Billionaire's breakup plan would chop California into six states
By Jennifer Chaussee San Francisco (Reuters) - A long-shot effort to break California into six separate states got a boost on Monday, when the billionaire venture capitalist behind the proposal said he had gathered enough signatures to place it on the ballot in two years. Timothy Draper, a founder…
China tells U.S. to stay out of South China Seas dispute
By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China told the United States on Tuesday to stay out of disputes over the South China Sea and leave countries in the region to resolve problems themselves, after Washington said it wanted a freeze on stoking tension. Michael Fuchs, U.S. deputy assistant secretary…
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The White House asked the Republican chairman of a congressional committee on Monday to lift a subpoena against President Barack Obama's political adviser, who has been called to testify on Wednesday about his office's operations. Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House of…
Hamas rejects Egypt truce offer, fires rockets
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas rejected an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel that was to take effect Tuesday, saying Cairo did not consult the group over the deal. Israel accepted the truce plan, but warned it would strike Gaza hard if Hamas didn't abide by it.
Man accused of bludgeoning girlfriend to death
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A man faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, who was found bludgeoned in her suburban New Orleans apartment over the weekend, officials said Monday.
First U.S. flight deports Honduran kids under fast-track drive
By Gabriel Stargardter SAN PEDRO SULA Honduras (Reuters) - The United States deported a group of Honduran children on Monday in the first flight since President Barack Obama pledged to speed up the process of sending back illegal immigrant children from Central America. Fleeing violence and…
2 police officers tied to KKK in Florida
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers are no longer with the city department here after a law enforcement report tied them to the Ku Klux Klan, an official said Monday.
Man dies after running into Utah festival bonfire
A man died over the weekend after jumping into a huge ceremonial bonfire at a Utah event similar to the Nevada countercultural festival Burning Man, authorities said.
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AdChoicesSymptomFindSponsoredSidewalk memorial honors New Jersey cop killer (11 photos)
A day after a rookie police officer was gunned down in an ambush, mourners came to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial with candles, balloons, empty liquor bottles and messages of love from friends scrawled on T-shirts taped to a brick wall — to his killer. "Rest easy," ''Thug in peace" and…
Bodies found north of Baghdad as Sunni insurgents turn on each other
By Isra' al-Rubei'i and Maggie Fick BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Residents of a town north of Baghdad found 12 corpses with execution-style bullet wounds on Monday following fighting between rival Sunni insurgents that could eventually unravel a coalition which has seized much of northern and western Iraq.…
American-Arab Group Boycotts Obama's Ramadan Celebration
The American-Arab-Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) asked all its members to boycott the upcoming White House Iftar dinner, the traditional Muslim meal to break the fast during the holy month of Ramadan. The ADC cited the Obama administration's continued support of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as…
Supervolcano In Yellowstone Turns Roads ‘Into Soup’
A road at Yellowstone National Park is melting from extreme heat due to an underground supervolcano. The roads connecting the Old Faithful geyser and the Madison Junction have been closed off to visitors. “It basically turned the asphalt into soup,” Yellowstone spokesman Dan Hottle said, according…
Israel Shoots Down Hamas' First Combat Drone With $1M Missile
As the battle between Israel and Hamas raged into its sixth day, Hamas launched a drone into the fight. It reportedly cost Israel a million dollars to swiftly knock it down with a Patriot missile. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that Israel brought down was targeted with a Patriot missile, the…
Louisiana man accused of killing girlfriend, taking kids, caught in Texas
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A man accused of killing his girlfriend in a New Orleans suburb over the weekend before fleeing with his three children was arrested on Monday in a trailer park in Texas, where the children were recovered unharmed, authorities said. Police found Pedro Alberto…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Octomom Nadya Suleman pleaded no contest Monday to a single count of misdemeanor welfare fraud for failing to disclose income she was receiving from videos and personal appearances while collecting more than $26,000 in public assistance funds to care for her 14 children.
Manhattan Beach Teen Dies After Hitting 405 Overpass While Standing on Tour Bus
A Manhattan Beach teenager who died two days after he struck a bridge on the 405 Freeway while standing up on a double-decker bus was identified on Sunday as 16-year-old Mason Zisette, according to the Los Angeles County coroner`s office. Lynette Romero reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on…
Lightning survivor has no memory of deadly strike
DENVER (AP) — Justin Teilhet doesn't remember hearing a boom or feeling a sting, just waking up numb on the treeless tundra high in Rocky Mountain National Park and discovering his good friend was trying to revive his wife.
Corpse slips out of Pennsylvania coroner's vehicle onto street
(Reuters) - A corpse on a gurney slid out of the back of a coroner's vehicle and onto a busy street in an eastern Pennsylvania town, a local newspaper reported on Sunday. Cars drove around the gurney before it was placed back inside the coroner's vehicle and driven off, the Bucks County Courier…
Israel warplanes hit Syria's Golan, killing four: NGO
Israeli warplanes struck three administrative and military targets in Syria's Golan at dawn on Tuesday, killing two security guards and two women, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. "Israeli planes flying over the occupied Golan Heights launched rockets into southern Syria's Quneitra…
Thousands to lose their jobs as Microsoft prepares biggest ever round of layoffs
Microsoft will soon announce a massive round of layoffs, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Thousands of employees will be let go as Microsoft looks to integrate the devices and services business it recently acquired from Nokia. The report says that the reductions could be announced as soon…
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