Gitmo detainee seeks Senate interrogation report

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• Gitmo detainee seeks Senate interrogation report
• Remembering Maya Angelou: Quotes that inspired
• Obama pledges aid to Syria opposition groups
• Female soldiers join Somalia's army ranks
• UC Santa Barbara students return to class after shooting rampage
• Storm chaser struck by lightning, survives
• Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
• Letters and laughs at the National Spelling Bee
• Fla. court throws out ex-FBI agent's murder conviction
• Obama: U.S. must lead globally but show restraint
• Italy flies 31 adopted Congolese children to waiting parents
• Venus, Serena Williams ousted at French Open
• Watch live: Obama outlines plan to recast postwar foreign policy
• Kerry to Snowden: 'Man up' and come home
• Chechnya denies sending troops to Ukraine
• OPCW-United Nations fact-finding mission was ambushed
• Fire in S. Korea hospice for elderly kills 21
• Snowden says he was 'trained as a spy'
• 91-year-old Rep. Hall ousted in Texas GOP primary
• Santa Barbara attacks prompt action from lawmakers
• Author Maya Angelou dies at 86 in North Carolina
• AP PHOTOS: Maya Angelou's life and art
• Ukraine sees Russia as fount of insurgent threat
• Voters in California contemplate forming new state
• Deer leaps from Illinois overpass onto minivan
• 125 years after Johnstown: Facts about the flood
• Thai military rulers appoint anti-Thaksin advisers
• World Cup protesters march on stadium
• Day of mourning at UC Santa Barbara
• NYPD to carry heroin antidote as overdoses double
• U.S. Marines deployed to Libya coast
• Myrtle Beach police scour social media in hunt for gunmen
• Chinese man get 6 years in U.S. prison for smuggling rhino horns

Gitmo detainee seeks Senate interrogation report Posted: 28 May 2014 10:07 AM PDT Lawyers want details on treatment of USS Cole bombing suspect while in secret CIA prisons.

Remembering Maya Angelou: Quotes that inspired Posted: 28 May 2014 07:56 AM PDT

Obama pledges aid to Syria opposition groups Posted: 28 May 2014 10:45 AM PDT The president insisted U.S. reliance on diplomacy over military intervention was working to resolve crises like Ukraine and Iran.

Female soldiers join Somalia's army ranks Posted: 28 May 2014 09:40 AM PDT With an AK47 automatic rifle slung over her shoulder, Naeemo Abdi frisks people coming into a Mogadishu police station.

UC Santa Barbara students return to class after shooting rampage Posted: 28 May 2014 09:41 AM PDT Students are heading back to classes at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the aftermath of a violent rampage that left six students and their assailant dead in the neighboring community of Isla Vista.

Storm chaser struck by lightning, survives Posted: 28 May 2014 08:05 AM PDT When a man stops to shoot video after S.D.'s storm, he gets more than he bargained for.

Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86 Posted: 28 May 2014 09:32 AM PDT Maya Angelou, a modern Renaissance woman who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen, the printed page and the inaugural dais, has died.

Letters and laughs at the National Spelling Bee Posted: 28 May 2014 09:19 AM PDT Words such as "protege" and "gesundheit" and jokes about the George Foreman grill and the game Minesweeper were among the early highlights as the onstage preliminary rounds began Wednesday morning at the 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Fla. court throws out ex-FBI agent's murder conviction Posted: 28 May 2014 10:16 AM PDT A Florida appeals court has overturned the murder conviction for a former FBI agent linked to mobster Whitey Bulger.

Obama: U.S. must lead globally but show restraint Posted: 28 May 2014 08:24 AM PDT In a broad defense of his foreign policy, Pres. Barack Obama declared Wednesday that the U.S. remains the world's most indispensable nation, even after a "long season of war," but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures.

Italy flies 31 adopted Congolese children to waiting parents Posted: 28 May 2014 07:17 AM PDT Thirty-one children who had been blocked for months from leaving Congo with their adoptive parents arrived in Rome aboard an Italian government plane for a joyful, long delayed reunion with their new families.

Venus, Serena Williams ousted at French Open Posted: 28 May 2014 08:02 AM PDT Serena's loss marks her earliest exit at a major tourney since Roland Garros 2012.

Watch live: Obama outlines plan to recast postwar foreign policy Posted: 28 May 2014 05:07 AM PDT The president details his approach during a commencement address at West Point.

Kerry to Snowden: 'Man up' and come home Posted: 28 May 2014 05:15 AM PDT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to "man up and come back to the United States."

Chechnya denies sending troops to Ukraine Posted: 28 May 2014 09:05 AM PDT Along with Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has denied sending any troops to help pro-Russia insurgents.

OPCW-United Nations fact-finding mission was ambushed Posted: 28 May 2014 04:52 AM PDT Members of an international fact-finding mission into alleged chlorine attacks in Syria were ambushed and briefly held by gunmen in rebel-held territory, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday.

Fire in S. Korea hospice for elderly kills 21 Posted: 27 May 2014 04:08 PM PDT A fire tore through a hospice for the elderly early Wednesday, killing 21 people.

