| Hawaii island hit by winds, rains from hurricane Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:54 AM PDT KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hurricane Ana was carving a path south of Hawaii on Saturday morning, producing high waves, strong winds and heavy rains that prompted a flood advisory. |
| Missouri officer says he feared for life before shooting unarmed teen: report Posted: 18 Oct 2014 11:39 AM PDT  By Victoria Cavaliere (Reuters) - A white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Missouri in August told investigators he was in fear for his life after the young man grabbed at his gun, which was discharged twice in his patrol car, the New York Times reported. Government officials briefed on a federal civil rights probe into the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson told the New York Times that Wilson had said he was pinned in his car and punched and scratched by Brown in the moments before the shooting. ...
|
| Pope faces key test with vote on divorcees, gays Posted: 18 Oct 2014 10:36 AM PDT  Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis was set to sort his allies from his enemies Saturday with a Vatican vote on a document drafted at the end of a fierce two-week debate over opening the Catholic Church's doors to remarried divorcees and gays.
|
| Justices balk at last-minute voting changes Posted: 18 Oct 2014 10:20 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election even after a federal judge said the law was the equivalent of a poll tax and threatened to deprive many blacks and Latinos of the right to vote this year.
|
| U.S. bans Hungarians from entry over corruption charges Posted: 18 Oct 2014 09:49 AM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The United States has banned several Hungarian citizens from entry and alleged that they were engaged in or benefiting from corruption, prompting the Hungarian government to call for a show of evidence. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government has clashed several times with the European Union and the United States over reforms that critics said harmed some foreign investors and weakened the system of checks and balances in the former Communist satellite. "The U.S. ... |
| Power out, trees fall as hurricane crosses Bermuda Posted: 18 Oct 2014 07:58 AM PDT  HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hurricane Gonzalo crushed trees, flattened power lines and damaged Bermuda's main hospital during an hours-long battering — the second time the tiny British territory has been slammed by a powerful storm in less than a week.
|
| More young mourners showing love, remembrance with 'RIP' shirts Posted: 18 Oct 2014 06:24 AM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - At the crowded funeral of 13-year-old Demureye' Macon, who was shot on a Chicago street, older mourners wore sober suits and dresses in beige and black. But Macon's peers came dressed in colorful tributes to the seventh-grader, sporting T-shirts, jackets and bandanas bearing the deceased's photo, his birth and death dates and messages including "Long Live the King" and "RIP Demureye." "He was like my little brother," Macon's friend Joshua Reynolds, 16, said at the funeral last week. Reynolds wore a shirt that read "My Brother's Keeper. ...
|
| Cautious optimism over Nigeria's kidnapped girls Posted: 18 Oct 2014 05:51 AM PDT  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — There's no dancing in the streets, but people in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.
|
| Obama calls for end to Ebola 'hysteria' Posted: 18 Oct 2014 04:15 AM PDT  Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama told Americans on Saturday not to "give in to hysteria or fear" over the deadly Ebola virus, calling for patience and a sense of perspective.
|
| Supreme Court denies request to block Texas voter ID law Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:43 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday denied a request to block a Texas law requiring voters in the state to show certain forms of identification before they cast a ballot. The move comes after a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted a request by the state to stay a lower court decision that struck down the law, meaning the measure will be in effect for the November elections. The decision, published early on Saturday morning, was unsigned and did not provide a supporting legal argument. ...
|
| Obama says Ebola travel ban could make things worse Posted: 18 Oct 2014 03:27 AM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to avoid hysteria over Ebola, and played down the idea of travel bans from Ebola-ravaged countries in West Africa, explaining that restrictions could make things worse. Lawmakers this week urged Obama to bar people from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea from entering the United States. Obama has said he is not philosophically opposed to travel bans, but in his weekly address made it clear that he is not leaning toward them. ...
|
| Supreme Court allows Texas use of new voter ID law Posted: 18 Oct 2014 02:55 AM PDT  The state's controversial voter identification law can be used for the November election, the justices rule.
|
| Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for life Posted: 18 Oct 2014 12:33 AM PDT  Darren Wilson has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle as he and Michael Brown struggled over his gun, The New York Times reported.
|
| California police identify remains of missing Saudi student Posted: 17 Oct 2014 09:40 PM PDT  By Daina Beth Solomon LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they had identified the remains of a man found alongside a freeway in a Southern California desert city as those of a college student from Saudi Arabia who went missing in September. Abdullah Abdullatif Alkadi, 23, was last seen at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Reseda on Sept. 17, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Authorities discovered his body in Palm Desert, roughly 125 miles (200 km) to the southeast, on Thursday. ...
|
| Ex-Los Angeles schools chief says resignation came in polarized atmosphere Posted: 17 Oct 2014 09:09 PM PDT  By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles public schools Superintendent John Deasy said on Friday, a day after resigning from his post, that his testimony in a landmark case on tenure rules for teachers created a polarizing atmosphere over his leadership. The former top official of the second-largest school district in the nation, who has been praised by reform groups seeking to hold teachers to more stringent standards, also told reporters in a conference call that he might eventually run for office. ...
|
| Courts knock down gay marriage bans in Arizona, Alaska, Wyoming Posted: 17 Oct 2014 08:21 PM PDT  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - Barriers to gay marriage fell in Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming on Friday following a series of federal court actions in the latest in a series of legal victories for supporters of same-sex matrimony in America. In Arizona, U.S. District Judge John Sedwick wrote in a ruling made public on Friday that the state's curbs on gay marriage were "unconstitutional by virtue of the fact that they deny same-sex couples the equal protection of the law." Same-sex couples in the state began getting married right away. ...
|
| Obama names Ebola 'czar,' beefs up Texas response Posted: 17 Oct 2014 07:34 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday and named senior officials to help step up the government's response the disease in Texas, where it first appeared on U.S. soil. Obama, facing criticism from some lawmakers over his administration's handling of efforts to contain the virus, appointed Ron Klain, a lawyer who had served as chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, to oversee the U.S. response. ...
|
| Eye of weakening Hurricane Gonzalo smashes into Bermuda Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:41 PM PDT  By Sam Strangeways HAMILTON Bermuda (Reuters) - The eyewall of Hurricane Gonzalo made a direct hit on Bermuda on Friday evening pounding the Bermuda coast with high waves, driving rain and gusting winds, becoming the strongest storm to hit the tiny Atlantic island chain in a decade, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. "At least part of the island, if not the entire island, is going to be in the eye," said hurricane center specialist Stacy Stewart. "It's a very large eye. ...
|
| In turn, gay marriage becomes legal in Arizona Posted: 17 Oct 2014 04:10 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Gay marriage became legal in Arizona on Friday, a sharp turn for a state that became ground zero in the clash over gay rights less than a year ago when the state Legislature passed a bill allowing businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians.
|
| 2nd Ebola nurse 'felt funny' while in Ohio Posted: 17 Oct 2014 03:07 PM PDT  Officials try to identify anyone who may have come into contact with Amber Joy Vinson.
|
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire