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• Islamic State fighter from U.S. in custody in Iraq
• Brothers accused in recording attack that left officer dead
• Water ebbing in north Louisiana, rising at Mississippi line
• Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing
• Europe-Russia mission blasts off on hunt for life on Mars
• Authorities: Over 130 cars involved in wreck on I-40 in NC
• GOP prepares to fight Obama nominee, no matter whom he picks
• Everything you need to know for the NCAA tournament
• Mitt Romney to campaign with Kasich on eve of Ohio vote
• Car bomb in Turkey's capital kills at least 34, wounds 125

Islamic State fighter from U.S. in custody in Iraq Posted: 14 Mar 2016 04:51 PM PDT By Isabel Coles ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - An American fighting for Islamic State was taken into custody in northern Iraq after he left territory controlled by the militant group, according to two Kurdish officers, one of whom arrested him. Both said it appeared the man was intending to escape both Islamic State and Kurdish forces but handed himself in after peshmerga fighters opened fire on him near the frontline in the village of Golat. Captain Daham Khalaf said they had spotted the fighter hiding in long grass around dawn and waited until the sun rose before surrounding him.

Brothers accused in recording attack that left officer dead Posted: 14 Mar 2016 04:38 PM PDT CHEVERLY, Md. (AP) — An undercover narcotics officer was mortally wounded by one of his colleagues as he responded to an attack on his police station by a gunman with a death wish, their police chief angrily explained on Monday.

Water ebbing in north Louisiana, rising at Mississippi line Posted: 14 Mar 2016 05:06 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As floodwaters began receding Monday in northwest Louisiana, emergency officials along Louisiana's southeastern border with Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes.

Turkey carries out airstrikes after deadly bombing Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:42 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey lashed out Monday at Kurdish targets, bombing military positions in northern Iraq and rounding up dozens of militants at home after a suicide car bombing in the heart of the capital drew the country even deeper into the complex Syrian conflict.

Europe-Russia mission blasts off on hunt for life on Mars Posted: 14 Mar 2016 10:20 AM PDT A joint European-Russian mission aiming to search for traces of life on Mars blasted off on Monday for the start of a seven-month unmanned space journey to the Red Planet. A Proton rocket carrying the Trace Gas Orbiter to examine Mars's atmosphere and a descent module that will conduct a test landing on its surface launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT. The ExoMars 2016 mission, a collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian equivalent Roscosmos, is the first part of a two-phase exploration aiming to answer questions about the existence of life on Earth's neighbour.

Authorities: Over 130 cars involved in wreck on I-40 in NC Posted: 14 Mar 2016 12:07 PM PDT BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A huge series of wrecks involving more than 130 vehicles on Interstate 40 in North Carolina are being blamed on speeding, following too closely and driver inattention in heavy rain and fog, authorities say.

GOP prepares to fight Obama nominee, no matter whom he picks Posted: 14 Mar 2016 03:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court fight is about to get personal.

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Mitt Romney to campaign with Kasich on eve of Ohio vote Posted: 13 Mar 2016 08:59 PM PDT Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee who has slammed current frontrunner Donald Trump, campaigns with Governor John Kasich on Monday, ahead of Ohio's crucial primary, sources in both camps said. The appearances will be the first for Romney on the 2016 campaign trail, although he is not endorsing Kasich, a source close to Romney said. The party's 2012 standard-bearer has indicated he will seek to help the three remaining non-Trump candidates -- Kasich, Senator Ted Cruz and Senator Marco Rubio -- any way he can, as the party's establishment grapples for ways to derail Trump.

Car bomb in Turkey's capital kills at least 34, wounds 125 Posted: 13 Mar 2016 04:22 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suicide car bomb went off near bus stops in the heart of Turkey's capital on Sunday, killing at least 34 people and wounding around 125 others, officials said. Two of the dead are believed to be the assailants.

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