Burundi opposition to boycott elections, claiming unfair
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A group of 17 political parties have agreed to boycott elections in Burundi because they don’t believe they will be free and fair, an opposition leader said Thursday.
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Legendary actor Christopher Lee dead at 93
Syria rebels seize most of Sweida military airport: spokesman
Syrian rebels seized most of a military airport in regime-controlled Sweida province Thursday and shot down a warplane nearby, a spokesman told AFP. “The Southern Front has liberated Al-Thaala military airport and is carrying out mopping-up operations against remaining forces,” the alliance’s spokesman, Major Essam al-Rayes, told AFP. The Syrian Observatory for Human rights also reported the rebel advance into the airport in the Druze-majority southern province.
Why Republican candidates should want to be shut out of debates
Now that we know the number of Republicans running for president this year is exponentially higher than the number of voters Rick Santorum can lure into a room in Iowa, the media that sponsor debates are freaking out.
Tropical storm Carlos forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
Tropical storm Carlos formed off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico on Thursday and was expected to gain some strength in the coming days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Carlos was about 230 miles (370 km) south of the beach resort of Acapulco and had maximum winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h), the Miami-based NHC said. The center said the storm was expected to move in a
Police searching area near New York prison for 2 escapees
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Police blocked off the main road outside a northern New York village as authorities on Thursday concentrated their sixth day of searching for two escaped murderers on a swampy area just a couple of miles from the prison the convicts broke out of last weekend.
Legendary actor Christopher Lee dead at 93
Why Republican candidates should want to be shut out of debates
Now that we know the number of Republicans running for president this year is exponentially higher than the number of voters Rick Santorum can lure into a room in Iowa, the media that sponsor debates are freaking out.
New York man charged with murdering police officer
A New York man accused of shooting a plainclothes police officer last month was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, in a 12-count indictment that stiffened prior charges after the officer’s death. Demetrius Blackwell, 35, was arrested hours after he allegedly shot New York Police Department officer Brian Moore, 25, in the head after Moore attempted to question him in a middle-class section of the borough of Queens on May
New York man charged with murdering police officer
A New York man accused of shooting a plainclothes police officer last month was charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, in a 12-count indictment that stiffened prior charges after the officer’s death. Demetrius Blackwell, 35, was arrested hours after he allegedly shot New York Police Department officer Brian Moore, 25, in the head after Moore attempted to question him in a middle-class section of the borough of Queens on May