Manhunt after 2 New York police officers shot

January 6, 2015

New York (CNN)An armed robbery call nearly turned deadly for two New York police officers, leading to an exchange of gunfire that ended with the officers hospitalized, a manhunt and fresh scrutiny surrounding the United States’ most populated city — specifically, about the safety of police on the street. The wounded officers, both men whose […]

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NYC’s first Ebola patient in isolation amid city jitters

October 24, 2014

Yamiche Alcindor and Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 9:28 a.m. EDT October 24, 2014 NEW YORK — A New York city doctor, who tested positive as the city’s first case of Ebola, is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Friday while health officials take precautionary steps by retracing his recent travels around town and quarantining his fiancé […]

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ISIS defector: ‘Other countries’ may be next

September 4, 2014

(CNN) To the outside world, they’re a force of ruthless yet mysterious insurgents bent on terrorizing civilians and expanding Islamist rule. But as one former ISIS fighter tells CNN, the mentality goes much deeper. “The main and principal goal of the Islamic State that they tell their new members is to establish an Islamic state […]

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CDC issues highest-level alert for Ebola

August 7, 2014

USA TODAY August 7, 2014 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its highest-level alert for a response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. “Ops Center moved to Level 1 response to given the extension to Nigeria & potential to affect many lives,” CDC chief Tom Frieden said Wednesday on Twitter. […]

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Algeria passenger plane wreckage found in Mali

July 24, 2014

BBC News Africa The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say. The Burkinabe army said the plane, operated by Algeria’s national airline Air Algerie, had crashed about 50km (30 miles) from the Burkina Faso border. BBC […]

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U.S.: Russian troops moving toward Ukraine

July 23, 2014

Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) Two Ukrainian military jets were shot down Wednesday in the eastern part of the country, where pro-Russian rebels have fought against government forces, a Ukrainian military office said. CNN The pilots ejected, the office said. Information on their condition wasn’t immediately available. An air defense system shot down the jets after the […]

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Pro-Russian rebels hand over black boxes, release Malaysia Air victims’ remains

July 21, 2014

FoxNews.com The bodies of nearly 300 passengers and crew aboard the Malaysia Airlines jet shot down over Ukraine are being turned over to Dutch authorities, while the black boxes from Flight 17 will be handed over to Malaysian authorities, pro-Russian separatists said Monday. The announcement came amid increasing criticism of the separatists’ handling of the […]

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Obama: Malaysian jet shoot-down an ‘outrage of unspeakable proportion’

July 18, 2014

By Laura Smith-Spark and Nic Robertson , CNN updated 12:09 PM EDT, Fri July 18, 2014 President Barack Obama said Friday that the Malaysia Airlines plane that crashed in Ukraine was shot down in an “outrage of unspeakable proportion.” He identified one American who died in the crash as Quinn Lucas Schansman. He also said […]

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Rick Perry declines offer to meet Obama at airport

July 9, 2014

Governor accepts offer to meet president in Dallas, instead By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News When President Barack Obama travels, he is often greeted by governors. He won’t be on Wednesday in Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a vocal critic of Obama’s handling of the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, declined an official White House invitation […]

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Rick Perry declines offer to meet Obama at airport

July 9, 2014

Governor accepts offer to meet president in Dallas, instead By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News When President Barack Obama travels, he is often greeted by governors. He won’t be on Wednesday in Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a vocal critic of Obama’s handling of the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, declined an official White House invitation […]

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