Thursday, May 26, 2016

Politics|Hillary Clinton's Campaign Rebuffs Report's Criticism of Email Use and other top stories.

  • Politics|Hillary Clinton's Campaign Rebuffs Report's Criticism of Email Use

    Politics|Hillary Clinton's Campaign Rebuffs Report's Criticism of Email Use
    Photo A statement from Hillary Clinton’s campaign reprised many of the arguments Mrs. Clinton has made over the past 14 months about her use of a personal email and server while she was secretary of state. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The Clinton campaign on Wednesday released a 203-word statement largely dismissing the criticisms in the inspector general’s report on the email practices of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It reprised ..
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  • "Chaos" as large tornado hits parts of northern Kansas

    CHAPMAN, Kan. -- About 20 homes were damaged or destroyed Wednesday night in a rural area of northern Kansas after a large tornado passed through, emergency officials said.Trooper Ben Gardner, a spokesman for the State Highway Patrol, said troopers were checking a portion of Dickinson County where it was believed 20 homes were hit.Troopers were going from home to home to make sure everyone was OK.According to CBS Topeka affiliate WIBW-TV, Dickinson County Emergency Management Director Chancy Sm..
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  • 171 survive in National Spelling Bee, but only 45 advance

    171 survive in National Spelling Bee, but only 45 advance
    Six-year old Akash Vukoti of San Antonio is the youngest contestant in the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. USA TODAYMay 25, 2016; National Harbor, MD, USA; Neil Maes, 11, of Belton, S.C., correctly spells 'actinide' during the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY NETWORK ORG XMIT: USATSI-269286 ORIG FILE ID: 20160525_pjc_usa_092.JPG(Photo: Jack Gruber, Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports)NATIONAL H..
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  • Two involved in death of L.I. woman arrested on drug charges

    Two involved in death of L.I. woman arrested on drug charges
    A TV producer and a suspected drug dealer embroiled in the cocaine overdose death of a Long Island mom have been arrested on narcotics charges, sources said Wednesday. Police and DEA agents busted Marc Johnson, a former producer of the upcoming ...
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  • White high school football players in Idaho charged in rape of black, disabled teammate with a coat hanger

    White high school football players in Idaho charged in rape of black, disabled teammate with a coat hanger
    Three white high school football players at Dietrich High School in Idaho have been charged in the October 2015 rape of their black disabled teammate. The alleged victim's family filed a $10 million lawsuit against the school. Here's what you need to know. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) When a teammate held out his arms after football practice in their high school locker room, the student thought he was about to get a hug. Instead, he got viciously raped, authorities say. As the teamm..
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  • Thousands of Living Vets Declared Dead and Lost Benefits in Past Five Years

    Thousands of Living Vets Declared Dead and Lost Benefits in Past Five Years
    The Department of Veterans Affairs has mistakenly declared thousands of veterans to be deceased and canceled their benefits over the past five years, a new snafu to emerge at the embattled department. The VA has made the error more than 4,000 times over a half-decade because of employee mistakes or erroneous cross-checking of data by the department’s computers, among other reasons, according to correspondence between the VA and the office of U.S. Rep. David Jolly (R., Fla.) reviewed by The Wall..
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  • AP: Intruders breach US airport fences about every 10 days

    AP: Intruders breach US airport fences about every 10 days
    AP: Intruders breach US airport fences about every 10 days Justin Pritchard and Martha Mendoza, Associated Press May 25, 2016 Updated: May 26, 2016 1:53am In this Friday, May 13, 2016, photo, a commercial airliner lands at San Diego International Airport, where multiple layers of fencing topped with razor wire protects the airport grounds. An Associated Press investigation has documented pe..
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  • 11 states sue over Obama's school transgender directive

    11 states sue over Obama's school transgender directive
    Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton walks away after announcing Texas’ lawsuit to challenge President Obama’s transgender bathroom order during a news conference in Austin, Texas, Wednesday May 25, 2016. Texas and several other states are suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY ..
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  • Donald Trump keeps attacking fellow Republicans

    Donald Trump keeps attacking fellow Republicans
    A fresh string of attacks by Donald Trump this week on rivals in the GOP establishment — including one delivered against a prominent Latina governor in her home state — raised new doubts about his ability or desire to unite the party’s badly fractured leadership. Now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Trump had been expected by many political strategists and party leaders to extend olive branches to his foes and vanquished opponents, many of whom could be crucial allies in the gen..
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  • Two US combat amputees climb Mount Everest in less than a week

    Two US combat amputees climb Mount Everest in less than a week
    A U.S. Army veteran who lost his leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq became the second combat amputee to reach the top of Mount Everest in the past week, amid a climbing season marred by deaths and bad weather. Team of active-duty officers, combat-wounded vet scale Everest https://t.co/bbDHFNZQNx pic.twitter.com/8mQujZ3KDU— Military Times (@MilitaryTimes) May 24, 2016 Chad Jukes, 32, finished the climb Tuesday with a prosthetic leg, a veterans group that sponsored the expedition told USA Today. Last..
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Series of bomb threats against Lexington Wal-Mart stores .Bayer defies critics with $62 billion Monsanto offer .
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