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Brian Williams’ account of seeing dead body during Katrina questioned

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:14 AM PST

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2012 file image released by Starpix shows Brian Williams at the Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day event in New York. NBC "NBC "Nightly News" anchor Williams has admitted he spread a false story about being on a helicopter that came under enemy fire while he was reporting in Iraq in 2003. Williams said on "Nightly News" on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, he was in a helicopter following other aircraft, one of which was hit by ground fire. His helicopter was not hit. (AP Photo/Starpix, Andrew Toth, File)A retired U.S. Army commander calls the claim by the NBC News anchor as "very suspect."


John Kerry: ‘We are on the road’ to defeating IS

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 07:15 AM PST

John Kerry in MunichThe secretary of state says the U.S.-led coalition is "on the road" to its goal of degrading and destroying the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria.


Officials: 25 people killed in Egyptian soccer match riot

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:03 PM PST

A pickup truck bursts into flames as a riot breaks out outside of a soccer match between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek and ENPPI at Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. The riot broke out Sunday night outside of the major soccer game, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 22 people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gwad, El Shorouk newspaper) EGYPT OUTCAIRO (AP) — A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 25 people, authorities said.


Glitch delays launch of SpaceX rocket with U.S. weather satellite

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:42 PM PST

The unmanned Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite sits on launch complex after a scrubbed launch attempt in Cape CanaveralBy Irene klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Launch of a SpaceX rocket with a U.S. weather satellite bound for deep space was called off minutes before liftoff on Sunday due to a technical problem, officials said. Launch had been targeted for 6:10 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The next opportunity to launch is 6:07 p.m. EST on Monday, said NASA launch commentator Michael Curie. The rocket carries the Deep Space Climate Observatory, nicknamed DSCOVR, a partnership of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


Two injured in small plane crash near U.S. Army base in Maryland

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:32 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A small, single-engine plane crashed on Sunday in a wooded area near Fort Meade, a U.S. Army base in Maryland, injuring two men, state police said. The plane, identified as a Grumman American AA-1 by the Federal Aviation Administration, crashed around 2 p.m. EST shortly after taking off from an airport in nearby Odenton, Md. Emergency responders found the plane upside down on the edge of Fort Meade, which is located between Baltimore and Washington and home to the National Security Agency and United States Cyber Command. ...

Michigan man claiming bomb, drives pickup into Coast Guard station

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 02:31 PM PST

A Michigan man claiming to have a bomb drove his truck through the gates of a U.S. Coast Guard station on Lake Michigan early Sunday, according to police and media reports. The 34-year-old suspect told authorities that he had an explosive device and would blow up the station, but no explosives were found when he was arrested at the scene, according to the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. "The incident was initially investigated as a potential act of domestic terrorism due to the circumstances," a police statement reads. The attack on the Coast Guard station in Grand Haven, about 190 miles (306 km) northwest of Detroit, began around 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT) on Sunday, when the man called in his threat to emergency dispatchers, according to an official at Ottawa County's central dispatch, which took the call.

Iran's Khamenei suggests he'd back nuclear compromise with West

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 05:19 AM PST

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in TehranIran's paramount leader boosted Iranian negotiators under fire from hardliners at home opposed to rapprochement with the West.


Peace in Ukraine is goal of four-nation talks in Minsk

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 11:19 AM PST

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, speaks, as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier listen on the last day of the 51. Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)Top-level talks will take place in Minsk, Belarus, German officials says.


Teen arrested in mall shooting; only 1 of 3 victims targeted

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 04:39 PM PST

Teen arrested in Pittsburgh-area mall shooting; only 1 of 3 victims targetedMONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A teenager who police say opened fire at a Pittsburgh-area mall, shooting his intended target as well as a couple, was arrested early Sunday after police used surveillance footage and an Instagram photo to link the suspect to the shooting.


Police: 5 dead, including gunman, in Georgia shooting

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST

Map locates Douglasville, Georgia where a gunman opens fire killing at least five in a suburban neighborhood.; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm;DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A man shot six people Saturday afternoon, killing four of them, including his ex-wife and several children before turning the gun on himself on a quiet, suburban street outside Atlanta, police and neighbors said.


Israel will try to halt 'dangerous' nuclear deal with Iran

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 03:29 AM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will do everything it can to prevent world powers from reaching a "bad and dangerous deal" with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.


Police: Mall shooting targeted 1 of 3 victims; gunman sought

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 10:02 PM PST

MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a Pittsburgh-area shopping center on Saturday evening, wounding three people, two critically, in a shooting that targeted one of the victims, police said. The mall and a hospital's emergency room were placed on lockdown as police searched for the suspect.

Four-way emergency Ukraine summit planned in Minsk

Posted: 08 Feb 2015 01:57 PM PST

A destroyed tank in the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuglegirsk, in the Donetsk regionFrench, German, and Ukrainian leaders are set to talk with with Vladimir Putin.


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