Israel targets homes of senior Hamas leaders
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Wednesday intensified air attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip following a failed Egyptian cease-fire effort, targeting the homes of four senior leaders of the Islamic militant movement. It also told tens of thousands of residents to leave Gaza's border…
Typhoon shuts down Philippine capital, kills 13
The first typhoon of the Philippines' brutal rainy season shut down the nation's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people across the country and cutting power for millions. Ferocious winds from Typhoon Rammasun tore roofs off houses, overturned cars and ripped down electricity lines in the…
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By Lanre Ola MAIDUGURI Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 26 people were killed when suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria and a government warplane opened fire to repel the attackers, local residents and a security source said on Tuesday. The warplane strafed…
North Carolina man to be freed 19 years after wrongful conviction
By Marti Maguire RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) - A North Carolina man who spent nearly two decades in prison for murder will be released as early as this week as he awaits a new trial. Darryl Anthony Howard, 52, was awarded a new trial in May after a judge found misconduct during his 1995 conviction. On…
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U.S. says deportation of Honduran children a warning to illegal migrants
By Steve Holland and Gabriel Stargardter WASHINGTON/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that Central Americans trying to cross the U.S. border should know "they will not be welcome to this country," a day after the United States deported a planeload of women and children to…
Russia 'agrees to reopen Cuba spy base'
Russia has provisionally agreed to reopen a major Cold War listening post on Cuba that was used to spy on the United States, a Russian daily reported Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin visited the island last week. Kommersant reported that Russia and Cuba had agreed "in principle" to reopen…
Officials: Pakistan arrests key Taliban commander
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in a troubled northwestern tribal region and captured a key Taliban commander linked to a 2003 assassination attempt on former President Pervez Musharraf, officials said Wednesday.
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Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius's visit to a nightclub while on a charge of murdering his girlfriend was "unwise", his family admitted after the sprinter was involved in a drunken brawl. Local media reported that Pistorius was evicted from the VIP section of a plush Johannesburg nightclub at the…
Typhoon Rammasun slams Philippines (14 photos)
A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and shut down the capital, cutting power and prompting the evacuation of almost more than 370,000 people, rescue officials said on Wednesday. The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country this year,…
Mexican police find hundreds, mainly children, living in squalor
Mexican authorities Tuesday found nearly 600 people, most of them children, living in squalid conditions amid rats and insects in a residential facility. Police raided the home, known as "La Gran Familia", which has operated for more than 40 years in the town of Zamora in western Michoacan state,…
White House defying aide's congressional subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is defying a congressional subpoena by keeping a top political aide to President Barack Obama from testifying at a hearing Wednesday, setting up a potential new legal battle in this midterm election year.
Man killed in front of son in California freeway shooting
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A blast of gunfire killed an automobile mechanic and wounded a cousin who was driving him home from work as their teenage sons sat behind the two men in a Southern California freeway shooting that has left police searching for suspects and a motive. Agustin…
Obama and race: why Eric Holder's words stirred such anger
Is racial animosity behind some political criticism of the Obama administration? The exact phrase he used was “racial animus,” which he said motivates some of his and Obama’s political opponents. Much of the opposition to President Obama’s policies is ideological, Holder added.
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FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — The ex-wife of a police officer who left the department after a report tied him to the Ku Klux Klan told investigators that the couple joined the group as part of an undercover operation, according to a report released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Visalia mother sentenced to 8 years for child endangerment that led to her daughter's murder
Nicole Lee's daughter, 3-year-old Natalynn Miller, was beaten to death by her boyfriend Ryann Jones. Lee was found guilty of felony child endangerment causing death of her daughter in June.
Tocco, believed to be longest-serving U.S. mob boss, dies in Detroit
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Jack Tocco, believed to be the longest-serving mob boss in the United States and the last living person with first-hand knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the death of Jimmy Hoffa, has died aged 87. Tocco, who died on Monday, was the godfather in Detroit for…
Balanced NBA field will make title chase tougher
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Ewing sees the parallels between then and now.
Female firefighter is first to muscle into FDNY beefcake calendar
By Michael Y. Park NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Fire Department of New York's annual celebration of beefcake just added a slice of cheesecake. For the first time, the FDNY Calendar of Heroes features a female firefighter - Miss March, Danae Mines of Engine Co. 60 in the South Bronx, who dons the red…
Rock dropped on car critically injures Ohio woman
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. (AP) — An Ohio teacher who was badly injured when some teenagers deliberately dropped a rock from a central Pennsylvania highway overpass onto her family's car was hospitalized in critical condition on Tuesday, police and her family said.
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