General news

• Man Utd big winners, Southampton left sweating

  24-11-2016 23:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wayne Rooney claimed a piece of club history as he set Manchester United on the way to a 4-0 Europa League win over Feyenoord on Thursday that saw them close on the last 32. Rooney got the opening goal against the Dutch side at Old Trafford to score for the 39th time in Europe, matching Ruud van Nistelrooy's club record. Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard also netted either side of an own goal by Brad Jones and United now need only draw away to Zorya Luhansk in their final Group A match to qualify.
  
  Read more

• Hurricane, quake hit Central America

  24-11-2016 23:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Central America suffered a hurricane and offshore earthquake at the same time on Thursday, triggering alarm in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica but no immediate reports of any casualties. Nicaragua was caught in the middle of both events, with Hurricane Otto, a storm packing winds of up to 175 kilometers (110 miles) per hour at the time, plowing into its Caribbean coast while the 7.0 quake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, off its other coast. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega declared a nati
  
  Read more

• IED Blast Kills American Service Member in Syria

  24-11-2016 23:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  A U.S. service member died from wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device's blast in Syria on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Rooney leads Man United to 4-0 win with record-breaking goal

  24-11-2016 23:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wayne Rooney surpassed Ruud van Nistelrooy as Manchester United's all-time top scorer in European competitions on Thursday, leading the English club to a 4-0 win over Feyenoord and keeping it alive in the Europa League.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Rose has 26 points, Temple beats No. 25 Florida State 89-86

  24-11-2016 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Little had gone right for the Temple Owls before they gathered around coach Fran Dunphy during a timeout. It would have been easy for them to lament their woes.
  
  Read more

• 'They will kill us': Refugees fleeing torture, rape in Myanmar

  24-11-2016 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  They come by the thousands.
  
  Read more

• Malaysia: Critic jailed under extremism law

  24-11-2016 23:20 via cnn.com
  
  The arrest of a prominent Malaysian civil rights leader under a controversial anti-extremism law has sparked outrage at the government of embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak.
  
  Read more

• 'White Helmets' say Aleppo residents 10 days from starvation

  24-11-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Alistair Scrutton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The inhabitants of besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo have fewer than ten days to receive aid or face starvation and death from a lack of medical supplies, the head of the Syria Civil Defence, or "White Helmets", said on Thursday. "You cannot imagine how the situation is," Raed Al Saleh told Reuters through a translator. Saleh was in Stockholm to receive the Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize." "Doctors and the rescue wor
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Police: 2 dead, 4 hospitalized in Louisville shootings

  24-11-2016 23:11 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two people were killed and four were hospitalized in shootings at a riverfront park in Louisville, police said Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Lions beat Vikings 16-13, have sole possession of 1st place

  24-11-2016 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Matt Prater kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired after Darius Slay returned an interception 13 yards with 30 seconds left, lifting the Detroit Lions to a 16-13 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday and into sole possession of first place in the NFC North.
  
  Read more

• Morris scores 20, No. 21 Iowa State tops Indiana State 73-71

  24-11-2016 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — No. 21 Iowa State kept firing away until some of its shots finally began to drop.
  
  Read more

• Revelers cheer amid police at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

  24-11-2016 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Claus, giant cartoon balloons and whimsical floats were protected by sand-filled dump trucks and bomb-sniffing dogs as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade wound its way through the streets of Manhattan under heavy security.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: US service member killed by IED in Syria

  24-11-2016 22:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):
  
  Read more

• Argentine attorney seeks relief for his pachyderm plaintiffs

  24-11-2016 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Attorney Andres Gil Dominguez may have had bigger cases, but he's never had bigger clients.
  
  Read more

• US service member killed in blast in Syria: official

  24-11-2016 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A member of the US military died from his wounds Thursday after a blast caused by an improvised explosive device in northern Syria, the US military's central command said. The man was wounded by the explosion in the vicinity of Ayn Issa, Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group, was quoted as saying in a CENTCOM statement.
  
  Read more

• Evacuations in Haifa

  24-11-2016 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people flee their homes as wildfires reach the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
  
  Read more

• Anti-pipeline protesters demonstrate on Thanksgiving Day

  24-11-2016 22:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — About 300 opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline demonstrated in a North Dakota city on Thanksgiving Day, while protesters near the construction site where hundreds of demonstrators have camped out for months attempted to build a wooden bridge to reach what they say are tribal burial sites.
  
  Read more

• Feds Reviewing Whether Teen's Killing Was Hate Crime

  24-11-2016 22:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 62-year-old West Virginia man is facing murder charges in the shooting death of a teen boy in an alleged confrontation on the street.
  
