Two more indicted in Boston probe

Two more indicted in Boston probe
Teen graffiti artist dies after being shot with police Taser
Possible winner emerges in $448 million Powerball lottery
'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini dies
10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
Exotic animals removed from Canada pet shop
Police: 4 dead, 4 wounded in Dallas-area shootings
Six of 12 small cars do well in front crash tests
APNewsBreak: Banks looted in Kenya airport fire
Soldiers describe gunfire, being shot at Fort Hood
Bomber kills 30 at Pakistan police funeral
Detention officer killed in Arizona shooting
Winning tickets for $448M Powerball in NJ, Minn.
Fort Hood trial resumes as lawyers demand removal
Bomb kills 14 as Afghan president calls for peace
Hunt widens for suspected Calif. killer, abductor
Southern California wildfire grows extensively
Former Mavericks entertainer arrested after Dallas rampage
Actor George Takei joins petition to move Winter Olympics from Russia to Canada
NSA monitoring Americans' emails for mentions of terrorists: report
Hundreds flee huge S. Calif. wildfire
Three winners for $448M Powerball jackpot

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:46 AM PDT

The men are friends of suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and hid evidence, authorities say.

Teen graffiti artist dies after being shot with police Taser

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:45 AM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami Beach police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old graffiti artist who died after being shot with a Taser during a pre-dawn chase with officers who say they caught him spray-painting a building. Israel Hernandez-Llach was an award-winning artist known as 'Reefa,' who won acclaim for his graffiti work as well as sculpting and painting, according to The Miami Herald. Miami Beach Police Chief Raymond Martinez said Hernandez-Llach was seen "vandalizing private property" shortly before dawn on Tuesday on Miami Beach and fled the scene. ...

Possible winner emerges in $448 million Powerball lottery

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:12 AM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A person claiming to hold one of three winning tickets to a $448 million Powerball jackpot came forward in Minnesota on Thursday, the morning after the numbers were drawn, officials said. Officials sought to verify the winning ticket after the person went to lottery headquarter in Roseville on Thursday morning, "very fast" by Minnesota standards, state lottery spokeswoman Debbie Hoffmann said. If the ticket is verified, officials would likely announce the name of the winner as well as the retailer that sold the ticket Thursday afternoon, Hoffmann said. ...

'Wizard of Oz' Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini dies

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:52 AM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939 classic movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 89.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Exotic animals removed from Canada pet shop

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:30 AM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — The manager of a Canadian zoo says officials are preparing to remove more than a dozen animals from an exotic pet store beneath the apartment where two boys were asphyxiated by a python while they slept.

Police: 4 dead, 4 wounded in Dallas-area shootings

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:26 AM PDT

DALLAS (AP) — A suspect in the fatal shootings of four people in two Dallas-area homes was in custody Thursday as police tried to determine what prompted the attacks just minutes apart and whether an explosive was used.

Six of 12 small cars do well in front crash tests

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:15 AM PDT

DETROIT (AP) — Two redesigned Honda Civic models were the only small cars to get the top rating in stringent front-end crash tests performed by an insurance industry group.

APNewsBreak: Banks looted in Kenya airport fire

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:21 AM PDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials in Kenya investigating the massive airport fire that gutted the arrival hall at Nairobi's main airport said Thursday that first responders looted electronics, a bank and an ATM during and after the blaze.

Soldiers describe gunfire, being shot at Fort Hood

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:56 AM PDT

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Staff Sgt. Michael Davis took cover under a desk when he realized the rapid gunfire wasn't from a training exercise at his Texas military base. He saw blood spray, then someone else get shot. When the soldier thought it safe to flee, he stood up — but he was quickly shot in the back.

Bomber kills 30 at Pakistan police funeral

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:55 AM PDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber attacked a police officer's funeral in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people gathered to mourn a man shot dead earlier that day in front of his children.

Detention officer killed in Arizona shooting

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:32 AM PDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office died Thursday after being shot in the driveway of his Arizona home while he prepared to head to work, police said.

Winning tickets for $448M Powerball in NJ, Minn.

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:44 AM PDT

LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (AP) — Three winning tickets in two states matched all the numbers for a $448.4 million Powerball jackpot, including one sold in a supermarket in a New Jersey coastal community hit hard by Superstorm Sandy last year.

Fort Hood trial resumes as lawyers demand removal

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:47 AM PDT

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was allowed to continue representing himself on Thursday after the judge barred his standby attorneys from taking over, despite their claims that the Army psychiatrist was trying to secure his own death sentence.

Bomb kills 14 as Afghan president calls for peace

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:19 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb planted in a graveyard in rural eastern Afghanistan killed 14 members of a single family on Thursday as the country's president urged the Taliban to lay down their arms.

Hunt widens for suspected Calif. killer, abductor

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 10:44 AM PDT

LAKESIDE, Calif. (AP) — Amber Alerts expanded to Nevada, Oregon and Washington as authorities searched for a California man suspected of abducting a 16-year-old girl and wanted in the death of the girl's mother and possibly her 8-year-old brother.

Southern California wildfire grows extensively

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 08:36 AM PDT

BANNING, Calif. (AP) — A thousand firefighters battled a growing wildfire in the inland mountains of Southern California early Thursday, trying to save small communities where some home have been lost and an estimated 1,500 residents were forced to flee.

Former Mavericks entertainer arrested after Dallas rampage

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 07:54 AM PDT

DALLAS – A man suspected of killing four people and injuring four others in an overnight rampage is reportedly a former member of a popular all-male Dallas Mavericks cheer team.

Actor George Takei joins petition to move Winter Olympics from Russia to Canada

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:44 AM PDT

"Star Trek" actor and gay rights advocate George Takei joined over 80,000 others in signing a petition to move the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi to Vancouver to protest Russia's recent crackdown on homosexuality.

NSA monitoring Americans' emails for mentions of terrorists: report

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 07:06 AM PDT

The National Security Agency, which recently acknowledged the existence of a broad domestic surveillance program in the wake of former defense contractor Edward Snowden's controversial leak, is casting a wider net than previously thought, The New York Times reports.