European tour operators evacuate thousands from Tunisia after attack
Tour
companies were evacuating thousands of foreign holidaymakers from
Tunisia on Saturday, a day after a gunman killed 39 people at a beach
hotel in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Tunisia's Prime Minister
Habib Essid said most of the dead were British, and Britain's foreign
office said 15 Britons had been confirmed killed in the attack in the
resort town of Sousse, 140 km (90 miles) south of the capital Tunis. It
was the second major attack in the North African country this year,
following an Islamist militant assault on the Bardo Museum in Tunis in
March when gunmen killed a group of foreign visitors as they arrived by
bus.Read More ...
GOP White House hopefuls deride gay marriage ruling
DENVER
(AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told
conservatives Saturday that the Supreme Court tried to "unwrite the laws
of nature and the laws of nature's God" when it legalized gay marriage
across the nation.Read More ...
Witnesses describe 'hell' of Taiwan water park blast
Witnesses
described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of
fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the number of
injured at more than 500 on Sunday, almost 200 of them seriously. The
number of those injured in the blast late Saturday, which came as
coloured powder being sprayed on the partygoers ignited, more than
doubled as authorities began to track down victims who had taken
themselves to hospital or been ferried there by others. One male student
who sustained minor injuries described the scene as "hell".Read More ...
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizes gay marriage nationwide
By
Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on
Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to
marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process
and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex
marriages. With the landmark ruling, gay marriage becomes legal in all
50 states.Read More ...
Manhunt for remaining New York prison escapee intensifies
By
Pete DeMola MALONE, N.Y. (Reuters) - A manhunt for a convicted murderer
who escaped from a New York state maximum security prison focused on a
rural area near the Canadian border on Saturday, a day after his fellow
escapee was killed. After Richard Matt was killed by U.S. Border Patrol
officers, a tight security perimeter was set up in the area, where Sweat
was believed to be holed up. About 1,200 federal, state and local law
enforcement officers, were searching through a 22 square-mile (57 sq km)
area along a highway between the towns of Malone and Duane in northern
New York, New York State Police said in a statement.Read More ...
Activist takes down Confederate flag outside South Carolina capitol
An
activist climbed a flagpole outside the South Carolina state capitol
early on Saturday and took down the Confederate flag, state officials
said, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama called the banner a symbol
of racial oppression. Two people were arrested and charged with
defacing a monument, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety said
in a statement. Brittany Newsome climbed the flag pole and James Ian
Tyson stood inside a fence and assisted her, police said.Read More ...
Terror on the beach: Tourists recount Tunisia attack horrors
Tunisia's
postcard destination for tourists is reeling from the terror that
blighted another day of play at the Mediterranean seaside resort of
Sousse. A man armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades gunned down tourists
on a private beach, and then moved methodically through the grounds of a
luxury hotel — to the swimming pool, reception area and offices.Read More ...
Iran, US warn of 'hard work' at tough nuclear talks
Iran
and the US showed little sign Saturday of an early breakthrough in
last-ditch nuclear talks with both sides warning of "hard work" ahead
and France stressing key issues remain unresolved. US Secretary of State
John Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met twice
during the day for what is set to be the final push to seal an accord
curtailing Tehran's nuclear programme after almost two years of
negotiations.Read More ...
Baltimore police open probe into new shooting of unarmed black man
Police
have opened an investigation into the killing of an unarmed black man
by law enforcement officers outside Baltimore, authorities said on
Saturday, two months after the city was rocked by protests over the
death of another African-American who was taken into custody. The latest
incident unfolded in the Baltimore suburb of Owing Mills, where three
officers fired at least 19 rounds and killed Spencer Lee McCain, 41,
during a domestic disturbance on Thursday. The Baltimore County police's
homicide unit is investigating, police said in a statement Saturday.Read More ...
