Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Biodun Iginla, BBC News

Monday, February 1, 2016

Google News compiled for the BBC's Biodun Iginla--2/1/16--in New York

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Iowa Caucus: Cruz Victory Deals Setback to Donald Trump

New York Times - ‎34 minutes ago‎
DES MOINES - At what was supposed to be a victory rally here on Monday night, Hillary Clinton instead said in brief remarks that she “breathed a sigh of relief” as the caucus results came in.

The Latest: Honduras Declares Emergency to Fight Zika Virus

New York Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
GENEVA - The Latest on developments regarding the Zika virus (all times local): 4:45 a.m.. The government of Honduras has declared a state of national emergency, saying it has recorded 3,649 suspected cases of Zika virus infections in less than three ...

Concerns Over Social Media Link to Virginia Girl's Killing

New York Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
BLACKSBURG, Va. - The arrest of two Virginia Tech students in the abduction and murder of a 13-year-old girl who posted on a Facebook group called Teen Dating and Flirting - and showed a neighbor girl texts she said she had exchanged with an ...

During Critical Campaign Period, Ben Carson Heads Home To Get Fresh Clothes

Huffington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
These first two weeks of February are critical for presidential candidates, who are rushing between Iowa and New Hampshire to get in as much face time with voters as possible.

Police Say Chicago Homicides Climbed Dramatically in January

ABC News - ‎33 minutes ago‎
FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2015 file photo, Chicago interim Police Superintendent John Escalante speaks at a news conference in Chicago.

Feds to review San Francisco Police Department after fatal shooting

Los Angeles Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
Responding to calls for help from San Francisco's mayor and Board of Supervisors, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review of the city's Police Department, which has been under fire for the shooting of a young black man in December.

Why Angela Merkel's Political Survival Is Crucial to Europe's Center-Left

Huffington Post - ‎11 hours ago‎
One year is a long time in politics. Few know this better than German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who went from champion of the right and villain of the left in the Greek crisis to champion of the left and villain of the right in the refugee crisis in ...
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Russia Halts Cargo Bound for Turkey as Putin/Erdogan Rift Continues

Newsweek - ‎13 hours ago‎
Erdogan addresses an audience in Ankara Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, January 12.
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Why it matters so much if Hillary Clinton loses Iowa tonight

Washington Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
It's hard to exaggerate how much is on the line for Hillary Clinton when Iowans head to their caucuses on Monday night.
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Texas GOP v. Planned Parenthood: A scorecard

NMPolitics.net - ‎8 hours ago‎
Almost six months ago, undercover videos surfaced purporting to show officials with Planned Parenthood in Texas discussing illegal acts.
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Zika virus: Brazil journalist speaks out over microcephaly fear

BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
Brazilian journalist Ana Carolina Caceres, 24, was born with microcephaly, a congenital malformation that means babies are born with abnormally small heads and may suffer from delayed brain development.

EU law 'veto powers' to be unveiled

BBC News - ‎5 hours ago‎
National parliaments will get new powers to block "unwanted" EU law as part of the UK's renegotiations with Brussels, Downing Street sources say.

Safe Harbour: Tech firms shudder as watchdogs meet

BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
A meeting of EU data watchdogs is set to have wide-ranging ramifications for the way businesses handle data. Regulators need to decide how to act in light of a court ruling last year that invalidated the Safe Harbour agreement with the US.

Royals discuss Queen in 90th birthday documentary

BBC News - ‎11 hours ago‎
The corporation also promises a BBC One documentary, documentaries on Radio 2 and the World Service, and coverage on BBC News outlets around the country. "The BBC is offering an unrivalled range and breadth of programmes to mark Her Majesty 90th ...

US elections 2016: Voting begins in US presidential race

BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
The nationwide process of selecting candidates to run in November's US presidential race is under way in the state of Iowa. Voters have begun meeting - or caucusing - across the state in schools, churches and other venues.

Alphabet - owner of Google - takes top spot from Apple

BBC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Alphabet- Google's parent company- has surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company after its latest earnings report.

Calais 'Jungle': Migrant church and mosque demolished

BBC News - ‎11 hours ago‎
French authorities have demolished a makeshift church and mosque at the Calais camp known as the Jungle. The move was part of a plan to clear a 100m (328ft) security zone around the camp's perimeter, an official told AP.

Zika-linked condition: Rio Olympics 'to go ahead' despite virus

BBC News - ‎5 hours ago‎
There is no chance that the Rio Olympics will be cancelled because of a Zika virus outbreak, Brazil has said. The authorities said there was no risk to athletes and spectators - except pregnant women - at the August event.

Deal Protects Huge Swath of Central BC Coast From Logging

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest has been largely protected from logging in a landmark agreement between aboriginals, forest companies, environmental groups and the government.

Nations gather in Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya

Reuters - ‎4 hours ago‎
ROME Nearly two dozen nations gather on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya.

10000 young migrants unaccounted for

Albany Times Union - ‎1 hour ago‎
Migrants and refugees disembark from a ferry after their arrival at the port of Piraeus near Athens, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Europe has endured a huge influx of migrants, most of whom undertake a dangerous journey in search of a better life.

