American soldier freed by Taliban
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the only U.S. military prisoner in Afghanistan, was handed over in a swap mediated by Qatar.Read More ...
6 missing Mount Rainier climbers feared dead
SEATTLE
(AP) — Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after
helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow
thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park
official said Saturday.Read More ...
70 years after D-Day, she hears dad's stories anew
NEW
YORK (AP) — Every night at dinner when I was young, my dad fought World
War II all over again. He'd parachuted into Normandy with the 101st
Airborne on D-Day, went on to fight in Holland and Belgium, and he loved
to tell war stories.Read More ...
Mickelson says he's cooperating in trading probe
DUBLIN,
Ohio (AP) — Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson confirmed that FBI
agents investigating insider trading approached him this week at the
Memorial Tournament. The five-time major champion said Saturday he has
done "absolutely nothing wrong."Read More ...
Official: 6 climbers likely died in mountain fall
SEATTLE
(AP) — Six climbers on Mount Rainier likely perished in a fall after
helicopters detected pings from avalanche beacons and spotted climbing
gear thousands of feet below the group's last known location, national
park officials said Saturday.Read More ...
Plane leaving Massachusetts air field catches fire
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a small private plane leaving Hanscom Field in Massachusetts has caught fire and emergency crews are responding.
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Some Kiev barricades come down; protesters balky
KIEV,
Ukraine (AP) — Demonstrators on the main downtown avenue of Ukraine's
capital set piles of tires ablaze on Saturday to protest authorities'
call to end the encampment that began six months ago. A few hundred
meters away, workers in hard hats cleared debris from torn-down
barricades.Read More ...
Warnings on 'gaming' patient waits go back years
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The report this week confirming that 1,700 veterans were "at
risk of being lost or forgotten" at a Phoenix hospital was hardly the
first independent review that documented long wait times for some
patients seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs and
inaccurate records that understated the depth of the problem.Read More ...
American suicide bomber grew up in Central Florida
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The American man who launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops grew up in Central Florida and attended several colleges in the state before dropping out and moving abroad.
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Spurs beat Thunder in OT, advance to NBA Finals
OKLAHOMA
CITY (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs are back in the NBA Finals, beating
the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 in overtime on Saturday night in Game 6
to set up a rematch with the Miami Heat.Read More ...
Proposed $40 million settlement set for players
A
$40 million settlement has been completed that will pay college
football and basketball players dating to 2003 for the use of their
likenesses in NCAA-branded videogames.Read More ...
For GOP, which Reagan legacy is right for 2016?
NEW
ORLEANS (AP) — Another prominent Republican gathering, more evidence of
the dueling legacies of President Ronald Reagan overhanging the party
as it tries to widen its reach and avoid extending its presidential
losing streak in 2016.Read More ...
Analysis: Shinseki exit breaks Obama's crisis mold
WASHINGTON (AP) — This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.Read More ...
Hagel spars with China over territorial disputes
SINGAPORE
(AP) — China's aggressive moves to claim jurisdiction over land and sky
in the Asia-Pacific risk undermining peace and security in the region
and beyond, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday. Beijing
scoffed at the "groundless" charges.Read More ...
Report: Calif. police unaware student had firearms before killings
(Reuters)
- Authorities did not know that Elliot Rodger, whose shooting rampage
left six dead and more than a dozen injured in a California college
town, owned firearms despite three interactions with the police within
the year, the Los Angeles Times reported. Rodger had legally purchased
three firearms leading up to the shooting spree, a fact that authorities
could have discovered by searching law enforcement databases, the Times
reported on Friday. "The issue of weapons did not come up," sheriff's
spokeswoman Kelly Hoover told the Times.Read More ...
