newtown recovery
Aid for counseling, other services follows fatal shooting of 20 students and 6 educators.Read More ...
Warren slams Cantor's new job
Yahoo’s Katie Couric talks with the senator about global crises, her thoughts on 2016.Read More ...
Hagel: Russia, China aim to close military tech gap with U.S.
Russia
and China are trying to close the technology gap with the U.S. Hagel
was speaking before a NATO summit expected to bring Russia's souring
relations with the West into sharp focus and the goals of NATO allies to
strengthen defense spending. Hagel said the Pentagon was renewing a
push to revamp how it works with the defense industry.Read More ...
3 in their 80s die in N.J. murder-suicide
Three
people in their 80s were found dead in two homes on a suburban street
in New Jersey after a man shot his wife, brother-in-law and himself,
authorities said.Read More ...
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