ShareDebates to help half of U.S. voters decide between Clinton, Trump - poll | 26 Sept 2016 | Half of America's likely voters will rely on the presidential debates to help them make their choice between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Monday. The results show the stakes for the White House rivals as they prepare to face off on Monday at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, for their first of three one-on-one debates, a prime-time TV spectacle expected to draw a Super Bowl-sized audience of 100 million Americans. Some 50 percent of likely voters think the debates will help inform their decision of whom to support, including 10 percent who say they are not currently leaning either way, according to the opinion poll.
SharePolice in France arrest teenagers in Nice on suspicion of terrorism | 25 Sept 2016 | The suspects confessed to planning an attack in France, but allegedly later abandoned the plot. Several teenagers have been arrested in September on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks on French soil. Police said they had arrested two teenage women in mid-September in the French city of Nice on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in the country, said the Paris prosecutors' office on Sunday.
ShareMayors say state ordered them to keep Zika mosquito sites secret | 25 Sept 2016 | The mayors of Miami-Dade County and Miami Beach on Sunday accused the Florida Department of Health of lying after the state agency said last week that it never told local officials to hide the locations in Miami Beach where mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus were captured. Florida's health department strongly denied instructing local officials to keep the information confidential - and said the decision was entirely up to Miami-Dade - after the Miami Herald reported on Friday that a county attorney said the state agency had ordered them to keep it a secret. The statement was made during a court hearing for the Miami Herald's lawsuit against Miami-Dade seeking the locations of traps in Miami Beach where mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus were captured this month.
ShareHillary Clinton Just Flip-Flopped on Nuclear Power for the 9th Time --Nuclear industry celebrates as Clinton embraces nuclear power, just like Obama | 24 Sept 2016 | Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton told Scientific American the U.S. needed to explore using more [deadly] nuclear power, marking the ninth time the former secretary of state has flip-flopped on nuclear energy. Clinton's position changed from totally ignoring nuclear power in her 2016 platform to a tepid embrace of the technology...Clinton's newfound position on nuclear power puts her at odds with the anti-nuclear environmental movement, including The Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, 350.org, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
ShareSuspect in fatal shooting of five at Washington state mall captured | 24 Sept 2016 | A man believed to have opened fire with a rifle at a Washington state mall, killing five people, was captured on Saturday, one day after the attack, authorities said. Washington State Patrol spokesman Keith Leary said in a phone interview that the suspect was taken into custody but declined to immediately release more details. Seattle television station KOMO reported on Twitter that the suspect had been captured in Oak Harbor, a community about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Burlington where the mall shooting occurred on Friday.
ShareCharlotte shooting: Police release video and photo evidence | 24 Sept 2016 | Neither dashboard nor body camera footage shows Keith Lamont Scott pointing a gun at police officers. Police say Scott was carrying a gun at the time of the deadly standoff. The Scott family contends he was carrying a book and had no gun. "You can't clearly identify what, if anything, is in his hand," attorney Justin Bamberg, who represents the Scott family, said at press conference on Saturday evening. Earlier, Charlotte police chief Kerr Putney said, before the videos were released, that "there is no definitive visual evidence that he had a gun in his hand."
ShareFederal charges filed against NY, NJ bombings suspect --Criminal complaints against suspect were unsealed in New York and New Jersey Tuesday | 21 Sept 2016 | Federal authorities formally charged 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami Tuesday with planting a number of bombs in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend. Rahami is accused of use of weapons of mass destruction, bombing a place of public use, destruction of property by means of fire or explosive, and use of a destructive device during and in furtherance of a crime of violence. Investigators believe Rahami planted bombs in New York City, as well as in Elizabeth and Seaside Park, N.J. One of the devices exploded in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night, wounding 31 people.
Share12 killed in militant attack north of Iraq's Tikrit - security sources | 24 Sept 2016 | Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the city, Iraqi police and military sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the first of its kind since the city, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, was retaken from Islamic State in April 2015. One militant was killed at the checkpoint after shooting dead four police officers in the attack at around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), according to police and sources from Salahuddin Operations Command, which is responsible for security in the area.
