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Blast kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan

Blast kills 3 Americans in Afghanistan

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:31 AM PDT

FRIENDLY FIRE KILLS U.S. TROOPSIn wake of tragedy, Afghan president supports calls for U.N. mediation.

Report: Half of vets with PTSD got treatment

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:47 AM PDT

Fort HoodOnly about half of the veterans diagnosed with PTSD last year after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan received the recommended therapy despite efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to beef up its mental health staffing, the Institute of Medicine said in a report released Friday.

80 percent of senior execs got bonuses, VA says

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:58 AM PDT

Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson speaks during a news conference at the VA Medical Center in Washington, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. The Veterans Affairs Department (VA) release the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data for all Veterans health facilities. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)The VA says nearly 80 percent of its senior executives got performance bonuses last year, despite widespread treatment delays and preventable deaths at VA hospitals and clinics.

Ukraine: 1-week cease-fire starts now

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 10:14 AM PDT

Photos of the day - June 20, 2014Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko orders his forces to cease fire and halt military operations for seven days against pro-Russia separatists in the country's east — the first step in what he hopes is a concrete plan to end the conflict that has cost more than 350 lives.

U.S. House backs limits on Obama's authority

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:57 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel listens to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dempsey during the defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThe Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying.

Send military to southern border: Boehner

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 10:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2011, file photo Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, tours the U.S.-Mexico border with Border Patrol agent Steve Venditouli in the Coronado National Forest near Nogales, Ariz. Most illegal border crossers are apprehended along the 2,000-mile long Mexican border in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Since the 2006 budget year, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has spent more than $1.4 billion on what is described as House Speaker calls for President Obama to send National Guard to deal with unaccompanied minors.

7 Ukrainian troops killed; rebels drive tanks

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Seven Ukrainian troops were killed in overnight fighting in the restive east, an official said Friday, as clashes between government forces and pro-Russia rebels flared ahead of the publication of a presidential peace plan that includes a unilateral cease-fire.

IRS chief says inspector general to review 'hard drive crashes'

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:59 AM PDT

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation who has invoked her Fifth Amendment right at least nine times to avoid answering lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Under fire from Congress, IRS chief Koskinen will look at computer data loss.

NYC to pay $40M to 5 convicted in 'Central Park jogger' case

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 08:34 PM PDT

People lay out in the sun on Memorial Day on Cedar Hill in Central Park in New YorkBy Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were convicted, and later exonerated, of brutally raping a female jogger in Central Park in 1989, settling a long-fought civil rights lawsuit, according to a person familiar with the matter. The violent attack, which became known as the Central Park jogger case, made national headlines as a sign that the city's crime rate had spiraled out of control, while the outcome of the prosecution raised questions about race and the justice system. The five men – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam – were between 14 and 16 years of age at the time of the rape and confessed after lengthy police interrogations. The victim, Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old investment banker, nearly died from the attack and was left with no memory of it.

3 shot after Denver-area rap concert, suspect sought

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 06:43 AM PDT

Rapper Nas performs during Hot 97's Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, June 1, 2014 in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)MORRISON, Colo. (AP) — Law enforcement officers were searching for a gunman Friday after three people were shot and wounded at the end of a rap concert at the popular Red Rocks outdoor amphitheater in the foothills west of Denver.

Islamists in Iraq start destroying symbols of its history

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:46 AM PDT

Members of the Iraqi security forces prepare to fire mortar bombs during clashes with Sunni militant group ISIL in Muqdadiyah in Diyala provinceMilitant Sunni Islamists who seized swathes of northern Iraq last week have destroyed symbols of Iraq's heritage in the city of Mosul, including statues of cultural icons and the tomb of a medieval philosopher. Witnesses said militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had destroyed a statue of Othman al-Mousuli, a 19th Century Iraqi musician and composer, and the statue of Abu Tammam, an Abbasid-era Arab poet. The tomb of Ibn al-Athir, an Arab philosopher who traveled with the army of warrior sultan Salahuddin in the 12th century was desecrated after ISIL took the city.

