Trump dumped from conservative gathering over remarks about Megyn Kelly
Trump dumped from conservative gathering over remarks about Megyn Kelly
Trump dumped from conservative gathering over remarks about Megyn Kelly
Trump dumped from conservative gathering over remarks about Megyn Kelly
Trump dumped from conservative gathering over remarks about Megyn Kelly
Colorado gunman gets life sentence for killing 12 in movie rampage
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life without parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight screening of a Batman film wielding a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun and pistol and killed a dozen people. After less than a day of deliberations, and in a surprise to many legal experts and those in the packed
Four dead after small plane crashes in northern New York State: police
(Reuters) – Four bodies were found in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, the New York State Police said on Saturday. The plane went down half a mile (0.8 km) from Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear, New York, at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, police said in a statement. State police, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were
Michael Brown's father says family still in mourning
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. says he and the family are still in mourning one year after his son’s death.
Michael Brown's father says family still in mourning
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. says he and the family are still in mourning one year after his son’s death.
Michael Brown's father says family still in mourning
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown Sr. says he and the family are still in mourning one year after his son’s death.
Typhoon threatens China after 10 dead or missing in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan, where at least six people were killed, four left missing and dozens injured.
Pennsylvania's top prosecutor to be arraigned in leak case
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is set to be arraigned on Saturday via video conference on charges of criminal obstruction relating to a leak about a rival. Kane, 49, who in 2012 became the first woman and first Democrat elected as the state’s top prosecutor, has vowed to fight the charges, though she would have to step down if convicted. A special grand jury in January recommended charges of perjury
Typhoon threatens China after 10 dead or missing in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan, where at least six people were killed, four left missing and dozens injured.
Typhoon threatens China after 10 dead or missing in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan, where at least six people were killed, four left missing and dozens injured.
Colorado gunman gets life sentence for killing 12 in movie rampage
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life without parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight screening of a Batman film wielding a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun and pistol and killed a dozen people. After less than a day of deliberations, and in a surprise to many legal experts and those in the packed
Colorado gunman gets life sentence for killing 12 in movie rampage
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life without parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight screening of a Batman film wielding a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun and pistol and killed a dozen people. After less than a day of deliberations, and in a surprise to many legal experts and those in the packed
Biden expected to decide about race after weeklong retreat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and his wife are retreating from Washington for a week in South Carolina with little on their schedule but a momentous decision to make: whether he should run for president.
Colorado gunman gets life sentence for killing 12 in movie rampage
By Keith Coffman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life without parole on Friday, rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight screening of a Batman film wielding a semi-automatic rifle, shotgun and pistol and killed a dozen people. After less than a day of deliberations, and in a surprise to many legal experts and those in the packed
Four dead after small plane crashes in northern New York State: police
(Reuters) – Four bodies were found in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, the New York State Police said on Saturday. The plane went down half a mile (0.8 km) from Adirondack Airport in Lake Clear, New York, at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, police said in a statement. State police, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were
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Germanwings crash families prepare lawsuit in U.S.: report
The families of passengers killed in the Germanwings crash will take legal action against Lufthansa in the United States after rejecting the carrier’s compensation offer as inadequate, Bild am Sonntag said, citing the families’ lawyer. Germanwings, a unit of Lufthansa, in June offered 25,000 euros ($27,500) per victim for the pain and suffering caused by the March 24 crash that killed all 150 onboard. United States law provides for large
Firms linked to Revolutionary Guards to win sanctions relief under Iran deal
By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Yeganeh Torbati BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dozens of companies tied to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, a military force commanding a powerful industrial empire with huge political influence, will win sanctions relief under a nuclear deal agreed with world powers. The development is likely to anger critics of the accord, not least in the United States and Israel, but may be welcomed by Iranians eager for Iran to
Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in 'arson attack'
OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said Sunday that four of their vehicles were destroyed in an apparent arson attack at their hotel. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe described the attack as aimed at halting its monitoring activities in the separatist region, but stressed that it has no plans to leave. The OSCE’s special monitoring mission to Ukraine, which observes the
Argentines vote in presidential, congressional primaries
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Millions of voters in Argentina braved rains on Sunday to weigh in on what the South American nation should look like after the departure of President Cristina Fernandez, who along with her late husband guided the country for 12 years with social welfare policies aimed at the poor while often employing combative rhetoric and protectionist policies with other nations.
Phelps 3rd-fastest in prelims for 200 IM at US nationals
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Michael Phelps has posted the third-fastest qualifying time in preliminaries of the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. national championships.
Haitians votes in long-delayed legislative elections
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians were electing legislators to Parliament Sunday after a yearslong wait, but the vote was plagued with delays, disorder and occasional fistfights.
Attacks on army, police, U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
Attacks on army, police, U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
Attacks on army, police, U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
Attacks on army, police, U.S. special forces kill 50 in Kabul
By Mirwais Harooni and Jessica Donati KABUL (Reuters) – A wave of attacks on the Afghan army and police and U.S. special forces in Kabul killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader’s death. The bloodshed began on Friday with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and
Twelve dead as Mali hotel siege ends, hostages freed
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
Twelve dead as Mali hotel siege ends, hostages freed
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
Twelve dead as Mali hotel siege ends, hostages freed
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
Twelve dead as Mali hotel siege ends, hostages freed
By Emma Farge and Adama Diarra BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a nearly 24-hour siege in which 12 people died. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, around 600 km (400 miles) northeast of the west African nation’s capital Bamako, early on Friday
Iran rejects accusations about military site as 'lies'
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
Iran rejects accusations about military site as 'lies'
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
Iran rejects accusations about military site as 'lies'
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
Iran rejects accusations about military site as 'lies'
Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that accusations about activity at its Parchin military site were “lies” spread by opponents of its landmark nuclear deal with world powers clinched last month. “We said that the activities in Parchin are related to road construction,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quoted on Saturday as saying by the IRNA state news agency. Parchin is a site to which the U.N. nuclear watchdog,
Powerful storm hits Taiwan, millions without power, six dead
By Michael Gold and Yimou Lee TAIPEI/YILAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – A powerful typhoon battered Taiwan on Saturday with strong wind and torrential rain, cutting power to 3.62 million households as the death toll rose to six. Television footage trees uprooted and power poles toppled over, a moped being swept into the air by wind and shipping containers piled on top of each other at a port. “The storm will weaken
Powerful storm hits Taiwan, millions without power, six dead
By Michael Gold and Yimou Lee TAIPEI/YILAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – A powerful typhoon battered Taiwan on Saturday with strong wind and torrential rain, cutting power to 3.62 million households as the death toll rose to six. Television footage trees uprooted and power poles toppled over, a moped being swept into the air by wind and shipping containers piled on top of each other at a port. “The storm will weaken
