| U.S. tracked missile that downed MH17 Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:27 PM PDT  Official: U.S. detected the launch of the "specific missile" that brought down the plane.
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| 23 killed in Baghdad blast Posted: 22 Jul 2014 02:53 PM PDT  A suicide car bomb explosion ripped through a police checkpoint in Baghdad Tuesday, killing 23 people and wounding more than 40, police and medical sources said. The suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at an entrance to the northwestern neighbourhood of Kadhimiyah, a police colonel and an interior ministry official said. At least five of the those killed were policemen, as were eight of those wounded, said police and medical sources, who both gave figures higher than 40 for the number of wounded. The predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Kadhimiyah lies across the Tigris river from the mainly Sunni district of Adhamiyah and is frequently targeted when sectarian tension in the country is high.
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| Clippers CEO: Rivers will quit team if Sterling remains owner Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:40 PM PDT  Los Angeles Clippers interim CEO Richard Parsons testified Tuesday that coach Doc Rivers told him he'll quit if Donald Sterling remains the owner of the team.
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| Brooklyn Bridge white flag mystery: Police look for answers Posted: 22 Jul 2014 01:27 PM PDT  Overnight, someone climbed to the top of both the Brooklyn Bridge's two 273-foot towers. According to officials, the American flags are hung by specially trained workers in the Department of Transportation. At the least police are folding up the Brooklyn Bridge white surrender flag in a respectful manner. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced an award for any information about the mysterious flags.
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| MH17: No direct Russian link found Posted: 22 Jul 2014 02:09 PM PDT  U.S. says plane was probably mistakenly downed by a missile fired by Russia-backed separatists.
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| Paterno son, other ex-coach sue Penn State for tarnished careers Posted: 22 Jul 2014 12:48 PM PDT  Two former assistant football coaches at Penn State University, including the son of disgraced former head coach Joe Paterno, are suing the school for actions they say wrecked their careers in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal.
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| After 3-year probe, feds to monitor Newark police Posted: 22 Jul 2014 02:20 PM PDT  Newark's police department will undergo independent monitoring after a three-year federal investigation released Tuesday found "a pattern of unconstitutional policing" that included excessive use of force and inadequate accountability.
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| MH17 bodies removed from war zone Posted: 22 Jul 2014 02:49 PM PDT  Train carrying dead reaches Ukraine-held territory, but rebels continue to hamper probe.
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| 192 charged in human smuggling operation Posted: 22 Jul 2014 03:08 PM PDT  U.S. says more than $625,000 has been seized in the crackdown, dubbed "Operation Coyote."
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| In historic shift, working-class whites lose voting dominance in Ohio Posted: 22 Jul 2014 10:56 AM PDT  Working-class whites are no longer a majority of Ohio's eligible voters, a historic shift in a key Midwestern swing state that has political parties pledging more outreach to a broader coalition of demographic groups.
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| Venezuela moves to empty Tower of David skyscraper slum Posted: 22 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Venezuelan authorities on Tuesday began moving residents out of the Tower of David, a Caracas skyscraper so notorious as a haven for squatters and gangs it was depicted in the US TV series "Homeland." More than 100 families were ushered out of the unfinished 45-story building, the start of an operation by military authorities to clear a longtime symbol of festering poverty and lawlessness in the heart of the Venezuelan capital. Its construction halted in 1993 after a financial crisis and the death of its owner, investor David Brillembourg, the building was taken over in 2007 by gangs and homeless people with the blessings of the government of President Hugo Chavez. Stories about the crime-ridden haven inspired "Homeland" writers to make the Tower of David a place of refuge for anti-hero Nicholas Brody, who -- running from US authorities in the last season of the hit show -- turns up there wounded and in the care of a shadowy network of Venezuelan drug traffickers.
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| 101-year-old weather observer gets a place in the sun Posted: 22 Jul 2014 01:33 PM PDT  It takes only a couple of minutes, twice a day, but 101-year-old Richard Hendrickson is fiercely proud that he has done the same thing for his country and community nearly every day since Herbert Hoover was in the White House in 1930.
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| FAA bans US-Tel Aviv flights Posted: 22 Jul 2014 04:42 PM PDT  After rocket lands near Israel's main airport, no flights for 24 hours, agency tells US airlines.
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| Cause of massive N.D. fire unknown, flights cancelled Posted: 22 Jul 2014 11:05 AM PDT  A massive fire was still burning Tuesday afternoon 12 hours after it began at an oil supply company in an industrial part of the western North Dakota oil patch town of Williston.
