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Fracking boom triggers water battle in North Dakota
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The Five Main Issues Facing Modern Feminism
Despite our collective achievements, sexism today can seem an insurmountable obstacle. These are the fronts we are fighting on.
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"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
Despite our collective achievements, sexism today can seem an insurmountable obstacle. These are the fronts we are fighting on.
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Tornadoes, hail batter Midwest, leave 1 dead, 21 injured
Food map can lead way to health, researchers say
Obama fights GOP, scandal
Aide says president learned of IRS issue from news reports
Spokane airport might add terminal if growth continues
Scientists creating undersea laboratory
Device set to be installed off Pacific Northwest coast this summer
Yahoo to bid $1.1 billion for Tumblr
Volcano’s eruptions continue
Small critters return from space
Obama urges graduates to help others
Commencement speech includes personal anecdotes
Leader of AP protests seizure
CEO calls actions ‘unconstitutional’
Two FBI hostage-rescue agents killed in training accident
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Train crash likely to affect traffic for week
HARTFORD, Conn. – Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday.
Malloy used dire language to describe traffic troubles for the work week ahead in an area that even in normal times is a pain for motorists.
Crews will spend days rebuilding 2,000 feet of track, overhead wires and signals following the collision between two trains Friday evening that injured 72 people. Nine remained hospitalized, one critically.
About 700 people were on board the trains Friday evening when one heading east from New York City’s Grand Central Terminal to New Haven derailed just outside Bridgeport. It was hit by a train heading west from New Haven. Investigators are looking at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the derailment and collision. Officials said it wasn’t clear if the rail was broken in the crash or earlier.
Russian TV: Accused U.S. spy has left
MOSCOW – The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.
The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled a suitcase into the Moscow airport, which is used by Delta Air Lines for its direct flights to New York.
Russian security services announced Tuesday that Fogle, a 29-year-old third secretary in the U.S. Embassy, had been caught trying to recruit a Russian counterterrorism officer. Fogle, who was accused of working for the CIA, was widely shown on Russian television wearing a blond wig.
The U.S. Embassy on Sunday again refused to comment on the case.
Little is known publicly about Fogle’s duties and activities in Russia.
The U.S. State Department confirmed that Fogle worked as an embassy employee but would give no details about his job.
The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was pictured in the company of embassy staff as he wheeled a suitcase into the Moscow airport, which is used by Delta Air Lines for its direct flights to New York.
Russian security services announced Tuesday that Fogle, a 29-year-old third secretary in the U.S. Embassy, had been caught trying to recruit a Russian counterterrorism officer. Fogle, who was accused of working for the CIA, was widely shown on Russian television wearing a blond wig.
The U.S. Embassy on Sunday again refused to comment on the case.
Little is known publicly about Fogle’s duties and activities in Russia.
The U.S. State Department confirmed that Fogle worked as an embassy employee but would give no details about his job.
Iran reportedly hangs Israeli spies
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency.
Sunday’s report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged.
The report didn’t say when the men were arrested or tried.
Iran occasionally says it has dismantled Western spying networks in the country and announces arrests of individuals on espionage charges.
Tehran accuses Israel and the U.S. of spying on its vital interests, particularly its nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at producing an atomic weapon. Tehran denies the charge.
Sunday’s report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged.
The report didn’t say when the men were arrested or tried.
Iran occasionally says it has dismantled Western spying networks in the country and announces arrests of individuals on espionage charges.
Tehran accuses Israel and the U.S. of spying on its vital interests, particularly its nuclear program, which the West suspects is aimed at producing an atomic weapon. Tehran denies the charge.
Abducted Egyptians shown in video
CAIRO – Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors’ demands.
The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abducted by gunmen on the road from the Sinai Peninsula to Cairo on Thursday. Egyptian security officials said they believed the men in the clip were the missing personnel and that authorities were treating the matter seriously.
Authorities have been in contact with the kidnappers through mediators. The kidnappers have demanded the release of several militants held in Egyptian jails, including some convicted during former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule, officials say.
The video, posted on YouTube, is the first sign of the six policemen and one border guard since they were abducted by gunmen on the road from the Sinai Peninsula to Cairo on Thursday. Egyptian security officials said they believed the men in the clip were the missing personnel and that authorities were treating the matter seriously.
