The doomsday ideology of ISIS

The doomsday ideology of ISIS
US military helicopter crashes in South Korea, killing 2
Belgium police arrest 16, Paris fugitive still at large
Police: Shooting at New Orleans playground wounds 16
Tight inventories, rising prices hurt U.S. home sales
As Islamic State threat looms, New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade
Police seek motive after 17 hurt in New Orleans park shooting
Fact check: On climate science, most GOP candidates fail
Donald Trump wants to surveil mosques, bring back waterboarding

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 02:02 AM PST

The terror group's claim that the apocalypse is nigh is a powerful recruitment tool.

US military helicopter crashes in South Korea, killing 2

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 07:26 AM PST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A U.S. military helicopter crashed in South Korea during a routine training mission Monday, killing both pilots on board, the U.S. Army and South Korean police said.

Belgium police arrest 16, Paris fugitive still at large

Posted: 22 Nov 2015 08:16 PM PST

Police detain 16 people in 22 raids but Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam is not among them.

Police: Shooting at New Orleans playground wounds 16

Posted: 22 Nov 2015 10:44 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a block party and music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the shocking Sunday evening violence, police said.

Tight inventories, rising prices hurt U.S. home sales

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 10:46 AM PST

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home resales fell in October as a persistent shortage of properties limited choice for potential buyers and pushed up prices, suggesting some softening in the pace of the housing market recovery after strong gains early this year. "The housing market is in decent shape but could be a lot better if people decided they were ready to move and listed their homes," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania. The National Association of Realtors said on Mondayexisting home sales declined 3.4 percent to an annual rate of5.36 million units.

As Islamic State threat looms, New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 04:04 AM PST

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Huddle and his daughter Megan, a flute player for the North Hardin High School marching band in Kentucky, have been preparing for more than a year for the band's performance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. "The main goal of a terrorist attack is to create terror," David Huddle said in a phone interview. You can't dwell on it or you'll never be happy." Millions of New Yorkers and tourists are expected to line the streets on Thursday for the parade, more than a week after Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, released a video showing images of New York juxtaposed with a scene depicting a suicide bomber preparing for an attack.

Police seek motive after 17 hurt in New Orleans park shooting

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 09:23 AM PST

Police in New Orleans searched on Monday for a motive and suspect or suspects in a shooting that wounded 17 people in a crowd of several hundred who had gathered for a weekend block party and music video filming. It was too soon to say whether there were multiple gunmen who opened fire Sunday evening at a playground in the city's Upper 9th Ward, said New Orleans Police Department spokesman Frank Robertson. The initial 16 people reported as injured suffered either a "direct gunshot wound" or a "graze wound" and had all been listed in stable condition.

Fact check: On climate science, most GOP candidates fail

Posted: 23 Nov 2015 12:01 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to climate science, two of the three Democratic presidential candidates are 'A' students, while most of the Republican contenders are flunking, according to a panel of scientists who reviewed candidates' comments.