Eyder Peralta

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Suspect In Benghazi Attacks Now On U.S. Soil, Pleads Not Guilty

Saturday, June 28, 2014

(This post was last updated at 3:55 p.m. ET.)

Ahmed Abu Khattala, the Libyan man the United States says played a key role on the attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, is now on American soil.

In a short appearance at the federal court house in Washington, ...

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Report Blames 'Corrosive Culture' For Problems In VA System

Saturday, June 28, 2014

A White House investigation into the problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country found that "there are significant and chronic systematic failures" that need to be addressed.

NPR's Scott Horsley tells our Newscast unit that the report was delivered to President Obama on Friday. Scott filed ...

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Golden Gate Bridge Board Approves Funding For Suicide Barrier

Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Golden Gate Bridge's board of directors approved $76 million in funding to install a net system that would prevent people from committing suicide by jumping off the bridge.

The Associated Press reports the money will come from a combination of bridge tolls and federal and state coffers. The ...

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Living Up To His Past, Suarez Apparently Bites Italian Opponent

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

In some ways, we should have seen it coming. By the time Uruguay's Luis Suarez apparently took a bite out of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in Tuesday's match, the ref had already handed out a red card and three yellows.

Chiellini dropped to the ground, writhing, pulling his shirt off ...

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Federal Judge Rules No-Fly List Process Is Unconstitutional

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A federal judge in Oregon says the process surrounding the federal government's "no-fly list" is unconstitutional.

Specifically, U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said the process doesn't give Americans on the list an effective way to challenge their inclusion.

The Oregonian reports:

"In a 65-page opinion issued Tuesday ...

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On Capitol Hill, A Debate Over What's Driving Central American Exodus

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Today, on Capitol Hill, there was a sober debate about the humanitarian crisis developing along the Southern border.

Sure, there were some partisan barbs, but for the most part the hearing by the House Committee on Homeland Security, focused on how the United States understands the exodus of children from ...

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Putin Asks Parliament To Revoke Power To Use Force In Ukraine

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked his parliament to revoke his authorization to use force in Ukraine.

In a statement, the Kremlin said the move was intended "to help normalize the situation and achieve reconciliation in the east of Ukraine and in connection with the tri-partite negotiations on the ...

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In Iraq, More Than 1,000 Were Killed In June

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The United Nations has some grim news on Iraq this morning: It says at least 1,075 people were killed in June as Sunni militants overtook some significant cities in the country.

Most of the deaths, the U.N. reports, were civilians. The AP adds:

"According to the U.N. ...

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Doing The Math: How The U.S. Can Advance In The World Cup

Monday, June 23, 2014

Despite a deflating tie with Portugal, the U.S. is in a good spot: A tie or win against Germany moves them to the round of 16. A loss would unleash a complex scenario.

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Mormon Church Excommunicates Advocate For Female Priests

Monday, June 23, 2014

An all-male panel of Mormon leaders has found a prominent member of the group Ordain Women guilty of apostasy and ordered that she be excommunicated from the church.

On its website, Ordain Women quoted from an email that Kate Kelly received informing her of the decision by The Church ...

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U.S. Court Releases Obama Administration's 'Drone Memo'

Monday, June 23, 2014

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has released a long-secret memo in which the Obama administration lays out its legal reasoning for launching a drone attack on an American citizen overseas.

The legal justification concerns the drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who ...

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Chemical Weapons Watchdog Ships Last Declared Chemicals Out Of Syria

Monday, June 23, 2014

The mission to destroy Syria's chemical arsenal reached a "major landmark" on Monday, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said in a statement.

"The last of the remaining chemicals identified for removal from Syria were loaded this afternoon aboard the Danish ship Ark Futura," OPCW's Director-General Ahmet ...

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Netanyahu Says Israel Has Proof Hamas Is Behind Kidnapping Of Teens

Monday, June 23, 2014

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says they "have a lot" of proof that Hamas is behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teens, which includes one dual U.S.-Israeli citizen.

"We've pretty much figured out who are the kidnappers," Netanyahu said during an interview with NPR's Morning Edition. "The actual perpetrators, ...

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In A Stunning Finish, Portugal Ties U.S.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

It was heartbreaking. It was stunning. It was the reason they call Group G the "Group of Death."

With 30 seconds left and despite astronomical odds, the United States men's national soccer team was about to qualify for the second round of the World Cup.

But just like that, Portugal's ...

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The Rockies' Very Bad Day: When A Wild Pitch Clears The Bases

Sunday, June 22, 2014

We usually point out great plays on this blog.

But during last night's Colorado Rockies vs. Milwaukee Brewers game, the play turned so messy, it is remarkable.

As The Bleacher Report explains, a wild pitch — and a subsequent throwing error — ended up costing the Rockies ...

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Quebec Police Capture 3 Inmates Who Escaped Using Helicopter

Sunday, June 22, 2014

After a little more than two weeks on the lam, the three prisoners who escaped from a Quebec prison are back in custody, the Sûreté du Québec said in a tweet.

CTV News reports the three men, charged with murder and drug trafficking, were captured at a luxury condo ...

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Video: Caught In Crossfire As ISIS Claims More Iraqi Cities

Sunday, June 22, 2014

The latest news from Iraq is almost a repeat of what's been happening for the past couple of weeks: The militant Sunni group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, continues its march, while the Iraqi military and Shiite militias put up a fight.

CNN reports that on Saturday, ...

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In Cairo, Kerry Says U.S. Is Not Responsible For Iraq's Current Crisis

Sunday, June 22, 2014

(This post was last updated at 12:52 p.m. ET. to include Kerry's comments.)

Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Sunday and met with the country's newest president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

NPR's Jackie Northam, who is traveling with Kerry, reports officials said Kerry would address the government's heavy-handed tactics ...

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In Mob Stronghold, Pope Says Mobsters Are Excommunicated

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Pope Francis traveled to the heart of a mafia stronghold in Italy on Saturday and told mobsters that they are not part of the church.

"Those who go down the evil path, as the Mafiosi do, are not in communion with God," he warned them during an open-air mass. "They ...

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In Iraq, ISIS Advances, Shiite Cleric Issues Warning

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Just how complicated a place is Iraq for the United States? Take a look at these two developments from today:

-- Fighters with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a militant Sunni group, continued its march, seizing two cities.

-- Meanwhile, a Shiite cleric in Baghdad issued a ...

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