SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo has reportedly been struck by a massive hack that could compromise hundreds of millions of its users’ accounts, according to Recode, which quotes “several sources close to the situation.” Yahoo did not immediately respond to The Mercury News or to Recode’s Kara Swisher, who broke the story early Thursday morning. […]
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International, USAGOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday indicated he’d prefer a debate moderator who takes more of a hands-off approach and lets the candidates take each other on if someone slips up. “You’re debating somebody and if she makes a mistake, or if I make a mistake, we’ll take each on,” Mr. Trump said on
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USAROXBURY, Conn. — Police are investigating the death of the son of actress Mia Farrow, who was found gravely injured in his car along Route 67 in Connecticut on Wednesday afternoon. State troopers responded to the scene around 12:45 p.m. and found Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, 27, suffering from a life-threatening injury. He was taken to
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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton appears to have survived one of her worst stretches on the presidential campaign, including concerns about her health, with her lead intact in some key battleground states, several new polls indicate. Surveys released this week delivered good news to Donald Trump in some states, Clinton others. But the balance continues to
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USAWhen Greta Morina sees images of Aleppo on TV, she thinks of her hometown, Pristina. “It makes you flash back. It’s intense,” Morina says. “You’re hearing gunshots, bombs being dropped, you smell smoke. You’re seeing groups of people carrying their belongings, their children all into packed tents.” Morina is now 22. She became a refugee
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International, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Even before the formal signing of what was described as a record-making agreement for US financial aid, shrill critics here and there were claiming that Bibi had messed the opportunity to get more and better terms. Prominent in the agreement, which came after months or years (depending on whenever conversations
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASen. Cory Booker said, “Our legal system should provide justice to those whose cultural property the Nazis so brazenly seized.” Monuments Men Pvt. Harry Ettlinger, right, and Pvt. Dale Ford in 1944 admire a Rembrandt painting they recovered from a German salt mine, where the Nazis had stashed it and thousands of other works. Sen.
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International, USAWASHINGTON — California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is joining a growing number in Congress who are reconsidering their support for a bill that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia over its alleged backing of the terrorists who committed the attacks. Feinstein is a co-sponsor of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
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Middle East, USADonald Trump wants police to use stop-and-frisk tactics more aggressively in black communities even though a federal judge has ruled that the practice violates the rights of minorities. Asked in a town hall on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday how he would combat violence in poor black neighborhoods, the GOP presidential nominee said police should
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USAORLANDO, Fla. — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday praised Orlando’s resolve after the Pulse nightclub shootings and called for police reform in the wake of a summer of violence across the nation. The Democratic presidential nominee was in Orlando for the first time since early August, looking to shore up support in a state that is
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USAWASHINGTON — North Texas billionaires Robert Bass and Ross Perot Jr. are big political donors — with very different party preferences. The two Texas investors have extensive ties to Tarrant County, where Fort Worth is located. Bass, 68, who Forbes magazine calculates has a net worth of $2.8 billion, is one of four brothers who
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USAForget Hillary Clinton if you’re speaking to members of the U.S. military: For most active-duty troops, the presidential election comes down to a tight race between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. Trump leads Johnson by about 1 percentage point, 38 percent to 37 percent, according to a joint survey of 2,207
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USACHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte, N.C., city leaders appealed for calm Wednesday and promised a thorough investigation of Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of a black man that triggered a night of violent protests. Authorities said they were reviewing video from body cams and dash cams from the deadly confrontation. The dead man was Keith Lamont Scott,
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USANATIONAL HARBOR: The increasingly “adversarial” relationships with Russia and China are forcing the Pentagon to classify its previously public National Military Strategy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says. Classification will allow bolder and more specific discussions of how to manage those relationships and our responses to them, Gen. Joe Dunford told the
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