Obama on his beef with Sen. Warren: She's wrong
In a Yahoo News exclusive, the president tells columnist Matt Bai that his ally's trade pact fears are misguided.Read More ...
At least 1 dead as tornadoes move through North Texas
CISCO,
Texas (AP) — Multiple tornadoes tore through North Texas on Saturday,
leaving one person dead and others unaccounted for in a sparsely
populated farming and ranching area as the system slowly weakened while
advancing toward Fort Worth, officials said.Read More ...
In South Carolina, a Republican scramble to stand out
GREENVILLE,
S.C. (AP) — Republicans making their pitch to be the party's 2016
presidential nominee aimed to out-do each other Saturday in arguing that
President Barack Obama is a failed leader.Read More ...
Transformer fire causes shut-down of nuclear reactor north of New York City
By
Scott DiSavino and Lisa Lambert NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A
nuclear power reactor 40 miles (65 km) north of New York City was shut
down on Saturday after a transformer fire, but officials said the Indian
Point plant was stable and there was no threat to residents nearby.
People in the area reported an explosion and smoke coming from the plant
at Buchanan in New York state. They are not unheard of and the plant
responded as designed," NRC spokesman Eliot Brenner said in a statement.
The NRC designated the incident an "unusual event," which is the lowest
of four categories the agency gives to potential safety or security
threats at nuclear plants.Read More ...
Two police officers shot and killed in Mississippi: local media
(Reuters) - Two police officers were shot and killed on Saturday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and the shooter fled the area in a police vehicle, local television station WDAM reported. The police vehicle was abandoned near a local train depot, it said. The station, citing local officials, said law enforcement agencies were conducting a manhunt for the suspect in the area, which is about 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Jackson. A police dispatcher declined to comment and a spokesperson for the Hattiesburg Police Department could not immediately be reached for confirmation or detail on the report.
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Exclusive: Why a company chairman supported a Prophet Mohammad cartoon event
By
Tim McLaughlin and Mark Hosenball BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert
Shillman heads a publicly traded American technology company called
Cognex Corp with a market value of $4 billion. He also says he is a big
supporter of last Sunday’s Prophet Mohammad cartoon contest in Texas
that was attacked by two gunmen who opened fire before being shot dead
by police. In a telephone interview with Reuters from his home near
San Diego, California, Shillman said America’s free speech is under
threat.Read More ...
Legacy of Etan Patz’s disappearance: The rise of helicopter parents
The
disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 changed the way parents watch over
their children. But some people think the current level of “protection”
is out of control.Read More ...
Seeking Hispanic vote, Hillary Clinton defends illegal immigrants
The
11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States don't vote, but
they have children, siblings or cousins who do, and Hillary Clinton is
courting their support. The Democratic presidential candidate has
singled out immigration as a key campaign issue in her bid for the White
House in 2016. She is looking to set herself apart from her Republican
rivals on the matter, and has even said she wants to go further than
President Barack Obama to secure legal status, and citizenship, for
millions of undocumented immigrants, most of whom are Hispanic. The move
is a strategic one: securing the Hispanic vote could be what Clinton --
or any candidate -- needs to become president in the next election.Read More ...
Report: North Korea test-fires submarine-launch ballistic missile
By
Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday it had
successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, a step
that would mark significant progress in the secretive state's military
capabilities. It could pose a new threat to South Korea, Japan and the
United States, which have tried to contain North Korea's growing nuclear
and missile strength, military experts said. The North's leader, Kim
Jong Un, oversaw the test-launch from an offshore location as the
submarine dived and "a ballistic missile surfaced from the sea and
soared into the air, leaving a fiery trail of blaze," the official KCNA
news agency said.Read More ...
Officers charged in arrested man's death want case dismissed
Attorneys
for six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of a man who
died of a spinal injury he received while in custody asked a judge
Friday to dismiss the case or assign it to someone other than the city's
top prosecutor, who they say has too many conflicts of interest to
remain objective.Read More ...
Family finds answers despite mistrial in missing-boy case
The
judge in the New York murder trial involving the 1979 disappearance of
6-year-old Etan Patz says he is planning to call the deliberations to an
end after jurors announced for a third time they were deadlocked.Read More ...
Reese Witherspoon reflects on hosting 'SNL' after 9/11
In
New York City to host "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, Reese
Witherspoon sat down with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric on
Friday and reflected on the last time she hosted the show — two weeks
after 9/11.Read More ...
Jeb Bush’s unexpected adviser on Israel
The presumptive presidential candidate shares who he turns to for advice on Israel, according to sources.Read More ...
Rand Paul celebrates NSA ruling with flash sale
The GOP presidential candidate has been a vocal critic of the agency's spying program.Read More ...
Obama says trade deal lets U.S. write the rules, not China
President
Barack Obama argued forcefully Friday for a pending international trade
agreement, saying the U.S. must write the rules for global commerce
now, while it's in a position of economic strength, ...Read More ...
DOJ to investigate Baltimore police for civil rights violations
U.S.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Friday that the Justice
Department will launch a civil rights investigation into the Baltimore
Police Department.Read More ...
Military raises security status at U.S. bases because of ISIS threat
Military
bases and installations in the United States have been ordered to raise
their force protection condition status to Bravo (FPCON Bravo), due to
general concerns about ISIS related threats, but not because of any
specific threat or plot. U.S. Northern Command’s Admiral William Gortney
ordered the increase in the force protection condition from FPCON Alpha
Plus, which is the standard for U.S. military bases. The Pentagon has
been on a higher force protection status than Alpha Plus for years. The
last time the force protection status was raised to the Bravo level was
on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.Read More ...
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