Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Friday, January 22, 2016

Google News compiled for the BBC's Biodun Iginla--1/22/15--in New York

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Epic blizzard with heavy snow begins to move up East Coast

USA TODAY - ‎50 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - A potentially historic snowstorm whipped by gale force winds began hammering the Mid-Atlantic coast Friday, threatening to shut down big eastern cities for days with more than 2 feet of snow, widespread power outages and impassable ...

Five dead in worst Canada school shooting in decades, suspect caught

Reuters - ‎20 minutes ago‎
WINNIPEG, Manitoba Five people were killed and two critically injured in a school shooting in a remote part of Saskatchewan on Friday and a male suspect was in custody, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and police said.

'Here's to Flint!' Flint's water disaster began with applause

Los Angeles Times - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Pastor David Bullock holds up a bottle of Flint water at a protest outside Gov. Rick Snyder's office on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Lansing, Mich.

1 Dead, 11 Hospitalized After Listeria Outbreak Linked to Packaged Salad, CDC Says

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
The CDC is investigating a multi-state listeria outbreak has sickened 11 and left 1 person dead. 0 Shares. Email. A multi-state listeria outbreak has killed one person and hospitalized 11 others, according to the U.S.

New Takata air bag recall to cover five million US vehicles

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
U.S. regulators on Friday announced a new recall of about 5 million vehicles with potentially defective Takata Corp air bags, covering some automakers not previously affected by one of the biggest auto safety recalls in U.S.

ANALYSIS: The Storm That's Hit the GOP

ABC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
Pictured (L-R) are Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz in Mason City, Iowa, Jan. 8, 2016 and Donald Trump in Burlington, Vt.

Top Republicans say Donald Trump's real problem is that he's too moderate

Washington Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
That villain, of course, is Donald Trump, the favorite to win the GOP presidential primary. A good comic-book villain has a weakness.
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Under pressure, Merkel looks to Turkey for help in migrant crisis

Yahoo News - ‎14 hours ago‎
Berlin (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will press Ankara to help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in talks with Turkey's prime minister Friday, as two more refugee boats capsized, killing eight children.
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Congress Is Trying to Give Obama Powers to Fight ISIS That He Doesn't Want or Need

Slate Magazine (blog) - ‎8 hours ago‎
In last week's State of the Union address, President Obama urged Congress to put its money where its mouth is on the fight against ISIS.
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Wow: A Federal Judge Just Issued A Stunning Bill Cosby Ruling In Major Lawsuit

Western Journalism - ‎8 hours ago‎
In an account similar to other Cosby accusers, Hill told Pittsburgh's KDKA in November that the comedian, starting in 1983, flew the then teenage model and aspiring actress to cities in which he was performing and would invite her to his hotel room ...
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BBC News Channel identified as next service to become online-only

The Independent - ‎7 hours ago‎
The BBC News Channel has been identified as the next BBC service to become online-only as the organisation looks to embrace technological change and make cost savings following cuts to its budgets.

Storks shun migration for junk food

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
"There is some sort of human impact that causes these birds to change their migration strategy," she told BBC News. "Those that stay north of the Sahara seem to have advantages from feeding on these landfill sites in Morocco. "For a white stork it's a ...

Crime victim services funding confirmed by government

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Crime victim services in England and Wales will receive the same level of funding in the next financial year. The Association of Police and Crime Commissioners says it will receive £63m in 2016-17, the same as in 2015-16.

Crash for cash: Police used 'Facebook stalking' to nail gang

BBC News - ‎18 hours ago‎
The phrase crash for cash first emerged around 10 years ago and has now taken its place in common parlance. For the Yandell family from south Wales it became a career choice, a way of life.

James Attfield and Nahid Almanea deaths: Boy admits manslaughter

BBC News - ‎9 hours ago‎
A teenager has admitted killing two people in separate attacks while they were out walking in a town in Essex. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, stabbed James Attfield, 33, more than 100 times in Colchester on 29 March 2014.

Walmart ordered to reinstate workers

BBC News - ‎6 hours ago‎
Walmart must offer to give jobs back to 16 workers it fired for missing shifts to take part in a strike, a judge has said. Administrative Law Judge Geoffrey Carter found the workers had suffered discrimination.

Writer Steven Moffat to leave Doctor Who

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, Steven Moffat, is to step down from the show, the BBC has confirmed. His last series will go out in spring 2017 following a Christmas special, after which he will be replaced by Broadchurch writer ...

The battle to stop people from copying shapes

BBC News - ‎13 hours ago‎
Attempts to trademark the shapes of Kit Kats and London taxis have failed, opening the door for rivals to imitate them. So how come other products get to protect their distinctive shapes?

Why Al-Shabab is Not Joining ISIS

Newsweek - ‎7 hours ago‎
0122_Al_Shabab_fighters Al-Shabab recruits walk down a street in Mogadishu, Somalia, March 5, 2012. ISIS had made overtures to the Somali group, but it has so far remained loyal to Al-Qaeda.

