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A look at theater shootings in the US in the past decade

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 04:43 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Below is a look at shootings that have occurred inside movie theaters across the country in the past decade:

Man arrested for noises near Camp Shelby; unclear if gunfire

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 04:06 PM PDT

Camp ShelbyNEW AUGUSTA, Miss. (AP) — The man authorities say made loud noises outside a Mississippi military base on consecutive days was charged Wednesday with disturbing the peace and illegally possessing weapons, but investigators are still trying to determine whether the sounds were gunshots or his pickup truck backfiring.


Pentagon's new blood-tracking system is a bust

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 03:59 PM PDT

U.S. MAJ. David R. King MD, Chief of Surgical Services of 125 BSB Forward Surgical Team Task Force Mustang, controls his patience after he operated on him in Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar provinceBy Scot J. Paltrow NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Defense Department system for tracking and helping speed blood supplies to combat field hospitals does not work, threatening to cause blood shortages for wounded soldiers, according to a Defense Department Inspector General report. The Theater Blood Application, introduced in 2011, is now in use at more than 249 sites, Defense Health Agency spokesman Kevin Dwyer said.


Obama warns rejecting Iran deal would spell war

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 03:24 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the nuclear deal reached with Iran at American University in Washington, DC, August 5, 2015President Barack Obama made an aggressive case for his signature nuclear deal with Iran Wednesday, telling lawmakers that rejecting diplomacy would lead to war and destroy US credibility. Casting it as "the most consequential foreign policy debate" since the Iraq War, Obama said Congress must not waver under pressure from critics whom history had already proven wrong. "Congressional rejection of this deal leaves any US administration that is absolutely committed to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon with one option: another war in the Middle East," he said.


Obama Warns 'Some Form of War' Inevitable if Iran Nuke Deal is Blocked

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 03:10 PM PDT

Obama Warns 'Some Form of War' Inevitable if Iran Nuke Deal is BlockedThe choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war," he said during a major foreign policy address in Washington today. Obama took a page out of John F. Kennedy's foreign policy playbook, drawing parallels between the Obama doctrine and Kennedy's Cold War stance towards the former Soviet Union in his continuing effort to sell the Iran nuclear agreement to a skeptical Congress and American public.


Iran nuclear deal: Is war the only alternative, as Obama warns?

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 02:32 PM PDT

In his bluntest statement yet on the proposed Iran nuclear deal, President Obama said the only alternative is war. The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy or some form of war," he said during a foreign policy address at American University in Washington Wednesday. Obama's warning has two audiences: members of Congress, expected to vote on the agreement in mid-September after lawmakers' summer recess, and the American public, which is clearly divided on an international deal whose purpose is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons in return for the lifting of billions of dollars in economic sanctions.

News Guide: A look at the Iran nuclear deal and Congress

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 02:18 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama blasted opponents of the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday, saying none of the criticism stands up to scrutiny and if Congress blocks the accord, the U.S. will be on a glide path to war.


Obama: Critics of Iran nuclear deal 'selling a fantasy'

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 01:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the nuclear deal with Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at American University in Washington. The president said the nuclear deal with Iran builds on the tradition of strong diplomacy that won the Cold War without firing any shots. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama argued Wednesday that the Iran nuclear accord builds on an American tradition of "strong, principled diplomacy" with adversaries, including the former Soviet Union. He linked those who oppose the pact to politicians who pushed for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.


Britain's Islamic preacher charged with 'inviting support' for ISIS

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 01:33 PM PDT

Anjem Choudary, one of Britain's best-known radical Islamist preachers, was charged Wednesday with encouraging support for the Islamic State, as Britain puts its new antiterror policy to test. "It is alleged that Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman invited support for ISIS [The Islamic State] in individual lectures which were subsequently published online," Mrs. Hemming said.

Islamic preacher charged with promoting ISIS in UK

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 12:54 PM PDT

On Wednesday, prosecutors charged Anjem Choudary, a well-known radical Islamic preacher, with enticing support for Islamic State (ISIS) through lectures published online, The Washington Post reports. Recommended: How to topple Islamic State?

UK radical preacher charged with inviting IS support

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 12:21 PM PDT

Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, pictured speaking to demonstrators outside the US embassy in London in 2012British police charged high-profile radical preacher Anjem Choudary with inviting support for the Islamic State jihadist group through lectures and social media on Wednesday. "We have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman for inviting support for ISIL [Islamic State], a proscribed terrorist organisation," said Sue Hemming, Head of Special Crime and Counter Terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service.