Taliban Bombing Kills at Least 20 at Kabul Police Station

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
KABUL, Afghanistan - A Taliban suicide bomber struck near a Kabul police complex on Monday, killing at least 20 police officers and wounding 29 people, Afghan officials said, in the latest of a rapid-fire series of militant attacks on the capital this ...

Ringgit Slides With Stocks as 1MDB Woes Come Back Into Focus

Bloomberg - ‎2 hours ago‎
The ringgit led declines in Asia and stocks fell as state-investment company 1Malaysia Development Bhd. came back to haunt the currency just as a pickup in oil was stoking a recovery.

'World's best chef' found dead

Santa Fe New Mexican - ‎1 hour ago‎
Benoit Violier holds the certificate of chef of the year in 2012 in his kitchen in the Hotel de Ville in Crissier, Switzerland. Swiss police said Monday the 3-star chef, whose restaurant near Lausanne recently topped a list of the world's best, has ...

Boko Haram Raid in Nigeria Kills at Least 65

New York Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
KADUNA, Nigeria - It was a particularly brutal raid, the kind that had become rare in recent months. Dozens of homes were burned to the ground.

California Fugitives Had Outside Aid, Kidnapped Cab Driver, Sheriff Says

NBCNews.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Three inmates who pulled off an intricate getaway from a California jail had outside help from a man who slipped them escape tools and gave them a ride to safety before they kidnapped a taxi driver at gunpoint and held him captive for a week while ...

Mike Huckabee drops out of 2016 presidential race

CNN - ‎45 minutes ago‎
(CNN) Mike Huckabee is dropping his presidential campaign after a weak showing in the Iowa caucuses that he had won eight years earlier.

Train Operator in Deadly Amtrak Derailment Recalls Thinking 'This is It,' Documents Say

ABC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
The operator of an Amtrak train that derailed last year, killing eight and injuring more than 200, recalled the harrowing moments leading up to the crash at more than 100 mph, including thinking to himself "Okay well this is it, I'm going over ...

Authorities search for Missouri couple wanted in Alabama crime spree

Fox News - ‎12 minutes ago‎
Alabama authorities on Monday were hunting for a Missouri couple that is suspected of a statewide crime spree, including robbing and abducting a hotel clerk, attempting to rob a McDonald's manager and briefly kidnapping a woman outside Birmingham ...

LA County authorities accidentally release murder suspect

Post-Bulletin - ‎58 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles County authorities say they've accidentally released an inmate awaiting trial for a gang-related murder.

Officials: Firefighter Falls Though Floor Battling Staten Island Blaze

CBS Local - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Five firefighters were injured after a three-alarm fire broke out at a home in Staten Island Monday night.

Sarah Palin Freaks Out When Asked About Blaming Obama For Vets' PTSD

Huffington Post - ‎11 hours ago‎
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) was not happy Monday when her interview with NBC's "Today" anchors Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie veered away from the topic of the Iowa caucuses and toward her son's recent arrest.

Kuroda Surprise Poses $250 Billion Question for Japanese Banks

Bloomberg - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Bank of Japan's surprise decision to start charging lenders for as much as 30 trillion yen ($250 billion) of deposits they have parked with it has left them with a quandary: what else to do with all that cash?

US Stocks End Near Flat, Pausing After Big Rally

Wall Street Journal - ‎7 hours ago‎
Stocks paused Monday after major indexes notched their biggest one-day gains since the fall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 17.12 points, or 0.1%, to 16449.18, after rising nearly 400 points on Friday.

Alere Inc. purchased for $5.8 billion by Abbott

The Boston Globe - ‎3 hours ago‎
Fourteen years after it was spun out from Johnson & Johnson, Waltham-based Alere Inc., a maker of medical diagnostics products, will be folded into another giant health care company.

UPDATE 1-Oil falls on China economic woes, rising OPEC supply

Reuters - ‎1 hour ago‎
... * Oil prices could fall below $30 if no OPEC-Russia output deal - analyst. * "Highly unlikely" OPEC will co-operate with Russia - Goldmans.

UPDATE 3-China court fines OSI, jails employees over food safety scandal

Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎
... * OSI faces total fine of 2.4 mln yuan in food safety case. * 10 employees jailed; Australian exec Yang gets 3 years. * Verdict "lenient" due to cooperation - court.

Uber drivers in NYC protest company's fare cut

Atlanta Journal Constitution - ‎5 hours ago‎
Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. NEW YORK - Uber drivers in New York City called Monday for a strike to protest the company's decision to cut fares by 15 percent, as drivers rallied at the ...

Yahoo to cut 15 pct jobs, close several units - WSJ

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans that include slashing 15 percent of the company's workforce, or roughly 1,600 jobs, and closing several business units, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

WhatsApp gains 1000000000 whippersnappers (and my lawn)

Computerworld - ‎41 minutes ago‎
WhatsApp has one billion users. That's how many active accounts it had last month, at least according to the Facebook subsidiary -- an instant-messaging service for young persons (or so I'm told).

