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• 5 dead in Las Vegas shooting
• Gunmen storm airport in Pakistan, killing 9 people
• John Kerry defends Bergdahl swap with Taliban
• Gunmen storm Pakistan airport, killing at least 11
• Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors
• Pope dives into Mideast peace with prayer summit
• Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt's president
• Morgan recovering after surgery following crash
• Tony Awards will lean on songs and celebrities
• 51 beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown
• Brazil, Qatar continue to cause FIFA problems
• Aerial reenactment caps D-Day celebrations
• Pope wades into Mideast peace with prayer summit
• Clinton decision on 2016 run could come next year
• New Egypt president sworn in, calls for stability
• Threats made against Bergdahl’s family
• Quebec sees second jailbreak involving helicopter
• California Chrome's Triple try ends in defeat

5 dead in Las Vegas shooting Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:49 PM PDT Two suspects entered an eatery and fatally shot two officers before killing a civilian.

Gunmen storm airport in Pakistan, killing 9 people Posted: 08 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen disguised as police guards stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo in Pakistan's largest city Sunday night, killing at least nine people as explosions echoed into night, officials said.

John Kerry defends Bergdahl swap with Taliban Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry defended Sunday the swap of five Guantanamo detainees for American Bowe Bergdahl, amid reports the captive US soldier was kept at times in a metal cage and in total darkness. Kerry doubled down on President Barack Obama's controversial decision to make the trade in exchange for the release of Bergdahl, who the top US diplomat said was at risk of being tortured by his captors. Bergdahl was released to US troops in Afghanistan last Saturday in exchange for the five Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Gunmen storm Pakistan airport, killing at least 11 Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:48 PM PDT KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport Sunday night with machine guns and a rocket launcher, killing at least 11 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said. A separate suicide bombing in the country's southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said.

Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:05 PM PDT PARIS (AP) — U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at an American military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.

Pope dives into Mideast peace with prayer summit Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:29 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis plunged head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for a remarkable evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.

Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt's president Posted: 08 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, winner by a landslide in last month's presidential election, was sworn into office Sunday nearly a year after he ousted the nation's first freely elected leader.

Morgan recovering after surgery following crash Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:18 PM PDT TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Tracy Morgan was recovering Sunday, but was expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after having surgery on a broken leg suffered in a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left two others critically injured and another man dead.

Tony Awards will lean on songs and celebrities Posted: 08 Jun 2014 11:37 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Relax, Idina. At this star-studded ceremony, no one is going to mangle your name.

51 beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:43 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia are vying for the crown this weekend, each hoping to be the one named Miss USA.

Brazil, Qatar continue to cause FIFA problems Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:07 PM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Days before the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, the equally troubled 2022 tournament in Qatar continues to cause FIFA problems.

Aerial reenactment caps D-Day celebrations Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT LA FIERE, France (AP) — Nearly 1,000 paratroopers dropped out of the sky in Normandy on Sunday — but this time they did so in peace, instead of to wrest western France from the Nazis as they did during World War II.

Pope wades into Mideast peace with prayer summit Posted: 08 Jun 2014 11:35 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for an evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.

Clinton decision on 2016 run could come next year Posted: 08 Jun 2014 08:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision on seeking the White House again could stretch into 2015, and she's making no commitments about testifying before a select congressional committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

New Egypt president sworn in, calls for stability Posted: 08 Jun 2014 07:14 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in Sunday as president for a four-year term, assuming the highest office of a deeply polarized nation roiled by deadly unrest and an economic crisis since its Arab Spring uprising in 2011.

Threats made against Bergdahl’s family Posted: 07 Jun 2014 08:06 PM PDT The father of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has received several hate emails, police say.

Quebec sees second jailbreak involving helicopter Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:34 PM PDT MONTREAL (AP) — The search widened Sunday for three inmates who escaped with the help of a helicopter from a detention center in Quebec City a day earlier.

California Chrome's Triple try ends in defeat Posted: 07 Jun 2014 07:35 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to long shot Tonalist and leaving his owner to complain others took "the coward's way out" by skipping the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

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