2nd escaped murderer is shot, captured after other killed
David Sweat is being held by police after he was shot and captured near Canadian border.Read More ...
Huckabee expects civil disobedience in response to SCOTUS gay marriage ruling
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Greece imposes capital controls, banks to remain shut
ATHENS,
Greece (AP) — Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most
dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding after an 8-hour session
that Greek banks would remain shut for six business days and
restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals.Read More ...
New York prison break ends with shooting of second fugitive
David
Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three
weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a
local hospital on Sunday, two days after his accomplice was killed,
authorities said. Some 1,300 members of law enforcement took part in the
search through the forests and bogs of northern New York. Sweat, 35,
was shot twice and taken into custody in the town of Constable, New
York, 23 miles (37 km) north of Duane, where his accomplice was shot and
killed on Friday, authorities said.Read More ...
Texas attorney general says county clerks can refuse gay couples
The
nation's top court said on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides
same-sex couples the right to wed, handing a victory to the American gay
rights movement. Paxton said in a statement that hundreds of public
officials in Texas were seeking guidance on how to implement what he
called a lawless and flawed decision by an "activist" court.Read More ...
South Carolina's 'Holy City' united by faith and hospitality
In
the midst of mourning the nine victims gunned down at a historic
African-American church in Charleston earlier this month, retired nurse
Vickie Countryman found herself shopping for an upcoming wedding.
Countryman, 60, was stunned when she learned that one of the massacre
victims was the assistant's cousin. "Her parting words to me were: 'It's
okay, we're going to be okay'," said Countryman.Read More ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes after launch
An
unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded just minutes after liftoff from Cape
Canaveral, Florida on Sunday, marking a major setback for the
fast-charging company headed by Internet tycoon Elon Musk. The accident
was the third in less than a year involving US and Russian supply ships
bound for the International Space Station, and raised new concerns about
the flow of food and gear to the astronauts living in orbit. Skies were
sunny and clear for the 10:21 am (1421 GMT) launch of the gleaming
white Falcon 9 rocket that was meant to propel the Dragon cargo ship on a
routine supply mission, the seventh for SpaceX so far.Read More ...
SpaceX rocket destroyed on way to space station, cargo lost
An
unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying supplies to the International Space
Station broke apart Sunday shortly after liftoff. It was a severe blow
to NASA, the third cargo mission to fail in eight months. The ...Read More ...
Iran nuclear talks near deadline
Iran's
foreign minister prepared to head home for consultations Sunday before
returning to join counterparts from other countries at the negotiating
table to push for a breakthrough.Read More ...
Armed Tunisian police swarm streets of tourist towns
By
Zoubier Souissi SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuters) - Hundreds of armed police
patrolled the streets of Tunisia's beach resorts on Sunday and the
government said it will deploy hundreds more inside hotels after the
Islamist militant attack in Sousse that killed 39 foreigners, mostly
Britons. Thousands of tourists have left Tunisia since Friday's attack,
which has shocked the North African country that relies heavily on
tourism for jobs and foreign currency revenues. Britain's Foreign Office
warned late on Saturday that Islamist militants may launch further
attacks in Tunisia after a gunman opened fire on the Imperial Marhaba
resort in the deadliest such attack in Tunisia's modern history.Read More ...
One injured in shooting at San Francisco gay pride event
Shots
were fired at a gay pride event in San Francisco, leaving one man
injured, city police said. The incident was believed to have occurred
when several groups of men unrelated to the pride event "got in a verbal
argument near or inside the venue," the San Francisco Police Department
said in a statement. The pride spectator who was shot was believed to
be "unrelated to the dispute", SFPD officer Carlos Manfredi told AFP.Read More ...
Hundreds injured in Taiwan water park blast 'hell'
Witnesses
described the scene at a Taiwan water park as "hell" after a ball of
fire ripped through a crowd, with authorities putting the injured at
nearly 500 on Sunday, more than 200 of them seriously hurt.Read More ...
Tunisia to boost security, arm tourist police after attack
Tunisia
said it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements
as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38
people at a seaside resort in an attack claimed by the Islamic State
group. Police on horseback and quad bikes patrolled the beach at Port El
Kantaoui north of Sousse, where the worst jihadist attack in Tunisia's
history took place on Friday. On Monday, interior ministers from Britain
-- the country hardest hit -- France and Germany will visit the seaside
Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel south of Tunis, where the killings took
place.Read More ...
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