SharePublic Defender Says Prosecutor Denied Him Access to Ahmad Rahami | 23 Sept 2016 | Since he was captured on Monday, Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man accused of carrying out bombings last weekend in Manhattan and on the Jersey Shore, has been hospitalized in Newark, recovering from gunshot wounds he sustained in a confrontation with the police. From his bed at University Hospital, he has been charged by three different prosecutors: the United States attorneys in Manhattan and New Jersey, for his alleged role in the bombings; and the Union County, N.J., prosecutor, for allegedly trying to kill police officers who tracked him down on Monday in the city of Linden... Yet despite the burst of legal proceedings and litany of charges made public this week, Mr. Rahami has not had a lawyer for almost the entire time he has been in custody, and even now, the question of his legal representation remains unsettled.
ShareDemonstrators flood streets again in Charlotte and Atlanta to protest police shootings | 23 Sept 2016 | Dozens of demonstrators were out in Charlotte, N.C., for a fourth night of protests Friday after the shooting of a black man by a police officer. Several dozen people gathered at a park and then marched through Charlotte's business district with signs. A separate protest was underway in Atlanta, where hundreds of protesters were in the streets. One of the marchers in Charlotte had a sign that said "Just Stop The Killing," while another had a banner that said "Just Release the Tapes."
Share4 killed, 1 injured in shooting at Cascade Mall; search on for gunman | 23 Sept 2016 | (Burlington, WA) The FBI has joined the search for an armed man suspected of killing at least four people, and injuring one other, in a shooting at Cascade Mall in Skagit County, the Washington State Patrol says...According to police, four women were killed, and one man suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to Harborview Medical Center. The suspected shooter was last seen walking toward Interstate 5, away from the mall Francis told KOMO News.
Share4 dead; manhunt for mall shooter underway in Burlington, Washington --The FBI has been investigating the attack as a potential act of terrorism, Reuters reported. | 24 Sept 2016 | A manhunt is still underway after SWAT teams swept the Cascade Mall and nearby areas in Burlington, Washington State, for an active shooter with a rifle. Police say the gunman, believed to have acted alone, killed four women in a Macy's make-up store. In their latest briefing, police said that four female victims are confirmed dead, while one man was taken to hospital. Earlier a man was reported to be in a critical condition and three fatalities were reported.
ShareBreaking: 3 Dead, 2 Injured in Seattle-Area Mall Shooting, Gunman on the Loose, Say Police | 24 Sept 2016 | A gunman armed with a rifle is on the loose after three women were fatally shot Friday night at a shopping mall about 65 miles north of Seattle, Washington State Patrol said. The shooting occurred at Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, before 7 p.m. local time. In addition to the three women fatally shot, one male sustained life-threatening injuries and one female sustained non-life threatening injuries, said Sgt. Mark Francis, a public information officer with Washington State Patrol...The male victim with life threatening injuries was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and "most likely will pass away," Sgt. Francis said during a press conference.
ShareKeith Lamont Scott's wife releases video of deadly Charlotte encounter | 23 Sept 2016 | Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun. The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott's wife and released Friday by his family, does not indicate whether Scott had a gun. Police have said he was armed, but witnesses say he held only a book.
ShareFBI gave top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills immunity in email probe, rep says | 23 Sept 2016 | Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and two other staffers were granted immunity as part of the now-closed FBI probe into the former secretary of state's email practices, according to a top House Republican who questioned whether the numerous deals hindered the bureau's ability to build a case. "This is beyond explanation," House oversight committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said in a statement Friday. "The FBI was handing out immunity agreements like candy. I've lost confidence in this investigation and I question the genuine effort in which it was carried out." The arrangements detailed by Chaffetz bring the total number of publicly known immunity deals in the Clinton case to five.