Britain's most high-profile Islamist cleric charged with IS support

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 11:38 AM PDT

Activist Anjem Choudary leaves London Central Mosque after speaking at a rally calling for British Muslims not to vote as part of the Stay Muslim Don't Vote campaign in LondonBritain's most high-profile Islamist preacher, Anjem Choudary, appeared in a London court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to charges of inviting support for Islamic State (IS). Choudary, 48, was accused alongside an associate Mohammed Mizanur Rahman of using lectures which were published online for encouraging support for the banned organisation, which has seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq. Choudary, dressed in white traditional Muslim attire and speaking in front of a small group of supporters in the court, called the charge a "political manoeuvre" from Prime Minister David Cameron and the police.


US bombs IS Syria target from Turkey for first time

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 11:28 AM PDT

A military aircraft stands on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, in southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015The United States on Wednesday carried out its first air strike on an Islamic State target in Syria after taking off from a Turkish air base, as Turkey vowed it was ready to step up its own fight against jihadists. "A US drone today carried out one air strike in Syria near Raqa," a Turkish official told AFP, referring to the town in northern Syria that the IS group sees as its capital. The drone had taken off from Turkey's southern Incirlik air base, which Ankara has now opened to the US military for armed attacks on IS targets in Syria just 200 kilometres (125 miles) away, the source added.


Confronting the narcoterrorism nexus

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 11:18 AM PDT

Despite intense monitoring of terrorist organizations and crackdowns on Latin America's biggest drug lords, some in the military and intelligence communities see a nexus developing among violent drug cartels, transnational smuggling organizations and terrorist groups — with potentially devastating results worldwide.

Islamic State group in Egypt threatens to kill Croat hostage

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 11:13 AM PDT

This image made from a militant video posted on a social media website on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, purports to show a militant standing next to another man who identifies himself as 30-year-old Tomislav Salopek, kneeling down as he reads a message at an unknown location. The video purportedly released by the Islamic State group threatens to kill the Croatian hostage if Egyptian authorities do not release "Muslim women" held in prison within 48 hours. (Militant website via AP)CAIRO (AP) — An Islamic State affiliate released a video Wednesday threatening to kill a Croatian hostage if Egyptian authorities do not release "Muslim women" held in prison within 48 hours, a day before the country plans to unveil a highly promoted new extension of the Suez Canal.


The Sorry Seven: How the GOP’s Second-Tier Debaters Can Turn Things Around

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 10:49 AM PDT

Being left off the main stage for the first Republican presidential debate has got to sting a little bit, but for the seven Republican also-rans, the hour-long alternative debate to be televised at 5 p.m. on Thursday could be an interesting opportunity. In the end, being included in the main debate isn't likely to save the candidacies of some whose appeal is limited – like retired neurosurgeon Ben Caron or Arkansas governor-turned-dubious-diabetes-cure pitchman Mike Huckabee. Neither is being left out going to be enough to kill the candidacies of several of those relegated to the second tier – particularly former Texas governor Rick Perry and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

U.S. drone hits Syria in first lethal strike launched from Turkey

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 10:24 AM PDT

A Turkish Air Force A400M tactical transport aircraft is parked at Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, TurkeyBy Phil Stewart and Tulay Karadeniz WASHINGTON/ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ahead of what Ankara said would soon be a "comprehensive battle" against Islamic State militants there. A spokesman in Washington said the raid by an unmanned drone was launched on Monday from the Incirlik air base near the southern city of Adana in Turkey, a U.S. ally with the second largest armed forces in NATO. Preparations were underway for strikes inside Syria by manned U.S. warplanes.


Islamic State targeted in 29 air strikes by U.S.-led coalition: statement

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 10:20 AM PDT

The United States and its allies staged 29 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the Command Joint Task Force said. In Syria, five strikes near Al Hasaka and two near Ar Raqqa hit tactical units, units and buildings, the statement said.

Obama on the Iran Deal: The 'Strongest Nonproliferation Agreement Ever Negotiated'

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 09:27 AM PDT

Obama on the Iran Deal: The 'Strongest Nonproliferation Agreement Ever Negotiated'"This is the strongest nonproliferation agreement ever negotiated," Obama said. Obama's speech was at American University, the same place President Kennedy called for diplomacy and nuclear disarmament at the height of the Cold War. Obama said the agreement builds on that strong tradition of Cold War-era diplomacy.


Iraq officials: Baghdad bombing kills 7, including children

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 09:24 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi police official says a minibus loaded with explosives detonated on a crowded street in Baghdad, killing seven people, including two children.

History of the Islamic State group amid Egypt hostage threat

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 09:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. An independent monitoring group says some bombings carried out by the U.S.-led coalition targeting the Islamic State group likely have killed hundreds of civilians. The coalition had no immediate comment on the report released Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. (AP Photo, File)CAIRO (AP) — An affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened to kill a Croatian hostage in 48 hours unless Egypt releases "Muslim women" it holds in prison. The hostage threat comes as Egypt prepares to unveil a new extension of the Suez Canal on Thursday, an event it has been promoting for months.