Analysis: Russia's Tone Familiar After Spy Poisoning Report

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has made no public comment on the sensational report by a British judge that concluded the Kremlin leader probably approved a 2006 plan to kill a Russian dissident in London.

Vladimir Putin is not in charge of Syria, never has been, and never will be

Vox - ‎7 hours ago‎
On October 20, Bashar al-Assad quietly slipped out of Syria for the first time since his country's civil war had begun, four years and a quarter million lives earlier, and flew to Moscow for an awkward, and by all accounts chilly, meeting with Vladimir ...

Europe's migration crisis claims another 46 lives in Aegean

7Online WSVN-TV - ‎4 hours ago‎
(IHA via AP). People check bodies of migrants that were drowned as they were trying to reach Greece, at a port near Izmir, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.

Haiti Postpones Presidential Runoff as Violence Rises

New York Times - ‎15 minutes ago‎
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - A runoff election to choose the next president of Haiti was delayed on Friday, less than 48 hours before it was to take place, as protesters who expected a rigged outcome began to block roads and burn voting centers.

US 'hopes' Saudi Arabia may reopen Tehran embassy

Reuters - ‎5 hours ago‎
DAVOS, Switzerland The United States hopes that Saudi Arabia may restore diplomatic ties with Iran, a senior State Department official said by phone on Friday ahead of Secretary of State John Kerry's Saturday visit to Riyadh.

Spain: Rajoy Declines Offer to Form New Govt for the Moment

New York Times - ‎4 hours ago‎
MADRID - Spain's incumbent conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy turned down an offer Friday by King Felipe VI to try to form a new government following last month's inconclusive elections but said he would continue to seek support for his ...

Flight gear adorns crosses for 12 Marines killed in Hawaii

Fox News - ‎3 hours ago‎
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii - Servicemen draped flight gear on 12 white crosses Friday to commemorate the Marines who died when two helicopters crashed off the coast of Hawaii during a nighttime training mission.

Few Foreign Visitors to US Overstay Visa, Federal Report Says

New York Times - ‎Jan 20, 2016‎
WASHINGTON - A little more than 1 percent of the nearly 45 million foreign visitors to the United States overstayed their work or tourist visas last year, according to a long-awaited report by the Department of Homeland Security.

Financially troubled Chicago school system to lay off 227 workers

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
More than 200 administrative employees with Chicago Public Schools are being laid off and another 180 already-vacant positions will be closed, changes that officials say will help save the nation's third-largest district $45.1 million a year as it ...

United plane slides off runway at O'Hare; winter storm snarls air travel

WLS-TV - ‎48 minutes ago‎
A winter storm bearing down on the East Coast is snarling air travel nationwide, and officials say weather may have been a factor when a plane slid off the runway at O'Hare.

Some charges against Penn State ex-administrators thrown out

Miami Herald - ‎5 hours ago‎
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday dismissed several of the more serious criminal charges against three former Penn State administrators over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

3 Charged in San Francisco Public Corruption Case

ABC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
A former San Francisco city commissioner and two other people accepted $20,000 from an undercover FBI agent in exchange for political access and preferential treatment in the awarding of city contracts, prosecutors said Friday.

Doctor suspended after YouTube video showing Uber incident

CNET - ‎4 hours ago‎
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives. ramkis.jpg. A scene from the confrontation.

Blankfein, Gorman Handed Pay Reductions After 2015 Stock Slump

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Wall Street's top leaders are getting smaller pay packages after shares of their companies slumped last year. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein's awards 4.2 percent to $23 million after the bank's shares fell 7 ...

Miami-Dade's unemployment rate inches up in December amid Latin American woes

Miami Herald - ‎3 hours ago‎
The unemployment rate in Miami-Dade County ticked up for the third straight month as crucial Latin American economies continue to struggle.

Global stocks, oil rally; cold snap supports energy demand

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
NEW YORK Oil prices and world stock markets jumped on Friday, providing some relief to bruised investors as frigid weather across the United States and Europe boosted energy demand.

How McDonald's menu is made - and how it's changing

Chicago Tribune - ‎4 hours ago‎
Items on the breakfast menu are posted at a McDonald's restaurant in New York in 2012. Items on the breakfast menu are posted at a McDonald's restaurant in New York in 2012.

Are You Considering Buying Starbucks Yet?

Seeking Alpha - ‎2 hours ago‎
Disclosure: I am/we are long NKE, SBUX, CMG. (More...)I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha).

Glassdoor predicts the 25 best jobs in America for 2016

ConsumerAffairs - ‎5 hours ago‎
Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.

Oil Price Rise To $50 Likely By Q4 2016 As Market Fundamentals Have Not Materially Altered

Forbes - ‎3 hours ago‎
Given the extreme levels of volatility in the oil market at present, percentage drops and upticks in front-month futures prices have begun to seem daft.