ShareLyin' Ted jumps aboard the Trump bandwagon: Cruz reverses his 'vote with your conscience' call and endorses the man he called a 'pathological liar' - after polls surge | 23 Sept 2016 | Ted Cruz finally jumped aboard the Trump train on Friday, stunning conservative stalwarts by encouraging Republicans to vote for the GOP nominee he feuded with for months and once called a 'pathological liar.' 'After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience my career nosedived following the Republican National Convention, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,' Cruz wrote on Facebook. His decision came as Trump and Clinton appear locked in a statistical dead heat in polls, and a mounting confidence within the Republican's circle that he could win - and jitters in Hillary Clinton's camp over her evaporating lead.
ShareObama administration Friday night bad news dump: Obama Vetoes Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims to Sue Saudi Perps: Obama vetoes Sept. 11 Saudi bill; top Senate Democrat vows override | 23 Sept 2016 | President Barack Obama on Friday vetoed legislation allowing families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia [aka ISIS on steroids], a move expected to prompt the U.S. Congress to overturn his decision with a rare veto override, the first of his presidency. Obama said the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act [JASTA] would hurt U.S. national security. The bill passed earlier this month in reaction to long-running suspicions, denied by Saudi Arabia, that hijackers of the four U.S. jetliners that attacked the United States in 2001 were backed by the Saudi regime.
ShareTerminal at New York's LaGuardia reopened after evacuation - media | 23 Sept 2016 | U.S. authorities reopened a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday after an abandoned vehicle prompted its evacuation, media reported. Authorities evacuated Terminal B at about 11 p.m. local time after a car was left unattended with its doors open, several media outlets reported. An hour later, media reported the terminal was reopened as several passengers tweeted photos of an SUV being towed away.
ShareUS airstrikes on Syrian troops were 'intentional,' lasted nearly 1 hour - Assad to AP | 22 Sept 2016 | Syrian President Bashar Assad says that US airstrikes which killed 62 Syrian government troops were "intentional" and they lasted for an hour. He added that the US "does not have the will" to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria. Speaking to the Associated Press in Damascus, the Syrian leader denied that the airstrikes carried out by the US near Deir ez-Zor on September 17 were an accident. Sixty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and over 100 were injured, according to the Syrian military. Assad said they were "intentionally" targeted. "It was not an accident by one airplane; it was four airplanes which kept attacking the position of the Syrian troops for nearly one hour or maybe a little bit more than one hour," Assad told AP...
ShareInsane in the membrane: India could get billions in corporate welfare from the U.S. to build a nuclear reactor | 22 Sept 2016 | India is negotiating with U.S. Export-Import Bank for an $8-9 billion loan to finance six Westinghouse Electric nuclear reactors, two sources familiar with the talks said, although a lending freeze at the trade agency threatens progress. The mega-project, the result of warming U.S.-India ties in recent years, could open up billions of dollars of further investment in India's nuclear power sector, which was for decades shut out of the global market...Both U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have been promoting the nuclear deal, which was stuck for years because of an Indian law that made nuclear equipment suppliers liable in case of an accident, and not just the plant operators as is the global norm.
ShareTulsa officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher charged with first-degree manslaughter | 22 Sept 2016 | The white Tulsa, Okla., police officer captured on video fatally shooting an unarmed black man on a city street will face first-degree manslaughter charges, Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler announced at a news conference. The prosecutor filed the charges against officer Betty Shelby on Thursday, a full six days after multiple cameras showed her shooting 40-year-old Terence Crutcher as he stood beside his stalled sport-utility vehicle. Moments earlier, cameras had captured Crutcher walking away from Shelby with his hands in the air.
ShareCharlotte police chief: Shooting video won't be made public | 22 Sept 2016 | After violent protests raged for the second night in Charlotte over the police shooting of a black man, the city's police chief told reporters Thursday he has no intention of releasing dashcam video of Keith Lamont Scott's shooting "to the masses." Asked if there was a time at which the public could expect to see it, Chief Kerr Putney said there should be no such expectation...Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said the police department has both dashcam and body camera footage of the shooting. But Officer Brentley Vinson -- the black officer who shot Scott -- was not wearing a body camera, the police chief said.
