Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn't 'real black president'
The media mogul makes the comment while comparing GOP candidate Ben Carson to the president.
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FBI says it 'disrupted' dozens of potential militants
FBI counterterrorism investigators followed “dozens and dozens” of potential militants around the United States full time during the summer and “disrupted” many of them, FBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee on Thursday. Comey, who testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs along with Nick Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said U.S. investigators are aware of dozens of U.S.-based Islamic militant suspects who
France train attack hero Stone stabbed in California, Air Force says
The attack took place sometime between midnight and 1 a.m. on Thursday, according to a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman, who declined to release more information. Local television station KCRA reported that Stone, during a fight in the street near several popular bars in the mid-town section of Sacramento, was stabbed multiple times in the torso.
Indiana University suspends fraternity over suspected sexual hazing
The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity has been ordered to cease and desist all activities as the university investigates the case, the school said. “Alpha Tau Omega is alleged to have violated the student code of conduct – specifically for hazing activities which perpetuate sexual misconduct,” the school said in a letter to the fraternity. The national fraternity, which has 250 active and inactive chapters with more than 6,500 undergraduate members,
Search ends for survivors of hurricane-hit U.S. cargo ship
By Susan Cooper Eastman JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday ended its search for missing crew of the cargo ship El Faro that sank off the Bahamas last week after sailing into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. An exhaustive air and sea search for possible survivors was called off at sunset, six days after communication was lost with the ship and the 33 people aboard, the
Clinton's Wall Street reform plan has tax on high-frequency trading
By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will propose a tax on high-frequency trading, her campaign said late Wednesday. The tax would target securities transactions with excessive levels of order cancellations, which destabilize the markets, a campaign aide said. “The growth of high-frequency trading has unnecessarily burdened our markets and enabled unfair and abusive trading strategies,” the aide said.
Afghan medical NGOs faced growing danger long before MSF hospital tragedy
By Krista Mahr KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S. air strike in Afghanistan that killed at least 22 patients and staff at a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital wasn’t the first time the escalating war has affected an aid-run medical facility. According to Sagot-Priez, in mid-August intense fighting broke out near a remote clinic operated by Premiere Urgence in Kunar, in the east.
Why is elephant cancer rare? Answer might help treat humans
CHICAGO (AP) — Cancer is much less common in elephants than in humans, even though the big beasts’ bodies have many more cells. That’s a paradox known among scientists, and now researchers think they may have an explanation — one they say might someday lead to new ways to protect people from cancer.
License suspended for nurse accused of reusing syringes
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. (AP) — A nurse accused of reusing syringes while giving flu shots to 67 patients at a pharmaceutical company voluntarily surrendered her license, New Jersey officials said Thursday.
Snoring, apnea linked to diabetes risk in older adults
By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – Seniors with nighttime breathing issues like snoring or sleep apnea often have high blood sugar and may be almost twice as likely as sound sleepers to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study. Findings from some 6,000 U.S. adults who were followed for up to 10 years suggest that doctors may want to monitor blood sugar in older patients with sleep-disordered breathing,