At least 7 die in Paris train crash

At least 7 die in Paris train crash
Dreamliner fire closes Heathrow Airport runways
Police: Teen in Asiana crash hit by fire truck
Pakistan's Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN education appeal
Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead
Dreamliner issues reported at 2 UK airports
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano resigning
Al-Qaida-linked gunmen kill Syrian rebel commander
Ousted president's backers protest in Egypt
Immigration mired, early Term II wins elude Obama
Thomson: Tech issue on Boeing 787 from Manchester
Rising again: Bush family returns to public stage
Egypt: ousted president's supporters demonstrating
Prosecution gives rebuttal in Zimmerman trial
Boeing plane fire closes Heathrow Airport runways
Spread of DNA databases sparks ethical concerns

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:08 AM PDT

The train was reportedly carrying 350 passengers during rush hour.

Dreamliner fire closes Heathrow Airport runways

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:23 AM PDT

A fire on an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane forced Heathrow Airport to temporarily close both its runways Friday. The incident comes as unwelcome news for Chicago-based Boeing Co., whose Dreamliners ...

Police: Teen in Asiana crash hit by fire truck

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:35 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the Asiana Airlines disaster was struck by a fire truck while she was covered by firefighting foam, a new detail that raised the possibility she may have survived the crash only to die in its chaotic aftermath.

Pakistan's Malala celebrates 16th birthday with UN education appeal

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 07:16 AM PDT

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday at the United Nations, appealing for compulsory free schooling for all children. Wearing a pink head scarf, Yousafzai told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and nearly 1,000 students from around the world attending a Youth Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York that education was the only way to improve lives. "Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. ...

Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 11:06 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — A packed passenger train derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris on Friday on the eve of a major holiday weekend. At least seven people were believed killed and dozens were injured, authorities said.

Dreamliner issues reported at 2 UK airports

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes ran into trouble in England on Friday, with a fire on one temporarily shutting down Heathrow Airport and an unspecified technical issue forcing another to turn back to Manchester Airport.

Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano resigning

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who led the burgeoning Department of Homeland Security through a host of policy changes in the post 9/11 era, is resigning to head the University of California system.

Al-Qaida-linked gunmen kill Syrian rebel commander

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:25 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked gunmen killed a rebel commander in northwestern Syria, an activist group and an opposition spokeswoman said Friday, in a sign of increased tensions and infighting among groups battling the Damascus regime.

Ousted president's backers protest in Egypt

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:52 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood massed in main squares in several cities on Friday, waving pictures of Mohammed Morsi and chanting that the head of the military is a "traitor," stepping up denunciations of the army over its removal of the country's first freely elected president.

Immigration mired, early Term II wins elude Obama

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:52 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A dramatic tax-raising deal last New Year's looked like it might be a breakthrough, signaling improved second-term relations between newly re-elected President Barack Obama and a divided Congress. At least that's what the White House hoped.

Thomson: Tech issue on Boeing 787 from Manchester

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:33 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — Thomson Airways says one of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes travelling from England to the U.S. had to turn back after experiencing a technical issue.

Rising again: Bush family returns to public stage

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 10:28 AM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Returning from the margins of American politics, the Bush family is reasserting itself.

Egypt: ousted president's supporters demonstrating

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 05:17 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood are demonstrating in a Cairo square, waving pictures of ousted president Mohammed Morsi.

Prosecution gives rebuttal in Zimmerman trial

Posted: 12 Jul 2013 09:55 AM PDT

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney told jurors Friday in closing arguments that they have proven the neighborhood watch volunteer's "pure, unadulterated innocence" of second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.