| US veteran arrested in airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded Posted: 06 Jan 2017 05:09 PM PST  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An Army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said.
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| The Latest: Official: Gunman said gov't controlled his mind Posted: 06 Jan 2017 04:49 PM PST  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on a deadly shooting at the Fort Lauderdale international airport (all times local):
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| Family: Shooting suspect 'lost his mind' after tour in Iraq Posted: 06 Jan 2017 05:28 PM PST  The man police say opened fire with a gun from his checked baggage at a Florida airport had a history of mental health issues — some of which followed his military service in Iraq — and was receiving psychological ...
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| Score-settling, trash-talking Trump set in his ways Posted: 06 Jan 2017 04:11 PM PST  As a candidate one of the ways Donald Trump shocked America was by locking horns nastily with anybody who got in his way. Now, Trump is days away from being sworn in as president and little has changed: he dwells on minutiae far removed from things presidential and spends a lot of time settling scores. Before breakfast on Friday, Trump took aim at Arnold Schwarzenegger, the new host of "Celebrity Apprentice", because the reality TV show's ratings are lower than when Trump was its star until 2015.
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| Gunman kills five, wounds eight at Ft. Lauderdale airport Posted: 06 Jan 2017 03:57 PM PST  A gunman believed to be an Iraq war veteran opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale's international airport on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight before being taken into custody, officials and witnesses said. The shooter was identified as Esteban Santiago, 26, and was carrying U.S. military identification, according to a spokesman for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, who spoke with officials at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Santiago served from 2007 to 2016 in the Puerto Rico National Guard and Alaska National Guard including a deployment to Iraq from 2010 to 2011, according to the Pentagon.
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| As Donald Trump gets ready to assume office, Barack Obama prepares his farewell Posted: 06 Jan 2017 02:15 PM PST  President Obama must like long goodbyes. Starting Jan. 12, History.com will publish an eight-part oral history of his administration, featuring commentary from Obama and 23 aides, including Vice President Joe Biden. On Friday night, he and first lady Michelle Obama will host a star-studded soirée with celebrities and major donors, the Washington Post reported.
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| US official: In Myanmar crackdown, abuses appear 'normal' Posted: 06 Jan 2017 12:18 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Abuses appear "normal and allowed" in Myanmar's response to an armed uprising by Rohingya Muslims, a senior U.S. official said in an interview, casting a pall over one of President Barack Obama's legacy foreign policy achievements.
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| Technology Allows Injured Veteran to Enjoy Life Posted: 06 Jan 2017 10:15 AM PST ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a few glances of his eyes, Erik can hop on social media to post a picture or surf to YouTube to play the latest Wu-Tang Clan video. Technology helps Erik live a life comparable to any young man across America. More than 11 years ago, a bullet fired by a sniper in Iraq struck Erik's head, leaving him paralyzed. |
| Italy kicks out long-time resident accused of extremism Posted: 06 Jan 2017 09:25 AM PST ROME (AP) — Italy has expelled a Tunisian man accused of religious extremism and befriending a jailed would-be foreign fighter, the country's latest effort to crack down on the radicalization of young Muslims by getting rid of them. |
| Unemployment drops for black and Asian Americans Posted: 06 Jan 2017 08:56 AM PST Many black and Asian Americans found jobs in December, helping reduce their unemployment rates to levels last seen before the Great Recession ravaged the U.S. job market. The jobless rate for black Americans ... |
| In Istanbul district, horror but scant surprise at links to nightclub shooter Posted: 06 Jan 2017 08:03 AM PST  By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In a working-class Istanbul neighborhood that Central Asian migrants have called home for decades, there is horror but scant surprise that a gunman who killed 39 people in a nightclub on New Year's Day may have spent time in their community. Just beyond the ancient walls on Istanbul's historic peninsula, Zeytinburnu could not be farther removed from the upscale Ortakoy district on the shores of the Bosphorus where the gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle last Sunday. The gunman, whom Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak has said is thought to be an ethnic Uighur, is believed to have traveled by taxi from Zeytinburnu before the shooting and to have returned to a restaurant there afterwards, asking to borrow money to pay the driver.
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| GOP has Trump's back as he questions US intelligence Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:27 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was among those piling on when President Barack Obama came under fire several years ago for reading some of his daily intelligence briefings, rather than receiving them in-person.
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| On the Trail to a New Life: Chad Prichard Finds Peace, Stability Through Wounded Warrior Project Posted: 06 Jan 2017 07:13 AM PST DENVER, Jan. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chad Prichard's journey to a new life was not easy every step of the way, but he never lost the will to fight. Chad began his Army career in 1995 as a reserve soldier with the 179th Transportation Company out of Belton, Missouri. |
| Turkey detains 18 in connection with attack near courthouse Posted: 06 Jan 2017 06:31 AM PST  IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Police detained 18 people on Friday in connection with an attack near a courthouse in the western city of Izmir that killed a policeman and a courthouse employee. Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Friday that Turkish authorities had no doubt that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, "gave the orders" for the attack.