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| Last body found in Oso mudslide, search team says Posted: 22 Jul 2014 01:12 PM PDT  The Snohomish County sheriff's office in Washington state says search and rescue personnel believe they have found the last body from the March 22 mudslide that killed 43 people at Oso, Washington.
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| Crews make gains on massive Washington wildfire Posted: 22 Jul 2014 04:19 PM PDT  A destructive wildfire in north-central Washington state grew slightly overnight, but firefighters have made progress in their efforts to get it under control, officials said Tuesday.
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| UK plans new laws against female genital mutilation Posted: 22 Jul 2014 09:50 AM PDT  By Kylie MacLellan and Emma Batha LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will introduce new laws to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) including making it compulsory for teachers and health workers to report cases, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. "It's absolutely clear what we are trying to achieve...and that is to outlaw the practices of female genital mutilation and childhood and early forced marriage; Around 103,000 women aged between 15 and 49, and another 10,000 girls aged under 15 who have migrated to England and Wales are estimated to have undergone FGM, according to a report on Tuesday from City University London. Cameron said ending FGM and child marriage was a global challenge on a par with eradicating poverty and tackling diseases.
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| Victim of 'Slenderman' stabbing sent Purple Heart Posted: 22 Jul 2014 09:10 AM PDT  WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin girl stabbed 19 times, allegedly by classmates trying to please a fictional online character, has received a military Purple Heart from an anonymous donor.
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| France sells warship to Russia despite Ukraine sanctions Posted: 22 Jul 2014 12:51 PM PDT  France says it will go ahead with the sale of a warship to Russia despite calls for an arms embargo against the country, highlighting how Europe's strong business ties are hindering its ability to punish Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine.
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| Palestinians propose Gaza ceasefire, five-day peace talks Posted: 22 Jul 2014 09:14 AM PDT  The Palestinian leadership proposed to Egypt a plan for a Gaza ceasefire to be followed by five days of negotiations to stop fighting between Palestinians and Israel, Palestinian official Azzam al-Ahmed told reporters in Cairo on Tuesday. "The Palestinian leadership offered a new suggestion in the framework of the Egyptian initiative for a ceasefire followed immediately by negotiations lasting five days," Fatah official al-Ahmed said. Writing by Shadia Nasralla;
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| Court deals setback to Obama health care law Posted: 22 Jul 2014 08:11 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court delivered a serious setback to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially derailing billions of dollars in subsidies for many low- and middle-income people who bought policies.
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| Airlines cancelling Israel flights Posted: 22 Jul 2014 08:38 AM PDT  Delta Air Lines cited reports rocket landed near Tel Aviv airport; US Airways cancels Philly-Tel Aviv flight.
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| Federal drug inmates to be deported under new guidelines Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:47 AM PDT  Thanks to new drug rules, thousands of federal prisoners will be sent home fast.
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| Akin tries, again, to clarify 'legitimate rape' Posted: 22 Jul 2014 05:50 AM PDT  Former GOP Congressman and 2012 Senate candidate from Missouri doesn't rule out another office run
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| Nearly a dozen parents of missing Nigerian girls have died Posted: 22 Jul 2014 01:47 PM PDT  Nearly a dozen parents of the more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have died.
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| Missing Israeli soldier in Gaza presumed dead Posted: 22 Jul 2014 11:30 AM PDT  By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Tuesday it had failed to trace any remains of one of its soldiers who it believes died in the Gaza Strip two days ago and whom Hamas said it had captured. The Israeli military named the missing man as Oron Shaul, 21, who was travelling in an armoured vehicle that was hit by at least one anti-tank missile fired by Palestinian fighters in Gaza on Sunday. "The efforts to identify the seventh soldier are ongoing and have yet to be determined," it added. Hamas's armed wing announced on Sunday it had captured an Israeli soldier identified as Shaul Aron, revealing his army ID number, but not saying whether he was dead or alive.
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| Is this evolution? Humans getting taller, fatter, older Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:20 AM PDT  Humans are getting taller; Most of the transformations that occur within such a short time period "are simply the developmental responses of organisms to changed conditions," such as differences in nutrition, food distribution, health care and hygiene practices, said Stephen Stearns, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University. But the origin of these changes may be much deeper and more complex than that, said Stearns, pointing to a study finding that British soldiers have shot up in height in the past century. "Evolution has shaped the developmental program that can respond flexibly to changes in the environment," Stearns said.
