Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts

Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts
Ukraine regions hold sovereignty vote
Ukraine guardsmen open fire on crowd
Picking Sam, Rams welcome 1st openly gay player
Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school
Ongoing fighting in Iraq's Anbar hits businesses
Arkansas plans to appeal same-sex marriage ruling
Fed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wells
Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20
'Neighbors' unseats Spidey to top box office
Balloon crash looms over U. of Richmond graduation
NFL team drafts 1st openly gay player
Boy Scouts rescue TV journalist Ann Curry on N.J. hiking trail
Two dead, one missing after hot air balloon catches fire in Virginia

Posted: 11 May 2014 07:13 AM PDT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — One of the two officers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen who shot and killed a pair of suspected al-Qaida gunmen was getting a haircut at a barbershop when the attempted abduction took place, Yemeni security officials said Sunday.

Ukraine regions hold sovereignty vote

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:31 AM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Voters in eastern Ukraine lined up at the polls in a twin referendum on sovereignty for two heavily populated industrial regions Sunday, amid warnings from the central government that the balloting was illegal and was being bankrolled by Moscow.

Ukraine guardsmen open fire on crowd

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:01 AM PDT

KRASNOARMEISK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian national guardsmen opened fire Sunday on a crowd outside a town hall in eastern Ukraine and an official for the region's insurgents said there were fatalities.

Picking Sam, Rams welcome 1st openly gay player

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:08 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Sam waited and waited. Hours passed, rounds came and went, and eventually, there were only eight more picks left on the third and final day of the NFL draft.

Abducted Nigerian girl scared to go back to school

Posted: 11 May 2014 09:47 AM PDT

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was "too terrifying for words," and she is now scared to go back to school.

Ongoing fighting in Iraq's Anbar hits businesses

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:40 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province, now in its fifth month, appears to have bogged down, with government forces unable to drive out Islamic militants who took over one of the area's main cities. But the impact is being felt much further, with the repercussions rippling through the country's economy to hit consumers and businesses.

Arkansas plans to appeal same-sex marriage ruling

Posted: 11 May 2014 07:57 AM PDT

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — The state's top lawyer will ask the Arkansas Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision to overturn a 2004 constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Fed govt failed to inspect higher risk oil wells

Posted: 11 May 2014 02:15 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has failed to inspect thousands of oil and gas wells it considers potentially high risks for water contamination and other environmental damage, congressional investigators say.

Gunmen storm Iraqi military barracks, killing 20

Posted: 11 May 2014 06:25 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants in Iraq launched an audacious attack on a military barracks in a remote area in the country's north and killed 20 troops overnight, including some who had been bound and shot at close range, authorities said Sunday as other attacks killed 14.

'Neighbors' unseats Spidey to top box office

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:25 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested the web-slinger at the box office.

Balloon crash looms over U. of Richmond graduation

Posted: 11 May 2014 09:23 AM PDT

DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — Preparations for the University of Richmond's graduation ceremony were tinged with sadness Sunday, just days after two members of its athletic staff were killed when a hot air balloon crashed in Virginia after hitting a power line.

NFL team drafts 1st openly gay player

Posted: 11 May 2014 11:09 AM PDT

Michael Sam is one of the last players picked, but he'll get his chance near his college home.

Boy Scouts rescue TV journalist Ann Curry on N.J. hiking trail

Posted: 10 May 2014 02:15 PM PDT

The NBC journalist had broken her leg while hiking on a trail in New York State.

Two dead, one missing after hot air balloon catches fire in Virginia

Posted: 10 May 2014 07:11 PM PDT

Two people were killed and another was missing after a hot air balloon hit a power line and caught fire over Virginia during a festival as horrified witnesses watched from below, police said on Saturday. We do continue to keep finding debris and various items that would have been on the hot air balloon,\" Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told a news conference.