2016年1月19日星期二

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Sarah Palin jumps into 2016 race, endorses Donald Trump

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 03:43 PM PST

Will Sarah Palin Be Endorsing Donald Trump at Iowa Rally?The former VP candidate backs the Republican presidential front-runner.


Champagne flowed when released Americans finally left Iran

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 11:25 AM PST

Freed American Prisoner: 'Like Being Born Again'Pale but smiling, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati recounted Tuesday how disbelief turned to joy when he and three fellow Americans realized that they were being released as part of a deal with Iran and reunited with their families after spending years in Iranian prison.


'Affluenza' teen may have been forced to flee to Mexico

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 02:05 PM PST

MADD delivers petition to fight 'affluenza' teenLawyers for the Texas teenager who killed four people in the "affluenza" drunken-driving case and was captured in Mexico said on Tuesday they are investigating whether the 18-year-old chose to flee or was forced. Judge Timothy Menikos of Tarrant County juvenile court deferred a ruling on a move to transfer Ethan Couch's case to adult court because his parents were not adequately notified about the proceedings. Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, were captured in Puerto Vallarto, Mexico, last month after a manhunt of more than two weeks sparked by allegations the teen violated his probation in the 2013 drunken driving case.


Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump

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U.S. Supreme Court to decide major case on Obama immigration plan

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 01:05 PM PST

US President Barack Obama participates in a Martin Luther King Day service projectThe U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear President Barack Obama's bid to resurrect his plan to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, a unilateral executive action he took in 2014 to bypass the Republican-led Congress. Obama's action was blocked by lower courts after Texas and 25 other Republican-governed states sued to stop it, contending he exceeded his presidential powers under the U.S. Constitution. The case is not the first time Obama has asked the Supreme Court to rescue a major initiative.


Actress investigated in possible link to 'El Chapo'

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 09:22 AM PST

FILE - In this March 24, 2013 file photo, Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo attends a NASCAR Sprint Cup auto race in Fontana, Calif. Mexican authorities said on Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, that they want to talk to the Mexican actress who arranged an interview with drug lord Joaquin There are indications that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had business dealings with actress Kate del Castillo, who arranged a meeting between the drug boss and actor Sean Penn, Mexico's attorney general said in an interview published Tuesday.


Clinton receives endorsement from largest LGBT organization

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 01:39 PM PST

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a town hall at the Toledo Civic Center in Toledo, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was endorsed Tuesday by the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.


About 3,500 slaves held by Islamic State in Iraq: U.N. report

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 09:50 AM PST

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - An estimated 3,500 people, mainly women and children, are being held as slaves in Iraq by Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Islamist group, which also controls large parts of Syria, is responsible for acts that may "amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and possibly genocide", particularly against minorities, a report said. Iraqi security forces and allied groups including Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have also killed and abducted civilians, it said.

Ex-FBI agent's family 'outraged' he wasn't in Iran deal

Posted: 18 Jan 2016 07:52 PM PST

Washington (AFP) - "Crushed and outraged" relatives of an American missing in Iran for nine years expressed deep frustration that he was not included in a prisoner exchange over the weekend. "Why did Iran prisoner swap not include my father?" asked Sarah Moriarty, daughter of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, who has been missing for nearly a decade. Speaking on behalf of her "crushed and outraged" family, Moriarty noted the capture and US negotiations for the release of a number of Americans during her father's long captivity -- 3,237 days thus far.

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