Authorities have been in contact with the kidnappers through mediators. The kidnappers have demanded the release of several militants held in Egyptian jails, including some convicted during former President Hosni Mubarak’s rule, officials say.
Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi
KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistan is holding a repeat election in an upmarket area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging.
The vote is going ahead Sunday despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan’s political party in Karachi the previous night.
Khan has blamed Zahra Shahid’s killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the same party he accused of vote rigging in the May 11 election.
An MQM senator, Babar Ghori, denied the allegation.
Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz said gunmen shot Shahid on Saturday night as they tried to snatch her purse in front of her home and then sped away on a motorcycle.
He said they made it look like a robbery, but it could have been a targeted killing.
The vote is going ahead Sunday despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan’s political party in Karachi the previous night.
Khan has blamed Zahra Shahid’s killing on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the same party he accused of vote rigging in the May 11 election.
An MQM senator, Babar Ghori, denied the allegation.
Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz said gunmen shot Shahid on Saturday night as they tried to snatch her purse in front of her home and then sped away on a motorcycle.
He said they made it look like a robbery, but it could have been a targeted killing.
Benghazi explosion called an accident
TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.
Awd el-Buraasi told reporters in Tripoli Sunday that military officials do not believe that the blast in a busy area of Benghazi was planned. Three people were killed in the incident.
Benghazi, where Libya’s 2011 revolution that ousted Moammar Gadhafi began, has suffered a series of assassinations and attacks on security and diplomatic missions over the past year, including the attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed the ambassador and three others.
Awd el-Buraasi told reporters in Tripoli Sunday that military officials do not believe that the blast in a busy area of Benghazi was planned. Three people were killed in the incident.
Benghazi, where Libya’s 2011 revolution that ousted Moammar Gadhafi began, has suffered a series of assassinations and attacks on security and diplomatic missions over the past year, including the attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed the ambassador and three others.
Boy, 13, seriously hurt in motorcycle collision
A 13-year-old boy was in surgery Sunday night after he rode a motorcycle across a state highway and struck a travel trailer being towed a mile north of Wilbur, Wash.
Cody Dreger, of Wilbur, was seriously injured in the collision and was flown by helicopter to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital in Spokane. His condition was not available Sunday evening.
The Washington State Patrol said Dreger was riding a 1999 Honda motorcycle west on Alderson Road early Sunday afternoon and failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with state Highway 174. The motorcycle struck an Arctic Fox travel trailer pulled by a pickup driven by Michael W. Jutte, 59, of Greenacres.
Dreger was wearing a helmet, the State Patrol said.
Cody Dreger, of Wilbur, was seriously injured in the collision and was flown by helicopter to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital in Spokane. His condition was not available Sunday evening.
The Washington State Patrol said Dreger was riding a 1999 Honda motorcycle west on Alderson Road early Sunday afternoon and failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with state Highway 174. The motorcycle struck an Arctic Fox travel trailer pulled by a pickup driven by Michael W. Jutte, 59, of Greenacres.
Dreger was wearing a helmet, the State Patrol said.
No arrests made yet in ricin letters incident
The FBI says it still has not made any arrests after searching a downtown Spokane apartment as part of an investigation into the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.
The letters were postmarked last Tuesday in Spokane and addressed to the downtown post office and the adjacent federal building.
Few details have been released, but investigators in hazmat suits spent from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday executing a search warrant at a three-story apartment building. Authorities said there was no public health risk.
Agency spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich said Sunday investigators appreciated the patience of the building’s residents and neighbors.
The Spokane investigation comes a month after letters containing ricin were addressed to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge. A Mississippi man has been arrested in that case.
The letters were postmarked last Tuesday in Spokane and addressed to the downtown post office and the adjacent federal building.
Few details have been released, but investigators in hazmat suits spent from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday executing a search warrant at a three-story apartment building. Authorities said there was no public health risk.
Agency spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich said Sunday investigators appreciated the patience of the building’s residents and neighbors.
The Spokane investigation comes a month after letters containing ricin were addressed to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge. A Mississippi man has been arrested in that case.
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Resident alleges shelling, airstrikes
Projectiles may be new artillery type
E. Kirsten Peters
City is largest to not treat water
Leonard Pitts Jr.
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