dimanche 24 septembre 2017

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

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Last flight home for icon of 'German Autumn' of terror

Posted: 24 Sep 2017 04:19 AM PDT

Last flight home for icon of 'German Autumn' of terrorForty years ago next month, German anti-terror commandos stormed a Lufthansa jet in Somalia, shot its Palestinian hijackers and freed 90 hostages, a climax in a bloody era of far-left militancy. The 1977 Mogadishu raid became a symbol of the "German Autumn" when the state was at war with the "urban guerrillas" of the Red Army Faction (RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang, and their international allies. On Saturday, the storied old Boeing 737 "Landshut", having quietly rusted away in Brazil for almost a decade, finally came home, destined to serve as a memorial to that turbulent era.


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Trump trying to turn around GOP holdouts on health bill

Posted: 24 Sep 2017 02:49 AM PDT

Trump trying to turn around GOP holdouts on health billWASHINGTON (AP) — Unwilling to concede defeat on a bedrock GOP promise, President Donald Trump on Saturday tried to sway two Republican holdouts on the party's last-ditch health care hope while clawing at his nemesis who again has brought the "Obamacare" repeal-and-replace effort to the brink of failure.


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Zimbabwe's President Mugabe says Trump is a 'giant gold Goliath'

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 11:48 PM PDT

Zimbabwe's President Mugabe says Trump is a 'giant gold Goliath'Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe criticized Trump in a scornful speech at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, during which he referred to the U.S. president as a "giant gold Goliath."


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MLB's First Player Just Took A Knee During The National Anthem

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 10:18 PM PDT

MLB's First Player Just Took A Knee During The National AnthemBruce Maxwell, catcher for the Oakland Athletics, just became the first major league baseball player to take a knee during the national anthem in Saturday's game against the Texas Rangers.


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'Hallelujah': Slain nursing student's family praises verdict

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 09:24 PM PDT

'Hallelujah': Slain nursing student's family praises verdictSAVANNAH, Tenn. (AP) — It was a prayer circle 6 ½ years in the making.


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Trump clashes with sports world over player protests, invitation

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 07:45 PM PDT

Trump clashes with sports world over player protests, invitationBy Barbara Goldberg and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and the sports world engaged in an intensifying spat on Saturday after he called for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem and disinvited a National Basketball Association star from a White House visit. Responding to Trump's attacks on football players who protested during the national anthem, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday that Trump's statements revealed "unfortunate lack of respect" for the NFL and its players.


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Woman Goes On Rant Over Veteran's Service Dog In Restaurant

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 07:08 PM PDT

Woman Goes On Rant Over Veteran's Service Dog In RestaurantIt's probably a good thing service animals are trained to prepare for every situation, because one woman put one dog to the test.


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US flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North Korea

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 05:49 PM PDT

US flies mission north of DMZ, sends message to North KoreaWASHINGTON (AP) — In a show of American military might to North Korea, U.S. bombers and fighter escorts flew on Saturday to the farthest point north of the border between North and South Korea by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission in international airspace showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea's "reckless behavior."


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Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 04:21 PM PDT

Puerto Rico after Hurricane MariaPeople across Puerto Rico struggled to dig out from the devastation left by Hurricane Maria.


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Russia says war of words between Donald Trump and North Korea is 'a fight between two children'

Posted: 23 Sep 2017 03:39 PM PDT

Russia says war of words between Donald Trump and North Korea is 'a fight between two children'Russia's foreign minister has compared Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to nursery children, after the two leaders traded insults and threats. North Korean leader called Mr Trump a "dotard" and a "frightened dog" over the threats of annihilation the US President made during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Mr Trump responded the next morning by calling Mr Kim a "madman" and threatening to test him "like never before".


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