US special forces face complex challenge in Iraq
WASHINGTON
(AP) — U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year
gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a
precarious political situation as they help Iraqi security forces
improve their ability to battle Sunni militants.Read More ...
VA challenged on handling of whistleblower charges
WASHINGTON
(AP) — A top federal investigator has identified "a troubling pattern
of deficient patient care" at Veterans Affairs facilities around the
country that she says was pointed out by whistleblowers but downplayed
by the department.Read More ...
All tsunami advisories canceled after Alaska quake
ANCHORAGE,
Alaska (AP) — All tsunami advisories have been canceled following a
magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.Read More ...
Kerry back in Iraq, meeting with Kurdish leader
IRBIL,
Iraq (AP) — The top U.S. diplomat returned to Iraq on Tuesday for the
second day in a row, again trying to convince one of its political
leaders that overhaul of the Shiite-led government is the best way to
deflate a raging Sunni insurgency that is pushing the country toward
civil war.Read More ...
Kerry hands dire warning to Iraqis over future
BAGHDAD
(AP) — Warning of the "existential threat" posed by Sunni militants,
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the U.S. is prepared to take
military action even if Baghdad delays political reforms, noting that
the risks of letting the insurgency run rampant threaten dangers beyond
Iraq's borders.Read More ...
Obama says US should have paid maternity leave
WASHINGTON
(AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States should
join the rest of the industrialized world and offer paid leave for
mothers of newborns.Read More ...
US memo justifying drone killings is released
NEW
YORK (AP) — The secret U.S. government memo outlining the justification
for the use of drones to kill American terror suspects abroad was
released by court order Monday, yielding the most detailed, inside look
yet at the legal underpinnings of the Obama administration's program of
"targeted killings."Read More ...
Hiker died of hypothermia on Mount Rainier
SEATTLE
(AP) — A 70-year-old hiker who died of hypothermia in rugged terrain in
Mount Rainier National Park over the weekend was experienced, prepared
and knew the mountain well after having written dozens of stories about
treks through the area.Read More ...
Outcry after Egypt sentences 3 reporters to prison
CAIRO
(AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday convicted three Al-Jazeera
journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on
terrorism-related charges after a trial dismissed by rights groups as a
politically motivated sham. The verdict brought a landslide of
international condemnation and calls for the newly elected president to
intervene.Read More ...
City tells app to stop auctions of parking spaces
SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco's city attorney issued a
cease-and-desist demand Monday to a mobile app called Monkey Parking,
which allows people to auction public parking spaces that they're using
to other nearby drivers.Read More ...
Syria hands over last of declared chemical weapons
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Veterans Cochran, Rangel try to survive primaries
JACKSON,
Miss. (AP) — Two of the longest-serving members of Congress face
primary elections Tuesday that could end their political careers.Read More ...
Daytime Emmys red-carpet banter turns dark
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Alaskans evacuate after 8.0 quake
Quake was widely felt in communities along Alaska's sparsely populated Aleutian Islands.Read More ...
Husband of slain Iraqi woman sentenced
A Calif. Iraqi immigrant was sentenced to 26 years-to-life for his wife's fatal beating.Read More ...
Nearly 170 children rescued in sex-trafficking crackdown
According to the FBI, 281 pimps were arrested in connection with the case.Read More ...
Iraq’s Sunni 'war of liberation’
Sectarian fighting threatens to trap the U.S. in the middle of a civil war in Iraq.Read More ...
Mormon church bans prominent women's group founder
The Mormon church excommunicated the prominent founder of a Mormon women's group, Ordain Women announced Monday afternoon.Read More ...
U.S. memo justifying drone killings cites al-Qaida law
Secret document made legal case for using drones to kill American terror suspects overseas.Read More ...
Lawyer in campus attack eyes insanity defense
An
attorney gave notice that an insanity defense was being considered for a
man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a
Seattle university.Read More ...
Ukraine rebels agree to honor cease-fire
Insurgents say they will engage in more talks with Ukraine to help resolve the conflict.Read More ...
