2015年8月26日星期三

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WDBJ journalists Alison Parker, Adam Ward killed during live broadcast

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 03:45 PM PDT

This undated photograph made available by WDBJ-TV shows reporter Alison Parker, left, and cameraman Adam Ward. Parker and Ward were fatally shot during an on-air interview, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in Moneta, Va. Authorities identified the suspect as fellow journalist Vester Lee Flanagan II, who appeared on WDBJ-TV as Bryce Williams. Flanagan was fired from the station earlier this year. (Courtesy of WDBJ-TV via AP) MANDATORY CREDITThe TV journalists at a CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot by a former employee of the station.

Hillary Clinton on a Biden run: give him ‘space’ for ‘a very difficult decision’

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U.S. stocks surge, snapping 6-day losing streak

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 02:30 PM PDT

A Chinese investor monitors stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday and Shanghai's index fell despite Beijing's decision to cut a key interest rate to help stabilize gyrating financial markets and counter short liquidity.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)The Dow Jones industrial average rocketed more than 600 points Wednesday, its biggest gain in seven years, snapping a six-day losing streak that had Americans nervously checking their investment balances.

Saudi arrested in 1996 bombing that killed 19 Americans

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 01:36 PM PDT

FILE - This June 30,1996 file photo, show a general view of the destroyed Khobar Towers and crater where a truck bomb exploded at a U.S military complex killing 19 Americans and injuring hundreds in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Ahmed al-Mughassil, suspected in the bombing has been captured, a U.S. official tells The Associated Press, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. Al-Mughassil was described by the FBI in 2001 as the head of the military wing of Saudi Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Saleh Rifai, File)DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man described as the mastermind of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing that killed 19 American servicemen in Saudi Arabia has been captured, a U.S. and a Saudi official said Wednesday, ending a nearly two-decade manhunt for one of the FBI's most-wanted terrorists.

Trump says he's proud he booted Univision's Ramos from event

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 02:33 PM PDT

Miami-based Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, left, asks Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a question about his immigration proposal during a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)The GOP frontrunner lashes out at the prominent TV anchor: "Go back to Univision."

Police: Teacher, pastor calmed boy who held class hostage

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 10:50 AM PDT

Parents and students leave after reuniting with their children following a "hostage-type situation" at Philip Barbour High School, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Philippi, W.Va. A report of someone with a gun inside the school led authorities to isolate and arrest a suspect in the building Tuesday, State Police said. (AP Photo/Ben Queen)PHILIPPI, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia preacher, a teacher and police helped persuade a 14-year-old boy to free 27 fellow students he held at gunpoint in a high school classroom Tuesday, a standoff that ended without a single shot fired, authorities and the pastor said.

Dust-covered woman from iconic 9/11 photograph dies of cancer

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 03:06 AM PDT

Marcy Borders took refuge in a nearby office building when New York's Twin Towers, where she worked for Bank of America, were attacked on September 11, 2001A survivor of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York who was featured in one of the most haunting photographs of the outrage has died of stomach cancer. The family of Marcy Borders first announced her death Monday on Facebook. Borders, who was 28 at the time of the attacks, was just one month into a job for Bank of America in one of the Twin Towers.

US stocks open sharply higher after 6-day slump

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 06:41 AM PDT

A bank clerk counts renminbi banknotes in a bank branch in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. Asian stocks rose Wednesday after a rocky start following Beijing's decision to cut a key interest rate to help stabilize gyrating financial markets and free up more funding to counter short liquidity. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUTAsian stocks were mixed Wednesday and Shanghai's index fell despite Beijing's decision to cut a key interest rate.

Virginia TV journalists killed by suspect with 'powder keg' of anger

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 01:48 PM PDT

WDBJ reporter is shot in this still image from video posted to the Facebook account of Bryce WilliamTwo television journalists were killed during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday, shot by a suspect who was a former employee of the TV station and who called himself a "powder keg" of anger over what he saw as racial discrimination at work and elsewhere in the United States. The suspect, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, shot himself as police pursued him on a Virginia highway hours after the shooting. Flanagan, who was African-American, died later at a hospital, police said.

Colorado movie gunman sentenced to 12 lifetimes and 3,318 years

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 12:20 PM PDT

Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes leaves court for the last time before beginning his life sentence with no chance of parole after a hearing in Centennial, ColoradoCondemning movie massacre gunman James Holmes to 12 life sentences and the maximum 3,318 years in prison for his rampage in a midnight screening of a Batman film, a Colorado judge said on Wednesday that evil and mental illness are not mutually exclusive. "It is the court's intention that the defendant never set foot in free society again ... If there was ever a case that warranted the maximum sentences, this is the case," Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour said. Survivors and relatives of those killed clapped and cheered as Samour then ordered deputies to remove Holmes from his courtroom, and the gunman was led away in shackles.

New Hampshire rape trial defendant says sexual encounter was consensual

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 02:19 PM PDT

A sign marks the entrance to St. Paul's School in ConcordOwen Labrie, 19, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting the girl at St. Paul's School in Concord in May 2014. Testifying for the first time since the trial began last week, Labrie said he had a "playful, affectionate" relationship with the girl and that he believed she was a willing participant in the encounter. "No," Labrie replied.

US student who helped stop France terror attack arrives home

Posted: 26 Aug 2015 12:17 AM PDT

Anthony Sadler, center, who helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris, walks across the tarmac to a waiting vehicle at Sacramento International Airport, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, in Sacramento, Calif. Sadler and two Sacramento-area friends, U.S. Air Force Airman Spencer Stone, and Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, helped subdue Ayoub El-Khazzani, a man with ties to radical Islam who was carrying a handgun and an assault weapon on the train Friday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An American college student who along with two friends helped stop a terror attack on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris returned home to California.

Why does the U.S. lead the world in mass shootings?

Posted: 25 Aug 2015 07:48 AM PDT

FILE -- In this April 20, 1999 still file image from a videotape released by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, Eric Harris, left, and Dylan Klebold are seen in the cafeteria at Columbine High School, in Littleton, Colo., during their shooting rampage where they killed a teacher and 12 students. Both gunmen killed themselves later. Whether it's a genocidal dictator or a gunman behind a mass shooting, debate often flares over where the notorious should be laid to rest. Klebold's family had him cremated, and Harris' family has never publicly revealed his final resting place. (AP Photo/Jefferson County Sheriff's Department/file)Unprecedented gun ownership, obsession with fame, and failure to achieve the "American dream" lead to mass violence, a new study finds.

Trump mixes it up in Iowa: Rally highlights

Posted: 25 Aug 2015 06:26 PM PDT

Trump mixes it up in Iowa: Rally highlightsGOP frontrunner held a rally in Dubuque, Iowa on Tuesday night just moments after mixing it up with a member of the press. Trump was confronted at a press conference preceding his town hall with Iowa voters by Univision's Jorge Ramos, who at one point was escorted from the building by security. It proved just the start of a spirited night in the Hawkeye State as Trump showed once again that any signs of his campaign receding are hard to find. Yahoo News provided live coverage of all the night's events.

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