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Rick Perry takes aim at New York
Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...
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Brazil UnrestThe Brazilian government has deployed more national security force Latin America News
The Brazilian government will deploy National Public Security Force in five cities hosting the FIFA football tournament in an effort to contain the ongoing protests across the country. The announcement by the Brazilian Justice Ministry comes after a day of violent clashes between protesters and riot police. The ministry decided to deploy the joint federal police force on Wednesday in response ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. OBAMA TO PUSH NUCLEAR CUTSA senior administration official says Obama will propose reduce the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third at a speech in Berlin. 2. TALIBAN STRIKE ON US TROOPS AFTER PEACE TALK AGREEMENTAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai also suspended talks with the ...
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Serena Williams caught in rape case controversy
Ohio , where two high school footballers were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party. One of those convicted was also handed an additional year's sentence for photographing the victim naked.The case divided the proud football community, with many rallying around the accused and blaming the victim as she had been drunk.In an interview ...
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Equal number of Americans believe US Iran pose greatest security threat – poll
USA A US poll has revealed that 10 percent of Americans view their country as the biggest threat to world peace, while similar numbers singled out Iran, China or North Korea as the most dangerous. One-third of Americans say terrorism is the greatest threat. In May 2013, Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Research Group asked 501 Americans what they consider the biggest threat to world security. ...
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Accused Cleveland kidnapper to appear at pre-trial hearing
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A former Cleveland school-bus driver accused of holding three women captive in his home and torturing them for a decade is scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial hearing on ...
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The Executioner under microscope in trial of accused U.S. mobster Bulger
BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for accused mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will seek on Wednesday to paint star witness John "The Executioner" Martorano as a heartless killer whose testimony cannot be trusted in the trial of one of Boston's most feared ...
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FBI search for Jimmy Hoffas body may last two more days
A federal investigator carries yellow crime tape at a field which investigators are prepared to dig up for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in Oakland Township, Michigan June 17, ...
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One-Third of Americans Less Likely to Travel This Summer Due to Economic Outlook
Many people have fond memories of those summer vacations of their youth - hanging out at the beach with siblings, getting told by Dad to be quiet or he'll pull the car over, and just relishing the time with friends and family. But is it still the same? With most schools now out for the year and Fourth of July around the corner, summer travel is set to kick into high gear for this season. ...
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PH stock index dips as markets wait for US Federal Reserve meeting on bond-buying
Screengrab from http://www.pse.com.ph MANILA, Philippines -- The local stock barometer dipped on Wednesday after a three-day rebound as regional markets awaited clues on US monetary policy from an ongoing US Federal Reserve meeting. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index shed 5.57 points or 0.09 percent to close at 6,513.20. Mining/oil and property counters saw the steepest drop for ...
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JP Morgans man in the White House Barack Obamas legacy of ashes
At one time, it seems decades ago now, the general thinking in the USA was that President Barack Obama would jolt the American political system into actually doing something beneficial for its citizens rather than spying on them, building F-35 aircraft, upgrading nuclear weapons, spending trillions of dollars (US) on national security, cutting unemployment benefits/food stamps, fomenting war ...
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Video Unusual heat wave bakes Alaska
Alaska is dealing with an unusual heat wave. Temperatures have reach 70 in Anchorage almost every day for more than a week, while a more remote area saw a high of ...
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Survey African Americans Fearful Of U.S. Economy
And now another chapter in our series on African-American lives. NPR conducted a poll of African Americans with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. The survey found optimism but many respondents expressed fears about the ...
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Authorities name casualties in Colorado fire
A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand" on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an announcement that came as authorities gained a clearer picture of the grim landscape the blaze has left ...
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Taliban claims responsibility for attack on US military base in Afghanistan
CAIRO, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on the US military base Bagram, situated 50 kilometers away from Afghan capital Kabul. Earlier sources from the US administration said four American military were had been killed as a result of a terrorist act in Afghanistan. A statement by the Taliban said that last night gunmen struck the base with "two ...
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Video Moment Volcano in Mexico erupts sending ash three miles high
Shockwaves can be seen at the beginning of the footage, followed by the horrifying eruption - sending burning debris to surrounding areas.The volcano sits 43 miles away from a nearby Mexico city, with authorities warning that the ash could reach the city with winds blowing in that direction.It rated yellow, at phase 2 - which means people are discouraged to go within 12km of the active ...
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Liberals brace for Supreme Court decision on voting rights
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News Bracing for an impending Supreme Court decision that could limit the reach of the Voting Rights Act, liberal legal experts and advocates are assessing what to do if the court strikes down a central part of the law.Addressing the annual convention of the liberal lawyers’ group the American Constitution Society, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a ...
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American Airlines US Airways seek EU approval for merger
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - US Airways Group (LCC.N) and American Airlines (AAMRQ.PK) are seeking EU antitrust approval for their planned $11 billion merger, which would create the world's largest carrier. The proposed tie-up, the fourth in the U.S. ...
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Talbian admits killing four Americans
The Taliban claimed responsibility today for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after it announced it would hold talks with the US. The attack underscores the challenges in trying to end the violence in Afghanistan through peace negotiations in Qatar with militants still fighting on the ground.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgents fired two ...
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Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.On Wednesday, lawyers from both sides will begin whittling down a group of 40 prospective jurors, selected over a little more than a week's time, to a final group of six jurors and four alternates. In Florida, 12 jurors are required only for criminal trials ...
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Jurors reflect on complexities of Zimmerman case
Prosecutors and defense attorneys personally interviewed 58 potential jurors over seven days about their media exposure to the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman last year in Sanford, Fla. They have asked 40 jury candidates to return for the next round of questioning and dismissed scores of others. They eventually must whittle ...
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W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
A former Massey Energy official who is cooperating in the investigation of the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when he's sentenced Aug. ...
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Inmates at California prisons demand to move as valley fever death toll rises
San Francisco court heard that since 2006, the potentially deadly infection, caused by an airborne fungus, had killed more than 30 prisoners and afflicted hundreds more at the Avenal and Pleasant Valley state prisons, both in northern California's San Joaquin Valley.Eighteen of the deaths occurred in 2012 and January 2013 alone.A lawyer representing inmates argued that 3,250 of the 8,100 ...
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Capitols Frederick Douglass statue to be unveiled
By VALERIE BONKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The 19th-century orator and writer Frederick Douglass will once again stand tall in the U.S. Capitol. A 7-foot bronze likeness of Douglass is being unveiled Wednesday in a ceremony led by House Speaker John Boehner. The statue joins sculpted tributes to fellow black Americans Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Sojourner Truth on permanent ...
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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June ...
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