Netanyahu wins Israel election after sharp shift to the right
The prime minister's Likud party scores a dramatic and unexpected victory.Read More ...
From rising star to early retirement: What brought down Aaron Schock?
The Illinois GOP congressman resigns amid questions about his lavish spending habits.Read More ...
Letter sent to White House tests tentatively for cyanide
WASHINGTON
(AP) — An envelope addressed to the White House has tentatively tested
positive for cyanide after two rounds of analysis, the Secret Service
said Tuesday. Additional testing will be necessary to confirm the
finding.Read More ...
Exclusive: U.S. to roll back 'lost pleasure' approach on health rules
By
Sharon Begley and Toni Clarke NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.
government is preparing to roll back a widely criticized approach to
public health, in which the "lost pleasure" people might suffer if they
quit smoking or chose to eat healthier foods was used to reduce the
projected benefits of new regulations, government officials told
Reuters. A broad array of public health advocates, lawmakers, and
economists criticized the agency's use of the analysis, however, saying
it was applied incorrectly and sharply undercut the projected benefits
of regulations meant to improve public health. Officials at the FDA and
its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), have now intervened to curtail such analysis, according to
officials involved. HHS Assistant Secretary Richard Frank, a healthcare
economist on leave from Harvard Medical School, asked leading
researchers to offer "ideas for new ways of analyzing lost consumer
surplus in these cases," according to a letter last month to members of
Congress, which was reviewed by Reuters.Read More ...
California police investigate body of man stuffed in freezer
Police in the San Francisco-area city of Napa discovered a man's body inside an apartment freezer on Tuesday, officials said. The Napa Police Department responded to the home around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday to make a welfare check on the 54-year-old man who had not been seen or heard from since the end of last month, the department said in a statement. Napa, the state's wine-producing region, is a city of nearly 80,000 people some 50 miles (80 km) north of San Francisco.
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Three dead, four hurt in northern California shooting
(Reuters) - Three people were killed and four hurt during an apparent drive-by shooting at a corner store in northern California on Tuesday night, police said. Stockton Police Department spokesman Joe Silva said police received a call about the shooting around 8:20 p.m. local time, adding that a total of seven people were hit, one of whom died at the scene and the other who died at hospital.
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'Change The Rule' seeks to break stranglehold on presidential debates
The
commission that manages presidential debates should drop an arbitrary
polling standard for who can take part, a bipartisan group says, arguing
that the rule unfairly excludes independent or third-party candidates.Read More ...
Israel's Netanyahu emerges with slight edge after tight race
Benjamin
Netanyahu has declared victory after a tight Israeli national election
appeared to give him the upper hand in forming the country's next
coalition government.Read More ...
Letter to White House returns presumptive positive for cyanide
The Secret Service was trying to determine Tuesday night whether a letter sent to the White House contained cyanide.Read More ...
Clinton criticizes House GOP budget plan
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking on a tried and true foil —
House Republicans — as she prepares for a likely 2016 Democratic
presidential campaign.Read More ...
Police search Houston home of Robert Durst
HOUSTON
(AP) — Authorities on Tuesday carried away two boxes after searching
the Houston home of real estate millionaire Robert Durst after his
weekend arrest in New Orleans on a murder warrant.Read More ...
Ferguson shooting suspect gave false confession: lawyer
The
suspect charged with shooting two police officers during a
demonstration in Ferguson, Mo., last week is now recanting a confession
that he was the gunman, his lawyer told Yahoo News on Tuesday.Read More ...
California tightens water restrictions amid drought
The California State Water Resources Control Board is meeting to expand regulations for water conservation during the state’s crisis, as citizens look for ways to preserve the remaining water supplies.
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Congressman Aaron Schock resigns
The Illinois Republican has been under fire for lavish spending.Read More ...
Former U.S. Air Force mechanic charged with trying to join IS
A
veteran has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly trying to join ISIS,
the brutal terrorist group wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq.Read More ...
Boat owner details moment he found Tsarnaev hiding
A
long-time friend of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber testified in
court today that he gave Dzhokhar Tsarnaev the gun later used in the
shooting death of an MIT police officer. While wearing a beige prison
jumpsuit, Silva testified that two months before the bombings at the
Boston Marathon finish line, he gave Tsarnaev a 9-millimeter handgun
that had an "obliterated" serial number.Read More ...
Violent passenger restrained by fellow flyers on United flight
A United Airlines flight had to return to Washington, D.C., after a passenger became violent and ran "toward the cockpit."Read More ...
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