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Thai Police Issue Arrest Warrants For 2 More Bombing Suspects
Monday, August 31, 2015
Police in Thailand are looking for two new suspects, a woman and a man, in connection with a bombing in Bangkok that left 20 dead.
Michael Sullivan filed this report from Thailand for Newscast:
"One of the suspects is a 26-year-old woman, a Thai, her picture shown today ...
Kanye Is Running For President And One Other Must-Watch VMA Moment
Monday, August 31, 2015
In case you didn't stay up late to watch the MTV Video Music Awards, there are really only two moments that matter.
They'll be the talk of the water cooler today, so you might as well take a look. Here are the two moments that matter:
1. After receiving the ...
EU Ministers Call Emergency Meeting To Discuss Migrant Crisis
Monday, August 31, 2015
European ministers have called for an emergency summit to discuss the hundreds of thousands of migrants who are pouring into European countries.
As The New York Times reports, almost as soon as Germany, France and the U.K. made the call, Luxembourg, which currently holds the EU presidency, obliged by ...
Virginia Governor: 'Clearly Too Many Guns In the Wrong Hands'
Friday, August 28, 2015
"There are too many guns in America, and there's clearly too many guns in the wrong hands."
That's what Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said to reporters in front of the WDBJ building in Roanoke, Va.
The governor, who promised to introduce gun-control legislation, was speaking two days after a ...
U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Decision That NSA Metadata Collection Was Illegal
Friday, August 28, 2015
A three-judge panel for a U.S. appeals court has thrown out a lower-court decision that sought to stop the NSA from continuing to collect metadata on phone calls made by Americans.
The lower court ruling had found that the practice was unconstitutional.
In some ways, this decision is much ...
CEO Of Cheating Website Ashley Madison, Noel Biderman, Has Stepped Down
Friday, August 28, 2015
In the wake of a massive hacking, the founder and CEO of the cheating website Ashley Madison has stepped down.
Noel Biderman had been at the center of controversy after hackers released information on 33 million people who had used to the site to try to cheat on their ...
Usain Bolt Jokes That American Justin Gaitlin Paid Cameraman To Take Him Down
Friday, August 28, 2015
Usain Bolt has addressed Thursday's encounter with a mobile cameraman on a Segway.
If you missed it, a cameraman lost control and ran into the elite runner just after he won the 200-meter final during the 15th IAAF World Championships in Beijing.
Bolt blamed the Americans, specifically one of ...
Tropical Storm Erika Heads For Hispaniola, With Florida Still In Its Sight
Friday, August 28, 2015
(This post was last updated at 12:30 p.m. ET.)
After dumping heavy rain on the tiny island of Dominica, Tropical Storm Erika is now forecast to continue its northwestern track, hit Hispaniola and eventually pose a threat to Florida.
By late morning, Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state ...
Number Of Refugees Found Dead In Austrian Truck Rises To 71
Friday, August 28, 2015
We have two big, sad stories concerning the rush of migrants trying to make it to Europe from conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa: First, Austrian authorities said the number of people found dead in a food delivery truck, some of whom are believed to be refugees from ...
Wal-Mart To Stop Selling Some Semi-Automatic Rifles, Including The AR-15
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Virginia Television Station Holds Moment Of Silence To Honor Slain Journalists
Thursday, August 27, 2015
A Virginia television station that found itself in the news yesterday held a moment of silence during its 6 a.m. newscast to remember reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, who were shot and killed during a live broadcast.
"During the moment of silence, ...
Chinese Authorities Arrest A Dozen People Over Explosions In Tianjin
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Chinese authorities detained a dozen people on Thursday in connection with an explosion in the Chinese port city of Tianjin that left at least 139 people dead.
Reporting from Shanghai, NPR's Frank Langfit filed this report for our Newscast unit:
"Those detained include top officials with Ruihai Logistics, ...
2 Journalists Killed During Live Broadcast In Virginia; Suspect Has Died
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Puerto Rico Under Tropical Storm Warning As Erika Gains Steam
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
The National Hurricane Center has put Puerto Rico, and some surrounding islands in the Caribbean, under a tropical storm warning as Tropical Storm Erika gains strength in the Atlantic.
The warning means that residents of the island should expect tropical storm winds and heavy rain in the next 36 hours.
...Univision's Jorge Ramos: Journalists Must 'Denounce' Trump's 'Dangerous Words'
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Jorge Ramos, one of the most influential journalists in the United States, says he had never been thrown out of a press conference before last night, when GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump ejected him.
"This is the first time," the news anchor told his network. "It's never happened ...
Stephen Hawking: Black Holes 'Are Not The Eternal Prisons' We Once Thought
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Stephen Hawking, who once stunned the scientific community by saying that black holes emit radiation, expounded on another groundbreaking theory on Tuesday.
"The message of this lecture is that black holes ain't as black as they are painted. They are not the eternal prisons they were once thought," Hawking told ...
VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Boy Trips, Rips Hole In $1.5 Million Painting
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
If you've ever been to a museum with a child, this video probably represents your worst nightmare:
It shows a 12-year-old boy in Taiwan trip and stumble onto a 350-year-old Paolo Porpora oil on canvas painting called Flowers. The boy ripped a fist-sized hole in the painting, which is valued ...
After Days Of Talks, Tense Standoff, North And South Korea Reach Detente
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
After three days of talks and a standoff that escalated into an exchange of artillery fire, North and South Korea have come to a detente.
South Korea has agreed to stop blaring propaganda from speakers across the border and the North has agreed to lift its semi-war status.
Reporting from ...
Chinese Markets Stumble Again, But World Markets Stabilized
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Despite another bloody day on the Chinese markets, stocks around the world stabilized on Tuesday.
The Shanghai Composite continued its slide, ending the day 7.6 percent lower and below 3,000 for the first time since December. The plunge is the biggest since 1996. The European markets, however, seemed to shrug ...
Topless In New York: The Court Case That Makes Going Top Free Legal
Monday, August 24, 2015
Women who walk around Times Square in New York City wearing nothing but paint over their breasts have been at the center of controversy the past few weeks.
Mayor Bill de Blasio wants the women — known as "desnudas" or the naked ones — to go. He even threatened to ...