mardi 29 mars 2016

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Who are the winners and losers in the Apple v. FBI drama? An explainer

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 01:32 PM PDT

Who are the winners and losers in the Apple v. FBI drama? An explainerNo one came out of this brawl unscathed.


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Obama seeks to loosen restrictions on opioid abuse medication

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 01:14 PM PDT

President Obama outlined a number of new actions aimed at combating the country's deadly opioid epidemic on Tuesday.

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Obama turns attention to growing opioid abuse problem

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 12:55 PM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The trajectory of opioid deaths in the United States is trending in the wrong direction and has to be moved to the top of the federal government's radar screen along with the threat of terrorism and promoting a strong economy, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.

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Trump campaign manager arrested, charged with battery of reporter

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 08:44 AM PDT

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about the results of the day's primary elections during a news conference held at his Mar-A-Lago Club, in Palm BeachRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager was arrested in Florida on Tuesday and charged with battery, police records show. The report from the Jupiter Police Department said Corey Lewandowski, 42, was charged for intentionally grabbing and bruising the arm of Michelle Fields, a reporter at the time for the conservative news outlet Breitbart, against her will at a Trump campaign event on March 8. "Mr. Lewandowski is absolutely innocent of this charge," Trump's campaign said in a statement.


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Obama to address nation's growing opioid problem

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 07:10 AM PDT

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during the awards dinner for Syracuse University's Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will issue a proposed rule Tuesday that aims to increase medication-based treatment for tens of thousands of people addicted to opioids.


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Egyptair passenger plane hijacked, forced to Cyprus

Posted: 29 Mar 2016 12:27 AM PDT

A hijacked Egypt Air A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca AirportCAIRO/ATHENS (Reuters) - An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. The pilot of the plane was threatened by a passenger strapped with explosives, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said. The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 passengers were on board and a crew of seven.


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Clinton warns of possible Trump Supreme Court nominations

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 08:43 PM PDT

Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton delivers a counter terrorism speech at Stanford University in StanfordDemocratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton rebuked Senate Republicans on Monday for denying a hearing to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, accusing them of obstructionism, and warned of dangers if Donald Trump appointed the next justice. "What kind of justice would a President Trump appoint, or for that matter what kind of attorney general?" she asked, noting the Republican front-runner wants a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country and the deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants. Clinton called on Republican Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to "do his job" and convene a hearing for Garland, a moderate federal appeals judge who is President Barack Obama's nominee to fill the seat vacated by the Feb. 13 death of Antonin Scalia.


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Utah governor signs bill requiring abortion anesthesia

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 07:16 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The governor signed a bill Monday that makes Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later.

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Utah governor signs abortion anesthesia bill

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 06:58 PM PDT

FILE - March 10, 2016 file photo Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during an interview in Salt Lake City. The Utah governor is considering whether to sign a bill that would make Utah the first state to require doctors to give anesthesia to women having an abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on legislation that would make Utah the first state to require anesthesia for women having abortions at 20 weeks or later (all times local):


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Saudi land purchases fuel debate over US water rights

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 06:40 PM PDT

Saudi land purchases fuel debate over US water rightsSaudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it's turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the ...


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FBI unlocks iPhone of attacker, ending Apple battle

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 04:56 PM PDT

Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google and Facebook, was fiercely opposed to assisting the US government in unlocking the deviceThe FBI has unlocked the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, officials said Monday, ending a heated legal standoff with Apple that had pitted US authorities against Silicon Valley. Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google and Facebook, was fiercely opposed to assisting the US government in unlocking the iPhone on grounds it would have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy. A key court hearing scheduled earlier this month to hear arguments from both sides in the sensitive case was abruptly cancelled after the FBI said it no longer needed Apple's help and had found an outside party to unlock the phone.


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