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Bernie Sanders: Voters see Hillary Clinton as ‘lesser of two evils’ against Donald Trump

Posted: 22 May 2016 10:49 AM PDT

Bernie Sanders: Voters see Hillary Clinton as 'lesser of two evils' against Donald TrumpAccording to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, 58 percent of registered voters view Trump unfavorably, while 54 percent view Clinton the same way — the highest unfavorable ratings for likely general election candidates in the history of the survey. "We need a campaign, an election, coming up which does not have two candidates who are really very, very strongly disliked," Sanders said.


Egypt sends submarine to hunt for crashed jet's black boxes

Posted: 22 May 2016 01:43 PM PDT

Coptic Christians grieve during prayers for the departed, remembering the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 at Al-Boutrossiya Church, at the main Coptic Cathedral complex, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, May 22, 2016. Making his first public comments since the crash of the Airbus A320 while en route from Paris to Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Sunday it CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a submarine Sunday to join the hunt for the flight recorders from the EgyptAir jetliner that crashed in the Mediterranean and killed all 66 people aboard, while hundreds of Coptic Christian mourners filled a church in Cairo to pray for their relatives among the dead.


New data backs argument that Trump has not expanded the GOP

Posted: 22 May 2016 09:00 AM PDT

New data backs argument that Trump has not expanded the GOPTrump has boasted that he is drawing new voters to the the GOP, but new analysis refutes the claim and suggests increased primary numbers won't help in November.


Police slaying suspect dies after shootout; trooper wounded

Posted: 22 May 2016 04:45 PM PDT

A Massachusetts State Police diver uses a metal detector to search Stoneville Pond near the site where Auburn police Officer Ronald Tarentino was fatally shot during a traffic stop in Auburn, Mass., Sunday, May 22, 2016. A suspect is on the loose, authorities said. (Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP) MANDATORY CREDITAUBURN, Mass. (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts police officer Sunday was fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire as authorities closed in on him, authorities said.


Austria's next president could be a right-wing Eurosceptic

Posted: 22 May 2016 12:57 PM PDT

Norbert Hofer candidate for presidential elections of Austria's Freedom Party, FPOE, waves to supporters during the final election campaign event in Vienna, Austria, Friday, May 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)VIENNA (AP) — With direct ballots counted but a final result still outstanding, Sunday's elections for Austria's presidency were too close to call a winner between a right-wing politician and a challenger whose views stand in stark opposition to his rival's anti-immigrant and Eurosceptic message.


Top US commander makes secret visit to Syria

Posted: 22 May 2016 11:19 AM PDT

Army Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters Saturday, May 21, 2016 during a secret trip to Syria. Votel said he is encouraged by progress in building local Syrian Arab and Kurdish forces to fight the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)NORTHERN SYRIA (AP) — On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said he felt a moral obligation to enter a war zone to check on his troops and make his own assessment of progress in organizing local Arab and Kurd fighters for what has been a slow campaign to push the Islamic State group out of Syria.


Israeli defense minister steps down

Posted: 22 May 2016 11:51 AM PDT

Israel's Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon shakes hands with Major General Yair Golan during a farewell ceremony in Tel Aviv, IsraelTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's defense minister officially stepped down on Sunday, capping a tumultuous week of politics that is expected to result in the replacement of the former military chief with an inexperienced hard-liner in the sensitive post.


'Smoke on board' EgyptAir plane before crash

Posted: 21 May 2016 07:39 PM PDT

Picture on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian military spokesperson shows a life vest, part of debris found by search teams looking for the EgyptAir flight which plunged into the MediterraneanSmoke detected inside the plane shortly before it plunged into the Mediterranean offered clues but no answers as to why it crashed.


Afghan leaders see Taliban leader's death as hopeful sign

Posted: 22 May 2016 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 file photo, shows Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday, May 21, 2016, against the Taliban leader the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said the U.S. was studying the results of the attack. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A senior commander with the Afghan Taliban says the militant group's leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a U.S. drone strike.


Dutch, Australian climbers die after reaching Everest summit

Posted: 21 May 2016 08:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. A 35-year-old Dutch man suffering from high-altitude sickness died on his way back from Mount Everest's summit in the first death reported this year on the world's highest mountain, an expedition organizer said Saturday, May 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Dutch man and an Australian woman died of apparent altitude sickness while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in the first deaths this year on the world's highest mountain.


Clinton, Sanders duel over Latino vote in California

Posted: 22 May 2016 05:58 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters at the end of a campaign stop at East Los Angeles College in Los Angeles. Bernie Sanders' campaign is mining deep into voter data from Hispanic enclaves, scouting for hidden supporters in an effort to undercut Hillary Clinton in a contest that he has vowed to fight to the end. Clinton ran up a 2-1 advantage with Hispanics in her 2008 win in California over Barack Obama and is making a strong push to do that again. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bernie Sanders' image gazes out from a corner storefront in Boyle Heights, a Hispanic enclave known for its plump burritos and a plaza where mariachis strum guitars. It's here that his campaign is going house to house to cut into Hillary Clinton's advantage with Latino voters.


Three dead, 11 injured in concert shooting in Austria

Posted: 22 May 2016 01:00 AM PDT

After getting into an argument, the man went back to his car and returned with a gun with which he began shooting people at random before killing himselfA man shot dead two people and wounded 11 others before turning the gun on himself at a concert organized by a motorcycle club in western Austria on Sunday, a police spokeswoman said. The shooting took place at around 3 a.m. (2100 GMT) at the concert in Nenzing, a market town near the border with Liechtenstein.


7 dead after volcano erupts in western Indonesia

Posted: 22 May 2016 05:56 AM PDT

A villager carries his belonging during an evacuation following the eruption of Mount Sinabung in Gamber village, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, May 22, 2016. The volcano in western Indonesian unleashed hot clouds of ash on Saturday, killing several villagers, oficials said. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)GAMBER, Indonesia (AP) — The death toll in the eruption of a volcano in western Indonesia rose to seven on Sunday, with two other people in critical condition, as an official warned of more eruptions.


Elvis guitar fetches $334,000 at New York auction

Posted: 22 May 2016 12:44 AM PDT

During a 1975 concert in Asheville, North Carolina, Elvis Presley had given the guitar to fan Mike Harris, who had kept it until nowA guitar given to Elvis Presley by his father in 1969 went under the hammer for $334,000 in New York during an auction that also saw a Michael Jackson vest fetch $256,000. Vernon Presley is said to have changed the finish of the Gibson Dove acoustic guitar to ebony after his son earned his black belt in karate. During a 1975 concert in Asheville, North Carolina, Presley had given the guitar to fan Mike Harris, who had kept it until now.


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