| Benghazi attack suspect in federal custody Posted: 28 Jun 2014 06:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington says a Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks is in federal law enforcement custody and there is heightened security at the city's federal courthouse.
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| Iraqi troops push to retake Tikrit from rebels, parties pursue talks Posted: 28 Jun 2014 09:49 AM PDT  Party leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country.
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| High court poised to decide birth-control dispute Posted: 28 Jun 2014 06:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is poised to deliver its verdict in a case that weighs the religious rights of employers and the right of women to the birth control of their choice.
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| Iraq launches push for militant-held northern city Posted: 28 Jun 2014 09:43 AM PDT  Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit.
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| Russia accuses US of fueling Ukrainian crisis Posted: 28 Jun 2014 08:57 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.
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| Saturday court appearance for Benghazi suspect Posted: 28 Jun 2014 11:03 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks faces his first court appearance amid tight security at the federal courthouse in Washington.
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| Review: VA a struggling agency beset with ills Posted: 28 Jun 2014 02:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing "significant and chronic system failures" in the nation's health system for veterans, a review ordered by President Barack Obama portrays the Department of Veterans Affairs as a struggling agency battling a corrosive culture of distrust, lacking in resources and ill-prepared to deal with an influx of new and older veterans with a range of medical and mental health care needs.
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| US takes gay rights global, despite unsure welcome Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:30 AM PDT  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — President Barack Obama's administration has taken the U.S. gay rights revolution global, using American embassies across the world as outposts in a struggle that still hasn't been won at home.
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| BRAZIL BEAT: Hacker posts fake bomb threat message Posted: 28 Jun 2014 10:35 AM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's government says a hacker breached the Twitter account of the nation's federal police and posted false word that there was a bomb threat in the World Cup stadium where Brazil took on Chile.
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| Suarez told FIFA panel bite was not deliberate Posted: 28 Jun 2014 09:03 AM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luis Suarez told FIFA's disciplinary panel that he did not deliberately bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
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| Deaths of 19 firefighters prompt few changes Posted: 28 Jun 2014 08:11 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — It was the worst loss of life for U.S. wildland firefighters in eight decades, a tragedy that killed 19 members of a Hotshot crew during an out-of-control inferno in a brush-choked canyon.
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| AP PHOTOS: Die-hard fans bring color to World Cup Posted: 27 Jun 2014 09:10 PM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — They flock to games with faces painted and draped in flags. They hold up signs and wear funny hats. They chant and sing until they're hoarse. They're the traveling fans, and they're helping give the World Cup the feel of Carnival.
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| Thai coup leader denies conspiracy with protesters Posted: 28 Jun 2014 12:00 AM PDT  Thailand's junta-leading Army Chief has dismissed allegations he plotted to seize power for years before May's coup, issuing an apparent rebuke to the leader of the protests that crippled the former government. "It is not true" General Prayut Chan-O-Cha said, addressing accusations that he had discussed uprooting the divisive Shinawatra clan from politics with firebrand protest chief Suthep Thaugsuban. Supporters of ousted premier Yingluck Shinawatra have blamed a coalition of establishment-linked forces -- including the army and judiciary -- for colluding to overthrow the government, the second such army putsch in eight years. He has imposed martial law on the kingdom, suspended the constitution, muzzled dissent and detained or arrested hundreds of people -- mainly supporters of the former government.
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| Monsoon floods kill 11 in India, maroon thousands Posted: 28 Jun 2014 01:48 AM PDT  Indian authorities rush food and drinking water to thousands marooned by monsoon rains and mudslides.
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| Soul legend Bobby Womack dead at 70 Posted:  The legendary soul singer, known for hits like "It's All Over Now," has died at age 70.
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| Venezuela blackout hits much of country Posted: 27 Jun 2014 06:06 PM PDT  A power plant failure knocked out electricity across a big swath of Venezuela on Friday, darkening the lights at a nationally televised presidential ceremony and forcing a suspension of subway and train services around the country
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| 6 killed in fiery crash in Kentucky Posted: 27 Jun 2014 04:45 PM PDT  A station wagon lost control on a busy highway, crossed the median and plowed head-on into a minivan, sparking a fiery crash that killed six people — including three children — in central Kentucky.
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| Snubbing Russia, Ukraine signs historic EU pact Posted: 27 Jun 2014 03:30 PM PDT  Ukraine's action seals the very concord that triggered the bloodshed, political convulsions of the past 7 months.
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| VA review finds 'corrosive culture’ Posted: 27 Jun 2014 05:10 PM PDT A review ordered by President Barack Obama of the troubled Veterans Affairs health care system concluded that medical care for veterans is beset by "significant and chronic system failures," substantially verifying problems raised by whistleblowers and internal and congressional investigators. |
| Police: Texas couple kept son locked away for years Posted: 27 Jun 2014 02:20 PM PDT  A man arrested for burglary in a Central Texas town told police he had been held captive for at least four years by his adoptive parents in a garage apartment locked on the outside, authorities said.
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| Ukraine extends cease-fire for 3 days Posted: 27 Jun 2014 03:11 PM PDT  The weeklong cease-fire that ended today has been extended until late Monday.
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| Arizona tourists, residents evacuate near wildfire Posted: 27 Jun 2014 07:37 PM PDT  Communities mostly populated with summer homes remain under mandatory evacuation orders because of a wildfire in northeastern Arizona's White Mountains, but authorities say the flames have moved into thinned or previous burned parts of the forest.
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| Mexican helicopter fires shots in Arizona Posted: 27 Jun 2014 04:22 PM PDT  Mexican law enforcement on Thursday crossed into Arizona by helicopter and fired two shots at U.S. border agents, a border patrol union leader says.
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| Court: Wal-Mart must compensate workers Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:22 PM PDT  Canada's Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize.
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| Ex-soldier to get life in Hawaii's first death penalty trial Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:47 PM PDT  A former soldier convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal jury announced Friday it failed to agree on his sentence in the first death penalty trial in Hawaii since it became a state.
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| Djokovic wins Wimbledon; Li Na, V. Williams out Posted:  A year that started with another Grand Slam title for Li Na has turned into a major disappointment.
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| Fear of voting grips Senate Democratic leaders Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:05 PM PDT  A fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing the chamber's modest productivity this election season to a near halt.
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| FIFA, union agree Suarez needs treatment Posted:  The players' union and football's governing body agree on one thing in the wake of the heavy ban imposed on Luis Suarez for his third biting incident: the Uruguay and Liverpool striker needs help.
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| Miss. Tea Party official dead in apparent suicide Posted: 27 Jun 2014 02:16 PM PDT  A prominent lawyer and leader of the Mississippi Tea Party, who was arrested in connection with photos posted online of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran's bedridden wife, died on Friday of an apparent suicide, the man's attorney said. Mark Mayfield, 57, was a founding member of the state's Tea Party and had served as its vice chairman, the organization said. "This is a terrible tragedy that shouldn't have happened," Mayfield's lawyer and brother-in-law, John Reeves, told Reuters. Mayfield was found lying on the floor of a garage storage room with a single gunshot wound to his head, according to the police department in Ridgeland, Mississippi. Mayfield's death comes after state Senator Chris McDaniel, who had the backing of conservative Tea Party groups, lost a bitterly contested primary runoff against Cochran on Tuesday for the Republican Senate nomination.
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