NYC protesters defy mayor's plea for hiatus
Protesters continue rallies against police violence despite the killing of two officers.Read More ...
Ex-President George H.W. Bush taken to hospital
The former president, 90, was hospitalized after experiencing shortness of breath.Read More ...
Tornadoes kill four people, cause major damage in Mississippi
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Emily Le Coz JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) - Tornadoes unleashed by
thunderstorms along the U.S. Gulf Coast ripped through southeastern
Mississippi on Tuesday, killing four people, injuring many and causing
extensive damage, authorities said. One of the heaviest-hit areas was a
commercial district along a U.S. Highway 98 bypass in the town of
Columbia in Marion County, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Hattiesburg,
state emergency management spokesman Greg Flynn told Reuters. ...Read More ...
Former President Bush, 90, hospitalized for shortness of breath
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'The Interview' heading to theaters after all
Sony has reportedly reversed course on pulling the film.Read More ...
U.S. to lift ban on blood donations from gay men
The
US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will move to ease a
lifetime ban on blood donations from homosexual men, allowing them to
give after a year of abstaining from sexual activity. The FDA said it
made the decision after reviewing scientific evidence in recent years
regarding its blood donor policy for homosexual males. "The agency will
take the necessary steps to recommend a change to the blood donor
deferral period for men who have sex with men from indefinite deferral
to one year since the last sexual contact," said a statement from FDA
Director Margaret Hamburg. A growing number of medical and legal experts
have argued that the existing restrictions are outdated, and that
sophisticated tests for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exist that
can make blood donation by gay men a much safer practice.Read More ...
Rep. Michael Grimm pleads guilty to tax evasion
A
US congressman pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion Tuesday, the latest
stain for a lawmaker dogged by controversy but who won re-election last
month despite indictment on criminal charges. Michael Grimm, a former
FBI agent who represents parts of New York's Staten Island and Brooklyn,
pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return that underreported
wages and sales in 2009. The House Republican, whose federal court trial
was due to begin February 2, faces up to 36 months in a federal prison.
The charge is linked to his conduct while owner of a Manhattan health
food restaurant before he became a member of the House of
Representatives in early 2011.Read More ...
Big news for Obamacare
Healthcare.gov's recent open enrollment period boasts big numbers.Read More ...
Canadian found guilty of murdering, dismembering Chinese student
By
Nelson Wyatt MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian man who killed and
dismembered a Chinese student in Montreal in 2012 was found guilty of
first-degree murder on Tuesday, with the jury delivering the verdict
after more than a week of deliberating the gruesome case. Luka Magnotta,
32, had admitted to killing and dismembering engineering student Jun
Lin, 33, but pleaded not guilty on grounds of mental illness. ...Read More ...
'The Interview' is back on
Sony has reportedly reversed course and the film will come out.
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Abbas says to cut ties with Israel if UN move fails
Palestinian
president Mahmud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his administration would
"no longer deal" with Israel if a United Nations Security Council
resolution calling for a final peace deal fails. The Palestinian draft
resolution sets a 12-month deadline for wrapping up negotiations on a
final peace settlement and the end of 2017 as the timeframe for
completing an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian territories. A final
peace deal would pave the way to the creation of a Palestinian state
with Jerusalem as a shared capital, according to the text. Speculation
has been mounting since the death in December of a Palestinian official
who was struck by an Israeli soldier that the Palestinian Authority
could suspend security coordination with Israel in the West Bank if the
resolution fails to pass.Read More ...
Economy grows at fast 5% annual rate
US economy grew at fast 5 pct. annual rate in Q3
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N. Korea's Internet back online after outage
The hours-long shutdown followed a U.S. vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures.Read More ...
Argentine Orangutan unfazed by right to freedom ruling
Sandra
the orangutan took her newfound fame in stride after an Argentine court
upheld her right to be freed from a zoo, munching a melon and putting
the rind on her head for the cameras. In a world first, a court ruled
that Sandra was entitled to some of the basic rights of a human being
and as such was being subjected to unjust confinement at the Buenos
Aires Zoo, where she has lived for the past 20 years. Zoo officials said
they were still scratching their heads at the court's decision. It's a
large space, there are specialists who take care of her diet, monitor
her health, and in general she lives in very good conditions," said
Adrian Sestelo, chief biologist at the zoo.Read More ...
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