  Read more

• Germany detains Syrian on suspicion of planning attack

  24-11-2016 22:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German police have arrested a Syrian man on suspicion he was planning to carry out an attack after discovering that he had obtained material which could be used to build weapons or bombs.
  
  Read more

• U.S. soldier dies following IED blast in northern Syria: statement

  24-11-2016 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. service member died on Thursday after being wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in northern Syria, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. CENTCOM said the blast occurred near in the vicinity of Ayn Issa but gave no other details, adding that it would release more information "as appropriate." (Reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
  Read more

• Rose's 26 leads Temple to 89-86 upset of No. 25 Florida Stat

  24-11-2016 22:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Little had gone right for the Temple Owls before they gathered around coach Fran Dunphy during a timeout. It would have been easy for them to lament their woes.
  
  Read more

• Conjoined twins share one body

  24-11-2016 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  These two baby girls share one body between them, making an operation to separate them very challenging.
  
  Read more

• Conjoined twins born in Gaza

  24-11-2016 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  These two baby girls share one body between them, making an operation to separate them very challenging.
  
  Read more

• Fire partly destroys sculpture by Swedish artist Vilks

  24-11-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — An outdoor sculpture by Swedish artist Lars Vilks has partly burned down in a fire that police are investigating as a possible arson.
  
  Read more

• White house condemns attack on Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq

  24-11-2016 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday condemned an attack in Hilla, Iraq, that killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, saying the bombing "was clearly intended to stoke sectarian tensions." (Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Editing by Sandra Maler)
  
  Read more

• No holiday for political talk, social media posts suggest

  24-11-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  As Americans feasted on turkey Thursday during the nation's first major post-election holiday, some took to social media to describe the political gloating, loathing and subject avoiding they experienced ...
  
  Read more

• France urges labelling goods from Israeli settlements

  24-11-2016 21:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — France has published an official notification urging business operators to put a special label identifying goods produced in the Israeli settlements, one year after the European Union urged members to do so.
  
  Read more

• Two killed, four wounded in Louisville park shootings

  24-11-2016 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Police did not have a motive for the two related shootings in Shawnee Park or suspects in custody, spokesman Dwight Mitchell said. The shootings took place as hundreds of people gathered in the park along the Ohio River for the annual Juice Bowl Football Tournament, a tradition dating back to the 1950s.
  
  Read more

• ‘It's the start of the construction of peace’: Columbians react to peace treaty – video

  24-11-2016 21:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Colombians in Bogota react with joy as Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signs a new peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel movement on Thursday, aiming to end a half century of hostilities. After signing the 310-page accord, Santos and Rodrigo Londono, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), said the new accord took into account the different voices in ColombiaColombia signs historic peace deal with Farc
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Community paints blue stripe in middle of road to honor cops

  24-11-2016 21:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BAINBRIDGE, Pa. (AP) — A community in central Pennsylvania has painted a blue stripe between the double-yellow lines on some streets to express support for police, firefighters and ambulance workers.
  
  Read more

• Nation of Iceland wages name battle with UK grocer Iceland

  24-11-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — It's Iceland vs. Iceland.
  
  Read more

• Magnitude 7 offshore quake shakes Central America, no damage seen

  24-11-2016 21:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A strong earthquake off the Pacific Coast of Central America shook the region on Thursday just as a hurricane barreled into the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, but there were no immediate reports of any quake damage. Emergency services in El Salvador said on Twitter it had received no reports of damage at a national level, but urged those living along the country's Pacific coast to withdraw up to 1 kilometer (0.62 mile) away from the shor
  
  Read more

• This is the highest basketball shot ever

  24-11-2016 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  This trick shot from the top of a 593.73-foot dam just made the record books.
  
  Read more

• Rose's 26 leads Temple to 89-86 upset of Florida State

  24-11-2016 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Quinton Rose scored 26 points, including two free throws with 2 seconds left, to lead Temple to an 89-86 win over No. 25 Florida State on Thursday in the first game of the 2016 NIT Season Tip-Off.
  
  Read more

• Two killed, four wounded in Louisville park shooting

  24-11-2016 21:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Two people were killed and four wounded when gunfire erupted on Thursday at a park in Louisville, Kentucky, a police spokesman told reporters.
  
  Read more

• Magnitude 7.0 offshore quake rattles El Salvador

  24-11-2016 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rattled El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, but the country's civil defense agency said there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries.
  
