The myth of Trump’s angry legions
Trumpmania may be telling us a lot less about the dominant mood in the electorate at large than we think.
Clerk's office defies order; no same-sex marriage licenses
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A clerk’s office turned away gay couples who sought marriage licenses on Thursday, defying a federal judge’s order that said deeply held Christian beliefs don’t excuse officials from following the law.
At least 50 dead as huge warehouse blasts hit Chinese port
Huge, fiery blasts at a warehouse for hazardous chemicals killed at least 50 people and turned nearby buildings into skeletal shells in the Chinese port of Tianjin, raising questions Thursday about whether …
Riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri to remain in state of emergency: officials
The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, the site of a year of occasionally violent protests over the police killing of an unarmed black teen, will remain under a state of emergency for at least another night, county officials said on Wednesday. The state of emergency, which gives county police oversight of security in the city of 21,000 people, was declared following a shooting incident at a protest Sunday night
U.S. military's transgender care costs 'negligible,' study says
Transition care for transgender members of the U.S. military would cost around $5.6 million a year, “little more than a rounding error” as a share of total expenditure, according to new research published amid criticism of proposed funding. The sum amounts to just 22 cents per service member per month, said Aaron Belkin, an academic at San Francisco State University, adding that the military’s annual healthcare budget is currently $47.8
At least five dead in spate of shootings around Boston
As of Sunday, some 151 shootings had been reported in Boston this year, a 25 percent increase from the same period last year. Two other fatal shootings occurred in the neighboring cities, local police confirmed.
Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery
The former U.S. president announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.
Why is Bernie Sanders drawing huge crowds?
The enthusiastic audiences at his campaign stops are dwarfing the turnouts for Hillary Clinton.
One-on-one with U.S. ambassador to Chile
U.S. Ambassador to Chile Mike Hammer is a widely respected career diplomat who has worked for presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
Obama urges Congress to restore Voting Rights Act
Rise of the Female Superhero
Rise of the Female Superhero
Rise of the Female Superhero
After 2 nights of tension, a peaceful protest in Ferguson
Police outnumbered protesters along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday night.
U.S. military helicopter crashes off Japan's Okinawa, seven hurt
All 17 people on the UH-60 Black Hawk have been rescued, including seven who were injured.
Officer fired for 'troubling' decisions in shooting of Texas teen
A white officer who fatally shot a black Texas teenager last week at a Dallas-area car dealership has been fired after making a series of troubling decisions, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said on Tuesday. Christian Taylor, a 19-year-old college football player at Angelo State University, became the latest unarmed black man to die at the hands of a white police officer after officials said he was seen on security
No arrests in Ferguson protests for first time in five days: police
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over last year’s police killing of an unarmed black teenager ended peacefully on Wednesday morning, law enforcement officials said, after shots had been fired and shop windows smashed earlier in the week. It was the first night since Friday to end without arrests, said St. Louis County police spokesman Shawn McGuire. The mainly black St. Louis suburb of 21,000 people has had months of largely peaceful
Judge briefed on Brady's 'Deflategate' suspension settlement talks
The National Football League and the players union met with a federal judge on Wednesday to provide closed-door updates on the status of settlement talks in their dispute over New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s “Deflategate” suspension. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan met first with the NFL, then began meeting with the NFL Players Association. Berman had ordered the briefings ahead of a previously scheduled hearing in litigation
Texas to execute man convicted of killing veteran police officer
Texas plans on Wednesday to execute Daniel Lopez, 27, who was convicted of killing a veteran police officer in 2009 and has waived his rights to appeal his death sentence. If the execution goes ahead, it would be the 528th in Texas, the most of any state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. Lopez was convicted of striking Corpus Christi Police Lieutenant Stuart Alexander at
Clinton relents, gives up possession of private email server
The former secretary of state directs her team to give the device to the Justice Department.
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EU migrant arrivals pass record 100,000 in July: border agency
Nearly 110,000 migrants were tracked entering the EU in July by irregular means, official data showed on Tuesday, setting a record as the influx continues, notably of Syrians reaching Greek islands from Turkey. The European Union’s border control agency Frontex said that it had detected some 107,500 people arriving outside regular channels in July, a sharp increase on the previous record set in June of over 70,000, and more than
Robshaw returns to lead much-changed England against France
Regular England captain Chris Robshaw was restored to the side announced Tuesday for the World Cup hosts’ second warm-up match against France in Paris on Saturday. The Harlequins flanker was one of 14 changes made by coach Stuart Lancaster to his starting side, with only try-scoring wing Jonny May retained from the XV that ran out to defeat France 19-14 at Twickenham last weekend. Robshaw will form a back row
Record 107,500 migrants at EU borders in July: Frontex
EU border agency Frontex on Tuesday reported a record 107,500 migrants at the European Union’s borders last month, as the 28-member bloc struggles to cope with a refugee crisis. The July figure, triple the number of migrants during the same period last year, comes days after EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the world faces its “worst refugee crisis since the Second World War”. The EU has approved 2.4 billion
Clinton parts with Obama administration on Arctic drilling
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, putting her at odds with the Obama administration one day after it approved drilling off Alaska. “The Arctic is a unique treasure,” Clinton said in a Twitter post. “Given what we know, it’s not worth the risk of drilling.” On Monday, the Obama administration gave Royal Dutch Shell PLC final approval to resume drilling into
Syria accuses UN envoy of bias amid diplomatic peace push
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria on Tuesday accused U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura of bias and said his recent statements condemning deadly government airstrikes on a market that killed some 100 people show he lacks objectivity.
