Actor found on fire atop a New York-bound train, later dies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fledging actor and model was found on fire on top of a stalled commuter train in Connecticut and later died from his severe burn injuries, a transit spokesman said on Monday. The crew aboard a Metro-North train traveling from Stamford, Connecticut, to New York City discovered…
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Boston Marathon bombing survivor bids farewell to leg before amputation
Rebekah DiMartino, a newlywed and mother, tried to salvage her severely injured limb with 17 operations. But on Monday she finally said goodbye.
China Unveils Its New Fifth-Gen F-35-Like Stealth Fighter
China officially pulled the curtain back on its new fifth-generation stealth fighter — the Shenyang J-31 Falcon Eagle — during a defense air show in Zhuhai, Guangdong outside of Hong Kong Tuesday.
Woman found dead on park trail, son alive nearby
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Investigators are looking at surveillance video and conducting interviews, but they have yet to identify any suspects in the killing of a 23-year-old woman whose body was found at a New Mexico park.
Family of deceased Ebola patient reaches resolution with Dallas hospital: report
(Reuters) - The family of the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States and the only person to die of the disease in the country has reached a resolution with the Dallas hospital that treated him, local media reported on Tuesday. Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian native, died at Texas…
Pablo Escobar showed me 'the path not to take', son says
Juan Pablo Escobar Henao was just nine years old when he got his first lesson in drugs from his father, the infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Famous for his ruthless ambition, Pablo Escobar, the head of the Medellin Cartel, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune trafficking cocaine in the…
NYC Veterans Day parade (30 photos)
Thousands of veterans and their supporters marched up Fifth Avenue in New York, home to the nation's oldest Veterans Day parade. The holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I. At 11 a.m. — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month —…
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Goodluck Jonathan: Nigeria's 'fortunate' leader
An incumbent president running for re-election who has lost parts of his country to Islamist rebels and whose administration has been hit by waves of massive corruption scandals arguably has reason to worry. The 56-year-old southern Christian, the first head of state from the oil-producing Niger…
School says unaware of abuse at beaten boy's home
COATESVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Suburban Philadelphia school staff tried contacting the parents and visiting the home of a 3-year-old around the time prosecutors say he was beaten to death by his mother and her boyfriend. But the school wasn't aware of any abuse, school officials say.
Heavy shelling rocks Ukraine rebel bastion Donetsk
Heavy artillery fire on Wednesday rocked east Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel bastion of Donetsk, after international monitors warned over escalating violence following the arrival of columns of insurgent reinforcements. Donetsk's city hall said in a statement "the sound of artillery fire and…
Mexican police shoot US teen near border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas wounded a pregnant 14-year-old U.S. citizen after the truck she was in failed to obey police commands to stop.
Woman raped after police traffic stop in Fayetteville
Police in Fayetteville are investigating a sexual assault that they say occurred Sunday night in the 2400 block of Murchison Road.
Man dead in Memphis may be amputee wanted in Fla.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As a teenager who had survived a devastating bacterial infection that left him a quadruple amputee, Sean Petrozzino wowed those around him with his upbeat attitude.
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APNewsBreak: GOP promises Cassidy a committee seat
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republicans have promised Bill Cassidy a seat on the Senate's energy committee if he defeats Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana's runoff election next month, potentially undercutting one of her main arguments for re-election.
California teen arrested in shooting death of U.S. Army veteran
(Reuters) - A southern California teen was arrested on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a U.S. Army veteran who had recently returned home from Afghanistan, police said. Vincent Estrada, 18, of Sylmar, was arrested and booked on a charge of murder, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a…
Fury over Mexico student 'massacre' boils over
Mexicans furious at the presumed massacre of 43 students torched the ruling party's Guerrero state headquarters and briefly took a police commander prisoner as growing protests rocked President Enrique Pena Nieto's government. Riot police clashed with protesters in running street battles as black…
Meet America's oldest-living veteran: 108-year-old whiskey-drinking, cigar-smoking Richard Overton
Richard Overton, America's oldest living veteran, participated in the Veterans Day parade in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, posing for selfies from the passenger seat of a slow-moving car along the parade route. Chances are, the 108-year-old World War II veteran began the day like any other: on the…
Putin's gallantry upstages Chinese host at APEC
BEIJING (AP) — It was a warm gesture on a chilly night when Vladimir Putin wrapped a shawl around the wife of Xi Jinping while the Chinese president chatted with Barack Obama. The only problem: Putin came off looking gallant, the Chinese summit host gauche and inattentive.
Iraqi Shiite militias grow brutal in anti-IS fight
BAGHDAD (AP) — The vengeance that Iraq's Shiite militias mete out as they fight the Islamic State group can be just as brutal as that of their sworn sectarian enemies.
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Ten Indian women die, dozens sick after mass sterilisation
Ten women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run programme that pays women to undergo sterilisation went badly wrong, officials said Tuesday.