More than 500 injured as fire hits Taiwan water park party
A
fire on a music stage spread into a crowd of spectators at a party
Saturday night at a Taiwan water park, injuring more than 200 people,
authorities said.Read More ...
French terror suspect took selfie with beheaded victim
A
detained truck driver with a history of radical Islamic ties is
refusing to speak to police investigators over his implication in an
explosion and beheading in southeastern France, a French official said
Saturday, adding that one of the other suspects initially arrested has
been released without charge.Read More ...
Parliament approves referendum; Greece's future in balance
Greece's
place in the euro currency bloc looked increasingly shaky on Saturday
after eurozone nations rejected a monthlong extension to its bailout
program and the prime minister called for a risky popular vote on the
country's financial future.Read More ...
Charleston suspect's life a troubled road to radicalization
The
people who know Dylann Storm Roof — the people who watched his
progression from a sweet child to a disturbed man — are struggling with
guilt. How could they have missed the signs? Could they have done
something to prevent the deaths of nine innocents at the Emanuel African
Methodist Episcopal Church?Read More ...
Shaken tourists flee Tunisia after seaside massacre
Planeloads
of shocked foreign tourists flew home from Tunisia after a beachside
massacre claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed 38 people
and prompted a major security clampdown. Britain said that at least 15
of its citizens were killed in Friday's gun assault in the popular
resort of Port el Kantaoui and that the number "may well rise". The
attack represents Britain's worst loss of life in a terror incident
since the 2005 London bombings.Read More ...
Police: Surviving escapee could face a harder time alone
The
shooting death of one escaped killer brought new energy to the
three-week hunt for a second escaped murderer as helicopters, search
dogs and hundreds of law enforcement officers converged on a wooded area
30 miles from the prison.Read More ...
Escaped N.Y. inmate Richard Matt killed by police, partner on run
Escaped
convicted murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by authorities in
upstate New York today, according to officials, 20 days after he made an
elaborate escape from prison.Read More ...
Cosby lawyer: Unsealing court docs 'terribly embarrassing'
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Jim Obergefell on historic gay marriage ruling
The
Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Friday that same-sex marriage must be legal
nationwide. Yahoo global news anchor Katie Couric spoke to Jim
Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the case that challenged the ban on
same sex marriages.Read More ...
Dozens killed in attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France
SOUSSE,
Tunisia (AP) — A young man pulled a Kalashnikov from a beach umbrella
and sprayed gunfire at European sunbathers at a Tunisian resort, killing
at least 39 people — one of three deadly attacks Friday from Europe to
North Africa to the Middle East that followed a call to violence by
Islamic State extremists.Read More ...
Bitter dissents in gay marriage case reveals deep divide in high court
Justice
Anthony Kennedy almost always votes alongside his four conservative
colleagues on the Supreme Court. But when he doesn’t, it’s often in big,
transformative cases, like Friday’s gay marriage decision. His
defection clearly has made his conservative peers hopping mad.Read More ...
'The Reverend President': Obama sings Amazing Grace in eulogy
Barack
Obama, who celebrated “audacity” in his first run for the White House,
declared this week that he has entered the “fearless” phase of his
consequential two-term presidency. But no one expected the urgent blend
of personal, political and religious themes in the eulogy he gave Friday
for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, slain along with eight others during Bible
study last week at Emanuel AME Church — a speech so like a sermon that
the next two people to speak called him “the Reverend President.”Read More ...
Tourists describe scenes of panic in Tunisia attack
British
holidaymakers told how they fled in panic from Friday's gun massacre on
a Tunisian beach resort, screaming and running for cover when they
realised they were under attack. Frightened tourists hid in their hotel
rooms and barricaded themselves in, while a pregnant woman went into
labour in the confusion. Olivia Leathley, 24, heard "loud bangs" and saw
from her hotel room people fleeing the beach, as holiday company
representatives blew whistles.Read More ...
'Terror' attack in France followed by gunfire at Tunisia tourist spot
At least 27 are confirmed dead at a Tunisian beach after a man was decapitated at a French factory.Read More ...
