EPA seeks to cut power plant carbon by 30 percent
The plan is one of the most significant actions to address global warming in U.S. history.Read More ...
25 years on, Tiananmen barely known to China youth
BEIJING
(AP) — Born in 1989, Steve Wang sometimes wonders what happened in his
hometown of Beijing that year. But his curiosity about pro-democracy
protests and the crackdown on them passes quickly.Read More ...
Poll: More Americans oppose Snowden's actions
One third of respondents disagree with his decision to flee the U.S. and leak NSA secrets.Read More ...
'Brady Brunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas
SAN
ANTONIO (AP) — Emmy-winning actress Ann B. Davis, who became the
country's favorite and most famous housekeeper as the devoted Alice
Nelson of "The Brady Bunch," died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. She
was 88.Read More ...
Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg calls for stricter gun laws
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg weighed in on the rampage in California.Read More ...
Debate stirs over US-Taliban captive swap
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl can expect a buoyant homecoming after
five years in Taliban hands, but those in the government who worked for
his release face mounting questions over the prisoner swap that won his
freedom.Read More ...
Clues sought in deadly Massachusetts jet crash
BEDFORD,
Mass. (AP) — An airport employee watched as the Gulfstream jet raced
past the end of a runway, plunged down an embankment and erupted in
flames.Read More ...
Authors of Polish democracy see its good, bad side
WARSAW,
Poland (AP) — One was an electrician proud of his working class roots.
The other an intellectual who writes on the nature of freedom. A study
in contrast, Lech Walesa and Adam Michnik were nonetheless the two
heroes of Poland's democracy movement. And a quarter century after a
historic election that brought freedom to their nation, they share a
sense of wonder at the "miracle" of democracy — and some disappointment
at today's Poland.Read More ...
Ukraine says insurgents attack border guards
DONETSK,
Ukraine (AP) — An unspecified number of servicemen have been injured in
an insurgent attack on their camp in eastern Ukraine, the country's
border guard service said Monday.Read More ...
AP PHOTOS: Iran mineral baths offer relief
SAREIN,
Iran (AP) — Spring-fed mineral baths on the slopes of Iran's Sabalan
mountain draw patients seeking traditional hydrotherapy and tourists
seeking a relaxing getaway.Read More ...
'Brady Bunch' actress Ann B. Davis dies in Texas
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World Cup's most exotic city awaits tourist influx
MANAUS,
Brazil (AP) — Death by giant snakes, malarial mosquitoes or
drug-addled, knife-wielding thieves: If the barrage of blood-soaked
headlines in the British tabloids is to be believed, that's what awaits
soccer fans travelling to the most exotic of Brazil's World Cup host
cities, the Amazonian metropolis of Manaus.Read More ...
Kings advance to Stanley Cup finals vs Rangers
CHICAGO
(AP) — The Los Angeles Kings almost went down in their opening playoff
series. They flirted with elimination again in the second round. They
went to the absolute edge of the offseason in the Western Conference
finals.Read More ...
Park: Too risky to search for 6 Rainier climbers
MOUNT
RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Park officials say it's currently
too risky to send people in search of six climbers who likely fell
thousands of feet to their deaths while attempting to scale the
14,410-foot Mount Rainier.Read More ...
US defends captive swap with Taliban, critics stir
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Five years a captive from the Afghanistan war, Sgt. Bowe
Bergdahl is back in American hands, freed for five Guantanamo terrorism
detainees in a swap stirring a sharp debate in Washington over whether
the U.S. should have negotiated with the Taliban over a prisoner
exchange.Read More ...
Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner dead in plane crash
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) — Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with
six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, his business
partner said Sunday.Read More ...
France: Suspect in Brussels' Jewish Museum shooting arrested
PARIS
(AP) — A man has been arrested in southeast France in the investigation
of a shooting at a Jewish museum in Brussels that left at least three
people dead, the Paris prosecutor's office said Sunday.Read More ...
Officials: 7 aboard NJ-bound plane die in crash
All aboard a private plane that crashed on takeoff in a Massachusetts air field were killed, authorities said.Read More ...
Chuck Hagel: Captive's life was in danger
The
defense secretary cited Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health and safety as major
reasons the U.S. moved swiftly to arrange a prisoner swap with the
Taliban.Read More ...
Thai protesters come out again despite junta's ban
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U.S. soldier freed in Afghanistan, 5 Taliban prisoners leave Gitmo
By
Warren Strobel and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sole
American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was flown to a U.S.
military hospital in Germany on Sunday after being freed in a swap deal
for five Taliban militants who were released from the Guantanamo Bay
prison in Cuba. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl had been held for nearly
five years and his release, following years of on-off negotiations,
suddenly became possible after harder-line factions of the Afghan
Taliban shifted course and agreed to back it, U.S. officials said. "As I
said and explained before, Sergeant Bergdahl was a prisoner of war.Read More ...
US soldier freed from captivity in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been
freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan
detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama
administration officials said Saturday.Read More ...
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