NBA ends dispute with Sterling's wife, will vote on Clippers sale
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Norway tows Greenpeace ship out of Arctic oil rig zone
Norway's
Coast Guard on Friday evening towed away a Greenpeace ship that tried
to block Statoil's rig from drilling the world's most northerly oil well
in the Barents Sea, the environment group said. Oil drillers in Norway
are moving further north as mature fields in the south are depleted and
as the Arctic ice retreats, opening new areas that were previously
unaccessible. "The Norwegian Coast Guard tonight boarded the Greenpeace
ship Esperanza outside of the country's territorial waters to end a high
profile and perfectly legal protest against Arctic oil drilling,"
Greenpeace said in an emailed statement. The group said two groups of
officers boarded the ship and took controls at around 2250 CET (2050
GMT) after Greenpeace crew refused to leave.Read More ...
Ukraine crisis: Mixed signals and murky militias
Balance of power in troubled east teeters wildly after vote that earned Russia's acceptance.Read More ...
NYC council passes Cooper's Law aimed at traffic deaths
NYC
taxi drivers who kill or seriously injure pedestrians will have their
licenses suspended immediately and revoked permanently if they are found
to have broken any traffic laws, after the City Council passed a bill
named after 9-year-old Cooper Stock.Read More ...
Six rare monkeys die mysteriously at Oregon Zoo
By
Shelby Sebens PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Six cotton-top tamarin monkeys
died unexpectedly soon after their arrival at the Oregon Zoo, following
the death of an orangutan that led to the firing of the zoo's director,
officials said on Friday. They were in a group of nine of the
squirrel-like primates that arrived at the zoo on May 22 and were placed
in quarantine at its veterinarian center, which is routine procedure,
officials said. Six of those nine monkeys died of unknown causes and
their bodies were found by veterinarian staff two days after their
arrival, officials said in a statement. Initial necropsy results were
inconclusive and tissue samples have been submitted to a pathologist for
analysis, said spokesman Jim Middaugh of Metro, the Portland-area
regional government that owns and operates the zoo.Read More ...
High school guard charged in abuse of boy in wheelchair
A
security guard at an Oakland, California, high school was reportedly
fired and charged with felony child abuse after he allegedly handcuffed,
punched, and threw a student from his wheelchair, according to CBS San
Francisco.Read More ...
Trayvon Martin's friend fulfills promise
Memorable witness goes distance to earn diploma, prove critics wrong after Zimmerman trial.Read More ...
State orders Colorado baker to make cakes for gay weddings
DENVER
(AP) — Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to
make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious
objections to the practice did not trump the state's anti-discrimination
statutes.Read More ...
White House spokesman Jay Carney is leaving post
By
Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After more than three years of
jousting with the White House press corps, President Barack Obama's
chief spokesman, Jay Carney, will step down next month to pursue
yet-to-be-named opportunities, Obama announced on Friday. Carney's
deputy, Josh Earnest, will take his place, the president said. Obama
interrupted Carney on the podium, where he was answering questions
during the White House daily news briefing, catching reporters by
surprise. It was Obama's second turn on the podium on Friday.Read More ...
Don't forget to lock the garage: 'Ferris Bueller' house finds owner
CHICAGO
(AP) — The Chicago-area home where Ferris Bueller's friend Cameron
famously "killed" his father's prized Ferrari finally has a new owner.Read More ...
Medicare's ban on covering sex-change surgery lifted
Transgender
people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied
coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and
Services review board ruled in a groundbreaking decision that
recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective
treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.Read More ...
U.K. syllabus reform leaves U.S. authors on the shelf, spurs protest
Britain's education minister says he has not killed a mockingbird, but many literature-lovers don't believe him.Read More ...
Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal
After meeting on widespread lapses, Obama accepts resignation "with considerable regret."Read More ...
Clinton defends handling of Benghazi attack
Hillary Clinton wrote in her new book that she won't be part of "a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans."Read More ...
Google takes requests to censor results in Europe
Google
is starting to accept requests from Europeans who want to erase
unflattering information from the results produced by the world's
dominant search engine.Read More ...
Obama, Shinseki to have 'serious' talk about VA problems
Obama announced meeting plans moments after Shinseki publicly apologized for issues at VA facilities.Read More ...
U.S. charges man with obstructing Boston bombing probe
U.S.
officials charged a Kyrgyzstan national who bought dinner for the
accused Boston Marathon bombers the night of the attack with interfering
with the investigation into the deadly bombing.Read More ...
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