  Read more

• Lufthansa cancels 830 flights with strike to extend to Saturday

  24-11-2016 21:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  German flagship carrier Lufthansa said it was scrapping 830 flights Friday as its pilots went on strike over wages and the union called for the walkout to be extended into Saturday. The strike -- the 14th since April 2014 -- has affected more than 315,000 passengers, with the airline forced to cancel 2,618 flights over three days. The Lufthansa pilots are demanding a pay rise of an average of 3.66 percent per year, retroactive for the past five years.
  
  Read more

• Colombia, FARC rebels sign new peace deal

  24-11-2016 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  The rebel leader waved his arms in the air as the crowd cheered. The President smiled at the audience, clenching a pen made from bullets.
  
  Read more

• Attorney seeks relief for his pachyderm plaintiffs

  24-11-2016 21:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Attorney Andres Gil Dominguez may have had bigger cases, but he's never had bigger clients.
  
  Read more

• 7.0 quake shakes El Salvador, Nicaragua: officials

  24-11-2016 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday, officials said, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Tsunami alerts were issued as a precaution by the authorities in Nicaragua and El Salvador, where residents were told to evacuate from the Pacific coast.
  
  Read more

• Overheated Arctic sign of climate change 'vicious circle'

  24-11-2016 20:53 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Freakishly high temperatures in the Arctic driven by heat-packed oceans and northward winds have been reinforced by a "vicious circle" of climate change, scientists said Thursday. Air above the Polar ice cap has been 9-12 degrees Celsius (16.2 to 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above average during the last four weeks, according the data from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), which tracks hourly changes in Arctic weather.
  
  Read more

• Colombia signs historic peace deal with Farc

  24-11-2016 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  President Juan Manuel Santos and rebel leader Timochenko sign new accord despite objections that derailed original dealThe Colombian government and leftist Farc rebels have signed a revised peace agreement to end more than 50 years of conflict, despite continued objections by many who rejected the original deal in an October referendum.“This is the definitive one,” said president Juan Manuel Santos, who was awarded this year’s Nobel peace prize, after signing the deal on Thursd
  
  Read more

• Colombia signs contested new peace deal

  24-11-2016 20:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord Thursday to end their half-century conflict, set to be ratified in Congress despite bitter opposition. President Juan Manuel Santos and guerrilla leader Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londono signed the new deal with a pen made from a spent bullet, in a low-key ceremony in the capital Bogota. The new plan bypasses a vote by the Colombian people, against bitter opposition from critics.
  
  Read more

• Islamic State uses drones to attack Iraqi army in Mosul: military

  24-11-2016 20:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Ulf Laessing MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Islamic State has been using drones to attack Iraqi troops advancing in the northern city of Mosul, the militant group's last major urban stronghold in country, the military said on Thursday. Iraqi forces, with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition, launched an offensive on Oct. 17 to retake Mosul in the most complex campaign in Iraq since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
  
  Read more

• British wage growth looks 'dreadful' after Brexit - IFS

  24-11-2016 20:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's wage growth prospects look "dreadful", a leading think tank said on Thursday, after official economic forecasts showed workers were unlikely to recoup losses suffered after the financial crisis within the next five years. The Institute for Fiscal Studies - a think tank focussed on budget issues - said Wednesday's forecasts showed wages in 2021 would be lower than in 2008, after adjusting for inflation - a stagnation with no precedent since at least
  
  Read more

• This Iron Bowl features 2 top defenses, not just 1

  24-11-2016 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — It's no surprise that Alabama brings a formidable, aggressive defense that ranks among the nation's best into the Iron Bowl.
  
  Read more

• Ohio State vs. Michigan: 'We're playing for it all'

  24-11-2016 20:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Besides having national playoff implications, this year's Ohio State vs. Michigan game is full of questions, story lines and intriguing matchups.
  
  Read more

• Friends, family, turkey and touchdowns for Obamas' holiday

  24-11-2016 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family are spending Thanksgiving with friends, family, turkey and touchdowns, as he puts it, and reflecting "on what truly binds us as Americans."
  
  Read more

• Security officers 'killed 150 protesters'

  24-11-2016 20:13 via cnn.com
  
  Nigerian security forces have killed at least 150 people in a series of attacks against the largely peaceful pro-Biafra secessionist movement, according to a report by Amnesty International.
  
  Read more

• Multi-million pound Sex Pistols collection to go up in flames

  24-11-2016 20:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Georgina Cooper LONDON (Reuters) - The son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren said he would set fire to millions of dollars of punk memorabilia on Saturday, as a protest against the musical scene's appropriation by the mainstream. Joe Corre said he would burn Sex Pistols records, clothing and other ephemera on the 40th anniversary of the release of the band's debut single "Anarchy in the UK".
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_news on Twitter!