Police wanted Guard in Ferguson neighborhood
St. Louis area authorities sought unsuccessfully to have troops stationed in the area.Read More ...
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Native Americans fight to keep family names on Facebook
Native
Americans say Facebook has been blocking access to their accounts
because the social media giant is overly skeptical that their
traditional last names are authentic.Read More ...
Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars
An
oil train was still on fire and leaking in West Virginia on Tuesday, a
day after it derailed and erupted in flames, according to CSX Corp,
which said the train was hauling newer model tank cars, not the older
versions widely criticized as prone to puncture. The train, which was
carrying North Dakota crude to an oil depot in Yorktown, Virginia,
derailed in a small town 33 miles southeast of Charleston, causing 20
tank cars to catch fire. All the oil tank cars on the 109-car train were
CPC 1232 models, CSX said late Monday.Read More ...
U.S. Coast Guard rescues 26 from vessel stuck in Antarctic ice
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued an Australian fishing vessel carrying 26 people that had been stranded in icy Antarctic seas since last week, the Coast Guard said on Tuesday. The crew was saved on Sunday by the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star, which broke through some 150 miles (240 km) of thick ice on its way to the 207-foot (63-meter) Antarctic Chieftain vessel, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The Chieftain had been stuck about 900 miles (1,450 km) northeast of McMurdo Sound since last Tuesday, after damaging three of its four propellers in the ice, the Coast Guard said. "The ice conditions that we found the fishermen in were dire, more so if Antarctic Chieftain had to stay much longer," he added.
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Oil train accident brings calls for tougher U.S. safety rules
By
Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fiery oil train derailment in
West Virginia this week exposes lax safety standards and strengthens the
case for tougher U.S. rules governing such shipments, safety advocates
said on Tuesday. This month, the U.S. Department of Transportation sent a
safety plan to the White House for final review. The American Petroleum
Institute and Association of American Railroads have worked together on
oil train safety and are eager to see the final safety plan, a
spokesperson for each trade group said. The West Virginia derailment
came on the same CSX Corp line that crosses through Lynchburg, Virginia,
where another oil train derailed in April.Read More ...
New defense chief vows to protect troops
Ash
Carter, sworn in Tuesday as President Barack Obama's fourth secretary
of defense amid multiple global threats, pledged to offer his most
candid strategic advice and carefully consider decisions about sending
troops into harm's way.Read More ...
U.S. to allow export of armed military drones
The
Obama administration is amending its regulations for weapons sales to
allow the export of armed military drones to friendly nations and
allies.Read More ...
Ukraine soldiers taken prisoner
Under
a near-constant barrage of artillery fire, Ukrainian forces and
separatist rebels fought fierce street battles Tuesday for control of
the strategic railway hub of Debaltseve, a battle impeding
implementation of a peace plan.Read More ...
Obama’s ‘Crusades’ controversy explored
President
Barack Obama describes the so-called Islamic State as a “death cult.”
But critics want him to label its fighters “Islamist radicals.” Ahead of
the White House’s “Countering Violent Extremism” summit, Yahoo News
looks at the rhetorical battles in the war on terrorism.Read More ...
Nancy Pelosi is going to Cuba
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Prosecutor asks for Strauss-Kahn acquittal in French sex trial
By
Pierre Savary LILLE, France (Reuters) - A French prosecutor asked a
criminal court on Tuesday to acquit former IMF chief Dominique
Strauss-Kahn of a pimping charge for his role in what investigating
magistrates argued was an organized sex ring using prostitutes.
Strauss-Kahn was tipped to become French president before being accused
of sexual assault by a New York hotel chambermaid in 2011. U.S. criminal
charges were subsequently dropped, and the allegations that he
participated in a French sex ring centered in the northern French city
of Lille emerged later. "Did Dominique Strauss-Kahn pay prostitutes?Read More ...
Minnesota tries softer approach in battling Islamic State
A
new strategy that will be tested out in the Twin Cities region of
Minnesota this fall uses a “community intervention team” of religious
and business leaders — not law enforcement — to respond to concerns of
radicalization.Read More ...
Float accident at Haiti Carnival parade kills at least 16
Riders on a music group's packed float in Port-au-Prince were killed in a terrible accident.Read More ...
Judge stalls Obama action on immigration
The move gives a 26-state coalition time to pursue a lawsuit aimed at stopping the orders.Read More ...
Mother of defendant in 'American Sniper' trial testifies
STEPHENVILLE,
Texas (AP) — The mother of the former Marine accused of killing
"American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and another man testified Tuesday
that she didn't know after asking Kyle to help her troubled son that
they'd be going to a shooting range.Read More ...
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