ShareNorth Carolina governor declares state of emergency as new protests erupt in Charlotte | 21 Sept 2016 | North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in Charlotte on Wednesday night after violent new protests over the police shooting of a black man erupted in the heart of downtown, leaving one person shot and critically wounded. The shooting Wednesday night occurred as protesters waded into the streets and began streaming toward downtown hotels as police in riot gear fired tear gas and attempted to block their progress. The governor announced he has initiated efforts to deploy the National Guard and state troopers to help quell the violence, which has raged for the last two nights in Charlotte in response to the death of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott.
ShareAnother day, another US war crime in Syria to create more refugees: US coalition Predator drone spotted at time and place of Syria aid convoy attack - Russian military | 21 Sept 2016 | The Russian Defense Ministry says that a US coalition drone was in the vicinity of a humanitarian convoy when it was attacked outside Aleppo. According to the Russian military, the unmanned aircraft was a Predator drone...Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said he wanted to point out that, as was the case with the tragedy on September 17 which saw US-led coalition airstrike kill and injure 200 people, the Russians would not be making any unfounded allegations.
SharePortion of the Major Deegan Expressway shut down due to pressure cooker near road, later deemed safe | 21 Sept 1016 | (Mott Haven, Bronx) A portion of the Major Deegan Expressway is shut down in the Bronx after a suspicious package was found near the roadway. Less than an hour later, the all clear was given by police. The package, which police said is a pressure cooker, was found at 5:35 p.m. near East 134th Street and Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven section. This area runs under the highway.
ShareDangerous levels of carcinogenic chromium-6 in US drinking water - report | 21 Sept 2016 | Dangerous levels of chromium-6 are contaminating tap water consumed by hundreds of millions of Americans, according to a national report released Tuesday. Chromium-6 is the carcinogenic chemical that was featured in the popular 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich..." The US Environmental Protection [sic] Agency has never set a specific limit for chromium-6 in drinking water. New analysis from the Environmental Working Group, an independent advocacy group, examines evidence from water systems throughout the nation and concludes that the tap water of 218 million Americans contains levels of chromium-6 that the group considers dangerous.
SharePolice evacuate 60 schools in Canada over bomb threat sent by fax | 21 Sept 2016 | Police have evacuated thousands of students at some 60 schools in Canada over a bomb threat received by fax. Emergency evacuation plans were activated at all the schools on Prince Edward Island (PEI), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said, adding that the students had been taken to safe locations. Sergeant Kevin Bailey said police in Ottawa were faxed a bomb threat against numerous unnamed schools on the island which also warned the explosives would be detonated.
Share12 officers hurt, vehicles damaged in Charlotte shooting protests, police say | 21 Sept 2016 | About 12 police officers were injured and squad cars were damaged Tuesday night when protests erupted after an African-American man was shot and killed by another officer earlier in the day. Police began using tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd, which police said had been joined by "agitators." The protests erupted over the officer-involved shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, 43.
ShareSyrian migrant threw his three children from an upstairs window after his wife revolted against traditional Arab women's role | 20 Sept 2016 | A Syrian migrant [Hassan Z, 36] threw his three young children out of a window in a rage after his wife insisted on being treated like a European woman, a trial has heard. The children survived the shocking incident at a house in Lohmar, near Cologne, earlier this year. The trial in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia heard the woman had made it clear she was not prepared to accept the traditional role of a subservient Arab wife and this had infuriated her husband.
ShareFBI Opened Previous Inquiry Into Bombing Suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami | 20 Sept 2016 | Concerns about New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami's intentions were raised to authorities by his father and a neighbor more than once over the past years, ABC News has learned. Two years ago, Rahami's father told the FBI that his son was interacting with "bad people" overseas and a concerned citizen in the neighborhood told authorities that Rahami's associates may have been trying to procure explosives, sources told ABC News. The FBI first became aware of Rahami in the summer of 2014, when local law enforcement contacted the agency's New Jersey field office about him, sources said.
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