Lotus hearing adjourned as takeover talks heats up
LONDON (AP) — A court hearing involving the Lotus Formula One team was adjourned again on Friday amid reports that a takeover by French manufacturer Renault is imminent.
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Activists: Syrian warplanes attack IS-held Palmyra
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes unleashed a wave of deadly airstrikes on the Islamic State-held town of Palmyra in central Syria on Friday, killing at least 15 and wounding many more, activists said, in some of the heaviest bombardment since the extremist group seized the ancient town May 10.
Latest: Macedonia extends state of emergency in border area
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local (CET):
Murray gives Britain flying start in Davis Cup
Andy Murray gave Great Britain a flying start in their Davis Cup semi-final against Australia with a 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis on Friday. World number three Murray took under two hours to see off the challenge of the 19-year-old Australian on the hard court of the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The 28-year-old’s success eases the pressure on Dan Evans who faces Bernard Tomic in the second singles
Hunting El Chapo: For DEA's Jack Riley, it's personal
Riley was once the target of an assassination plot by the escaped drug lord’s operatives.
Alleged church shooter's friend pleads not guilty to lying
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof’s friend knew about his plans to shoot black church members during Bible study in Charleston and lied to investigators when they interviewed him a day after the massacre, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
Trump declines to correct man who says Obama is Muslim
The GOP frontrunner declined to correct a questioner at a town hall in New Hampshire.
Massachusetts police identify remains of missing toddler: media
Massachusetts police have identified the 4-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a trash bag on a beach in Boston Harbor in June, local media reported on Friday, citing unnamed law-enforcement sources. Police have also searched an area home in conjunction with the investigation, Boston’s WHDH television said. A spokesman for Suffolk County prosecutors said the “investigation remains very active,” but declined to provide details.
Police to review handling of Texas student handcuffed over clock
“One thing is clear to me, regardless of what we did, no matter what decision was made, there would’ve been people who agreed with it and people who disagreed with it,” police Chief Larry Boyd told CNN. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Ahmed Mohamed, 14, is Muslim and the case was an example of the climate of hate and manufactured fear around the religion. The bespectacled ninth grader in
Contraception opt-out violates religious freedom: U.S. appeals court
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that President Barack Obama’s healthcare law violates the rights of religiously affiliated employers by forcing them to help provide contraceptive coverage even though they do not have to pay for it. The split in the circuit courts created makes it more likely that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue in its coming term, which begins in October and runs through June.