2015年7月2日星期四

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Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 11:36 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 30,2015 file photo, former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb speaks in Baltimore. On Thursday, Webb announced his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Webb is the latest politician to join the field of challengers going up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination.


Can P.G. Sittenfeld make millennials stop hating politics?

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:07 AM PDT

Sittenfeld checks his iPhone before an interview with the editorial board of the Toledo Blade. (Photo: Andrew Romano/Yahoo News)The 30-year-old is aiming to be the first member of his generation elected to the U.S. Senate.


Christie can’t win New Jersey. Does that matter?

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Here's the good news for Christie, if you want to be glass-half-full about it: At least he's not running for reelection as governor.


All-clear given after reports of shooting at Navy Yard

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:26 AM PDT

A large police presence gathers along M St. in Southeast Washington, Thursday, July 2, 2015, after an official said shots have been reported in a building on the Washington Navy Yard campus. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Reports of an active shooter at the site of a deadly 2013 attack spurred a massive response from law enforcement.


Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 01:19 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 2, 2015, in Rochester, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign said Thursday the Vermont Democrat has raised $15 million since joining the race in late April, a strong total for his challenge against front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Thousands evacuated after Tennessee train fire

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A train carrying toxic chemicals derails and catches fire in eastern Tennessee.


New warden, security measures after New York prison escape

Posted: 01 Jul 2015 08:51 PM PDT

This June 6, 2015 photo provided by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office shows Cuomo, second from left, walking with Steven Racette, left, superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility, in Dannemora, N.Y. Racette and his deputy in charge of security are among 12 more staff who have been put on administrative leave during the investigation into David Sweat and Richard Matt's escape from the maxiumum-security facility, officials said Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (Darren McGee/Officer of the New York Governor via AP)ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month.


Thousands evacuated after freight train derails, catches fire, in Tennessee

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:01 PM PDT

Smoke rises from the site of a train derailment near Maryville, TennesseeA freight train carrying flammable and toxic gas derailed in eastern Tennessee, igniting a fire in one car and spreading noxious fumes that forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people and the hospitalization of 25, officials said. Homes and businesses were evacuated following the derailment around midnight Wednesday of the CSX Corp train in Blount County, near Maryville, the officials they said. Local officials said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was monitoring air quality in the area.


U.S. probe sees no links among black church fires in South

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 04:54 PM PDT

Fire crews try to control a blaze at the Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina in this handout photoFederal law enforcement officials have found no links among any of several recent fires at African American churches in the U.S. South and have determined that two were started by natural causes and one was due to an electrical fire. The investigation into the fires follows the June 17 shootings at a historic African American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in which nine black people were killed and a white man linked to racist views was charged in their deaths. A federal law enforcement team including the FBI and the Justice Department's civil rights division are investigating several church fires across five states over the past two weeks, Newman said.


Washington state reports first U.S. measles death in 12 years

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:56 PM PDT

By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death this spring, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years, public health officials said on Thursday. The woman from Clallam County, in northwestern Washington, was most likely exposed to measles at a medical facility during a recent outbreak in the area, the state Health Department said in a statement on its website. The cause of her death was ruled by medical examiners as pneumonia due to measles, according to the agency.

Episcopalians vote to allow gay marriage in churches

Posted: 02 Jul 2015 12:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2005, file photo, Bishop Gene Robinson addresses the congregation at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Robinson, now retired, said he is breathless about how quickly the gay rights movement has progressed since he was getting daily death threats and forced to wear a bulletproof vest to his consecration 12 years ago. Episcopalians are set to vote Wednesday, July 1, 2015, on allowing religious weddings for same-sex couples, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Coke Whitworth, File)Episcopalians overwhelmingly voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples.


Macy's dumps Trump; New York City reviewing contracts

Posted: 01 Jul 2015 10:43 PM PDT

People hold signs in front of Macy's Herald Square flagship store, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in New York. Macy's became the latest company to end its relationship with presidential candidate Donald Trump after his remarks about Mexican immigrants. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Macy's department store chain joined an ongoing exodus from association with Donald Trump and New Mexico's governor and New York City's mayor slammed him over his comments on Mexican immigrants.


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