Search Deal with Apple Shows Google's Mobile Vulnerability

Wall Street Journal - ‎57 minutes ago‎
In its first annual report to public shareholders, Google in 2005 issued a warning that still rings true today: If the company doesn't develop technology for “non-PC communications devices, we will fail to capture a significant share of an increasingly ...

Apple's 'Project Titan' chief to reportedly leave company, car team under pressure

Apple Insider - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Apple veteran Steve Zadesky, thought to be heading up the company's "Project Titan" automotive initiative, has informed colleagues that he plans to leave the company, according to a report published Friday.

Apple will unveil a new 4-inch iPhone in March, report says

Mashable - ‎24 minutes ago‎
If you've been holding off on upgrading your iPhone 5S because the iPhone 6 and 6S are just too big, you may be in luck. Apple plans to show off a new 4-inch iPhone in March, according to a new report.

What Apple's latest VR hire means for this growing market

VentureBeat - ‎1 hour ago‎
Apple invented the smartphone (even though it didn't). It also invented the tablet … or maybe not. Now, it looks like it might invent virtual reality.

Denise Richards' Battle for Child Support from Charlie Sheen Is 'Like Pulling Teeth': Source

People Magazine - ‎2 hours ago‎
Denise Richards has filed a $1.2 million lawsuit against ex husband Charlie Sheen, and a source tells PEOPLE she is taking the action to protect her children financially after having trouble collecting child support at times.

Louis Tomlinson Hands-On Daddy Jetted to LA for Birth

TMZ.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Our sources say the One Direction singer was at the L.A. area hospital when ex-gf Briana Jungwirth popped out their son on Thursday evening.

Chelsea Clinton Blasts Charlotte Rampling, Calls Oscar Comments 'Outrageous, Ignorant & Offensive'

People Magazine - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Rampling, who's nominated for a best actress Oscar for her performance in 45 Years, called the decision by some actors to boycott the Oscars "anti-white racism.

Mariah Carey and James Packer are engaged — and you won't believe the ring

Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Mariah Carey and beau James Packer are engaged after he popped the question Thursday night at a private dinner with friends in New York City.

Cavs GM didn't hold back criticism of David Blatt in press conference

CBSSports.com - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Peters: We've seen teams get hot then go in the opposite direction next. It only makes it difficult to gauge the good teams besides the consistent Caps.

Championship Weekend Cheat Sheet

NFL.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
Key pieces of the Patriots defense are questionable in Collins, Hightower and Jones. Collins expects to play. If the trio isn't in full health the Pats could struggle to stop the Broncos' ground attack, again.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr to return Friday against Pacers

Washington Post - ‎46 minutes ago‎
OAKLAND, Calif. - Sure, coach Steve Kerr knocked down a half-court shot in Cleveland earlier this week that pointed to him returning to full strength.

Wizards, Capitals postpone games in face of historic blizzard

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
The monumental blizzard crashing the Washington area this weekend has forced changes to the Capitals and Wizards schedules. The Capitals were originally scheduled to host the Anaheim Ducks Friday at 7 p.m.

CDC expands Zika virus alert; more countries issue pregnancy warnings

CNN - ‎2 hours ago‎
(CNN) Pregnant women should not travel to Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Guyana, Cape Verde and Samoa because of Zika virus, the CDC said Friday.

More evidence HIV/AIDS fight requires multiple approaches

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
A currently available pill could significantly curb new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men in the UK, if prevention and treatment programs are also expanded, researchers say.

Serious birth defect on the rise, CDC researchers say

wtvr.com - ‎9 minutes ago‎
An increasing number of babies are being born with a serious birth defect, gastroschisis, and it's got scientists concerned. The condition causes the intestines, and sometimes organs such as the liver and stomach, to poke through a newborn's abdomen ...

One Of Two Separated Conjoined Twins Heads Home

ValueWalk - ‎5 hours ago‎
One of two twin brothers, Conner, born conjoined in December of 2014 was released from a Jacksonville hospital Wednesday. His brother Carter, while doing well, will remain in the hospital for now.

Zebra Stripes Not for Camouflage, New Study Finds

UC Davis - ‎5 hours ago‎
Zebra on grassy plains looks at researchers' monitor. A zebra grazing on the grassy plains gazes at the researchers' chart used for color-calibrating images.

NASA astronaut plays space water ping pong with paddle designed by PSU student (video)

OregonLive.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
The email from NASA Commander Scott Kelly arrived two weeks ago bearing good news: The ping pong paddles were finally aboard the International Space Station.

The Reason We Haven't Found Alien Life May Be A Very Sad One

Huffington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
Scientists argue "early Armageddon" snuffs out alien life before it has a chance to evolve. 01/22/2016 06:28 pm ET. David Freeman Senior Science Editor, The Huffington Post.

Hubble spots 'dazzling diamonds' in space

Christian Science Monitor - ‎6 hours ago‎
The ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured new images of the sparkling Trumpler 14 star cluster. The stars are some of the most luminous in the galaxy.
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