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| In renewed push, Iraqi forces enter Mosul from north for first time Posted: 06 Jan 2017 06:12 AM PST  By Isabel Coles and Saif Hameed NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops entered Mosul from the north for the first time on Friday, part of a new phase in the battle for the city that also saw elite forces bridge a river under cover of darkness in an unprecedented night raid. Troops would soon "cut the head of the snake" and drive the ultra-hardline group from its largest urban stronghold, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Friday. The battle for Mosul is the biggest ground operation in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
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| Beheading attire and sexy suicide vests? Satire of ISIS wives stirs anger and praise Posted: 06 Jan 2017 04:26 AM PST  By Guy Faulconbridge and Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) - The wives of Islamic State fighters ponder what to wear at a beheading and assess how sexy they look in suicide vests in a BBC satire which has sparked both anger and praise for tackling the fate of women who travel to Syria to join the militants. In a clip from the BBC's "Revolting" TV comedy show, entitled "Real Housewives of ISIS" which aired on Tuesday, one "wife" of a militant fighter in Syria says: "It's only three days to the beheading and I've got no idea what to wear." "This is my sixth marriage - I have been widowed five times," another woman says with a sigh before an explosion which prompts her to say: "Six times." For the clip, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOB6UDC-67w The segment is a parody of the successful reality TV franchise which began in 2006 with "The Real Housewives of Orange County" and now has spin-off versions worldwide including one set in Cheshire in northern England.
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| A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters Posted: 06 Jan 2017 03:30 AM PST  NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) — The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the king from evil, but now their stone remains are piled in the dirt, victims of the Islamic State group's fervor to erase history.
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| Arrivals of migrants to EU by sea two-thirds lower in 2016 - Frontex Posted: 06 Jan 2017 03:07 AM PST  The number of migrants reaching the European Union by sea fell by two-thirds in 2016 due to a migration deal with Turkey but arrivals in Italy from north Africa hit an all-time high, the EU said on Friday. The deal concluded in March provides Turkey with billions of euros as long as it keeps refugees on its territory and stops people smugglers from moving them across the Aegean to Greece. It also involved promises to Ankara of financial aid, visa-free travel to much of the EU and accelerated membership talks, which have all been put on hold because of Turkey's crackdown on critics after a failed military coup last July.
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| Arrivals of migrants to EU by sea two-thirds lower in 2016: Frontex Posted: 06 Jan 2017 02:18 AM PST  The number of migrants reaching the European Union by sea fell by two-thirds in 2016 due to a migration deal with Turkey but arrivals in Italy from north Africa hit an all-time high, the EU said on Friday. The deal concluded in March provides Turkey with billions of euros as long as it keeps refugees on its territory and stops people smugglers from moving them across the Aegean to Greece. It also involved promises to Ankara of financial aid, visa-free travel to much of the EU and accelerated membership talks, which have all been put on hold because of Turkey's crackdown on critics after a failed military coup last July.
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| Merkel's conservatives gain support despite Berlin attack: poll Posted: 06 Jan 2017 01:53 AM PST  Support for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc is up despite the Christmas market attack in Berlin that killed 12 people, and most Germans are not worried about terrorism, an opinion poll showed on Friday. Merkel's conservative "Union" alliance of her Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) rose 2 percentage points from a month ago to 37 percent, the survey by pollster Infratest dimap for broadcaster ARD showed. The Berlin attack, in which a rejected asylum-seeker from Tunisia drove a truck into a Christmas market, took place on Dec. 19.
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| Iraqi forces advance against Islamic State in Mosul night raid: spokesman Posted: 06 Jan 2017 01:47 AM PST  Elite Iraqi troops advanced against Islamic State militants in eastern Mosul in their first night-time raid in the city, a spokesman said on Friday, in a U.S.-backed operation which officials say is gaining momentum. Counter-terrorism service (CTS) forces pushed across a tributary of the Tigris river shortly after midnight and drove back Islamic State fighters in the Muthanna district, CTS spokesman Sabah al-Numan said. A second phase of the nearly 12-week campaign to drive Islamic State out of its last major city stronghold in Iraq began last Thursday.
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| Agatha Christie helped in uncovering Iraq's ancient Nimrud Posted: 06 Jan 2017 01:06 AM PST  NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) — Her diligence and face cream cleaned Nimrud's most famous ivory. She captured the archaeological dig in Iraq on celluloid and Kodak film, developing the prints in water painstakingly filtered from the nearby Tigris River.
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| Devastated by militants, 3,000-year-old city left to looters Posted: 06 Jan 2017 01:03 AM PST  NIMRUD, Iraq (AP) — The chilly December wind whipped rain across the strewn wreckage of a city that, nearly 3,000 years ago, ruled almost the entire Middle East. Rivulets of water ran through the dirt, washing away chunks of ancient stone.
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| Islamic State militants kill four soldiers near Iraq's Tikrit: army, police sources Posted: 05 Jan 2017 11:28 PM PST Islamic State militants attacked an Iraqi army outpost and a police station near the city of Tikrit on Friday, killing at least four soldiers and wounding 12 others, military and police sources said. The militants used a car bomb and two suicide attackers in their assault shortly after midnight on the army outpost in the town of al-Dour on Tikrit's outskirts, killing two officers and two soldiers, the sources said. |
| For Mosul displaced, shelter is often just down the road Posted: 05 Jan 2017 04:18 PM PST  The first stop for the thousands of civilians forced to flee their homes in Mosul is often inside their own city, sometimes in the homes of complete strangers. Mohammed explained that moving to one of the many displacement camps set up by the United Nations and other relief agencies around Mosul was not an option. The neighbourhood of Al-Intisar they now live in was retaken by Iraqi forces recently but is close to the front line, where the Islamic State group is resisting with suicide bombings and mortar and sniper fire.
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