2015年5月31日星期日

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43 years after tragic car crash, Beau Biden’s death leaves Joe Biden grieving again

Posted: 31 May 2015 08:42 AM PDT

Attorney General Beau and Vice Presidential candidate Senator Biden gesture on stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in DenverEarlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at Yale University, where he recalled the 1972 car accident that killed his wife, Neilia, and 1-year-old daughter, Naomi, and left his two sons, Beau, 3, and Hunter, 2, hospitalized.

Heartfelt tributes pour in for Beau Biden

Posted: 31 May 2015 08:02 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 file photo, Delaware Attorney General candidate Beau Biden, holds his son, Hunter, as he walks with his wife, Hallie, holding their daughter, Natalie, as they enter a polling place to cast their votes in Wilmington, Del. On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Vice President Joe Biden announced the death of son, Beau, from brain cancer. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II)Leaders from both sides of the political aisle are mourning the death of Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, who died Saturday of brain cancer at age 46.

Surveillance powers set to lapse with no deal in Senate

Posted: 31 May 2015 04:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2015 file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. holds up his cell phone as he speaks before announcing the start of his presidential campaign, in Louisville, Ky. Key Patriot Act anti-terror provisions, including bulk collection of Americans' phone records, expire at midnight unless senators come up with an 11th hour deal in an extraordinary Sunday afternoon session. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency will lose its authority at midnight to collect Americans' phone records in bulk, after an extraordinary Sunday Senate session failed to produce an 11th-hour deal to extend the fiercely contested program.

Sun returns to Texas, revealing flood damage across state

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:05 PM PDT

In this aerial photo, people canoe through floodwaters past a stop sign near Bear Creek Park Saturday, May 30, 2015, in Houston. The Colorado River in Wharton and the Brazos and San Jacinto rivers near Houston are the main focus of concern as floodwaters move from North and Central Texas downstream toward the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Most of Texas was set to get its first period of extended sunshine in weeks, allowing surging rivers to recede as emergency-management officials turn their attention to cleanup efforts in such places as Houston, where damage estimates top $45 million.

Senate meets to debate future of U.S. telephone spying powers

Posted: 31 May 2015 02:45 PM PDT

A National Security Agency data gathering facility is seen in Bluffdale, south of Salt Lake CityBy Patricia Zengerle and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate convened a rare Sunday session in a last-ditch attempt to pass legislation to allow U.S. spy agencies to continue to sweep up information on Americans' telephone calls and other business records. Failure to pass such legislation would mean that key provisions of the USA Patriot Act would expire and, facing a midnight (0400 GMT Monday) deadline, the National Security Agency would have to shut off a vast surveillance system. The Patriot Act was signed into law by Republican President George W. Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Obamas visit Biden family after death of vice president's son

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:12 PM PDT

File photo of Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden addressinig final session of Democratic National Convention in CharlotteU.S. President Barack Obama visited Vice President Joe Biden and his family on Sunday to offer condolences after the death of Biden's son, Beau. Beau Biden, 46, who served eight years as attorney general of Delaware, died on Saturday after a recurrence of brain cancer. Obama and his wife, Michelle, went to the U.S. Naval Observatory, the vice president's official residence, to offer their condolences to the Biden family.

Qatar to extend restrictions on ex-Taliban detainees: U.S. official

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:09 PM PDT

Qatar has agreed to extend monitoring and travel restrictions on five Taliban detainees who were freed from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention camp last year in exchange for a U.S. soldier, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Sunday. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the restrictions would continue while Washington was in discussions with Qatar about ensuring the five posed no threat to U.S. security. Qatar took in the men as part of a deal to free U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who had been captured by militants in Afghanistan.

Kerry delays return to US after injury in bicycle crash

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2015 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the Blair House in Washington. Kerry is in stable condition in a Swiss hospital after suffering a leg injury in a bike crash on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Kerry was flown to Hospital University Geneva and is being evaluated. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group.

Watchdog finds ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:23 PM PDT

This digital image from the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives shows an immigration document for Elfriede Huth, later Elfriede Rinkel, when she was admitted to the U.S. in 1959. Rinkel admitted to being a Nazi concentration camp guard during World War II, but her past didn't keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits after she had been deported in 2006. (Immigration and Naturalization Service and the National Archives/Ancestry.com via AP)In a forthcoming report triggered by an Associated Press investigation, the top watchdog at the Social Security Administration found the agency paid $20.2 million in benefits to more than 130 suspected Nazi war criminals, SS guards, and others who may have participated in the Third Reich's atrocities during World War II.

Beau Biden dies at 46; son of VP had life of adversity

Posted: 31 May 2015 01:01 PM PDT

File photo of Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden addressinig final session of Democratic National Convention in CharlotteThe former Delaware attorney general was reported to be undergoing treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington.

More heavy rain but no new serious flooding in Houston area

Posted: 30 May 2015 08:45 PM PDT

Map shows precipitation from May 25-26; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88 mm;ROSENBERG, Texas (AP) — The seemingly ceaseless rain swept across areas of Texas again on Saturday, bringing fears of renewed flooding but no new serious problems.

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