Dangerous East Coast storm brings misery to South Carolina
Trees and power lines across the Carolinas and Virginia are vulnerable.
Oregon shooting victim professor Larry Levine loved nature, writing
Larry Levine, one of the victims in the Umpqua Community College shooting, loved fishing in the great outdoors and was passionate about writing.
Doctors Without Borders leaves Afghan city after airstrike
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The International medical charity Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday it had withdrawn from the northern Afghan city of Kunduz after a deadly airstrike destroyed its hospital and killed 22 people, as the U.S. and Afghan governments vowed to get to the bottom of the carnage.
Gunman in Oregon college massacre committed suicide
By Courtney Sherwood and Emily Flitter ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – The gunman who killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon community college committed suicide after a shootout with police who arrived within five minutes and exchanged fire with him almost immediately, authorities said. Investigators had previously said the 26-year-old shooter was killed by the officers who raced to the rampage at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, which
Life ring from missing cargo ship found as hurricane threatens Bermuda
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Coast Guard pilots found a life ring from the cargo ship El Faro on Saturday, the first trace of the vessel since it went missing two days earlier with 33 mostly American crew members on board, as powerful Hurricane Joaquin moved toward Bermuda. A search-and-rescue crew found the life ring in waters to the northeast of Crooked Island in the Bahamas, about
Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are set to wade into contentious social matters in their new term beginning on Monday including affirmative action, union powers and voting rights, and could add major cases involving abortion and birth control. The justices, five appointed by Republican presidents and four by Democrats, often divide along ideological and political lines on pressing social issues. In
Obama pledges probe into fatal airstrike on Afghan hospital
President Barack Obama has promised a full investigation into an apparent US air strike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people, a bombing which the UN said could amount to a war crime. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said patients burned to death in their beds during a raid that continued for more than an hour early Saturday, even after US and Afghan authorities were informed the hospital had been
Guatemalan mudslide death toll reaches 69, hundreds missing
SANTA CATARINA PINULA, Guatemala (AP) — Rescue workers using shovels and pickaxes recovered more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed hillside on the outskirts of Guatemala City on Saturday as an official said the death toll had risen to 69 with another 350 people believed missing.
UN slams 'inexcusable' Afghan hospital air strike that kills 19
A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people Saturday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN condemned as “inexcusable, and possibly even criminal”. Dozens more were seriously wounded at the facility, a key lifeline that has been running “beyond capacity” during fighting that saw the Taliban seize control of the northern provincial capital for several days. The strike early
Oregon college shooting victims identified
The nine people killed after a gunman opened fire on an Oregon community college campus Thursday took different paths to the small rural college, ranging from teens starting college for the first time to adults who were seeking a second career. One was an assistant professor of English at the college.
Jeb Bush: ‘Stuff happens,’ but no need for new gun regulations
Gunman in Oregon massacre was turned away from firearms academy
By Eric M. Johnson and Emily Flitter ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – The gunman slain by police after he killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon college was once turned away from a firearms academy by an instructor who recalled finding him “weird” and “a little bit too anxious” for high-level weapons training. Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, who moved to Oregon from the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, California,
Obama to look for new gun measures, says 'talk' is main tool
President Barack Obama said on Friday that he has asked his team to look for new ways to enforce existing regulations to keep guns away from criminals in the wake of the mass shooting in Oregon. “The main thing I’m going to do is I’m going to talk about this on a regular basis,” Obama said at a news conference. Obama started by mocking Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush who
'Sense of regret' in Vatican over pope meeting with gay marriage opponent
Pope Francis’ meeting last week with an American woman at the center of a row over gay marriage was not something he had sought and should not be seen as an endorsement of her views, the Vatican said on Friday. One Vatican official said there was “a sense of regret” that the pope had ever seen Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in September for refusing
Fiorina makes distortion of Planned Parenthood a centerpiece
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina has spent the last two weeks repeating an erroneous description of videos secretly recorded by anti-abortion activists. That seems bound to continue as she makes her opposition to Planned Parenthood a centerpiece of her 2016 campaign.
The real story behind the pope’s meeting with Kim Davis
Obama: Russia action in Syria is 'recipe for disaster'
President Obama warned that Russia’s military engagement in Syria in support of strongman Bashar al-Assad is a “recipe for disaster,” though Washington could still work with Moscow on reducing tensions. Russian President Vladimir Putin “doesn’t distinguish between ISIL and a moderate Sunni opposition that wants to see Mr Assad go,” Obama told reporters, referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan steps down after 7-year term
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is reluctantly accepting the resignation of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, saying he’s earned the right to return home as one of the longest-serving secretaries in the department’s history.
What we know about the Oregon college gunman
Blog posts suggest he had an interest in past mass shootings and a disdain for religion.
As Boehner departs, his to-do list could remain undone
Outgoing House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio has a lot he could do legislatively before he leaves Congress this month, but not a lot of time or conservative support to do it.
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Russia escalating Syria war by targeting moderate opposition: U.S.