Turkey says ready to begin anti-IS offensive with US

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 08:51 AM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says his country will combat Islamic State group militants in Syria "soon"Turkey on Wednesday announced that it was ready to begin a "comprehensive" fight against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria alongside the United States, after a months of staying on the sidelines of the US-led coalition. Ankara, long criticised for failing to stop the flow of jihadists to-and-fro across its border with Syria, has so far concentrated an almost two-week "anti-terror" campaign on the bombing of Kurdish militants. Ankara is waging a two-pronged bombing campaign against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels as well as IS militants, following a wave of violence inside Turkey.


Turkey rejects Arab League criticism of airstrikes in Iraq

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 08:43 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says it "rejects and condemns" a statement by the head of the Arab League who criticized the country for conducting air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

New army chief named as Turkey fights PKK, IS

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 07:57 AM PDT

Turkish soldiers patrol on the Turkish side of the border with Syria as smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobane on June 27, 2015Ankara on Wednesday appointed a new army chief as Turkey wages a dual offensive against Kurdish militants and Islamic State (IS) jihadists. Land Forces commander Hulusi Akar, 63, takes over as chief of staff from retiring General Necdet Ozel as part of a major shake-up of the army's top brass. Akar, who has extensive NATO experience, is seen as more hawkish than Ozel, whose leadership coincided with a period of relative peace in the Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast.


IS jihadists in Syria video threaten Germany

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 07:53 AM PDT

An Austrian Islamic State (IS) group fighter, identified as Mohamed Mahmoud (R) (aka Abu Usama al-Gharib), and his German comrade, named in the video as Abu Omar al-Alamani, speaking in German prior to executing two non-identified menTwo German-speaking jihadists claiming to belong to the Islamic State militant group threatened Germany with attacks in an execution video broadcast online Wednesday. The five-minute clip shows the men use assault rifles to kill two bound and kneeling male hostages in the Syrian ancient city of Palmyra, which IS fighters took in May. In a rare German-language IS message, they urge their "brothers and sisters" in Germany and Austria to join the IS in Syria and Iraq or commit attacks against "unbelievers" at home.


Germany detains suspected jihadist who fled Spain

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 07:51 AM PDT

A member of a police task force stands in front of an apartment building where raids took place against suspected jihadists on January 16, 2015 in BerlinGerman police have detained a suspected Islamic State jihadist who fled Spain last month, German and Spanish authorities said Wednesday. The 21-year-old Moroccan national, who lives in Spain, was detained on Tuesday near Stuttgart in southwestern Germany, German state police said in a statement. A Spanish court had issued a warrant for his arrest, the Spanish interior ministry said earlier.


AJC on the Iran Nuclear Deal

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 07:30 AM PDT

When the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was announced in Vienna on July 14, AJC issued a press release indicating that we would first study the full text and its implications, and then take a position on the deal, as the U.S. Congress launched into its 60-day review period. Over the past three weeks, AJC engaged in a very intensive, open-minded, and thorough process of external consultations and internal deliberations, involving many lay and staff leaders.

UN reports rise in women, children casualties in Afghan war

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 05:36 AM PDT

FILE - In Monday, March 16, 2015 file photo, an Afghan man carries a wounded girl at the side of a suicide attack that killed civilians and a policeman in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations said on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 that an increasing number of women and children were getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan's war against the Taliban and other insurgents. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq, File)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday a growing number of women and children are getting hurt or killed in Afghanistan's war against the Taliban and other insurgents.


Afghan official: Drones kill IS fighters in 2 provinces

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 05:05 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says drone strikes have killed up to 60 insurgents, many of them allied to the Islamic State group, in recent days.

Obama to evoke ghosts of Kennedy, Iraq War in new Iran plea

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 04:56 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama believes the historic deal will ensure Iran does not obtain the nuclear bombPresident Barack Obama will present the Iran nuclear debate as the most momentous US foreign policy decision since the Iraq war Wednesday, in a fresh bid for support. With the deal due to be voted on by a Republican-dominated Congress, Obama will give an address at American University in Washington hoping to give historical weight to a polarizing and sometimes bitterly hyperbolic debate.


'Inhumane' Austrian refugee camp halts intake

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 04:50 AM PDT

Refugees wait to enter Austria's main refugee processing centre in Traiskirchen on July 31, 2015Austria on Wednesday stopped accepting new arrivals at its main refugee camp, where the United Nations has described conditions as "inhumane". The temporary ban at Traiskirchen camp came into force at midnight (2200 GMT), officials said. "The situation in Traiskirchen is no longer tolerable for the asylum-seekers," said Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.


