Video: Islamic State kills Ethiopian Christians in Libya
The attack widens the circle of nations affected by the group's atrocities.Read More ...
Attorney general nominee vote likely this week: U.S. senator
A
vote on the stalled Senate confirmation of the nominee to be the next
U.S. attorney general, Loretta Lynch, could take place in the next two
to three days, a senior Republican senator said on Sunday. "My sense is,
over the next 48 to 72 hours, that is going to be resolved, and we will
move on to this Iran issue," Senator Bob Corker, head of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.
He added that there now were an education bill and trade promotion
agreements, in addition to Iran legislation, due for a vote on the
Senate floor and that as a result, "this logjam ... will be worked out."
Lynch's confirmation has been pending since she was nominated by
President Barack Obama last November to replace outgoing Attorney
General Eric Holder.Read More ...
Cuomo to be first U.S. governor to visit Cuba as ties reopen
New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is heading to Havana, the first American
governor to visit Cuba since the recent thaw in relations with the
communist nation. Whether his trade mission generates anything more ...Read More ...
Oklahoma City victims remembered 20 years after bombing
By
Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered on
Sunday at the site of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to remember the 168
men, women and children killed when a truck stuffed with tons of
explosives blew up at a downtown federal building. Former President Bill
Clinton was among the dignitaries who addressed the crowd outside the
Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. "Oklahoma City, you had to
choose to redeem your terrible losses by having to begin again," said
Clinton, who was in his first term in office at the time of the attack,
one of the deadliest of its kind ever staged on U.S. soil. “It was 60
minutes of terror,” said Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.Read More ...
Life or death? Boston bomber's trial turns to sentencing
By
Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to return to court on Tuesday for the next
phase of his trial, when prosecutors will argue that he should be
sentenced to death for his role in the deadly attack in 2013. In sharp
contrast to the guilt phase of the trial, when lawyers for the ethnic
Chechen defendant did not contest that their client had killed three
people and injured 264 in the bombing, the next four weeks are expected
to feature emotional testimony from both sides as Tsarnaev fights for
his life. The question of whether Tsarnaev, 21, should live or die is
highly controversial around Boston. Polls have shown that a plurality of
area residents, 49 percent, prefer a life sentence, and family members
of two of the people he killed have also spoken out against executing
him.Read More ...
Florida man who landed at U.S. Capitol thought he'd be intercepted
A
Florida man who piloted a small gyro copter past major Washington, D.C.
landmarks last week said on Sunday he had fully expected to be
intercepted before he landed on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol,
creating a national security scare. Douglas Mark Hughes, 61, a U.S.
Postal Service mail carrier, described his flight upon arriving home in
Ruskin, Florida, early on Sunday. He recalled it being colder than he
had expected flying from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Washington, where
the sight of the Washington Monument helped guide him to the Capitol
grounds. He was allowed to return to Florida, but ordered to remain at
home in detention until he is due back in Washington for a preliminary
hearing on May 8.Read More ...
Remembering the Oklahoma City bombing 20 years later
Remembering the Oklahoma City bombing 20 years laterRead More ...
Oklahoma City and Boston bombings are linked by an enduring mystery
Yahoo News' Holly Bailey, who covered both tragic events, speculates on a common thread.Read More ...
From Okla. City to 9/11: 20 years on, rescue workers who responded to both
It
was just after 9 a.m. on April 19, 1995, when the bomb went off outside
the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It was one of
those events that seem to make the world stop turning. At the time, it
was the worst terror attack on U.S. soil. Lt. (now Capt.) Stephen Spall
of the New York City Fire Department was driving home from his shift
when he heard the news on the radio. He immediately called in to see if
he needed to go back to work. The next day, he was on a plane to
Oklahoma.Read More ...
Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis
Rescuers responded to one of the worst disasters seen in the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.Read More ...
Jon Stewart’s biggest regret as ‘Daily Show’ host
Jon
Stewart doesn’t have many regrets as he approaches the end of his
16-year run as host of “The Daily Show.” But he does have one: not
pushing Donald Rumsfeld harder when he had the chance.Read More ...
Clinton patches relations with liberals at campaign's outset
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to be on liberals' good side.Read More ...
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