2015年7月19日星期日

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Trump won’t apologize for McCain ‘war hero’ comments

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Donald Trump is standing by his outrageous remarks as GOP presidential hopefuls call on him to exit the race.


Black officer helps white supremacist suffering from heat at KKK rally

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 02:32 PM PDT

Black cop helps neo-Nazi in South CarolinaThe image of an African-American police officer assisting a man wearing a black T-shirt bearing a swastika and struggling in the heat goes viral.


Shooter's family says he suffered from depression

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 12:19 PM PDT

Teen Challenge member, Carol Parker, center, becomes emotional during a memorial service at River Park Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the victims of the Tennessee shootings. The U.S. Navy says a sailor who was shot in the attack on a military facility in Chattanooga has died, raising the death toll to five people. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and "was not the son we knew and loved."


Chattanooga stirs U.S. Muslims' concerns about radicalization

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 09:58 AM PDT

Handout of police tape and a makeshift memorial sit on the lawn in front of an Armed Forces Career Center in this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, where earlier in the day a gunman opened fire, injuring one U.S. Marine in ChattanoogaAddressing his congregation on the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez implored worshipers to combat Muslim extremism in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed five servicemen in Tennessee. The suspect, a young Muslim who grew up in the Chattanooga area, also died in the gunfight on Thursday, the last day of Islam's holy month of fasting. It was the latest reminder to American Muslims of the need to find ways to keep teenagers and young adults from being drawn to ideologies promoted by such groups as Islamic State, the militants also known as ISIS who control part of Syria.


Former President George H.W. Bush released from hospital: report

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 10:23 AM PDT

Former U.S. President George Bush speaks at the World Leadership Summit in Abu DhabiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was released from a hospital in Maine on Sunday after being treated for a broken bone in his neck, spokesman Jim McGrath said according to USA Today.


New York paupers' cemetery opens to mourners for first time

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 11:48 AM PDT

Grable walks off the ferry to Hart's Island with Hunt in New YorkIt takes a mere 10 minutes by boat to navigate to New York City's Hart Island, one of the United States' largest paupers' cemetery. Grable, 64, was one of a few dozen mourners who for the first time walked across the barren island on Sunday. For years, city rules confined mourners to a small memorial gazebo, furnished with a few benches and tucked away on an island's corner.


Cosby detailed his womanizing, secrecy efforts a decade ago

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 04:51 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, comedian and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony in Philadelphia. Cosby says he paid women after having sex with them and went to great lengths to hide his behavior and the payments from his wife, The New York Times reported Saturday, July 18, 2015, after obtaining a copy of a transcript from a deposition Cosby gave a decade ago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)In sworn testimony a decade ago, Bill Cosby also suggested he was skilled at understanding nonverbal cues for sexual consent and called one of his accusers a liar.


U.S. investigators probe shooter's alleged 'war' text message

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 09:01 AM PDT

Mohammad Youssduf AdbulazeerInvestigators on Sunday were probing the communications of a shooter who killed five US troops in Chattanooga to determine his possible motive, following reports he allegedly sent a text message declaring "war" hours before the rampage. Four Marines and a sailor were killed in Thursday's attack on two military centers in Tennessee -- which authorities are treating as "an act of terrorism" -- before the gunman, Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, died in a shootout with police. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked foreign intelligence agencies to help trace Abdulazeez's movements and activities abroad, and analysts are monitoring his activity on social media.


Christmas in the Capitol? Congress' to-do list grows

Posted: 19 Jul 2015 05:16 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2015, file photo, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, speaks next to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress' mid-summer to-do list may take until Christmas to clear. "We're going to leave that fight 'til September, October, November, December," Cornyn, told reporters last week, referring to spending issues and raising the prospect of Christmas in the Capitol.(AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' midsummer to-do list may take until Christmas to clear.


Shooter's family offers sympathy to families of his victims

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:56 PM PDT

Teen Challenge member, Carol Parker, center, becomes emotional during a memorial service at River Park Saturday, July 18, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., for the victims of the Tennessee shootings. The U.S. Navy says a sailor who was shot in the attack on a military facility in Chattanooga has died, raising the death toll to five people. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — As the families of four Marines and a sailor shot to death in Chattanooga grieved their losses Saturday, the family of the man authorities say pulled the trigger offered sympathy, condolences and prayers.


Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:33 PM PDT

At least five people were arrested on Saturday as white-supremacist and African-American groups clashed outside the South Carolina State House, where the Confederate battle flag was removed last week after a half-century, authorities said. Tensions rose quickly when a column of about 50 white supremacists, many carrying Confederate flags and one a Nazi flag, marched toward the south steps of the capitol at 3:15 p.m. When the group reached the State House lawn, a scuffle broke out, and police moved in quickly to keep the fight from spreading.
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