MADRID (Reuters) – Russia is escalating Syria’s civil war by targeting the moderate opposition, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday, comparing Moscow’s effort to bolster Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to tethering itself to a sinking ship. “By taking military action in Syria against moderate groups targets, Russia has escalated the civil war,” Carter said in a speech during a trip to Spain. (Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by
Beating parasites wins three scientists Nobel prize for medicine
By Simon Johnson and Ben Hirschler STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Three scientists from Japan, China and Ireland whose discoveries led to the development of potent new drugs against parasitic diseases including malaria and elephantiasis won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday. Irish-born William Campbell and Japan’s Satoshi Omura won half of the prize for discovering avermectin, a derivative of which has been used to treat hundreds of millions of people
Gulf Arabs wrest strategic Yemen island from Iran-allied group
By Mohammed Mukhashaf PERIM ISLAND, YEMEN (Reuters) – Perim Island may be a small lump of windswept volcanic rock at the entrance to the Red Sea but its capture by Gulf Arab forces from Houthi fighters was a welcome victory for Yemen’s government and its allies. Gulf Arab troops swooped in from air and sea last week to take back Perim, which sits on one of the world’s most important
NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish air space
By Ayla Jean Yackley and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and its NATO allies denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish air space along the frontier with Syria, and Ankara threatened to respond if provoked again, raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the Cold War enemies. NATO held an emergency meeting of ambassadors of its 28 member states to respond to what Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called
Ukraine starts pull-back of tanks, light artillery in east: military
Ukraine has started withdrawing tanks and light artillery from the frontline in the eastern region of Luhansk in line with an agreement with Russian-backed separatists, Kiev’s military said on Monday. Ukraine and separatist leaders agreed last week to extend a pull-back of weapons in eastern Ukraine, which rebels said could mean an “end to the war” with the Ukrainian government. “Today at 11.00 (4:00 a.m. EDT) in Luhansk region we
Air strike on Kunduz hospital tests cosier Afghan-U.S. ties
By Krista Mahr and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s reticence since a suspected U.S. air strike hit a hospital in northern Afghanistan on Saturday speaks volumes about how much he relies on Washington after 14 years of war. The air strike in Kunduz that killed 22 staff and patients at a clinic run by the medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has fueled Afghan anger
Swiss refuse to release Venezuelan FIFA suspect on bail
ZURICH (AP) — A senior South American soccer official has been denied bail on health grounds in Switzerland as he fights extradition to the United Sates after being indicted in the FIFA bribery case.
Turkey seeks EU backing for Syria no-fly, buffer zones
BRUSSELS (AP) — Turkey’s president sought European backing on Monday for the creation of buffer and no-fly zones on the Syrian border, saying that such moves are key to ending the refugee crisis.
EU states might get case-by-case budget relief on refugee crisis costs – EU officials
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union countries might be allowed to exclude costs of the refugee crisis from budget deficit calculations on a case-by-case basis, EU officials said, as Austria pushed for its spending on refugees to be exempt. Euro zone countries are obliged by EU laws to bring their budget close to balance or into surplus in structural terms, which exclude one-off items and revenue and spending fluctuations caused by
Russian jets hit Syrian rebels, Moscow says Islamic State targeted
By Alexander Winning and Suleiman Al-Khalidi MOSCOW/AMMAN (Reuters) – Russian jets hit Islamic State targets and other rebel groups in Syria on Saturday, on a fourth day of air strikes by Moscow in support of President Bashar al-Assad which have dramatically escalated foreign intervention in Syria. Russia’s air campaign in Syria, where a U.S.-led air coalition and fighters on the ground from regional states are already entangled in the four-year-old
At least 16 killed at Afghan hospital after U.S. air strike
By Hamid Shalizi and Andrew MacAskill KABUL (Reuters) – An airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the U.S. military called possible “collateral damage” in the battle to oust Taliban insurgents. Frantic MSF staff phoned military officials at NATO in Kabul and Washington after the attack, and bombs continued to rain down near
Vatican sacks gay priest after highly public coming out
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a gay priest from his Holy See job on the eve of a major Church meeting for a highly public coming out that challenged the Roman Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, a Polish theologian, had worked at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal arm, since 2003. The
Two suicide car bombs kill at least 18 people in Baghdad: police and medical sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide car bomb attacks targeting two mainly Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed at least 18 people on Saturday, police and medical sources said. The attacks targeted the mainly Shi’ite districts of Kadhimiya and Hurriya in northern Baghdad. Police said at least 60 people were wounded. (Reporting by Baghdad news room; Writing by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
Netanyahu says Israel's relationship with Russia is good
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel wants to avoid an adversarial relationship with Moscow and is unsure how Russia’s recent military intervention in Syria will affect the situation there. Netanyahu, in an interview recorded for broadcast on Sunday on “CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS,” did not join the United States and other NATO nations in criticizing Russia’s taking military action in Syria.
Thousands march in Vienna to show support for migrants
More than 20,000 people took part in a rally in Vienna on Saturday to show support for migrants and reject a recent upswing in support for Austria’s right-wing, anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO). Last month alone, about 200,000 refugees and migrants – many fleeing war in Syria – entered the nation of 8.5 million, fuelling support for the FPO in recent provincial elections and national polls. Protesters marching towards parliament in
'Gladbach beats Wolfsburg 2-0 to cap Bundesliga turnaround
BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Moenchengladbach defeated Bundesliga runner-up Wolfsburg 2-0 at home Saturday to cap a remarkable turnaround after its dismal start to the season.
Emirates holds closely controlled vote for federal council
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates held a tightly controlled election Saturday for its largely advisory Federal National Council, with only a portion of Emiratis eligible to cast ballots.
Malaysia's police chief says no FBI contact on any 1MDB, Najib investigation
Malaysia’s police department has had no contact from the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on any investigation into state fund 1MDB or Prime Minister Najib Razak, the police chief said on Saturday. 1MDB has debts of more than $11 billion and is under investigation by national and foreign authorities over allegations of financial mismanagement and graft. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sept. 20 that the FBI had launched
Aguero nets 5 goals as Man City beats Newcastle 6-1
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Sergio Aguero scored five goals in a 20-minute spell as Manchester City used a second-half onslaught to beat Newcastle 6-1 Saturday and provisionally reclaim top spot in the Premier League.
U.S., allies demand Russia halt Syria strikes outside IS areas
By Tom Perry and Lidia Kelly BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting and drawing an increasingly angry response from the West. The U.S.-led coalition that is waging its own air war against Islamic State called on the Russians to halt strikes on targets other than