Snowden says he was 'trained as a spy' Posted: 27 May 2014 07:03 PM PDT US fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden "trained as a spy" and worked "undercover overseas" for intelligence agencies, he told NBC News in aired excerpts from an interview. In his first interview in US media, Snowden hit back at claims that he was merely a low-level contractor, saying he worked "at all levels from -- from the bottom on the ground, all the way to the top." Snowden, who has been charged in the United States with espionage, was granted asylum by Russia in August 2013 after shaking the American intelligence establishment to its core with a series of leaks on mass surveillance in the United States and around the world. He said he had worked covertly as "a technical expert" for the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, as well as as a trainer for the Defense Intelligence Agency.

91-year-old Rep. Hall ousted in Texas GOP primary Posted: 27 May 2014 08:53 PM PDT ROCKWALL, Texas (AP) — Congressman Ralph Hall, at 91 the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, was ousted Tuesday in the Texas Republican runoff by a candidate barely half his age.

Santa Barbara attacks prompt action from lawmakers Posted: 27 May 2014 04:43 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday proposed expanded restraining orders and new law enforcement procedures to deter the type of violent rampages that left six young people dead over the weekend near the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Author Maya Angelou dies at 86 in North Carolina Posted: 28 May 2014 08:17 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune.

AP PHOTOS: Maya Angelou's life and art Posted: 28 May 2014 09:41 AM PDT Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic voice, Maya Angelou defied all probability and category, enjoying mainstream success as an author and thriving in virtually every artistic medium.

Ukraine sees Russia as fount of insurgent threat Posted: 28 May 2014 10:26 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The question of fighters from Russia loomed over the insurgency in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, as separatists acknowledged the support they are getting from foreign militiamen and government officials in Kiev worried that the border with Russia is becoming a primary source of danger.

Voters in California contemplate forming new state Posted: 28 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Residents of California's largely rural, agrarian and politically conservative far northern counties long ago got used to feeling ignored in the state Capitol and out of sync with major urban areas.

Deer leaps from Illinois overpass onto minivan Posted: 28 May 2014 09:20 AM PDT WEST DUNDEE, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman is grateful her family is safe after a 200 pound deer leapt from an overpass, landing on their minivan as it traveled along an Illinois interstate.

125 years after Johnstown: Facts about the flood Posted: 28 May 2014 10:53 AM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A privately owned dam collapsed in western Pennsylvania 125 years ago on May 31, 1889, unleashing a flood that killed 2,209 people. The terrible stories from the Johnstown Flood of 1889 are still part of lore because of the gruesome nature of many of the deaths and the key role it played in the rise of the American Red Cross. Here's some of what's known about the flood, one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history.

Thai military rulers appoint anti-Thaksin advisers Posted: 28 May 2014 06:01 AM PDT By Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's junta has appointed two retired generals with palace connections as advisers, putting powerful establishment figures hostile towards former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra firmly in the ascendant in the country's long-running power struggle. Hoping to show things are getting back to normal, the military also relaxed a night-time curfew brought in after it seized power in a May 22 coup, and is expected to speed up efforts to get the economy moving again after months of debilitating political protests. Data on Wednesday showed trade shrank in April and factory output fell for a 13th straight month, underscoring the damage political unrest has caused and the tough job the military government faces reviving an economy on the brink of recession. The Information Technology Ministry said it had blocked Facebook at the request of the military to stem protests.

World Cup protesters march on stadium Posted: 27 May 2014 03:08 PM PDT Civil disobedience grows as groups say cost of event is excessive for developing nation.

Day of mourning at UC Santa Barbara Posted: 27 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Classes were canceled Tuesday at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as the college community reeled from the deadly rampage that took the lives of six of its students.

NYPD to carry heroin antidote as overdoses double Posted: 27 May 2014 04:05 PM PDT By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police will begin carrying large amounts of anti-opiate drugs in an effort to combat a recent spike in heroin deaths, law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. Opiate overdoses killed more than 2,000 New York residents in 2011, more than double the number in 2004, state records show. Across the United States, the number of fatal opiate overdoses increased 45 percent from 2006-2010. "This program will literally save lives," New York Attorney General Schneiderman said in a statement.

U.S. Marines deployed to Libya coast Posted: 28 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT Precaution comes amid rising lawlessness, power struggles among former rebel militias.

Myrtle Beach police scour social media in hunt for gunmen Posted: 27 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Police in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina are studying videos on YouTube and Instagram and asking people to send any cellphone pictures to help identify gunmen in a weekend shooting that killed three people. The shooting, in one of the most popular tourist destinations in the U.S. Southeast, occurred during an annual sports motorcycle rally called the Atlantic Beach Bike Fest, a popular Memorial Day event. Late Saturday, police responded to a large street fight in front of an oceanfront motel and were attending to a man who had been shot when more gunshots rang out, officials said. Several people involved in the fight fled into the hotel when multiple shots were fired at them, killing two men and a woman, police said.      Jamie Williams 28, and Devonte Dantzler, 21, were pronounced dead at the scene.

Chinese man get 6 years in U.S. prison for smuggling rhino horns Posted: 27 May 2014 03:45 PM PDT NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — An antiques dealer from China has been sentenced to nearly six years in U.S. federal prison after admitting he was the mastermind of an international smuggling ring that specialized in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory.

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