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| Train carrying MH17 bodies on final journey reaches Ukraine city Posted: 22 Jul 2014 11:24 AM PDT  A train carrying the remains of crash victims arrived in Ukrainian government territory.
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| Strongest typhoon in decades leaves 46 dead in China's south Posted: 22 Jul 2014 05:59 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from the strongest typhoon to slam into China's south in decades has risen to 46, with 25 other people still missing, the government said Tuesday.
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| Korea ferry owner found dead Posted: 22 Jul 2014 05:03 AM PDT  The body of South Korea's most wanted man has been found in sordid circumstances.
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| Putin: I'll handle Ukraine rebels, West should butt out Posted: 22 Jul 2014 08:44 AM PDT  By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russia would try to ensure Ukrainian separatists cooperate with an investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, but said the West must do more to persuade Kiev to end hostilities. Putin came out fighting in his most detailed comments since the plane was brought down on Thursday, dismissing criticism of Russia's role in events in rebel-held east Ukraine and describing the West's position as "strange and unacceptable". Accusing the United States indirectly of pulling the strings in Kiev, trying to bully Russia and meddling in Russia's domestic affairs, the president said in televised remarks: "Such methods will not work on Russia." Reading from notes at the head of a long table flanked by his top government, parliament, security and defense officials, Putin spoke much more forcefully than during brief televised remarks on the plane's downing first released in the early hours of Monday, when he looked tired and less assured than usual.
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| Inside restaurant where your waiter could be convicted murderer Posted: 22 Jul 2014 04:42 AM PDT  By David Lalmalsawma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - As India's capital baked in a heat wave, banker Gaurav Gupta sat down for lunch at a new air-conditioned restaurant, to be greeted by a smiling waiter who took his order for a traditional "thali" meal of flat bread, lentils, vegetables and rice.Nothing unusual, except that the employee, like most of his colleagues, is a convicted murderer serving time in South Asia's largest prison complex."Tihar Food Court" in west Delhi, a rehabilitation effort kicked off by the Tihar prison, opened in the first week of July on an "experimental basis" while awaiting formal clearances. "The restaurant was set up to give employment to the inmates and project the positive aspects of prison work to the public," said spokesman Gupta.A similar experiment has run for more than two years in the southern state of Kerala, where prison inmates dish up food sold at a counter near the jail, or distributed by mobile vans.
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| Israeli soldier missing as Gaza fighting rages on Posted: 22 Jul 2014 07:29 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli soldier is missing following a deadly battle in the Gaza Strip, a defense official said Tuesday, as Israeli airstrikes pummeled a wide range of locations along the coastal area and diplomatic efforts intensified to end the two week war that has killed more than 600 Palestinians and 29 Israelis. |
| Clinton: US, Europe should get tough on Russia Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:41 PM PDT  The former Secretary of State is urging tougher sanctions.
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| Detroit retirees back pension cuts by a landslide Posted: 22 Jul 2014 06:13 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A year after filing for bankruptcy, Detroit is building momentum to get out, especially after workers and retirees voted in favor of major pension changes just a few weeks before a judge holds a crucial trial that could end the largest public filing in U.S. history.
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| S. Korean police confirm body belongs to ferry fugitive Posted: 21 Jul 2014 06:17 PM PDT  South Korean police say they've found a body of a fugitive billionaire businessman sought over April's ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing.
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| Airlines ban flights to Israel after rocket strike Posted: 22 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas rocket exploded Tuesday near Israel's main airport, prompting a ban on flights from the U.S. and many from Europe and Canada as aviation authorities responded to the shock of seeing a civilian jetliner shot down over Ukraine.
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| Gaza blockade key to any Israel-Hamas truce deal Posted: 22 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Zain was driven from his home by Israeli tank fire this week, but says he'd rather endure more Israel-Hamas fighting than accept an unconditional cease-fire he fears will leave in place the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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| Lax security at crash site hampers investigations Posted: 22 Jul 2014 01:55 PM PDT  HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) — When international monitors and Malaysian aviation experts arrived Tuesday at the two main sites where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 smashed into the undulating countryside of eastern Ukraine, there was almost no perimeter tape.
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| JetBlue pilot among 6 arrested in Boston drug bust Posted: 22 Jul 2014 07:40 AM PDT  A JetBlue pilot from Florida is among six people arrested by Boston police over the weekend in an investigation of drug dealing incidents near the Boston Common.
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