Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Sanders loyalists bash Clinton nomination, clash with police


A protester climbs over the fence near the AT&T Station in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)


PHILADELPHIA — Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination.

Two South Carolina Soldiers Killed Defending Woman at Bar, Suspect Charged


Credit: Photo: 1st Brigade Combat Team "Bastogne" via Facebook


The military was mourning two soldiers Tuesday who were fatally shot while trying to protect a woman from a gun-toting man in a South Carolina bar.

Winners and losers from the 2nd night of the Democratic convention

Bill Clinton

We've now officially passed the halfway point of the Democratic National Convention. Former president Bill Clinton was the main attraction of Tuesday night's speaking lineup, but I managed to pick some other winners and losers too.  They're below.

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Trump Revels in DNC Disunity: 'What a Mess They Have'

Image: Donald Trump Begins Post-Convention Campaign Swing in Roanoke, VA

Five hundred miles from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Donald Trump continued on his joy ride down the East Coast, highlighting from afar the Democrats' "mess," where

N. Korea warns US of 'terrifying price' over nuke tensions


FILE - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un listens during the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, May 9, 2016.

VIENTIANE, Laos — North Korea warned the United States on Tuesday that it will pay a "terrifying price" if the Korean Peninsula sinks into deeper tensions, stepping up its rhetoric hours after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry blasted Pyongyang for its nuclear program.

Japan stabbing spree: country's worst mass killings


Journalists gather in front of Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a facility for the handicapped where a number of people were killed and dozens injured in a knife attack in Sagamihara, outside Tokyo Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

At least 19 people died Tuesday when a knife-wielding man went on the rampage at a Japanese care centre for the mentally disabled, the country's worst mass killing in decades.

Letter foretold Japan rampage that killed 19 disabled people

SAMIGAHARA, JAPAN - JULY 26 : Members of family of people killed are seen on the site where Satoshi Uematsu, 26, killed 19 and wounding 25 in a knife attack in a residential care for people with disabilities on July 26, 2016, in Sagimahara city, Kanagawa

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — A young Japanese man went on a stabbing rampage Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired, officials said, killing 19 people months after he gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan and saying all disabled people should be put to death.

Police: 4 soldiers arrested for Colo. home invasion, threatening family

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police say four Fort Carson soldiers have been arrested in connection with a home invasion involving a family they knew.

Patient kills doctor, commits suicide at Berlin hospital

A police officer walks in front of the Benjamin-Franklin Hospital in the southwestern district of Steglitz in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. German police say a patient has apparently shot at a doctor and killed himself at a hospital in Berlin.


A patient shot a doctor before committing suicide at a Berlin hospital on Tuesday, police said, adding there was no sign the incident was a terrorist attack.

Winners and losers from the first night of the Democratic convention

First Lady Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama: An absolute home run. Period. It will be difficult for anyone in the next three days to deliver a better speech than the first lady did on Monday night. She used her personal story of raising two young African American girls in the White House to tie her husband's history-making presidency to the history-making bid of Hillary Clinton.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Islamic State tightens grip on captives held as sex slaves


Nuri Murat, a Yazidi woman, speaks to The Associated Press at Kankhe Camp for the internally displaced in Dahuk, northern Iraq, in this May 18, 2016, photo. When Islamic State group militants overran Yazidi villages and towns in August 2014, they killed her husband and abducted her daughter, Nazdar, one of thousands of Yazidi girls and women enslaved by the group. Nazdar was about 16 at the time. Her fate remains unknown.

KHANKE, Iraq — The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is "Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old.... Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon."

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

FDA approves first pill to treat all types of hepatitis C

hepatitis-c-drug-epclusa.jpg: This photo provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc. shows the drug Epclusa. Federal health officials on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, approved the first pill to treat all major forms of hepatitis C, the latest in a series of drug approvals that have reshaped treatment of the liver-destroying virus. The Food and Drug Administration approved the combination pill, Epclusa, from Gilead Sciences, for patients with and without liver damage. The new drug's broad indication could make it easier to use than five other hepatitis drugs recently approved by the FDA, which are each tailored to different viral strains or stages of liver disease. (Gilead Sciences, Inc. via AP)


Federal health officials on Tuesday approved the first pill to treat all major forms of hepatitis C, the latest in a series of drug approvals that have reshaped treatment of the liver-destroying virus.

New York airport security increased after Istanbul attack

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Soldiers stand guard near a security line at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on March 24, 2016 in New York City. Following the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels, airports and train stations around the country added additional soldiers and police officers in an ongoing effort to deter other potential terrorists.

NEW YORK — Additional police officers are being deployed to airports in New York City and New Jersey after an attack at an airport in Istanbul, Turkey.

Kerry: ISIS targeting airports because it's "desperate"




ASPEN, Colo. -- While there was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack at the Istanbul airport which killed at least 36 people and wounded nearly 150 others, Turkish and U.S. officials said it was likely the work of ISIS.

State Dept. working to see if any Americans among victims in Istanbul attack

ISIS suspected of being behind the deadly attack in Turkey; former intelligence officer Tony Shaffer reacts on 'The Kelly File'

The U.S. Consulate is working to see whether any Americans were among the victims in Tuesday’s attack at an Istanbul Airport, a State Department spokesman told Fox News.

Report: FBI Neglects to Inform Americans They Were on ISIS ‘Kill Lists’

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The FBI reportedly failed to notify hundreds of Americans that their names had appeared on ISIS “kill lists” posted online, according to a recent report.

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Russia says U.S. warship in near miss with Russian vessel in Mediterranean

FILE - In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) is seen August 2, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean.

MOSCOW, June 28 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said a U.S. destroyer had dangerously approached a Russian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on June 17, protesting at what it said