UN-brokered Yemen peace talks end with no deal
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed says peace talks in Geneva between the exiled Yemeni government and Shiite rebels who control the capital have concluded without reaching an agreement.
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The Latest: Older generation in contention at US Open
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — The latest from the U.S. Open (all times local):
Palestinian kills Israeli near West Bank settlement
Jerusalem (AFP) – A Palestinian opened fire on two Israeli men near a West Bank settlement on Friday, killing one and wounding the other, authorities said.
Dylann Roof charged with 9 counts of murder in S.C. massacre
By Edward McAllister, Harriet McLeod and Alana Wise CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder for an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, local police said on Friday, with media reporting that he had hoped his actions would incite a race war in the United States. Dylann Roof is due to face a bail hearing later on Friday, where
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Greece gets temporary lifeline, turns hope to new summit
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With the clock running down on Greece’s chances of avoiding a painful exit from the euro, the country got a temporary lifeline Friday to help it cope with a bank deposit drain and turned its hopes to a European leaders’ summit next week.
Obamacare repeal to boost 10-year U.S. deficit by $353 billion: congressional forecasters
Repealing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform law would increase the U.S. budget deficit by $353 billion over 10 years, but the increase would be smaller if economic growth effects are considered, congressional forecasters said on Friday. In their first major analysis of the issue in three years, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation said a repeal would increase the number of uninsured Americans and would
Iowa Supreme Court allows telemedicine abortion program to go on
The unanimous decision by six justices released on Friday said the rule violated the state’s constitution and placed an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions because Planned Parenthood had only three clinics and that many women would need to drive hundreds of miles to reach the clinics. The rule was passed in July 2013 by the Iowa Board of Medicine, which regulates the practice of medicine in the state, requiring
North Korea says it has 'cure' for MERS, Ebola, Aids
North Korea claims it has developed a vaccine that is “very effective” in curing MERS, Ebola and Aids, as well as a range of other diseases and ailments, state news agency KCNA reported. South Korea is currently battling with an outbreak of MERS, which has killed 24 people while 166 cases have been confirmed — the largest outbreak of the disease outside Saudi Arabia. Developed by North Korea’s Pugang Pharmaceutic
Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has struck down a restriction that would have prevented doctors from administering abortion-inducing pills remotely via video teleconferencing, saying it would have placed an undue burden on a woman’s right to get an abortion.