2015年7月27日星期一

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Cosby's accusers speak out in striking cover story

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 07:06 AM PDT

New York Magazine cover features 35 Cosby accusersYahoo's Katie Couric speaks with one of 35 women who shared their eerily similar Bill Cosby stories with New York Magazine.


Boston out of running for 2024 Summer Olympic Games bid

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The city of Boston is no longer a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games.


DJ Henry was a black man killed by police. Should he be a cause?

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 06:25 AM PDT

Danroy Henry Sr. holds his wife, AngellaDan and Angella Henry sit in the windowed kitchen of their stately home in Easton, Mass. — the trampoline and swimming pool out back, the trees and hummingbird feeders all around, the artfully arranged platter of sandwiches on the granite counter.


Colorado movie gunman's sister sobs, says she still loves him

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 03:22 PM PDT

James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at the Arapahoe County Justice Center in CentennialBy Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The younger sister of Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes testified at his trial for the first time on Monday, telling jurors who will decide his fate that the murders were completely out of character, and she still loves him. Chris Holmes, 22, was called by the defense during the punishment phase of the trial.


Louisiana shooting suspect never involuntarily committed: Georgia authorities

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Handout photo of John R. Houser in LafayetteSuspect John R. Houser, who killed himself after Thursday's rampage in Lafayette, Louisiana, purchased the weapon he used in the attack from an Alabama pawnshop in 2014, authorities say. "We did not receive an involuntary commitment order on John Houser, because there was no order," Sherry Lang, deputy director of public affairs for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told Reuters in a phone interview on Monday.


U.S. drops Boston's embattled bid to host 2024 Olympic Games

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 02:36 PM PDT

By Scott Malone and Jacqueline Tempera BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday rescinded Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the mayor said his city's taxpayers could not afford to host the large-scale event. The move was met with relief by Massachusetts officials, who had faced an active opposition campaign that fought the idea of hosting the Summer Games, forecast to cost more than $8.6 billion, from the moment the USOC in January picked Boston over other major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco. The USOC said it still hoped to pick a U.S. candidate to compete for the games, against a lineup including Paris, Rome, Budapest and Hamburg, Germany.

Obama calls GOP criticism of Iran deal 'ridiculous' 'sad'

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 02:43 PM PDT

President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, July 27, 2015, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Ethiopia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — President Barack Obama unleashed a blistering and belittling rebuke of Republican White House hopefuls Monday, calling their attack on his landmark nuclear deal with Iran "ridiculous if it weren't so sad."


Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22

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The only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown dies after five months in a coma.


A weak open for US stocks; Chinese market drops sharply

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 06:41 AM PDT

A man walks past an electric board displaying stock prices at a brokerage house in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province Monday July 27, 2015. The Shanghai share index dived more than 8 percent Monday as Chinese stocks suffered a renewed sell-off despite government efforts to calm the market.(Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUTNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are getting off to a weak start, continuing a recent stretch of losses.


Pedro Martinez steals the show on Hall of Fame induction day

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Former Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez has developed quite the reputation from both his time in the game, and since he's been out of the game.


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