2015年5月22日星期五

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Moore endures under ‘the mercy of the sky’

Posted: 22 May 2015 12:26 PM PDT

169581304SO00012_Residents_Known as the "tornado alley of tornado alley," Moore, Okla., has been hit by six major tornadoes since 1998. In an adaptation from her new book, "The Mercy of the Sky," Yahoo News correspondent Holly Bailey writes about the emotional toll on her hometown as it waits for the next big storm.


L.A. looking to 2016 to end the Bay Area’s lock on California politics

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When Sen. Barbara Boxer announced on Jan. 8 that she would be retiring after her current term ends in 2016, Democrats in Southern California quietly rejoiced.


Quadruple-murder suspect held without bond in Washington

Posted: 22 May 2015 02:04 PM PDT

Murder suspect Wint is pictured in police booking photographDaron Wint, 34, of Lanham, Maryland, is accused of holding construction business owner Savvas Savopoulos and the others captive until he got $40,000 in cash, then killing them and setting fire to their mansion, according to court documents. Acting U.S. Attorney Vincent Cohen Jr. said he was being held without bond.


Clinton got now-classified Benghazi info on private email

Posted: 22 May 2015 11:12 AM PDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton received information on her private email server about the deadly attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi that has now been classified.

Calif. oil spill: Critics point to company's history of safety violations

Posted: 22 May 2015 06:00 AM PDT

State of Emergency and the Race Against Time to Clean Up Oil Spill in Santa Barbara, CaliforniaCritical eyes have uncovered that Plains All American Pipeline, which operates the pipeline that ruptured in Santa Barbara earlier this week, has a history of safety violations.


US, Cuba close round of talks with no embassy announcement

Posted: 22 May 2015 01:55 PM PDT

The Cuban flag flies in front of the U.S. Interests Section (background), in HavanaWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba still have no agreement on re-establishing embassies.


Suspect arrested in D.C. quadruple murder

Posted: 22 May 2015 12:32 PM PDT

This combination of undated photos provided by the Washington, D.C., police shows Daron Dylon Wint. The police issued a news release late Wednesday, May 20, 2015, saying they are looking for Wint in connection with last Thursday's quadruple homicide of a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper inside their multimillion-dollar home. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP)Daron Dylon Wint is accused in the slayings of a wealthy family and their housekeeper.


IS suicide bomber attacks Saudi Shiite mosque, killing 21

Posted: 22 May 2015 02:47 PM PDT

A Saudi man reacts following a blast inside a mosque, in the mainly Shiite Saudi Gulf coastal town of Qatif, 400km east of Riyadh, on May 22, 2015An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding 81 in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions. The bomber struck during the main weekly prayers in Eastern Province, where assailants linked to the Sunni extremist IS killed seven members of the minority Shiite community in November. The interior ministry said a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the mosque in Kudeih, in the Shiite-majority city of Qatif, the official SPA news agency reported.


Ireland turns out for historic vote on gay marriage

Posted: 22 May 2015 03:35 PM PDT

Members of the public arrive to vote at a polling station in Drumcondra, north Dublin, on May 22, 2015Irish voters turned out in force Friday for a historic referendum on whether same-sex marriage should become legal, after a campaign that has exposed divisions in the traditionally Catholic nation. After 15 hours of voting, the ballot boxes were sealed at 10:00pm (2100 GMT) across the republic, with polling stations reporting higher-than-expected voter numbers. State broadcaster RTE said polling stations were recording a higher turnout than usual for referendums, with voting levels in cities such as Dublin, Limerick and Waterford predicted to top 60 percent.


Magnitude 5.3 quake hits Nevada, close to Las Vegas

Posted: 22 May 2015 01:48 PM PDT

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Nevada on Friday close to the small town of Caliente, northeast of the tourist hub of Las Vegas, and was followed by a series of smaller aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It said the epicenter of the initial quake, which was very shallow at a depth of only 2.5 miles(4 km), was 24 miles (39 km)from Caliente, a town of just over 1,000 people, close to the border with Utah. A dispatcher with the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, near the epicenter, said the earthquake had been felt widely across the county, but that there were no immediate reports of damage.

Five plead not guilty to Kentucky bourbon heist

Posted: 22 May 2015 02:44 PM PDT

By Steve Bittenbender LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Five people accused of stealing and selling more than $100,000 worth of expensive bourbons and other whiskeys as part of a years-long conspiracy pleaded not guilty on Friday in a Kentucky court. Gilbert "Toby" Curtsinger, a former worker at the Buffalo Trace distillery in Frankfort, denied charges that he organized the theft of barrels and bottles from Buffalo Trace and the Wild Turkey distilleries. Acting on a tip, Franklin County Sheriff's officers discovered stolen barrels behind a shed on Curtsinger's property, prosecutors said.

What happens to collection of phone records if law expires?

Posted: 22 May 2015 12:43 PM PDT

FILE In this June 6, 2013 file photo, a sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The Justice Department warned lawmakers that the National Security Agency will have to wind down its bulk collection of Americans' phone records by the end of the week if Congress fails to reauthorize the Patriot Act. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate struggled to reach agreement Friday on how to change the way the National Security Agency handles American calling records, setting the stage for a halt to the collection program and two less-controversial surveillance programs designed to track spies and terrorists.


Anti-Asian discrimination claims at Harvard reveal long fight over affirmative action

Posted: 21 May 2015 04:16 PM PDT

HarvardDoes one of the nation's most prestigious universities really have a racially biased admissions process, or are the organizers behind such a claim merely pushing a larger, more controversial agenda?


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