Raids spread across France and Belgium amid manhunt for suspects
PARIS —French leaders vowed Monday to exact justice from Islamic State militants behind last week’s carnage in Paris, as European authorities intensified efforts to untangle the plot behind the worst violence on French soil in more than a half century.French President François Hollande, in his first address to French lawmakers at Versailles — a joint sitting of the two chambers — promised an unforgiving campaign against the Islamic State and proposed changes to France’s constitution to help auth..>> view originalA new Islamic State video threatens a Paris-style attack on Washington - The Washington Post
This is an excerpt from an Islamic State propaganda video in which militants threaten a Paris-style attack on the U.S. capital. (Reuters)A video released by an Islamic State sub-group appears to show militants in Iraq praising the Paris shootings and warning that a similar attack could take place in Washington.The message, which was distributed by Islamic State-related social network accounts on Monday, was purportedly made by Wilayat Kirkuk, a group based in Salahuddin province, north of Baghda..>> view originalGovernors of Michigan, Alabama reject resettlement of Syrian...
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder. (Danielle Duval/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)UPDATE: By Monday afternoon, seven governors across the country said they would refuse Syrian refugees.Head here for more.The terrorist attacks in Paris have prompted two governors to announce that Syrian refugees will not be allowed to resettle in their states.Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan and Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, both Republicans, issued individual statements Sunday declaring that their states would not be open..>> view originalWashington College shut down over warning about student armed with gun - The Washington Post
Washington College (courtesy of Washington College.)Washington College in Chestertown, Md., shut down Monday because of a warning about a student armed with a gun.Police are treating the student as a missing person, and there’s no indication that he has done anything wrong, but the lockdown continued Monday afternoon as the police looked for him.“College closed. Shelter in place,” was posted on the Web site of the small liberal arts college on the Eastern Shore.Shortly after 7:30 a.m., the colle..>> view originalParis terror suspect bragged of eluding 'bloated crusader intelligence'
Authorities say as many as 20 people may have been involved in the plot to attack Paris. Here's what we know about them so far. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a possible central figure involved in planning attacks that killed at least 129 people in Paris on Friday, bragged in an interview earlier this year about plotting terrorist attacks against the West and evading Belgian authorities,according to Vocativ.The statements, in which the 27-year-old told readers not to f..>> view originalThe craziest numbers from the Redskins' blowout victory
Alfred Morris accounted for 106 of the Redskins’ 514 yards on Sunday, the team’s most since 1991. (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post)At halftime of their 47-14 shellacking of the Saints on Sunday, the Redskins were on pace to shatter the Los Angeles Rams’ 64-year-old record for total yards in a game (735). Washington ultimately fell well short of that mark, butthe unspeakably bad New Orleans defensestill provided a reason to update the team record book.Consider the following franchise superl..>> view originalTests show Gov. Larry Hogan is now cancer-free
Gov. Larry Hogan (R), pumps his fist along the sidelines during a Baltimore Ravens game in September. He is wearing a green wristband to promote lymphoma awareness. (Nick Wass/AP)Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that medical scans show no sign of the cancer he was diagnosed with five months ago, indicating that 18 weeks of intensive chemotherapy have put the disease into remission.Doctors will continue to monitor Hogan (R) regularly for signs of a recurrence. But at this point, the tes..>> view originalMost streets in downtown DC reopen after barricade situation
Most streets are back open in downtown D.C. after being closed for several hours on Monday. Police say a woman is now in custody after barricading herself in an office building in the 1900 block of K Street NW, which caused the major traffic backups. (WUSA9)The latest:• A woman is in custody after she barricaded herself inside an office building in the 1900 block of K Street NW.• After being closed for several hours, streets in the area are reopened.• Police say a shot was fired about mid..>> view originalObama says he's 'too busy' to debate GOP over terrorism
President Obama showed a flash of anger Monday with Republican critics of his anti-terrorism strategy, saying he is “too busy” to engage in a rhetorical debate with them.“What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership, or American winning or whatever other slogans they come up with, that has no relationship to what actually is going to work to protect the American people” and America’s allies, Mr. Obama said at a news conference in Turkey. “I’m too busy..>> view originalMarriott becomes world's largest hotelier, buying Starwood
Marriott International, the Bethesda-based hotel behemoth, said Monday it has agreed to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts in a $12.2 billion deal that would create the world’s largest hotel company.The combined hotelier, to be based in Bethesda, would own or franchise 5,500 properties and be the only company to have more than 1 million hotel rooms. The cash and stock purchase marks the largest hotel deal since the private equity firm Blackstone Group bought Hilton Worldwide for $26 billion in 20..>> view original
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