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Villagers find crashed Indonesian plane

Villagers find crashed Indonesian plane


Villagers find crashed Indonesian plane

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 08:43 AM PDT

FILE INDONESIA MISSING AIRCRAFTThe wreckage of a passenger plane which went missing with 54 people aboard in rugged eastern Indonesia Sunday has been found by villagers, an official said, with rescuers expected to head to the crash site. The plane operated by Indonesian carrier Trigana Air lost contact with air traffic control just before 3:00 pm (0600 GMT) after taking off from Jayapura, the capital of Papua province, the search and rescue agency said. Officials said initially that villagers in the Okbape district of Papua reported seeing a plane crash.


Longtime civil rights activist Bond dead at 75

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 10:18 AM PDT

FILE- In this July 8, 2007, file photo shows NAACP Chairman Julian Bond addresses the civil rights organization's annual convention in Detroit. Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)ATLANTA (AP) — Julian Bond, a leading figure from the 1960s civil rights movement who served as chairman of the NAACP after a long career in politics, died Saturday, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.


Trump wants money from Mideast countries supported by US

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 06:02 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greats the crowd at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is outlining a foreign policy in which the United States would put ground troops in the fight against Islamic State militants and demand money from Middle East countries supported by the U.S.


Pro-Bush super PAC spending $10M-plus on initial TV campaign

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 10:58 AM PDT

In this Aug. 14, 2015 photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Bush's powerfully funded super political action committee will spend at least $10 million on Aug. 17 to buy television advertising in several early voting states. It's the first salvo of what's expected to become a massive television ad campaign to back the former Florida governor's presidential bid. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The heavily funded super PAC backing Republican Jeb Bush will spend at least $10 million on television time in the earliest voting presidential primary states, the first salvo in a massive TV ad campaign to support the former Florida governor's bid for the Republican nomination.


Trump says would raise visa fees to pay for Mexican border wall

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 10:20 AM PDT

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets attendees at the Iowa State Fair during a campaign stop in Des Moines(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards as part of a broader plan to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border. On NBC's "Meet the Press," he said he would deport all undocumented immigrants and rescind U.S. President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration. In a policy paper issued on Sunday, Trump said he would increase fees on temporary visas for Mexican chief executives, diplomats and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) workers if Mexico does not agree to pay for the wall.


Subject of California manhunt killed by deputies

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 10:38 AM PDT

Two deputy sheriffs confronted Benjamin Peter Ashley, 34, on a dirt road in the early evening on Saturday after the owner of convenience store reported that a man fitting Ashley's description had bought some food, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said on Sunday.

Clinton emails should also be reviewed by inspector general: lawmaker

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 10:13 AM PDT

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets Dixon as she campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des MoinesHillary Clinton's private email server should be examined by the U.S. intelligence watchdog after the FBI finishes reviewing any classified information on it, a Republican lawmaker said on Sunday. The FBI recently began looking into the security of federal records and possible classified information among the Democratic presidential candidate's emails while she was secretary of state. After months of pressure, Clinton last week gave the FBI her private email server and a thumb drive of work-related emails from her tenure.


How Obama can do Iran nuclear deal even if Congress disapproves

Posted: 16 Aug 2015 05:13 AM PDT

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday. Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are expected to attend Vernon Jordan's 80th birthday party Saturday, Aug. 15, on the swanky Massachusetts island famous as a gathering spot for prominent Democratic figures. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The September vote on the Iran nuclear deal is billed as a titanic standoff between President Barack Obama and Congress. Yet even if lawmakers reject the agreement, it's not game-over for the White House.


FAA site shows flight delays of 15 minutes or less

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 06:45 PM PDT

This image made from the website Flightradar24.com shows air traffic over the eastern half of the United States on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015 at 4 p.m. EDT. Flights bound for the Washington area and some flights from airports in the New York City area that must fly over the Washington region were being delayed or grounded Saturday due to "technical issues" at an air traffic control center in Virginia, the Federal Aviation Administration said. (Flightradar24.com via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT: FLIGHTRADAR24.COMWASHINGTON (AP) — Air traffic was snarled and passengers' tempers frayed on Saturday as many flights to and from airports throughout a large swath of the Northeast stretching from New York down to the Carolinas were delayed or cancelled.


China blast zone blocked over contamination fear; 112 dead

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 08:35 PM PDT

Smoke rises from debris near a crater that was at the center of a series of explosions in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, as seen from an aerial view. New explosions and fires rocked the Chinese port city of Tianjin on Saturday, as one survivor was pulled out and authorities ordered evacuations to clean up chemical contamination more than two days after a fire and a series of blasts set off the disaster. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUTTIANJIN, China (AP) — Authorities pulled more bodies from a massive blast site in the Chinese port of Tianjin, pushing the death toll to 112 on Sunday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination.


High pressure system cranks up the heat across the West

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 05:55 PM PDT

Visitors to Echo Park Lake near downtown Los Angeles shade themselves under an umbrella as paddle boats keep close to a large fountain to keep cool on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. The National Weather Service says Southern California's sharp warming trend will build into the weekend, with above-normal temperatures in many areas. Forecasters say the hottest conditions will be Friday through Sunday. Valley and desert temperatures will range from 100 to108 degrees, with highs from 85 to 95 elsewhere. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)Much of the West was smothered in a blanket of heat Saturday with triple-digit temperatures hitting Phoenix, Los Angeles and other cities.


Front-runners Clinton, Trump descend on Iowa State Fair

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 02:32 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greats the crowd at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Hillary Rodham Clinton walked among the booths of funnel cakes and corn dogs at the Iowa State Fair, trailed by a massive pack of media and onlookers, Donald Trump's helicopter circled the fairgrounds in the air above.


AT&T helped U.S. NSA in spying on Internet traffic: N.Y. Times

Posted: 15 Aug 2015 04:44 PM PDT

Telecommunications powerhouse AT&T Inc has provided extensive assistance to the U.S. National Security Agency as the spy agency conducts surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic passing through the United States, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing newly disclosed NSA documents. The newspaper reported that the company gave technical assistance to the NSA in carrying out a secret court order allowing wiretapping of all Internet communications at the headquarters of the United Nations, an AT&T customer. The documents date from 2003 to 2013 and were provided by fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the Times reported.

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