USA was hailed as the 2014 FIBA World Cup champion. This is after their win against Serbia by 37 points. The game ended with a score of 129-92 which was held in Madrid, Spain. USA was also the champion last 2010.
North America
Southern California wildfire blazes into the night, forcing evacuations
(Reuters) — Fire officials in Orange Country, California ordered the evacuation of about 30 homes late on Friday (September 12) after a fire that started earlier in the day had grown to consume more than 1,300 acres later in the night. The blaze was first reported at about 15 acres on Friday morning, burning in Silverado Canyon, part of the Santa Ana Mountains, approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles. By early afternoon, the […]
Obama leads U.S. in remembrance of September 11 victims
(Reuters) – Led by President Barack Obama, Americans commemorated the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Thursday by observing moments of silence for the thousands killed that day at New York City’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. In what has become an annual ritual, relatives began slowly reciting the nearly 3,000 names of the victims at a ceremony in lower Manhattan, from Gordon Aamoth Jr. to Igor Zukelman. Readers […]
Five children aged two to eight found dead in Alabama
(Reuters) — The decomposed bodies of five children aged between 2 and 8 were found stuffed into garbage bags on Tuesday (September 09) near a logging road in Alabama after their father confessed to killing them and led police to the scene, authorities said. Timothy Ray Jones, the father of the children, did not reveal a motive for the killings, which he confessed to authorities in Mississippi, Smith County Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said. The children, whose names have not been released, were […]
Sotloff family statement says son Steven wanted to ‘give voice to those who had none’
THE family of Steven Sotloff, the American journalist beheaded by Islamic State militants, said on Wednesday (September 3) their son was no hero, but tried to give voice to those who had none. The Sotloff’s statement was read by family spokesperson Barak Barfi. “He was no war junkie. He did not want to be a modern day Lawrence of Arabia. He merely wanted to give voice to those who had none. From the Libyan doctor in Misrata […]
Obama vows to ‘degrade and destroy’ Islamic State
(Reuters) – The United States plans to fight Islamic State until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. He added that destroying the militant group will take time because of the power vacuum in Syria, the abundance of battle-hardened fighters that grew out of al Qaeda during the Iraq war, and the need to […]
U.S. condemns apparent beheading of 2nd US hostage
(Reuters) — The U.S. State Department on Tuesday (September 2) condemned the apparent beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff after video purporting to show his murder was released online. “If the video is genuine, we are sickened by this brutal act taking the the life of another innocent American citizen,” said U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki during a daily press briefing. “Our hearts go out to the Sotloff family and we will provide more information as it becomes […]
No criminal charges in fatal gun range shooting by nine-year-old girl
(Reuters) – County law enforcement officials in Arizona said on Thursday no criminal charges are pending after a probe into a gun range incident in which a 9-year-old girl fatally shot her instructor with an Uzi, adding it was “being viewed as an industrial accident.” But state occupational health and safety officials were conducting their own probe of the Monday morning incident that was captured on video at a gun range that caters in part […]
Obama says he does not yet have broad strategy for Islamic State
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a broad strategy for confronting Islamic State in an acknowledgement that he has not decided whether to launch air strikes against the militant group in Syria. “We don’t have a strategy yet,” Obama told a White House news conference ahead of meeting top national security advisers in the Situation Room about how to proceed against Islamic State. Obama’s decision to begin U.S. surveillance flights […]
Concern grows over Westerners joining fight in Iraq and Syria
(Reuters) — Concern was mounting in the United States and Europe on Wednesday (August 27) over the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq after news that an American man supected of fighting alongside Islamic State (IS) militants had been killed in Syria. U.S. officials confirmed Douglas McAuthur McCain’s presence and death in Syria, amid reports of dozens of Americans joining the ranks of foreign fighters in the war-torn country. U.S. intelligence agencies estimate roughly 7,000 foreign fighters in total are operating in Syria, out of roughly […]
California wine country rocked by 6.0 quake, dozens hurt
(Reuters) – A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring more than 100 people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa. The quake, the biggest in the region in 25 years, jolted many residents out of bed when it hit at 3:20 a.m.. It was centered 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Napa, which is located […]
6.0 magnitude quake hits San Francisco Bay area, no major damage reported
(Reuters) – An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude shook the San Francisco Bay Area early on Sunday, waking residents but not causing major damage, according to initial reports. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was eight km (five miles) northwest of the town of American Canyon, on the northern edge of San Francisco Bay. Police dispatchers in San Francisco and Oakland said there were no reports of reports of major damage. Several people on […]
