- Photos: Storms pound mid-Atlantic region 15 hrs ago
Millions across the mid-Atlantic region sweltered Saturday, June 30, in the aftermath of violent storms that pummeled the eastern U.S. with high winds and downed trees, killing at least 13 people and leaving 3 million … More »Photos: Storms pound mid-Atlantic region
- Residents to tour areas devastated by Colo. blaze AP - 4 hrs ago
People who fled the most destructive fire in Colorado's history are being allowed temporary visits to the most devastated neighborhoods, and many will find that their homes were among the nearly 350 burned to the ground … More »Residents to tour areas devastated by Colo. blaze
- France says Geneva Syria plan implies Assad must go Reuters - 43 mins ago
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday that a text agreed to by members of the U.N. Security Council in Geneva on a political transition for Syria implied that President Bashar al-Assad would … More »France says Geneva Syria plan implies Assad must go
PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday that a text agreed to by members of the U.N. Security Council in Geneva on a political transition for Syria implied that President Bashar al-Assad would have to step down. World powers agreed in Geneva on Saturday that a transitional government should …
- Syrian opposition rejects UN transition plan AP - 1 hr 4 mins ago
- Iran vows to confront 'malicious' embargo Reuters - 23 mins ago
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran pledged to counter the impact of a European Union oil embargo which took full effect on Sunday, saying it had built up $150 billion in foreign reserves to protect itself. The EU ban on crude imports is part of a push by Western countries aimed at choking Iran's export earnings and forcing it to curb …
- Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in Reuters - 3 hrs ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was formally handed authority to govern the nation. For six decades, Mursi's seat had been filled by presidents drawn from …
- Three Boy Scouts among five dead in Wyoming vehicle crash Reuters - 10 hrs ago
CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - A head-on collision in northwestern Wyoming on Saturday killed three older Boy Scouts, a toddler and a man, authorities said. The crash occurred on Highway 120, less than 20 miles south of the town of Meeteetse. It appears a Honda Element SUV with the man, who was in his 50s, and the three Boy …
- Palfrey ends her Cuba-Florida swim AP - 4 hrs ago
- Use caution when exercising in hot weather HealthDay - 1 hr 39 mins ago
SATURDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- During hot weather, people who exercise outdoors need to take steps to avoid heat injury, according to the American Council on Exercise.
- Discovery: Earth's oldest crater is largest too LiveScience.com - Fri, Jun 29, 2012
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Masked attackers killed at least 17 people on Sunday in gun and grenade attacks on churches in a Kenyan town used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia. … More »Attacks on Kenyan churches kill 17
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Masked attackers killed at least 17 people on Sunday in gun and grenade attacks on churches in a Kenyan town used as a base for operations against al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Somalia. At least 45 people were wounded in the simultaneous attacks on Garissa, in the north of the East African country which …