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Obama to announce U.S., Cuba deal to reopen embassies
IMF: Greece misses $1.8 billion loan payment
Chris Christie launches 2016 presidential bid
Obama's approval rating hits two-year high
KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues
Oklahoma to quickly resume executions after Supreme Court decision
U.S. Justice Dept. cites missteps by police during Ferguson unrest
Little hope of survivors in Indonesian military plane crash
Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape
Crunch time for Greece as IMF debt looms and bailout ends
Why Chris Christie has to run for president to stay afloat in New Jersey
How state fights against same-sex marriage may backfire
In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening
Survey shows enough votes to remove Confederate flag in SC
At end of contentious term, justices go out with a bang on lethal injection case
Supreme Court justice wonders whether death penalty violates Constitution

Obama to announce U.S., Cuba deal to reopen embassies

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The shift is part of the president's drive to wipe away Cold War-era tensions with Havana.

IMF: Greece misses $1.8 billion loan payment

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 03:22 PM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece's financial woes (all times local):

Chris Christie launches 2016 presidential bid

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 06:51 AM PDT

Yahoo's Bianna Golodryga and guests look at the N.J. governor's chances in a crowded GOP field.

Obama's approval rating hits two-year high

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 07:41 AM PDT

According to a new CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday, 50 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his presidency — up 5 points over the most recent survey and his highest approval rating since May 2013.

KKK plans South Carolina rally as Confederate flag debate continues

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:51 PM PDT

The Ku Klux Klan plans to hold a pro-Confederate flag rally at South Carolina's capitol, where a statue of a former state governor who championed white supremacy was vandalized on Tuesday amid scrutiny of symbols associated with slavery. The Civil War-era flag and related monuments have become flashpoints after nine black men and women were gunned down at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina. The suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man, had posed with a Confederate battle flag in photos posted on a website that displayed a racist manifesto attributed to him.

Oklahoma to quickly resume executions after Supreme Court decision

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 12:43 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Oklahoma is looking to resume executions as soon as August after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that a drug used in the state's lethal injection mix was appropriate and legal, officials said on Tuesday.

U.S. Justice Dept. cites missteps by police during Ferguson unrest

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:35 PM PDT

Police responding to race-related protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer made a series of missteps, including antagonizing crowds with attack dogs and military-style tactics, according to a U.S. Justice Department report. A Justice Department representative said the "after-action assessment ... will convey the findings and lessons learned." The report focuses on the tactics of police from Ferguson, St. Louis, St. Louis County and the Missouri Highway Patrol. All four agencies tried to quell the protests and riots that broke out after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on Aug. 9, 2014.

Little hope of survivors in Indonesian military plane crash

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 09:04 AM PDT

An aircraft crashes into a residential neighborhood in Indonesia's third-largest city.

Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:38 PM PDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid an internal investigation into how the inmates pulled it off, a state official said Tuesday.

Crunch time for Greece as IMF debt looms and bailout ends

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 04:15 PM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It's crunch time for Greece, with the European part of its international bailout expiring Tuesday and with it any possible access to the remaining rescue loans that it needs to pay its debts.

Why Chris Christie has to run for president to stay afloat in New Jersey

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The only thing keeping him politically afloat at home is the prospect of a presidential campaign.

How state fights against same-sex marriage may backfire

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Efforts by some states to challenge the Supreme Court ruling will likely prove futile.

In Supreme Court loss, death penalty foes see an opening

Posted: 30 Jun 2015 02:35 PM PDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A strongly worded dissent in the U.S. Supreme Court's narrow decision this week upholding the use of an execution drug offered a glimmer of hope to death penalty opponents in what they considered otherwise a gloomy ruling. One advocate went so far Tuesday as to call it a blueprint for a fresh attack on the legality of capital punishment itself.

Survey shows enough votes to remove Confederate flag in SC

Posted: 29 Jun 2015 05:05 PM PDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A survey of South Carolina legislators shows there is enough support to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds if all supporters cast a vote.