Snowstorm threatens to paralyze crowded Northeast
Tens of millions of people rushed to get home and settle in as a fearsome storm swirled in.Read More ...
Dems accuse GOP of breaking promises on Benghazi panel
Democrats
on the special House panel investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks have
accused Republicans of conducting the committee’s work without them and
withholding information that would undermine the credibility of the
panel itself, according to three letters obtained by Yahoo News.Read More ...
Companies try to capitalize on Northeast storm
Anticipation
of the storm has already spawned a few hashtags, as people turn to
social media for updates on what’s predicted to be one historic
blizzard. Unsurprisingly, it was only a matter of time before companies
seized on the storm hype, using #Snowmageddon2015 as as an advertising
tool.Read More ...
Blizzard shuts down New York City, much of U.S. Northeast
By
Jonathan Allen and Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A
life-threatening blizzard barreled into the U.S. Northeast, affecting up
to 20 percent of Americans by making workers and students housebound,
halting thousands of flights and prompting New York to ban cars from
roads and halt subway trains. The National Weather Service warned of a
"life-threatening blizzard" that could dump as much as 30 inches (76 cm)
of snow on parts of the region. It said winds could gust up to 55 mph
(80 kph) around New York City. "Please stay home," New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie told residents, ordering all but the most essential
government workers in his state home from Monday afternoon until
Wednesday at the earliest.Read More ...
Two officers shot, suspect killed in Minnesota city hall shooting
A man shot two police officers shortly after a swearing in ceremony at a city hall in a Minneapolis suburb on Monday night and then was fatally shot by other officers in a rapid exchange of fire, authorities said. The two police officers were in good condition and were expected to survive after the shooting at the city hall in New Hope, Minnesota, Chief Deputy Mike Carlson of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office told a news conference. Two new officers were sworn in shortly after 7 p.m. near the start of a regular city council meeting and were fired at just after they left the council chambers by an adult male, Carlson said. Council member John Elder, a spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department, can be heard saying, "Get down, get down, everybody get down.
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New York clinic that treated comic Joan Rivers sued over her death
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Live updates: Northeast braces for 'potentially historic' blizzard
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Lawyer: Boy Scout files depict 'sordid' history of abuse
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516 'Brotherhood elements' arrested on Egypt anniversary
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than 500 backers of Egypt's blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood were
arrested as clashes erupted on the anniversary of its 2011 uprising, a
minister said Monday, in the biggest police sweep for months. Twenty
people, mostly demonstrators, were killed Sunday when protesters clashed
with security forces after Islamists called for rallies against
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's government as Egypt marked the fourth
anniversary of the toppling of ex-strongman Hosni Mubarak. Supporters of
Mubarak's successor, Islamist Mohamed Morsi, have regularly clashed
with security forces since he was ousted by then army chief Sisi in July
2013.Read More ...
Rand Paul on Possible Mitt Romney Run: 'No, No, No, No'
'I’m with Ann Romney on this one,' the Kentucky senator said.Read More ...
Church of England consecrates first woman bishop
By
Phil Noble YORK, England (Reuters) - The Church of England consecrated
its first woman bishop on Monday, the culmination of years of efforts by
Church modernizers to overcome opposition from traditionalists - one of
whom briefly shouted a protest during the service. More than two
decades after the Church allowed women to become priests, 48-year-old
mother-of-two the Reverend Libby Lane became Bishop of Stockport in a
ceremony at York Minster, a Gothic cathedral in northern England. The
protest came as John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, asked the congregation
whether Lane should be consecrated as Bishop.Read More ...
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Last year tied with 2010 as warmest on record
By
Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Last year tied with 2010 as the hottest
on record, in a new sign of long-term global warming stoked by human
activities, according to British data on Monday that back up U.S.
findings of record-breaking heat in 2014. The worldwide data, compiled
by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia from records
stretching back to 1850, showed average surface temperatures last year
were 0.56 degree Celsius (1.0 Fahrenheit) above the long-term average of
1961-90. On Jan. 16, the U.S. space agency NASA and the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said last year was the
warmest on record, just ahead of 2010. Discrepancies occur because they
use different ways to determine temperatures in places with few
thermometers, such as the Arctic.Read More ...
Drone crashes at White House; hobbyist says it's his
WASHINGTON
(AP) — A two-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on
the White House grounds Monday in an extraordinary, if unintended,
breach that raised fresh questions about the president's security — and a
growing threat from the sky.Read More ...
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