Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North
Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a
South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days
after the country tested what it called new precision-guided missiles.Read More ...
GM crash victim payment plan won't have limit
DETROIT
(AP) — When Kenneth Feinberg announces the terms of General Motors'
plan to pay victims of crashes caused by bad ignition switches, he'll
have an open wallet.Read More ...
Benghazi attacks suspect pleads not guilty
A
Libyan militia leader pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on
Saturday to a terrorism charge in the 2012 attack on the U.S. diplomatic
compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans. Ahmed Abu Khatallah
was transferred to the U.S. District Court in Washington on Saturday
morning from a Navy warship where he had been held since his June 15
capture by U.S. special operations forces in Libya. He was charged at an
afternoon hearing with conspiracy to provide material support to
terrorists resulting in death in the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador
Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi. The Sept. 11,
2012, attack triggered a political firestorm for President Barack
Obama, with Republicans accusing his administration of misrepresenting
the circumstances and of lax protection for diplomats.Read More ...
Mars 'flying saucer' splashes down after NASA test
LOS
ANGELES (AP) — A saucer-shaped NASA vehicle testing new technology for
Mars landings rocketed high over the Pacific on Saturday and deployed a
novel inflatable braking system, but its massive parachute failed to
fully unfurl as it descended to a splashdown.Read More ...
Arizona wildfire passes lines; shelter opens
VERNON,
Ariz. (AP) — Fire crews are hoping that lighter winds on Saturday will
spur progress against a wildfire that has charred more than 8 square
miles in eastern Arizona's White Mountains and prompted crews to set up a
shelter for evacuees.Read More ...
Iraqi troops push to retake Tikrit from rebels, parties pursue talks
Party
leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri
al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new
premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening
to tear apart the country.Read More ...
High court poised to decide birth-control dispute
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case
that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to
the birth control of their choice.Read More ...
Iraq launches push for militant-held northern city
Iraqi
troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early
Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of
Tikrit.Read More ...
Benghazi suspect pleads not guilty before judge
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Libyan militant accused of masterminding the deadly Benghazi
attacks that have become a flashpoint in U.S. politics appeared briefly
for the first time in an American courtroom on Saturday, pleading not
guilty to a terrorism-related charge nearly two weeks after he was
captured by military special forcesRead More ...
Iraq forces launch push for insurgent-held city
BAGHDAD
(AP) — The Iraqi government launched its biggest push yet to wrest back
ground lost to Sunni militants, as soldiers backed by tanks and
helicopter gunships began an offensive Saturday to retake the northern
city of Tikrit.Read More ...
Warrant: Man did Web search on kids dying in cars
ATLANTA
(AP) — A Georgia man charged with murder after his 22-month-old son
died in a hot SUV searched online for information about kids dying in
cars and told police he feared it could happen, according to documents
released Saturday as the boy's family held his funeral in Alabama.Read More ...
Bosnia marks end of Europe's violent century
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From Morocco to Jakarta, Muslims mark Ramadan
BEIRUT
(AP) — Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the
world's estimated 1.6 billion Muslims will mark the beginning of Ramadan
this weekend. The holy season is marred by unprecedented turmoil,
violence and sectarian hatreds that threaten to rip apart the Middle
East, the epicenter of Islam.Read More ...
Tartt, Goodwin awarded Carnegie medals
NEW
YORK (AP) — For the first time since researching her Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel, "The Goldfinch," Donna Tartt is back in Las Vegas.Read More ...
BRAZIL BEAT: Dutch fort gives Fortaleza its name
FORTALEZA,
Brazil (AP) — Ask anyone in Fortaleza for directions to the Dutch fort
in the center of their city, and you'll most likely receive a blank
stare.Read More ...
Colombia beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup
RIO
DE JANEIRO (AP) — With a spectacular swivel-and-strike, James Rodriguez
provided one of the highlights of the World Cup and gave Brazil reason
to worry.Read More ...
Thai coup leader denies conspiracy with protesters
Thailand's
junta-leading Army Chief has dismissed allegations he plotted to seize
power for years before May's coup, issuing an apparent rebuke to the
leader of the protests that crippled the former government. "It is not
true" General Prayut Chan-O-Cha said, addressing accusations that he had
discussed uprooting the divisive Shinawatra clan from politics with
firebrand protest chief Suthep Thaugsuban. Supporters of ousted premier
Yingluck Shinawatra have blamed a coalition of establishment-linked
forces -- including the army and judiciary -- for colluding to overthrow
the government, the second such army putsch in eight years. He has
imposed martial law on the kingdom, suspended the constitution, muzzled
dissent and detained or arrested hundreds of people -- mainly supporters
of the former government.Read More ...
Russia accuses US of fueling Ukrainian crisis
MOSCOW
(AP) — Russia's foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States
of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on
the European Union.Read More ...
Monsoon floods kill 11 in India, maroon thousands
Indian authorities rush food and drinking water to thousands marooned by monsoon rains and mudslides.Read More ...
