2016年3月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China


Ted Cruz’s biggest challenge yet is making nice with his Senate colleagues

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N. Korea fires ballistic missile into sea: Seoul

Posted: 17 Mar 2016 04:08 PM PDT

A woman walks past a public TV screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile, at a railway station in Seoul on March 4, 2016North Korea fired what appeared to be a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea Friday, just days after leader Kim Jong-Un ordered further nuclear warhead and missile tests, South Korea's defence ministry said. A ministry spokesman said the missile was launched from Sukchon in the country's southwest at 5:55 am (2055 GMT Thursday) and flew 800 kilometres (500 miles) into the East Sea, also called the Sea of Japan. Military tensions have been soaring on the divided Korean peninsula since the North carried out its fourth nuclear test on January 6, followed a month later by a long-range rocket launch that was widely seen as a disguised ballistic missile test.


Sanders concedes Missouri Democratic primary; Clinton wins

Posted: 17 Mar 2016 04:40 PM PDT

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders said Thursday he will not seek a recount of results in Missouri's Democratic presidential primary, conceding defeat to Hillary Clinton.


How Kasich became National Republican Grownup

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Snyder blames bureaucrats, EPA faults state in Flint crisis

Posted: 17 Mar 2016 02:09 PM PDT

Gov. Rick Snyder before testifyingWASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials.


ISIS committing ‘genocide’ against minorities, U.S. declares

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Embattled SeaWorld to stop breeding killer whales

Posted: 17 Mar 2016 12:35 PM PDT

Young children get a close-up view of an Orca killer whale during a visit to SeaWorld in San Diego, CaliforniaBy Marty Graham SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - SeaWorld said on Thursday it will stop breeding killer whales in captivity, bowing to years of pressure from animal rights activists, but the orcas already at its three parks will continue performing as they live out their remaining years. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc's decision came after it pledged in November to replace its signature "Shamu" killer whale shows in San Diego with modified presentations of the animals that focused on conservation. Manby said the parks will use birth control to halt reproduction among its killer whales, also known as orcas.


Filling Scalia's seat: Democrats think it's a win-win for them

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Carson on Trump comparing him to a child molester: 'It did work'

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Correction: Kalamazoo Shootings story

Posted: 17 Mar 2016 11:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2016, file photo, Jason Dalton, of Kalamazoo Township, Mich., is arraigned via video before Judge Christopher T. Haenicke in Kalamazoo, Mich. Dalton is charged with multiple counts of murder in a series of random shootings in western Michigan. The killings in Kalamazoo, Michigan, raised anew a question that has dogged Uber and other taxi competitors. Their rides may be cheaper and more conveniently hailed than a cab, but the question is are they as safe. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)In a story March 16 about a lawsuit against Uber filed in the name of Jason Dalton, the driver accused of killing six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan, The Associated Press reported erroneously, based on ...


Washington D.C. subway to reopen after safety shutdown

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 04:25 PM PDT

A rider walks down into the Metro subway system during the evening rush hour in WashingtonWashington, D.C.'s subway system will reopen on Thursday after a day-long shutdown for emergency safety checks that forced commuters to battle heavy traffic aboard crowded buses, on bicycles and even skateboards. Washington's Metrorail, the second-busiest U.S. subway system, will reopen at 5 a.m. EDT after crews wrap up checks of power cables, Paul Wiedefeld, general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, said on Wednesday. The shutdown of Metrorail at midnight on Tuesday prompted many of the estimated 700,000 people who ride the system on a typical weekday to complain that they had little time to prepare before it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.


Obama to lay out vision for Cuba in historic Havana speech

Posted: 16 Mar 2016 03:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a reception for Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will use an historic speech in Havana next week to lay out a vision of greater freedoms and more economic opportunity in Cuba, White House officials said Wednesday, offering a glimpse of how the president hopes to use his trip to encourage change on the communist island.


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