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GOPers: Visa rules make it too easy for ISIS to get into US
New York Post - 5 Dec 2015 08:36
Republicans on Friday called for a sweeping review of the country's visa system after learning that the Pakistani-born woman in the husband-wife California terror team had pledged allegiance to ISIS on Facebook. Tashfeen...
US state backs down from blocking Syrian refugees
Al Jazeera English - 5 Dec 2015 08:27
Texas sued the federal government over plans to resettle 21 Syrians, mostly children, over safety concerns.
Iraq to Turkish forces: Please get out
CNN - 5 Dec 2015 15:53
British fighter planes have carried out their first sorties against the ISIS terrorist group in Syria. But in Iraq, the government has a message for Turkish forces who say they are fighting ISIS, as well: Please get out.
18 die in India hospital as floods cut off power
Miami Herald - 5 Dec 2015 08:46
Officials say 18 patients have died in a hospital after rain waters knocked out generators of the building in southern India's Tamil Nadu state that has been hit by severe floods over the past week. …
Police Reports Contrast Video in Police Shooting of Teen
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 08:46
Chicago officials release police reports showing officers' accounts differ from video
FBI Investigates Southern California Attack as Act of Terror
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 08:46
FBI investigates California attack as act of terrorism; no evidence shooters were part of cell
Malaysia Arrests 5 With Suspected ISIS, Al Qaeda Links
IBTimes - 5 Dec 2015 07:31
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How to define a mass shooting? Competing tallies tell different stories
Boston - 5 Dec 2015 16:57
Experts cautioned against comparing gang-related shootings in Boston to mass murders in Colorado Springs and San Bernardino.
Russians Advised Not to Travel Abroad at New Year's
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 16:55
Russians advised not to travel abroad at New Year's due to risks like bubonic plague in US
Women of South Sudan: Broken bodies, shattered dreams
Al Jazeera English - 5 Dec 2015 16:44
Victims of abuse and rape during the South Sudanese civil war tell their stories of broken dreams and a stolen future.
Macedonia border closure leaves refugees with no hope
Al Jazeera English - 5 Dec 2015 16:37
Thousands stuck at Macedonia's border with Greece as Skopje classifies them as "economic migrants".
Nigeria arrests 9 alleged Boko Haram extremists in Abuja
Miami Herald - 5 Dec 2015 16:37
Nigeria's intelligence agency says it has arrested nine alleged Boko Haram extremists plotting attacks on Abuja, the capital, over the festive season. …
Air Force Replenishing Stocks of Bombs, Missiles Used Against ISIS
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 16:33
The move comes as the air campaign against ISIS steps ups.
Negotiators reach draft agreement on climate change
The Week - 5 Dec 2015 15:35
Negotiators from 195 countries reached a draft agreement on climate change at the United Nations summit in Paris on Saturday, CNN reports. In the next week, ministers will take the 48-page document and work to finalize a...
Weeks of Violence Dampen Christmas Spirit at Bethlehem Hotel
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 08:48
Weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence dampens Christmas spirit at famous Bethlehem hotel
Caitlyn Jenner Sued by Family Injured in Traffic Crash
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 08:33
Caitlyn Jenner sued by family injured in traffic crash that killed woman on coastal highway
India flood threat not over yet
CNN - 5 Dec 2015 08:27
Deadly flooding has ravaged parts of south India and the threat is not over, as CNN's Robyn Curnow reports.
New York Times Puts Gun Control Editorial on Page 1
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 07:33
New York Times calls for more gun regulation in first Page 1 editorial in 95 years
Russian truckers threaten crippling Moscow traffic jam in rare protest
Miami Herald - 5 Dec 2015 07:32
Truckers protest new toll system Earlier protest averted by police delays Truckers insist protest not directed at Vladimir Putin …
First Draft: At Donald Trump Rally in North Carolina, the Protesters Just Keep Coming
The New York Times - 5 Dec 2015 07:10
More than two dozen people were escorted from the event, causing the candidate to stop his stump speech about 10 times until the shouts and boos subsided.
Lawyers try to drum up sympathy for 'lonesome' Calif. terrorists
New York Post - 5 Dec 2015 07:00
Lawyers for Syed Farook's family -- including a "truther" who raised doubts about the Sandy Hook school massacre -- described the mass-murdering jihadi on Friday as a friendless loner whose co-workers made fun of his b...
Q&A on California Shooting Suspects, Possible Terrorism Ties
ABC News - 5 Dec 2015 06:55
Q&A on California shooting suspects, possible terrorism ties and how planning went unnoticed