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Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines


Iraqi protesters breach Green Zone, storm parliament

Posted: 30 Apr 2016 06:22 AM PDT

Followers of Iraq's Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr storm in IraqDozens of protesters have climbed over the blast walls surrounding Baghdad's highly-fortified Green Zone.


These numbers show the GOP is increasingly worried about itself

Posted: 30 Apr 2016 05:49 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa. A solid majority of Pennsylvania Republicans elected as delegates to the GOP's presidential nominating convention in Cleveland say they intend to vote for the candidate who won a thumping primary victory in their state - Trump. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)The Republican Party is increasingly worried about itself. It's becoming more critical of its own image and believes more and more non-Republicans are, too.


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Kenya to torch world's biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants

Posted: 30 Apr 2016 03:39 AM PDT

Ivory itself does not burn, and so the fire will be fuelled by a mix of thousands of litres of diesel and kerosene injected though steel pipes leading into the heart of the pyramids in NairobiThe move is aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants.


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Officials: At least 21 dead in Baghdad car bomb

Posted: 30 Apr 2016 02:15 AM PDT

Shiite pilgrims march toward the Imam Mousa al-Kadhim shrine to commemorate the anniversary of the Imam's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 29, 2016. The anniversary of the 8th-century Imam's death draws tens of thousands of Shiites from all walks to converge on his golden-domed shrine in northern Baghdad. The pilgrims typically march to the shrine while hundreds of tents are erected to offer them free food, drinks and services. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)The bombing also wounded at least 42 others, according to police and hospital officials.


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Blazers fend off tough Clippers to win series, move on to Warriors

Posted: 30 Apr 2016 12:46 AM PDT

Los Angeles Clippers v Portland Trail Blazers - Game SixThe Clippers fought through several injuries to challenge the Blazers, but Portland pulled out a series-clinching win on its home floor.


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Hawaii selects businesses for medical pot but excludes actor

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:53 PM PDT

Woody Harrelson Applies for Pot Dispensary Permit in HawaiiHONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii selected eight businesses Friday to open medical marijuana dispensaries — but not one owned by Woody Harrelson.


Lakers announce Luke Walton has been hired as head coach

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:00 PM PDT

Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors - Game FiveWalton went 39-4 as the Golden State Warriors' interim head coach to start the season and was considered one of the top candidates on the market.


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Protests force Trump into a ditch, en route to make his California pitch

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 04:09 PM PDT

Protests force Trump into a ditch, en route to make his California pitchBURLINGAME, Calif.—A little over a month before California's pivotal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump began his official wooing of party delegates Friday, headlining a kickoff lunch at the state's annual GOP convention. But Trump's appearance was nearly derailed by massive protests outside the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco airport, where the convention is being held. The protests blocked Trump's motorcade route, forcing the candidate and his Secret Service detail to abandon their vehicles on a nearby highway, jump a barricade wall and cross a ditch to get to the hotel's back entrance—movements that were captured by television news helicopters.


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16 blamed for mistakes in deadly US attack on Afghan clinic

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:54 PM PDT

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of U.S. Central Command, briefs reporters on the release of the investigation into the U.S. airstrike on the Doctors With Borders trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Friday, April 29, 2016, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)WASHINGTON (AP) — Human error, violations of combat rules and untimely equipment failures led to the mistaken U.S. aerial attack on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan last fall that killed 42 people, a senior American general said Friday. Investigators called the attack a "disproportional response to a threat that didn't exist."


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