Bomb in Thai capital kills 16, wounds 81 in bid 'to destroy economy'
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb planted at one of the Thai capital’s most renowned shrines on Monday killed 16 people, including three foreign tourists, and wounded scores in an attack the government called a bid to destroy the economy. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast at the Erawan shrine at a major city-center intersection. Several media outlets had
Civilians and soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting, Putin in Crimea
By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev’s military and separatist sources said on Monday. The clashes, near the port of Mariupol in the southeast and at rebel-held Horlivka, further frayed an increasingly tenuous ceasefire as Ukraine prepared to mark its Independence Day next week. Kiev accused
Iran still closed to U.S. influence after nuclear deal: Khamenei
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will remain closed to U.S. influence and continue to oppose U.S. policies in the Middle East after its nuclear deal with big powers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday, noting either country can still block the accord. The 76-year-old cleric, Iran’s highest authority, has refrained from making decisive statements on the July 14 nuclear agreement, but gave President
Plane with 54 on board crashes in remote Indonesian region
By Kanupriya Kapoor and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA (Reuters) – An aircraft with 54 people on board crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua on Sunday, a government official said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the Southeast Asian nation. “The latest information is that the Trigana aircraft that lost contact has been found at Camp 3, Ok Bape district in the Bintang Mountains regency,” Air
Air strikes near Damascus kill at least 80 people: activists
A Syrian government air strike northeast of Damascus killed at least 80 people in a marketplace on Sunday, rescue workers in the rebel-held area and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. At least 200 more people were wounded in the attack on Douma, about 15 km (10 miles) northeast of Damascus, according to the British-based Observatory and the local arm of Syrian Civil Defense, a rescue service operating in
Iraqi panel finds Maliki, others responsible for fall of Mosul: report
An Iraqi parliamentary panel called on Sunday for dozens of security and political officials, including former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, to be referred to court in connection with the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State. The indictment of Maliki, who remains a powerful figure in Iraq’s complex political landscape, and other senior officials comes a week after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi launched a sweeping campaign to
Blast kills Pakistani provincial minister in PM's political heartland
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb killed a Pakistani provincial minister and at least 16 other people on Sunday at the minister’s home in the political heartland of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Punjab province officials said. Police said the blast caused the roof to cave in as Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada held meetings with around 20 people in his hometown of Attock in northern Pakistan. Two
Huge blasts at Chinese port kill 50, injure more than 700
By Sui-Lee Wee and Adam Rose TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Two huge explosions tore through an industrial area where toxic chemicals and gas were stored in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin, killing at least 50 people, including at least a dozen fire fighters, officials and state media said on Thursday. At least 700 people were injured, more than 71 seriously, the Tianjin government said on its Weibo microblog,
Greek ruling party heads toward split before bailout vote
By George Georgiopoulos and David Stamp ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s ruling Syriza party edged toward a formal split on Thursday, hours before rebel leftist lawmakers plan to vote against a new bailout deal to keep the country afloat. With opposition support, the government is asking parliament to approve a 85 billion euro bailout deal that Greece needs to avoid defaulting on a debt repayment next week. The vote, expected in
Decades of skullduggery on both sides at U.S. embassy in Cuba
By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) – The seven-story building on Havana’s famed “Malecon” seafront has for decades been a flashpoint in the Cold War’s most enduring rivalry. Spy games and dirty tricks have been directed by and against the U.S. officials working inside the beige structure, which is nondescript architecturally but among the most famous in Havana. Cuba’s Communist government regularly organized protests outside and once tried to seize the
Britain says to protest to Ecuador over Assange asylum
Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. “Ecuador must recognize that its decision to harbor Mr Assange more than three years ago has prevented the proper course of justice,” British Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire said in a statement.
Greek island bears brunt as people-smugglers take Turkish route
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos KOS, Greece (Reuters) – Michel Allatuain waited beneath the 14th century fortress at the port of this Greek island on Thursday, desperate for a ferry ticket to the European mainland and a better life. The 30-year-old pharmaceutical firm employee from Aleppo, Syria, has been sleeping rough in Kos since he paid 2,000 euros to cross from the Turkish coastal city of Bodrum last week. One example: traffickers
Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief: websites
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a move that could bolster his accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar. “We pledge our allegiance … (to the) commander of the faithful, Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, may God protect him,” said Ayman al-Zawahiri, believed to be hiding in a border area between Afghanistan and
ATP fines Kyrgios for 'insulting remark' toward Wawrinka
MONTREAL (AP) — The ATP has fined Nick Kyrgios for his “insulting remark” toward French Open champion Stan Wawrinka during a match at the Rogers Cup.
Eritrean suspect confesses to Ikea stabbing in Sweden
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A 36-year-old Eritrean man has confessed to the deadly stabbing of two people at an Ikea store in central Sweden, his defense lawyer said Thursday.