Clementa Pinckney eulogy caps a roller-coaster stretch for Obama
Barack Obama is experiencing arguably the most pivotal stretch of his tumultuous and consequential two-term presidency as he heads to Charleston Friday to once again take up the unwelcome mantle of comforter in chief.
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9 killed in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
A small plane taking cruise ship passengers on an excursion crashes in southeast Alaska.Read More ...
Same-sex marriage among last 5 Supreme Court cases
The right of same-sex couples to marry is the biggest of five cases still to be decided.Read More ...
2015 NBA draft winners and losers
One former NBA player believes New York Knicks fans will regret booing his ex-teammate, Kristaps Porzingis.Read More ...
Timberwolves select Karl-Anthony Towns with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
There
might not have been a promise in place, but there's no longer any
question that Flip Saunders sees immense, franchise-changing promise in
the 6-foot-11-inch, 250-pound frame of Karl-Anthony Towns.Read More ...
15 emails missing from Clinton cache
The State Dept. cannot find part or all of 15 emails from her time as secretary of state.Read More ...
SCOTUS Obamacare ruling: 2016 presidential candidates weigh in
The
U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the provision of tax subsidies
under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature
health-care law...Read More ...
Skrillex: The making of a superstar
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The Obama legacy on race
When
future historians look back on Obama’s presidency and try to understand
his place in America’s racial evolution, they will almost certainly
zero in on the one he gave Marc Maron in the comedian’s southern
California garage last week, in which Obama dared to publicly utter the
most explosive racial epithet in American life.Read More ...
French anti-Uber protests turn violent
Protests
against ride-booking app Uber turned violent in France on Thursday as
taxi drivers set fire to vehicles and blocked major roads. American
rocker Courtney Love was caught up in the demonstrations when a vehicle
she was travelling in outside Paris was attacked. Around 3,000 cabbies
took part in the strike, blocking access to the capital's Charles de
Gaulle and Orly airports, and preventing cars reaching train stations
around the country.Read More ...
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare subsidies
The
Supreme Court spared a key part of President Barack Obama’s signature
law in a 6-3 decision Thursday, ruling that the federal government may
continue to subsidize health insurance in the dozens of states that did
not set up their own exchanges.Read More ...
What does SCOTUS Obamacare ruling mean?
The
U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to uphold the availability of tax
subsidies related to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law,
the 2010 Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare. Yahoo global
news anchor Katie Couric hosted a special live discussion of the ruling
with Yahoo News chief White House correspondent Olivier Knox, Yahoo News
national affairs reporter Liz Goodwin, and National Constitution Center
President and CEO Jeff Rosen.Read More ...
House completes Obama's trade items as Pacific pact looms
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Republican-led Congress completed President Barack Obama's
trade package Thursday, overwhelmingly passing a worker training program
just weeks after it was stymied.Read More ...
Supreme Court upholds discrimination claims in housing case
By
Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. Supreme Court on
Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of the type of civil rights
allegations that can be made under the landmark Fair Housing Act by
ruling that the law allows for discrimination claims based on seemingly
neutral practices that may have a discriminatory effect. On a 5-4 vote
in a major civil rights case, the court handed a victory to civil rights
groups and the administration of President Barack Obama, which had
backed a Texas nonprofit that claimed the state violated the law by
disproportionately awarding low-income housing tax credits to developers
who own properties in poor, minority-dominated neighborhoods. Justice
Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who often casts the deciding vote in
close cases, joined the court's four liberals in the majority. The
court was considering whether the 1968 law allows for so-called
disparate impact claims in which plaintiffs only need to show the
discriminatory effect of a particular practice and not evidence of
discriminatory intent.Read More ...
Obama to Clyburn: Charleston victims 'are my people'
Rep. James Clyburn recalls an anguished call with President Obama the day after the tragedy.Read More ...
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