2015年9月29日星期二

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Jeb Bush’s 2016 run wavers amid breakout stars

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Top donors have reportedly told Bush that he will start hemorrhaging fundraisers if he does not rev up momentum.


Ann Romney opens up about MS struggle

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In her new memoir, "In This Together," Romney details her struggles with multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 1998.


GOP and Planned Parenthood square off in Congress

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 02:33 PM PDT

Congress Planned ParenthoodBy Megan Cassella WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional Republicans on Tuesday challenged Planned Parenthood's eligibility for federal funds, while the health organization's president said defunding it would restrict women's access to care and disproportionately hurt low-income patients. A series of videos that purport to show that Planned Parenthood improperly sells fetal tissue to researchers for profit has reignited anti-abortion voters' fervor during a turbulent Republican presidential primary campaign. At a five-hour House committee hearing, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards appeared alone to respond to hostile questioning from Republicans, some of whom have vowed to shut down the U.S. government if federal support for the organization is not cut off.


Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 10:53 AM PDT

Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency was using Apple, Google and Facebook to gather user dataThe former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in asylum in Russia after blowing the lid on the U.S. spy agency's controversial domestic surveillance program, has joined Twitter.


Obama and Putin: Awkward moments, few breakthroughs

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 02:14 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at United Nations headquarters. (Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin's first formal meeting in more than two years started with an awkward handshake and ended without a breakthrough on Syria, a crisis that has strained their already tense relationship.


VW details brands affected by scandal; fix due in Oct

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 12:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo, company logos of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen sit in a box at a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions scandal at Volkswagen that has cost the chief executive his job, caused stock prices to plummet and could result in billions of dollars in fines. Legal experts say the German automaker is likely to face significant legal problems, including potential criminal charges. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen's commercial vehicles and cars from its Spanish unit SEAT are among the 11 million fitted with a diesel engine that can cheat on emissions tests, the company said Tuesday.


Afghan forces battle to retake Kunduz city from Taliban

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 12:42 PM PDT

A Taliban fighter sits on a motorcycle sporting a Taliban flag a day after the insurgents overran the strategic northern city of Kunduz, on September 29, 2015Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city in their biggest victory since being ousted from power in 2001. Insurgents advanced late evening on the outlying airport, where government forces retreated after the fall, with heavy fighting erupting near the premises as army reinforcements trickled into the city. The Taliban had captured government buildings and freed hundreds of prisoners on Monday, raising their trademark white flag throughout the city.


Trevor Noah ‘Daily Show’ review: Putting a happy face on the news

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Georgia board rejects female death row inmate's clemency bid

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 02:34 PM PDT

Death row inmate Kelly Renee Gissendaner is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of CorrectionsBy David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's parole board denied a request for clemency by the lone woman on the state's death row, just hours before her scheduled execution on Tuesday for her role in her husband's murder. Barring a last-minute court stay, Kelly Gissendaner, 47, is to be put to death by injection at 7 p.m. EDT at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. The state's Board of Pardons and Paroles met Tuesday to decide whether its refusal earlier this year to commute Gissendaner's sentence to life in prison should stand.


Baltimore judge schedules police trials in black man's death

Posted: 29 Sep 2015 01:30 PM PDT

Members of Baltimore Police Department are pictured in this undated booking photos provided by the Baltimore Police DepartmentA Baltimore judge on Tuesday set trial dates, the first beginning in November, for six police officers charged in the death of a black man from an injury suffered in police custody, an event that triggered protests, arson and rioting. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams scheduled individual trials with start dates ranging from Nov. 30 to March 9 for the officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray in April. Gray, 25, died from a spinal injury suffered in the back of a police van following an arrest, leading to protests and a day of rioting in the largely black city.


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