Friend of Boston bombing suspect refuses plea deal
A
lawyer for a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect said Monday
that he rejected a plea deal offered to his client, whom he said "knows
he's not guilty."Read More ...
37 arrested in Israel as search for missing teens drags on
Israeli
troops detained 37 Palestinians in the West Bank during the night as
its arrest campaign entered its 11th day, with no sign of three
teenagers thought kidnapped by Hamas.Read More ...
Manhunt on for murderer who escaped Arkansas prison
Arkansas Inmate Escaped, Held Woman Hostage as He FledRead More ...
Sandusky report finds fault for 3-year lapse in filing charges
AG cites an "inexcusable lack of urgency in charging and stopping a serial sexual predator."Read More ...
At least seven killed in blast at Nigerian state college
At
least eight people were killed and 20 wounded by an explosion at a
college campus in the heart of the northern Nigerian city of Kano during
school hours on Monday, police said. It was not immediately clear if
Islamist militants were behind the explosion. Bombings and attacks by
armed insurgents now happen almost daily in Nigeria's north, where
militant group Boko Haram is trying to carve out an Islamist state. The
blast at the Kano State School of Hygiene tore through an area just
inside the college's main gate, a popular spot where students often
gather at food kiosks between classes.Read More ...
Online outrage sinks China official who rode piggyback in search
A
Chinese official who tried to save his shoes by taking a piggyback
during a flood has lost his job instead, reports said Monday, the latest
example of Internet users holding bureaucrats to account. It is the
second time in a year that a ruling Communist Party official has been
sacked after photos showed him riding on another person through a
flooded area. The incident took place during a search for three primary
schoolchildren who had fallen into a river in the central province of
Jiangxi, the official Xinhua news agency said.Read More ...
Sudan to release woman on death row for marrying a Christian
KHARTOUM,
Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese woman on death row for apostasy had her
sentence canceled and was ordered released by a Khartoum court on
Monday, the country's official news agency reported.Read More ...
Labor dispute locks tourists out of Pompeii ruins
ROME
(AP) — A labor dispute has again kept tourists locked out of Pompeii in
a spate of hours-long closures at the ancient Roman ruins.Read More ...
Study links pesticide exposure in pregnancy to autism
By
Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study from
California, children with an autism spectrum disorder were more likely
to have mothers who lived close to fields treated with certain
pesticides during pregnancy. Proximity to agricultural pesticides in
pregnancy was also linked to other types of developmental delay among
children. “Ours is the third study to specifically link autism spectrum
disorders to pesticide exposure, whereas more papers have demonstrated
links with developmental delay,” said lead author Janie F. Shelton, from
the University of California, Davis.Read More ...
Kerry urges political reform in Iraq
Wants Shiite leaders to give opponents more power before Sunni insurgents seize more land.Read More ...
Syria hands over remaining chemical weapons, sources say
Syria
has handed over the remaining 100 tonnes of toxic material it declared
to the global chemical weapons watchdog, clearing the way for
destruction of the stockpile at sea, sources told Reuters on Monday. The
chemicals, roughly 8 percent of a total 1,300 tonnes reported to the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), had been
held at a storage site which the government of President Bashar al-Assad
previously said was inaccessible due to fighting with rebels.Read More ...
'God particle' atom smasher to return at double strength
The
world's largest atom smasher is gearing up for its second three-year
run after 16 months of maintenance and upgrades. The world's top
particle physics lab known as CERN says the $10 billion Large Hadron ...Read More ...
Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 7 years
CAIRO
(AP) — An Egyptian court convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and
sentenced them to seven years in prison each on terrorism-related
charges in a verdict Monday that stunned their families and raised
international outrage, with a chorus of voices denouncing the ruling as a
blow to freedom of expression.Read More ...
South Korea captures soldier accused of killing 5
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in.
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Kerry in Iraq as Western frontier falls
No small talk as U.S. worries gov't has worsened insurgency by alienating moderate Sunnis.Read More ...
Israel carries out airstrikes in Syria
The military action is in response to an attack that left an Israeli teen dead, officials say.Read More ...
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