Senators recasting Syria legislation

Senators recasting Syria legislation
Live chat: Follow Apple's iPhone event as it happens
12 years later: 1,140 people have 9/11-related cancer
Apple says 2 new iPhone models coming this year
Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case
Documentary brings together 20 presidential chiefs
Egyptian army kills 9 militants in Sinai offensive
Kelly's frenetic Eagles beat RG3, Redskins 33-27
Germany's Thomas Bach elected IOC president
Boy's death sparks debate on Bucharest stray dogs
Study: 1 in 10 men in parts of Asia have raped
Apple's next big thing may be lower-priced iPhone
Talking diplomacy in Syria, Obama goes to Congress
Obama backs UN discussion of Syria arms proposal
IOC elects new president to succeed Rogge
Feds plan to release details of secret spy court
Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker
Americans using Internet to abandon children adopted overseas
Russia's 'hard to enact' chemical arms plan
Pakistan to free former Taliban second-in-command
Man who made confessional DUI video faces court
Amnesty decries 'extreme political violence' in Egypt
Six tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Denver
NYC voters take first steps in choosing a new mayor
Syria backs chemical weapons plan
Syria accepts Russian chemical arms proposal
New Yorkers to vote in uproarious mayoral primaries
What Obama needs to say in Syria address

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:44 AM PDT

The U.N. will have a key role in the new amendment.

Live chat: Follow Apple's iPhone event as it happens

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT

Apple's biggest event of the year is here. New iPhones are expected and perhaps new iPads and Apple TV.

12 years later: 1,140 people have 9/11-related cancer

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:38 AM PDT

More than 1,000 people who have lived or worked near ground zero, including first responders, have been diagnosed with a cancer related to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, health officials say.

Apple says 2 new iPhone models coming this year

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:36 AM PDT

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple says it is planning to release two new iPhone designs later this year so it can serve more customers.

Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:51 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread — yet widely tolerated — sexual violence faced by Indian women.

Documentary brings together 20 presidential chiefs

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:33 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The only man to hold both jobs says in a Discovery documentary that airs Wednesday that the White House chief of staff generally has more power than the vice president.

Egyptian army kills 9 militants in Sinai offensive

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:48 AM PDT

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian army troops backed by helicopter gunships attacked hideouts of Islamic militants in Sinai on Tuesday, killing nine and arresting 10, a military official said. The latest raids raised the death toll from four days of operations to 29.

Kelly's frenetic Eagles beat RG3, Redskins 33-27

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:34 AM PDT

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — After running 30 plays in his first 15 minutes of Chip Kelly football, even Michael Vick was ready for a break.

Germany's Thomas Bach elected IOC president

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:26 AM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Longtime favorite Thomas Bach was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday, keeping the powerful sports body in European hands.

Boy's death sparks debate on Bucharest stray dogs

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:01 AM PDT

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — They roam the streets of Bucharest, sad-eyed, scraggly mongrels that shelter in demolition sites, rifle through garbage — and increasingly attack humans. The capital's massive stray dog population, a legacy of communism and its aftermath, can have lethal consequences: In recent years, a Bucharest woman was killed by a pack of strays, and a Japanese tourist died after a stray severed an artery in his leg.

Study: 1 in 10 men in parts of Asia have raped

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:16 AM PDT

LONDON (AP) — About 1 in 10 men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman who was not their partner, according to the first large studies of rape and sexual violence. When their wife or girlfriend was included, that figure rose to about a quarter.

Apple's next big thing may be lower-priced iPhone

Posted: 09 Sep 2013 09:03 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's much-anticipated update to its line-up of iPhones may leave the impression that the technology pioneer's focus has shifted to making more affordable products than engineering innovative breakthroughs.

Talking diplomacy in Syria, Obama goes to Congress

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:14 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing military might and raising hopes it won't be needed, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind a plan for U.N. Security Council talks aimed at securing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, even as he pushed the fallback idea of U.S. airstrikes against Bashar Assad's regime if that effort fails.

Obama backs UN discussion of Syria arms proposal

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:57 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says President Barack Obama has agreed to discussions at the United Nations Security Council on a proposal from Russia to secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.

IOC elects new president to succeed Rogge

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:53 AM PDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The IOC elected a new president to succeed Jacques Rogge, with the winner yet to be announced.

Feds plan to release details of secret spy court

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:41 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Obama administration is releasing hundreds of previously classified documents detailing activities of the country's long-secret spy court that authorizes domestic surveillance programs.

Syria plan lets Russia play the peacemaker

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:10 AM PDT

By Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - If it really was just an offhand remark by the U.S. Secretary of State that gave Russia the chance to play peacemaker in the Syrian conflict, Moscow is certainly not letting on. Instead it is presenting this week's proposal for Syria to put its chemical arms under international control as an approach worked out with the United States, a position that might help U.S. President Barack Obama endorse it. ...

Americans using Internet to abandon children adopted overseas

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Part 1: When a Liberian girl proves too much for her parents, they advertise her online and give her to a couple they've never met. Days later, she goes missing.

Russia's 'hard to enact' chemical arms plan

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:19 AM PDT

It depends on cooperation from a secretive Syrian regime fighting for survival.

Pakistan to free former Taliban second-in-command

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:14 AM PDT

By Maria Golovnina ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to free former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, this month to help advance peace efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday. The United States and Afghanistan have long pressed Pakistan to free Baradar and other senior Taliban figures who could be used to tempt moderate Taliban leaders to the negotiating table and transform the insurgency into a political movement. "In principle, we have agreed to release him. The timing is being discussed. It should be very soon ... ...

Man who made confessional DUI video faces court

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio driver who made an online video confessing to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after drinking heavily was scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday.

Amnesty decries 'extreme political violence' in Egypt

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 03:35 AM PDT

GENEVA (Reuters) - Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into killings by Egyptian security forces as well as torture and violations of the rights to free speech and assembly. The military's overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi in July after mass protests against him unleashed an "extreme level of political violence", the London-based group told the United Nations Human Rights Council. ...

Six tons of seized ivory to be crushed in Denver

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:34 AM PDT

Federal wildlife officials plan to crush more than 6 tons of ivory in Denver as part of a new push by the United States to combat illegal wildlife trafficking worldwide. The ivory that is being stored ...

NYC voters take first steps in choosing a new mayor

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:59 AM PDT

For the first time in 12 years, New Yorkers are picking a new mayor to replace Michael Bloomberg.

Syria backs chemical weapons plan

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:52 AM PDT

Meantime, it bombs rebels for the first time since the West threatened military action.

Syria accepts Russian chemical arms proposal

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 04:28 AM PDT

The nation makes the deal to avoid U.S. military strikes, Interfax reports.

New Yorkers to vote in uproarious mayoral primaries

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

By Edith Honan and Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers were voting on Tuesday for a candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a primary election that began with complaints that bulky 1960s-era mechanical voting machines had broken down, forcing people to use emergency ballots. In a campaign that featured a scandal over lewd pictures, a council leader trying to become the city's first female and openly gay mayor, and grave warnings about public safety, it was the voting machines that were the issue on election morning. ...