2015年11月4日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Officials: Bomb may have downed Russian jet

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:41 PM PST

People mourn during a religious service in memory of the plane crash victims in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. A Russian official says families have identified the bodies of 33 victims killed in Saturday's plane crash over Egypt. The Russian jet crashed over the Sinai Peninsula early Saturday, killing all 224 people on board, most of them were holidaymakers. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)A U.S. official believes Islamic State may have planted an explosive device on the plane that crashed in Egypt


Sanders introduces Senate bill to end federal pot prohibition

Posted:

If successful, the bill would remove all references to cannabis in the Controlled Substances Act.


Man arrested in California stabbing of French train hero

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:11 PM PST

Sacramento Police Chief Sam Somers Jr., left, announces the arrest of James Tran, who is charged with the attempted homicide of Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone during an altercation in October, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nob. 4, 2015. Stone was one of three Americans who helped thwart a European terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A tip from the public led police in California's capital city to arrest a 28-year-old man Wednesday in the stabbing of a U.S. airman hailed as a hero for helping thwart a European terror attack.


Polls: Carson surges in Republican race

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:35 AM PST

GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Campaigns In Colorado Day After Party's Third DebateThe brash billionaire must now share frontrunner status in the US Republican presidential nominations battle with retired neurosurgeon and fellow political outsider Ben Carson, fresh polling showed Wednesday. The conservative Carson, the only African-American in the 2016 White House race, is virtually tied at the top with Trump, trailing him by one percentage point, according to the Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday. Tuesday's NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has Carson surging into a six-point lead, quite a showing for a candidate who has largely shunned traditional campaign strategies and refused to play rough and tumble campaign politics with his rivals.


Illinois policeman committed suicide, embezzled funds: officials

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 12:42 PM PST

Fox Lake Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by Lake County SheriffThe northern Illinois policeman whose September death prompted an extensive manhunt for murder suspects committed "a carefully staged suicide" as authorities began an audit that would have exposed his embezzling public funds, authorities said on Wednesday. Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz used public funds for personal purchases, stealing and laundering money over the past seven years, and forging signatures on documents, Lake County Major Crime Task Force Commander George Filenko said. The investigation "strongly indicates criminal activity on the part of at least two other individuals," Filenko said, adding that because the investigation was ongoing he would not comment further.


Oklahoma woman charged in parade crash that killed 4

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 11:07 AM PST

This Oct. 24, 2015 FILE image taken from video shows the scene in Stillwater, Okla. as a car crashes into spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015,Payne County District Attorney Laura Thomas formally charged Adacia Chambers with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault. (Connor J. Greco via AP, File)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A woman accused of running a red light and purposely driving around a barricade and over a police motorcycle before crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade was formally charged Wednesday with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault.


Iran holds negative attitude toward US despite nuclear deal

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 11:48 AM PST

Iranian demonstrators burn representations of the U.S. flag during an annual rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, marking 36th anniversary of the seizure of the embassy by militant Iranian students, Iran, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2015. The annual state-organized rally Wednesday drawing greater attention this year, as Iranian hardliners are intensifying a campaign to undermine President Hassan Rouhani's outreach to the West following a landmark nuclear deal reached with world powers in July.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As Iran marks the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, there are signs that the Islamic Republic's attitude toward the United States is as negative as ever.


Pentagon chief to visit U.S. aircraft carrier in South China Sea

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:29 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks at a news conference at the Asean Defence Ministers Meeting in Kuala LumpurU.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will visit a U.S. aircraft carrier transiting the South China Sea on Thursday, a move sure to raise the ire of China as tensions between Washington and Beijing simmer over the disputed waterway. Carter will visit the USS Theodore Roosevelt with Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, U.S. officials said. The warship is "conducting routine operations while transiting the South China Sea", Carter said on Wednesday after a meeting of defense ministers from Southeast Asia in Malaysia, a forum marred by U.S.-China disagreements over the busy sea lane.


In caverns deep below N.Y. streets, train terminal taking shape

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 12:55 PM PST

A tunnel in the East Side Access project, more than 15 stories beneath Midtown Manhattan where workers are building a new terminal for the Long Island Railroad is seen during a media tour in New YorkFifteen stories beneath midtown Manhattan, hundreds of workers are slowly converting massive subterranean chambers into a new terminal for the Long Island Railroad, the United States' busiest commuter rail system. Two enormous caverns, each several city blocks long, will house eight tracks and platforms, serving an estimated 162,000 customers a day, officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said during a tour of the planned station on Wednesday. A $10.2 billion project, known as East Side Access, will divert some Long Island Railroad trains from their current terminus at overcrowded Pennsylvania Station on the West Side to Grand Central.


Mistrial for Alabama police officer who threw Indian man

Posted: 04 Nov 2015 03:03 PM PST

Madison Police Department officer Parker is shown in this booking photo provided by Limestone County Sheriff's Office in AthensEric Parker, 27, was retried on accusations that he used unreasonable force while working as a Madison, Alabama, police officer. During his first trial in September, another jury in Huntsville, Alabama, federal court also deadlocked, resulting in the first mistrial. Sureshbhai Patel, who testified in both trials, suffered serious injuries during the February incident that was captured on videotape.


Health exchange hopes to move past troubles in 3rd go-round

Posted: 02 Nov 2015 10:41 AM PST

How Will Obama's Legacy Impact the 2016 Election?It's survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It's now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it. But leaders of the Silver State Health ...


0 条评论:

发表评论

订阅 博文评论 [Atom]

<< 主页

bnzv