Obama urges Muslims to do more in fight against ISIS
The president promises to destroy the Islamic State and any other group that tries to harm Americans.Read More ...
AP source: Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
CHICAGO
(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is expected to launch a wide-ranging
investigation this week into the patterns and practices of the Chicago
Police Department after recent protests over a video showing a white
Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, according to a
person familiar with the matter.Read More ...
Exclusive: California shooters likely planned multiple attacks - official
U.S.
investigators are increasingly convinced the California shooters
planned multiple attacks, given their stockpile of weapons, and are
looking at whether the Pakistani woman involved radicalized her American
husband, officials said on Sunday. Investigators believe the weapons
cache collected by Tashfeen Malik, 29, and her husband, Syed Rizwan
Farook, 28, points to more attacks but they do not have evidence on
other possible targets, a senior U.S. government source told Reuters.
The couple stormed a gathering of his work colleagues in San Bernardino,
California, on Wednesday, opening fire with assault-style rifles and
killing 14 people.Read More ...
Obama in speech to nation vows to defeat 'new phase' of terrorist threat
By
Matt Spetalnick, Roberta Rampton and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President Barack Obama on Sunday laid out the most sweeping defense yet
of his strategy to defeat Islamic State, but he offered no U.S. policy
shift to confront what he called a "new phase" in the terrorist threat
after a mass shooting in California. In a rare Oval Office address,
Obama sought to calm a U.S. public increasingly jittery about the fight
against Islamist militancy that once appeared to be waged overseas.
Speaking in a measured tone, Obama used his 14-minute nationally
televised appearance to draw a careful line about what he would and
would not do.Read More ...
Sanders unveils climate plan to end U.S. oil, nuclear dependence
By
Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential
hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled a climate change plan on Monday that
seeks to end the country's dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy
and could pressure party front-runner Hillary Clinton. The Vermont
senator's plan envisions 10 million new jobs in clean energy such as
wind, solar and geothermal power. It would ban oil and gas lobbyists
from working in the White House, end new fossil fuel lease sales on
public lands, and would cut carbon emissions faster in coming decades
than the goals set in President Barack Obama's clean power plan.Read More ...
Republican presidential hopefuls chide Obama for terror speech
By
Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican
presidential candidates roundly criticized President Barack Obama's
Sunday night address to the nation about the U.S. response to the threat
of terror, arguing that he lacked a vision and was not aggressive
enough. Republicans have become increasingly critical of the president's
handling of Islamic State, or ISIS, arguing that his foreign policy has
failed to address the risk from the militant group. Republicans are
also hopeful that by shifting the election discussion toward foreign
policy and national security, voters will be more inclined to support
their party.Read More ...
Obama: Terror threat against U.S. has entered 'new phase'
In
a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night
the United States would overcome a new terror threat that seeks to
"poison the minds" of people here and around the world, as he sought to
reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California.Read More ...
Former President Jimmy Carter says cancer gone from brain
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivered an unexpected message on Sunday to the several hundred people gathered at a Baptist church in Georgia for his Bible lesson - his latest brain scan showed no sign of cancer. Carter, 91, started treatment in August for melanoma that had spread from his liver to his brain. A previous MRI test showed the four spots of cancer that had developed on his brain were responding to treatment, he said.
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Obama defends handling of ISIS
The president reveals steps government is taking to fight terrorism in a rare Oval Office speech.Read More ...
Red Cross seeking permission to work in IS territory
The
International Committee of the Red Cross has said it is trying to
establish relations with the Islamic State group in hopes of delivering
aid to the 10 million people living under its control. "Yes, we are of
course looking at building a relationship" with IS, ICRC
Director-General Yves Daccord told AFP in an interview. The comments
were made ahead of an agency conference in Geneva, held every four
years, which gathers some 2,000 ICRC employees and national Red
Cross/Red Crescent staffers for talks on the challenges facing
humanitarian workers in increasingly complex environments.Read More ...
Obama to make prime-time address after California attack
The president is expected to laying out how the government will keep Americans safe and defeat the Islamic State group.Read More ...
Police call London Underground stabbing a 'terrorist incident'
By
James Davey and William James LONDON (Reuters) - A knife attacker
slashed a man at an east London metro station, reportedly screaming
"This is for Syria!", in what police described as a terrorist incident,
prompting a senior minister to urge Britons on Sunday not to be
intimidated. A pool of blood near the ticket barriers at the Leytonstone
Underground station, about six miles (10 km) east of central London,
could be seen in footage posted on Twitter that also showed the suspect
confronting police on Saturday evening. One man, thought to be 56 years
old, suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries and was in a
stable condition at a London hospital.Read More ...
Baltimore officer's knowledge at heart of Freddie Gray trial
Prosecutors face a tough in the trial of Officer William Porter.Read More ...
San Bernardino mourns its dead, calls for unity, not rancor
At
a church, a mosque, a makeshift street-corner memorial and other sites,
they gathered Sunday to mourn the 14 victims of the San Bernardino
massacre and lament that the community has now been added to ...Read More ...
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