Monday, 19 September 2016

Evening Edition: Bombing suspect in custody after shootout

Explosives were pressure cookers, pipe bombs linked to cellphones; What we know about Ahmad Khan Rahami; Trump says 'profiling' might be needed; Clinton stresses U.S. 'resolve' ; The Federal Reserve confronts a possibility it never expected: No exit; Saudi Arabia appears to be using U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in its war in Yemen; Prosecutor: Gov. Christie was told about plan to close lanes on bridge; For $805 a night at the Trump hotel, you deserve what you get; Syria pounds Aleppo as government declares end to cease-fire; ‘No good deed goes unpunished,’ trade official says of scrutiny of his luxury travel; 2 scientists caught publishing climate research under fake names; A toddler survived cancer. Then her father beat her to death, burned her and tossed her in a creek.; Teen pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a 1-year-old girl, then a judge gives him no prison time;
 
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Bombing suspect in custody after shootout
The NYPD named Ahmad Khan Rahami as a suspect in Saturday's bombing in Seaside Park, N.J., and Manhattan. Authorities have found no indication that he was part of a larger network. Rahami is a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent born in Afghanistan, according to the FBI.
Explosives were pressure cookers, pipe bombs linked to cellphones
Similarly constructed devices have been used by terrorists in bombings around the world, from the Middle East to South Asia to North Africa.
 
What we know about Ahmad Khan Rahami
FBI agents spent the morning searching the home of Rahami's family — an address on Elmora Avenue in the city of Elizabeth, which is six miles south of Newark.
 
Trump says 'profiling' might be needed; Clinton stresses U.S. 'resolve'
Hillary Clinton warned that anti-Muslim rhetoric by opponent Donald Trump is "giving aid and comfort" to the Islamic State.
 
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The Federal Reserve confronts a possibility it never expected: No exit
Two years ago, top officials at the Federal Reserve mapped out a strategy for withdrawing the central bank's unprecedented support for the American economy. A lot has changed since then.
 
Saudi Arabia appears to be using U.S.-supplied white phosphorus in its war in Yemen
The munitions can maim and kill by burning victims to the bone. The Saudi government has already received widespread condemnation for indiscriminate bombing in civilian areas.
 
Prosecutor: Gov. Christie was told about plan to close lanes on bridge
The New Jersey governor has for years contested the claim that he knew about a plan to punish the mayor of Fort Lee by paralyzing traffic in the town for four days in 2013.
 
For $805 a night at the Trump hotel, you deserve what you get
The mogul's new property in D.C. comes with luxuries common at top hotels: high thread counts, fancy in-room coffeemaker, friendly staff who say "My pleasure" instead of "You're welcome." But an overnight stay also can turn into a meditation on wealth, entitlement and a half-hour wait for the valet.
 
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Syria pounds Aleppo as government declares end to cease-fire
The cease-fire lasted seven days and was meant to allow aid to reach Syrian civilians. But a 40-truck convoy remained stalled at the Turkish border.
 
‘No good deed goes unpunished,’ trade official says of scrutiny of his luxury travel
Top Republican senators are demanding more accountability from the commerce secretary after her top trade deputy stayed in luxury hotels as he traveled the world.
 
2 scientists caught publishing climate research under fake names
The pair resorted to using pseudonyms for fear that controversy from their previously published works would lead to rejections of their new study.
 
A toddler survived cancer. Then her father beat her to death, burned her and tossed her in a creek.
Prosecutors said that the attention she had been getting may have made her father jealous.
 
Teen pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a 1-year-old girl, then a judge gives him no prison time
A prosecuting attorney defended an Iowa judge's decision to not imprison a 19-year-old who was recorded engaging in a sexual act with a child.
 
 
     
 
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