Pro Photogs Take Note: Canon Announces EOS-1D X Mark II

PC Magazine - ‎1 hour ago‎
Hot on the heels of Nikon's D5 announcement, Canon is updating its flagship SLR. The new EOS-1D X Mark II looks and feels a lot like its predecessor, the 1D X, but features a new image sensor, an improved autofocus system, and 4K video support.

Another iPad Air 3 Design Drawing Points to Smart Connector, Similar Dimensions as iPad Air 2

Mac Rumors - ‎11 hours ago‎
A new drawing of the unannounced iPad Air 3 highlights the dimensions of the device, with the potential for the third generation iPad Air to have similar dimensions as the iPad Air 2 (via Engadget).

Forget Apple vs. Samsung. There's no stopping China in the smartphone war

ZDNet - ‎4 hours ago‎
Alien vs. Predator. Superman vs. Batman. Star Trek vs. Star Wars. Apple iPhone vs. Samsung Galaxy. Battles of fiction that we like to argue endlessly about.

Vanessa Hudgens Thanks Fans for Support After Grease: Live and Father Greg's Death

People Magazine - ‎33 minutes ago‎
Vanessa Hudgens wowed audiences with her performance as Rizzo in Fox's Grease: Live on Sunday. And the following day, the actress reacted to the well-deserved praise as well as enormous ratings.

Cosby Case Highlights a Rivalry Between Two Lawyers

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - When Bill Cosby arrives at the historic courthouse here on Tuesday to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a young woman 12 years ago, the key players at a pre-trial hearing may well be two men whose own rivalry has become part ...

The Bachelor Recap: A Heartbreaking Exit, An Unexpected Ring, and the Rise & Possible Fall of Olivia

E! Online - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Let's be honest: this season of The Bachelor has become The Olivia Show. And to be a little more honest, she deserves it. At this point, while she's not the only one who's trying, she's definitely the one who's trying her hardest to achieve what she ...

Rob Kardashian Makes His Snapchat Debut as Kim Kardashian Steps Out Without Makeup

E! Online - ‎30 minutes ago‎
There's now another way to keep up with Rob Kardashian. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star surprised fans Monday evening when he decided to join the popular app Snapchat.

Cam Newton takes Peyton's 'Face of the NFL' prediction in stride

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said Monday night that Panthers star Cam Newton would be the face of the NFL the next eight to 10 years.

Terriers beat Huskies to advance to Beanpot final

The Boston Globe - ‎1 hour ago‎
How best to cool off the country's hottest college hockey team? If you're Boston University facing Northeastern on Monday night, two things: Never let the Huskies get started, and schedule them in the Beanpot.

No. 12 SMU falls for second time as Houston rallies, 71-68

USA TODAY - ‎22 minutes ago‎
HOUSTON (AP) - After starting the season 18-0, SMU knew they would get every team's best shot every night they played. Houston's best shot was better than the Mustangs' Monday night.

Four-Ball: Snedeker conquers windy Torrey Pines

ESPN - ‎6 hours ago‎
Did Farmers Insurance Open champion Brandt Snedeker have the round of the year Sunday at Torrey Pines? And how will Jordan Spieth's travels around the world affect his ability to compete at a high level moving forward?

HPV and your teen

OCRegister - ‎4 hours ago‎
... • HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States. Most sexually active people will have genital HPV at some time in their lives.

Chipotle probe by CDC concludes without source being found

Miami Herald - ‎4 hours ago‎
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has concluded its investigation into two E. coli outbreaks that sickened dozens of Chipotle Mexican Grill customers and thrust the chain into a crisis that wiped out more than $10 billion in market value.

Long-term marijuana use tied to worse verbal memory in middle age

Reuters - ‎10 hours ago‎
(Reuters Health) - As marijuana becomes more accessible to young and old alike in the U.S., researchers warn that long-term use of the drug may cause lasting harm to at least one type of brain function.

Will transferring mom's microbiome onto C-section babies make them healthier?

Los Angeles Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
A new study aims to find out whether C-section babies can get the same microbes from their mothers as those born vaginally. Here, NYU senior research coordinator Nora Henderson collects samples of bacteria from twin boys in Mamaroneck, N.Y..

MIT wins design competition for Elon Musk's Hyperloop

Fox News - ‎2 hours ago‎
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - MIT student engineers won a competition to transform SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk's idea into a design for a Hyperloop to move pods of people at high speed.

Britain approves controversial gene-editing experiments

STLtoday.com - ‎37 minutes ago‎
LONDON • In a landmark decision that some ethicists warned is a step down the path toward “designer babies,” Britain gave scientists approval Monday to conduct gene-editing experiments on human embryos.

Climate Change: A Human Rights Opportunity

Huffington Post - ‎3 hours ago‎
A restaurant near Shanghai is charging customers a "clean air fee" to breathe unpolluted air. This is a response to air pollution levels hitting "red alert" status.

Huge population of endangered lions found in Ethiopia

Fox News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Lions have been discovered for the first time in an Ethiopian national park, confirming centuries-old stories that the big cats thrived there.
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