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Yahoo! News: World - China


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

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 02:34 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.


Watch the 2016 NFL draft on Yahoo Sports

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 03:57 PM PDT

NFL DraftFollow all of the action from Chicago as we stream the NFL Network's draft coverage


16 blamed for mistakes in deadly US attack on Afghan clinic

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:12 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."


First US Zika-related death in Puerto Rico

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:43 PM PDT

US authorities have issued travel notices due to mosquito-borne Zika virus for 43 countries and territories, mainly in the Caribbean, central and south AmericaThe first Zika-related death on US soil was reported Friday in Puerto Rico, raising new concerns about the dangers of the mosquito-borne virus. "The patient died of complications related to severe thrombocytopenia," a poor clotting condition related to a low number of platelets in the blood, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "Although Zika virus–associated deaths are rare, the first identified death in Puerto Rico highlights the possibility of severe cases, as well as the need for continued outreach to raise health care providers' awareness of complications that might lead to severe disease or death," the CDC said.


Cruz gets Indiana governor's endorsement

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 03:04 PM PDT

Yahoo News Live: Trump vs. Cruz: Will Indiana Governor Mike Pence's endorsement matter?INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a setback for Donald Trump, Indiana's governor endorsed the front-runner's chief rival, Ted Cruz, on Friday, injecting new drama into the state's critical Republican primary contest just days before voters head to the polls.


At the Vatican, Biden seeks common cause with pope on cancer

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 10:55 AM PDT

Pope Francis shakes hands with US vice president Joe Biden as he takes part at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact, being held in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Friday, April 29, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden found common cause with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican for a global commitment to fund cancer research.


N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2: I can’t believe we’re talking about this

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 09:14 AM PDT

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2: I can't believe we're talking about thisN.C. Gov. Pat McCrory makes remarks during an interview at the governor's mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on April 12, 2016. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory continues to defend the controversial "bathroom bill" he signed into law last month – rousing anger and boycotts by LGBT activists. In an appearance on "The Kelly File" Thursday night, the much-maligned governor argued that the primary purpose of House Bill 2 (HB2) is to protect the privacy of children in locker rooms, showers and bathrooms.


The GOP has split into Trump and Ryan wings

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:56 PM PDT

The GOP has split into Trump and Ryan wingsThe day after Donald Trump swept five primaries this week and tightened his grip on the Republican nomination for president, both he and the other most prominent Republican politician in the country were speaking the language of populism. "We're going to get rid of these politicians," Trump said in his opening remarks during an hourlong appearance on Fox News on Wednesday in which Greta Van Susteren and a studio audience in Indianapolis lavished him with praise, sometimes in the form of questions. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., sounded a similar note.


Former US House speaker: Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh'

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:49 PM PDT

Former Speaker John Boehner laid into fellow Republican and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, labeling him the devil incarnateFormer US House speaker John Boehner has let fly with a stunning critique of fellow Republican and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, labeling him the devil incarnate. "Lucifer in the flesh" is how the ever-blunt Republican heavyweight -- who stepped down as speaker last year -- described the Texas senator, who is struggling to block billionaire Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination, according to the Stanford Daily newspaper. "I have Democrat friends and Republican friends," Boehner said.


Ex-SS Auschwitz guard, 94 tells court, 'I am truly sorry'

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:45 AM PDT

Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning is accused of complicity in the murders of tens of thousands of people at the Nazi concentration camp during World War IIMore than 70 years after the end of World War II, Reinhold Hanning admitted to a German court that he knew prisoners were being shot, gassed and cremated at the death camp in occupied Poland. Hanning said he had been "silent all my life" about the atrocities he witnessed at the camp where more than one million European Jews died, and had never spoken a word about it to his wife, children or grandchildren. "No one in my family knew that I worked at Auschwitz.


North Korea sentences Korean American to 10 years hard labor

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:28 AM PDT

A man, who identified himself as Kim Dong Chul, previously said he was a naturalised American citizen and was arrested in North Korea in October, attends a news conference in PyongyangBy Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years hard labor for subversion, North Korean media reported, in the latest conviction of a foreigner for crimes against the isolated state. Kim Dong Chul, 62, was arrested in North Korea in October and had admitted to committing "unpardonable espionage" including stealing military secrets, the North's official KCNA news agency reported earlier. Weeks earlier North Korea sentenced American Otto Warmbier to 15 years hard labor in March for trying to steal a propaganda banner.


About 20 demonstrators arrested outside of Trump rally in California

Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:49 AM PDT

About 20 demonstrators arrested outside of Trump rally in CaliforniaDemonstrators smashed the window of a police squad car, marched in protest and blocked traffic as police in riot gear tried to disperse the crowd outside of the county fair grounds in Costa Mesa, California, according to local media and the Twitter account of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The department said on its Twitter account that about 20 arrests were made and that no major injuries were reported.


GOP Senator Blocks Vote on Army Secretary Over Guantanamo

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:37 PM PDT

The nomination of President Barack Obama's choice to serve as Army secretary remains blocked by a Kansas senator over administration efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Laremy Tunsil slides in draft after bong video posted on Twitter

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:15 PM PDT

laremy tunsil bongThe Ole Miss offensive tackle had a fall for the ages in Chicago.


Death raises questions: Did Prince die of an overdose?

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:48 PM PDT

A mural honoring the late rock star Prince adorns a building in the Uptown area of Minneapolis Thursday, April 28, 2016, Prince died last week at his Paisley Park home at the age of 57. An investigation into his death continues. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)CHICAGO (AP) — Prince's final days and unexpected death at age 57 raise questions among experts familiar with prescription painkiller overdoses. It's possible the innovative musician's demise represents one of the most public tragedies in an overdose crisis now gripping America.


Graffiti at Utah's Arches National Park may be irreparable

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 06:29 PM PDT

Graffiti is seen scratched into a sandstone wall near Frame Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah(Reuters) - Graffiti etched into one of the popular red rock arches in Utah's Arches National Park may be too deep to be repaired, the park's superintendent said on Thursday. The site of the graffiti is near a hiking trail to one of the park's main attractions, Delicate Arch, a 64-feet high sandstone structure that has been known to draw hundreds of visitors at a time. Defacing a national park can lead to a sentence of six months in prison and a $500 fine, according to the website for the U.S. Department of Justice.


'Bomb' hooked to man in animal suit really flotation device

Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:41 PM PDT

A man wearing a full animal costume and surgical mask walks out of a TV station in Baltimore, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Baltimore police say a department sniper shot the man, who police say walked into a TV station displaying what appeared to be an explosive device on his chest. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP) WASHINGTON EXAMINER OUT; MANDATORY CREDITBALTIMORE (AP) — A young man in an animal costume and surgical mask who walked into a Baltimore TV station Thursday claiming to have a bomb was shot and wounded by police, who determined that his alleged explosive consisted of aluminum-wrapped chocolate bars duct-taped to a flotation device.


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