Uighurs deported from Thailand to China remain in detention

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 02:48 AM PDT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say minority Muslim Uighurs deported from Thailand to China remain in detention while authorities investigate whether some planned to join the Islamic State or other groups in the Middle East.

10 Things to Know for Today

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 02:38 AM PDT

FILE - This May 26, 1953 file photo shows an aerial view of the Suez Canal Zone near Ismailia, Egypt. The 1869 inauguration of the canal linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean was hailed as a leap into the modern age, and President Gamal Abdel-Nasser's nationalization of the British and French-run waterway in 1956 is seen as marking Egypt's decisive break with its colonial past. The government hopes for another historic moment Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015 when it unveils an $8.5 billion extension of the waterway funded entirely by Egyptians, without foreign aid. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:


Blair should stand trial if he committed war crime over Iraq - Corbyn

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 02:35 AM PDT

Labour Party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn speaks on the BBC's Andrew Marr ShowFormer Prime Minister Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes over the 2003 Iraq war if evidence shows he broke international law, Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, a leading candidate to head the party Blair once led, has said. In 2003, when Blair was prime minister, Britain joined a U.S-led invasion of Iraq despite widespread public opposition. Asked if he thought Blair should face trial, Corbyn said: "If he has committed a war crime, yes.


Qatar backs Turkey over bombing raids in northern Iraq

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 12:44 AM PDT

Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) inspect a crater reportedly caused by a Turkish air strike on July 29, 2015 in the Qandil mountain, the PKK headquarters in northern IraqQatar has broken ranks with the Arab League to give close ally Turkey its full support for air strikes in northern Iraq, according to an official foreign ministry statement. On Tuesday, the Arab League condemned Turkey's actions and called on Ankara to recognise the sovereignty of Iraq. The Arab League, which Qatar has been a member of since 1971, also called on Turkey and Iraq to increase cooperation in order to try and preserve peace.


Swimming-World championship men's 100m freestyle heats overview

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 12:24 AM PDT

Aug 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Overview from the World championship Men's 100m Freestyle Heats on Wednesday 1. Ning Zetao (China) 48.11 Q 2. Cameron McEvoy (Australia) 48.33 Q 3. Vladimir Morozov (Russia) 48.46 Q 4. Federico Grabich (Argentina) 48.48 Q 5. Jeremy Stravius (France) 48.52 Q 6. Pieter Timmers (Belgium) 48.58 Q 7. Sebastiaan Verschuren (Netherlands) 48.61 Q 7. Nathan Adrian (U.S.) 48.61 Q 9. Alexander Sukhorukov (Russia) 48.64 Q 10. Fabien Gilot (France) 48.73 Q 11. Santo Condorelli (Canada) 48.77 Q 12. Matheus Santana (Brazil) 48.81 Q 13. Marco Orsi (Italy) 48.82 Q 14. ...

McCann, A-Rod and Yankees break loose again, rout Red Sox

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 10:29 PM PDT

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, left, celebrates with Brian McCann after Rodriguez and Chris Young, center, scored on McCann's seventh-inning home run in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) — Brian McCann, Chris Young and the rest of the New York Yankees are enjoying quite a run these days.


Turkey's troubles deal new blow to stumbling economy

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 09:47 PM PDT

Two burnt trucks reportedly set on fire by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants stand in Tunceli, eastern Turkey, on August 2, 2015The end to a ceasefire with Kurdish rebels and political uncertainty after inconclusive June elections are compounding already mounting problems for Turkey's stuttering economy, analysts say. The resumption of regular attacks by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels in the southeast of the country as Turkish jets bomb their positions in northern Iraq has brought back memories of the 1990s when the country was often in economic, political and security chaos. The deterioration of the security situation is already impacting Turkey's tourism sector, which has boomed in recent years to become one of the sources of the improved economic prosperity under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


Crackle Imitates TV With Dennis Quaid Starrer 'The Art of More'

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 09:00 PM PDT

"There's a revolution going on in television," says Quaid, whose newest project will premiere November 19 on Sony's Crackle.

China appeals for U.S. help to fight Xinjiang militants

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 07:57 PM PDT

China has appealed for U.S. support in fighting Islamist militants in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang, saying they are also a threat to the United States. Chinese officials say the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) recruits Uighurs, a largely Muslim ethnic minority from Xinjiang, and trains them with extremists in Syria and Iraq, with the intent of returning to China to wage holy war. Many foreign experts, however, have questioned whether ETIM exists as the coherent group China claims it is.

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