Carson: ‘Addiction occurs in people who are vulnerable’
The GOP hopeful plans to address the problem if elected president by returning America to its “values and principles.”Read More ...
Missouri football players pressure school leaders over race
COLUMBIA,
Mo. (AP) — Student protests over racial incidents at the University of
Missouri escalated over the weekend when at least 30 black football
players announced they will not participate in team activities until the
university system's president is removed.Read More ...
Attack ad: GOP candidate chose ‘prostitutes over patriots’
Republican
Sen. David Vitter is accused of abandoning a vote honoring U.S. war
veterans while carrying on extramarital relations.Read More ...
Carson endorses statehood for Puerto Rico at island rally
By
Nick Brown FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Republican presidential
candidate Ben Carson endorsed U.S. statehood for Puerto Rico on Sunday,
citing its "very strategic" location for military defense. Speaking
at a convention for Puerto Rican gubernatorial candidate Ricardo
Rossello, a member of the island's pro-statehood party, Carson said he
"would be incredibly honored and delighted for Puerto Rico to be the
51st state. ...Read More ...
University of Missouri black football players pledge boycott over racism concerns
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Black players on the University of Missouri football team say they will boycott practices, meetings and games until the university dismisses its president or he quits, contending he has not responded adequately to concerns about racism on campus. The move comes as a hunger strike staged by a graduate student to protest racism enters a second week. “The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,’" the university’s Legion of Black Collegians said in a statement on Twitter.
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Trial to pit San Francisco gangster 'Shrimp Boy' against Feds
A man accused of being the boss of a Chinese-American organized crime gang will face a U.S. jury on Monday in a wide ranging federal sting dubbed "Operation White Suit," which included accusations of gangland murder. Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow has been accused of controlling the Chee Kung Tong in San Francisco's Chinatown, according to a federal indictment. Authorities have said Chow is the dragonhead of a Chinese fraternal organization that has a criminal component.
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More U.S. troops possible in Syria, defense chief says
Just
days after the White House announced that President Obama had
authorized the deployment of a small contingent of special operations
forces to the war-torn country of Syria, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter
said more American troops could "absolutely" be sent into the country
if the United States can find more "capable" local forces to partner
with in the fight against ISIS. The White House last month announced
that approximately 50 special operations forces would deploy to Syria
despite the president's statements going back to 2013 that he would not
commit American boots on the ground there.Read More ...
Trump calls Ben Carson controversy 'very strange'
Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump called the controversy swirling
around his rival Ben Carson “very strange” Sunday, questioning stories
Carson has told that have since been scrutinized. Trump has questioned
Carson several times about a childhood story in his autobiography
"Gifted Hands" in which Carson described once trying to stab a friend or
relative. On the campaign trail and in "Gifted Hands," Carson describes
his teenage self as rage-filled and violent.Read More ...
Source: Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian flight
Investigators
of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise
heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused
by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters on Sunday.
"We are 90 percent sure it was a bomb." Asked to explain the missing 10
percent, the investigator said: "I can't discuss this now." Islamic
State militants fighting security forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have
said they brought down the Airbus A321, which crashed 23 minutes after
taking off from the resort of Sharm al-Sheikh a week ago en route to St
Petersburg, killing all 224 passengers.Read More ...
Review: Why Donald Trump's 'SNL' gig wasn't terrific
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