Soul legend Bobby Womack dead at 70
The legendary soul singer, known for hits like "It's All Over Now," has died at age 70.Read More ...
Venezuela blackout hits much of country
A
power plant failure knocked out electricity across a big swath of
Venezuela on Friday, darkening the lights at a nationally televised
presidential ceremony and forcing a suspension of subway and train
services around the countryRead More ...
6 killed in fiery crash in Kentucky
A
station wagon lost control on a busy highway, crossed the median and
plowed head-on into a minivan, sparking a fiery crash that killed six
people — including three children — in central Kentucky.Read More ...
Snubbing Russia, Ukraine signs historic EU pact
Ukraine’s action seals the very concord that triggered the bloodshed, political convulsions of the past 7 months.Read More ...
VA review finds 'corrosive culture’
A
review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans
Affairs health care system concluded that medical care for veterans is
beset by "significant and chronic system failures," substantially
verifying problems raised by whistleblowers and internal and
congressional investigators.Read More ...
$76M OK’d for Golden Gate suicide barrier
Funds to be used for a net system that would prevent people from jumping to their deaths.Read More ...
Police: Texas couple kept son locked away for years
A
man arrested for burglary in a Central Texas town told police he had
been held captive for at least four years by his adoptive parents in a
garage apartment locked on the outside, authorities said.Read More ...
Ukraine extends cease-fire for 3 days
The weeklong cease-fire that ended today has been extended until late Monday.Read More ...
Arizona tourists, residents evacuate near wildfire
Communities
mostly populated with summer homes remain under mandatory evacuation
orders because of a wildfire in northeastern Arizona's White Mountains,
but authorities say the flames have moved into thinned or previous
burned parts of the forest.Read More ...
Mexican helicopter fires shots in Arizona
Mexican
law enforcement on Thursday crossed into Arizona by helicopter and
fired two shots at U.S. border agents, a border patrol union leader
says.Read More ...
Court: Wal-Mart must compensate workers
Canada's
Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers
at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first
Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize.Read More ...
Ex-soldier to get life in Hawaii's first death penalty trial
A
former soldier convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter will spend
the rest of his life behind bars after a federal jury announced Friday
it failed to agree on his sentence in the first death penalty trial in
Hawaii since it became a state.Read More ...
Djokovic wins Wimbledon; Li Na, V. Williams out
A year that started with another Grand Slam title for Li Na has turned into a major disappointment.Read More ...
Fear of voting grips Senate Democratic leaders
A
fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing
the chamber's modest productivity this election season to a near halt.Read More ...
Armed drones guard U.S. interests in Iraq
The U.S. is flying drones over Baghdad to help protect U.S. civilians, military forces.Read More ...
FIFA, union agree Suarez needs treatment
The
players' union and football's governing body agree on one thing in the
wake of the heavy ban imposed on Luis Suarez for his third biting
incident: the Uruguay and Liverpool striker needs help.Read More ...
Nebraska releases inmates by mistake, tries to get some back
Nebraska
authorities mistakenly released more than 300 criminals from prison
early and are trying to track the two dozen they want to put back in
jail, state officials said.Read More ...
Miss. Tea Party official dead in apparent suicide
A
prominent lawyer and leader of the Mississippi Tea Party, who was
arrested in connection with photos posted online of U.S. Senator Thad
Cochran's bedridden wife, died on Friday of an apparent suicide, the
man’s attorney said. Mark Mayfield, 57, was a founding member of the
state's Tea Party and had served as its vice chairman, the organization
said. "This is a terrible tragedy that shouldn’t have happened,"
Mayfield's lawyer and brother-in-law, John Reeves, told Reuters.
Mayfield was found lying on the floor of a garage storage room with a
single gunshot wound to his head, according to the police department in
Ridgeland, Mississippi. Mayfield's death comes after state Senator Chris
McDaniel, who had the backing of conservative Tea Party groups, lost a
bitterly contested primary runoff against Cochran on Tuesday for the
Republican Senate nomination.Read More ...
U.S. Mideast envoy Indyk resigns after peace deal attempt
In
a move symbolizing the collapse of the latest American effort to forge
an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, U.S. special Mideast envoy Martin
Indyk resigned on Friday to return to a Washington think-tank.Read More ...
Miss Delaware loses crown for being a few months too old
A
beauty contest winner, stripped of her crown as Miss Delaware due to
age, said on Friday she had done nothing wrong and wants to be allowed
to compete in the Miss America pageant even though she will turn 25 this
year. Amanda Longacre said she learned on Tuesday that she had been
disqualified because the Miss Delaware pageant determined that she had
violated the age requirement. On NBC's "Today" show on Friday, a tearful
Longacre said she was consulting a lawyer. Pageant rules require Miss
Delaware contestants to be no older than 24 and they cannot turn 25
before the end of the year.Read More ...
New round of Ukraine peace talks open
Pro-Russian separatist leaders and Kiev government mediators meet over fighting in the east.Read More ...
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