Orlando shooter posted messages on Facebook pledging ...
ORLANDO — On the day of his rampage at a gay nightclub, the Orlando shooter posted messages on Facebook pledging allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State and vowing that there would be more attacks in the coming days by the group in the United States, according to a letter sent to Facebook on Wednesday by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. “America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic state..I pledge my alliance to [Islamic State leader] abu bakr..>> view originalWashington Nationals walk off on Chicago Cubs, 5-4, on RBI single ...
Matt Hazlett/Getty Images It was an old fashioned pitchers' duel in the nation's capital with Washington Nationals' right-hander Stephen Strasburg and Chicago Cubs' righty Jason Hammel battling it out in the series finale. It was decided in extras on a walk-off single by Jayson Werth. Chicago Cubs' right-hander Jason Hammel took the mound this afternoon in Nationals Park with a 6-0 record, a 3.02 ERA and a .222/.266/.367 line against in 47 ⅔ innings pitched in the nation's capital in h..>> view originalToddler's body recovered after alligator attack at Disney resort near ...
A toddler was dragged into a lake at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa by an alligator after dark on June 14. Orlando officials scoured the lagoon and recovered the boy's body June 15. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) The body of a 2-year-old boy snatched by an alligator at a Disney resort in Florida has been found, ending a desperate 18-hour search that began as a rescue operation and eventually became a grim recovery effort, officials said late Wednesday afternoon. Divers found t..>> view originalTrump says he was 'right' about Obama and terrorists, citing ...
Just two days after Donald Trump implied that President Obama sympathized with terrorists, provoking a backlash that included members of his own party, the presumed Republican presidential nominee declared himself “right,” based on a published report claiming administration “support” for the Islamic State. In a post to his Twitter account early Wednesday, Trump said “Media fell all over themselves criticizing what Donald Trump ‘may have insinuated’ ” about Obama. “But he’s right,” it said, link..>> view originalLed Zeppelin songwriter ignorant of similar 'Stairway' riff
LOS ANGELES — Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page testified Wednesday that until a few years ago, he’d never heard a song the megastar band is accused of ripping off for the introduction to “Stairway to Heaven.” Page claimed he didn’t even know he owned the album by the band Spirit that contained the short instrumental tune “Taurus” that has a guitar riff very similar to the intro of the classic 1971 rock ballad. “Something like that would stick in my mind,” Page told jurors in his defense durin..>> view originalIn wake of Orlando shootings, gun control getting a fresh look from ...
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and some vulnerable GOP lawmakers signaled Wednesday that they are open to changing the nation’s gun laws, raising the possibility that the political tide might be shifting on an issue that has sharply divided Americans for years. This isn’t the first time a mass shooting, in this case the massacre in Orlando that killed 49 people this week, has sparked a national cry for congressional action on gun availability. In past instances, such c..>> view originalUpdated: Superbug found in Illinois and South Carolina
Patrick McGann and colleagues at work on tracing the gene that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotic of last resort, in their lab at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, MD. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post) This post has been updated. U.S. officials have found bacteria resistant to the antibiotic of last resort in a sample from a second pig, increasing concerns about the spread of a newly discovered superbug that initially surfaced in this country in March. Th..>> view originalDeborah Simmons, Washington Times investigative reporters win ...
Longtime Washington Times columnist Deborah Simmons and a major Times investigation into the finances of Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the top honorees at the local Society of Professional Journalists‘ Sigma Delta Chi Dateline Awards presented Tuesday evening at the National Press Club.Altogether, writers for The Times were honored in five categories for online and print coverage of sports, local and national news, arts criticism and politics.A major investigative piece by reporter Kelly R..>> view originalSenate Democrats end marathon filibuster, announce Republicans ...
This frame grab provided by C-SPAN shows Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. speaking on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill after launching a filibuster over gun control. (Senate Television via AP) Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) ended a blockade of the Senate floor after nearly 15 hours Thursday, announcing Republican leaders had agreed to hold votes on Democrat-backed measures to expand background checks and prevent suspected terrorists from acquiring guns. Democrats were angling for votes on the ..>> view originalWhat animals kill and eat children?
An alligator swims in the waters at Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images) The death of a toddler who was dragged by an alligator into a lagoon at a Disney resort would certainly qualify as a worst-nightmare scenario for any parent. Small children are delicate and small and clumsy, and alligators can have seven dozen teeth, be terrifyingly enormous and move quickly. [Toddler dragged into water by alligator at Disney resort is believed to be dead] B..>> view original
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