2015年9月21日星期一

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Scott Walker drops out of 2016 race

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The Wisconsin governor becomes the second GOP candidate to leave the crowded field...


Carson won’t back down from Muslim comments

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The GOP presidential hopeful says a commander in chief should be "sworn in on a stack of Bibles, not a Koran."


Clinton says she won't let GOP 'tear up' health care law

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:48 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Sept. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday hailed President Barack Obama's health care law for reducing the rate of uninsured Americans and vowed to defend it against Republican opposition if she wins the White House.


Catholic lawmakers thrilled by upcoming visit of Francis

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 08:37 AM PDT

In this Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio has been trying to get a pope to come address Congress for 20 years. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is thrilled beyond words. For Congress' many Catholic lawmakers, the Holy Father's visit will have special resonance, even as lawmakers of both parties brace for a message that could be challenging, even uncomfortable. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner has been trying for 20 years to get a pope to come talk to Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says it's "thrilling beyond words."


U.S. expands VW pollution-skirting probe to other carmakers

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 01:06 PM PDT

US government has expanded its investigation of pollution-skirting devices in diesel vehicles to other manufacturers after Volkswagen admitted it used them to thwart environmental standardsThe US government has expanded its investigation of pollution-skirting devices in diesel vehicles to other manufacturers after Volkswagen admitted it used them to thwart US environmental standards. The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that it will screen for so-called "defeat devices" in diesel vehicles on the road that are produced by other manufacturers. The California Air Resources Board is a partner in the investigation, an EPA spokesperson said in an email to AFP.


Plan to admit more refugees faces stiff opposition in Congress

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:14 PM PDT

Police officers escort migrants to waiting buses in ObrezjeBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House plans to allow thousands more refugees into the United States face stiff opposition on Monday in the U.S. Congress, where Republican lawmakers demanded the right to review, and reject, the effort, citing fears of terrorism. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000 per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country takes in. Under current law, Congress does not have to approve the Democratic administration's plan.


Prosecutor: Short life of Baby Doe marked by neglect, abuse

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:44 PM PDT

This undated identification photo released Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 by the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office shows Rachelle Bond, mother of Bella Bond, the toddler whose body was found in a trash bag on a Boston Harbor beach in June and who was known for months as only Baby Doe. Rachelle Bond was arrested and charged as an accessory to murder after the fact in Bella's death. Her boyfriend, Michael McCarthy, was charged with murder. (Suffolk County District Attorney's Office via AP)BOSTON (AP) — In her short, tumultuous life, Bella Bond loved cats, dancing to country music and the color green.


APNewsBreak: US weighs abstention on Cuba embargo vote at UN

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 12:17 PM PDT

In this July 20, 2015 file photo, members of the Security Council vote at United Nations headquarters. The Obama administration may abstain for the first time from the annual United Nations vote condemning the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, officials told The Associated Press. If the administration abstains, it would mark a radical departure for the United States. It has always previously voted against U.N. resolutions directly criticizing American law. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration may allow the U.N. to condemn America's economic embargo against Cuba without a fight, The Associated Press has learned, an unprecedented step that could increase pressure on Congress to end the 54-year-old restrictions.


Republican Walker exits 2016 presidential race

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 03:23 PM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker bows his head in prayer at a campaign stop in HaverhillRepublican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to a candidate struggling to raise money and his profile. Walker, reading a statement in the Wisconsin capital of Madison, decried the negative tone of the Republican campaign in remarks seemingly directed at New York billionaire Donald Trump. Walker harked back to the late Republican President Ronald Reagan as a model for the party because "he was an optimist." "Sadly the debate taking place in the Republican Party today is not focused on that optimistic view of America.


Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:22 PM PDT

The building of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America plant is pictured in BlakelyBy Rich McKay ALBANY, Ga. (Reuters) - The former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for his role in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, a rare instance of jail time in a food contamination case. Stewart Parnell, 61, who once oversaw Peanut Corporation of America, and his brother, Michael Parnell, 56, who was a food broker on behalf of the company, were convicted on federal conspiracy charges in September 2014 for knowingly shipping salmonella-tainted peanuts to customers. Contamination at the company's plant in Blakely, Georgia, led to one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history and forced the company into liquidation.


U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty's constitutionality

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:21 PM PDT

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and associate justices listen to U.S. President Obama as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in WashingtonWhen the last U.S. Supreme Court term ended in June with an unusual showdown over a decision approving Oklahoma's lethal injection process, some court watchers saw it as a sign the court might soon take up the bigger question of the constitutionality of the death penalty itself. In the June case, which upheld Oklahoma's procedures by a 5-to-4 margin, liberal justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined in a dissenting opinion that called for a full reexamination of capital punishment.


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