US blacklists Thailand, Malaysia for failure to fight human trafficking

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:08 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 25, 2014 file picture California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who as a prosecutor once specialized in child sexual assault cases addresses the Domestic Human Trafficking symposium in Los Angeles, Trafficking, forced labor and modern slavery are big business generating profits estimated at $150 billion a year, the U.N. labor agency said Tuesday May 20, 2014. The report by the International Labor Organization finds global profits from involuntary workers _ an estimated 21 million of them _ have more than tripled over the past decade from its estimate of at least $44 billion in 2005. ILO Director Guy Ryder said his agency's report Tuesday calls attention to the need WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has blacklisted Thailand and Malaysia for failing to meet its minimum standards in fighting human trafficking, a move that could strain relations with two important U.S. partners in Asia.

Congress probes how IRS emails could go missing

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 09:19 AM PDT

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS. The IRS asserts it can't produce emails from seven officials connected to the tea party investigation because of computer crashes, including the emails from Lois Lerner, the former IRS official at the center of the investigation who has invoked her Fifth Amendment right at least nine times to avoid answering lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service commissioner said Friday the agency will not share with Congress additional details about its lost emails related to the ongoing tea party investigation until its own review is finished because he said Republicans are releasing inaccurate, interim information.

UN development chief echoes Obama's 'inclusive governance' message for Iraq

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 07:18 AM PDT

Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Programme, speaks during a news conference in ManamaBy Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq needs more inclusive governance across sectarian and religious divides if it is to end its turmoil, something only its own politicians can deliver, one of the United Nations' top officials said on Friday. Helen Clark, head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the world body's third most senior figure, said only a political solution in Iraq, and in neighboring Syria, could end the crises. "The political leaders need to come together to plan how you can run Iraq within its current borders," the former New Zealand prime minister told Reuters in an interview in Istanbul. "Iraq must solve its own problems ... People have to want one country," she said, when asked if that was possible without foreign military intervention.

UN: More than 50 million displaced worldwide

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 01:09 AM PDT

A Syrian girl stands in a refugee camp in the east Lebanese town of Anjar near the Syrian borderThe number of people uprooted by war and crisis soars to the highest level since WWII.

Ebola outbreak 'totally out of control'

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 05:53 AM PDT

Staff of "Doctors without Borders" carry the body of a person killed by Ebola, at a centre for victims of the virus in Guekedou, Guinea on April 1, 2014Doctors Without Borders senior official says West Africa can't cope with spread of virus.

Ukraine's leader orders 1-week govt cease-fire

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:29 AM PDT

A woman carries her belongings heading to the Ukrainian-Russian border checkpoint in Izvaryne as she leaves Ukraine, Friday, June 20, 2014. Some Ukrainians are leaving amid fighting in eastern Ukraine. Clashes between government forces and pro-Russia rebels flared ahead of the publication of a presidential peace plan that includes a unilateral cease-fire. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his forces to cease fire Friday and halt military operations for a week against pro-Russia separatists in the country's east — the first step in a peace plan he hopes will end the conflict that has cost more than 350 lives.

UN: Number of world's displaced over 50 million

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 10:36 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — For the first time since World War II, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday.

AP PHOTOS: Glimpse at refugees, as UN count surges

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:25 AM PDT

Eritrean female asylum seekers sit along with their children on the sidewalk in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, June 20, 2014. Since April 29, over 200 Eritrean asylum seekers including women and children living on the streets of Sanaa wait to be resettled to a third country. For the first time since the World War II era, the number of people forced from their homes worldwide has surged past 50 million, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)Women and children seeking asylum from Eritrea sit along a sidewalk in Sanaa, Yemen. Syrian refugee children play soccer at a camp in Lebanon. Iraqis fleeing violence in the city of Mosul carry their belongings as they arrive at a refugee camp north of Baghdad.

Pope's view on legalizing drugs: Just say no

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:36 AM PDT

Pope Francis exchange gifts with the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra' Matthew Festing, during a private audience in the pontiff's private library at the Vatican, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed experiment as he lent his voice Friday to a debate that is raging from the United States to Uruguay.

Top Shiite cleric calls for new government in Iraq

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Iraqi men check in at main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 20, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. The campaign by the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State militants has raised the specter of the sectarian warfare that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007, with the popular mobilization to fight the insurgents taking an increasingly sectarian slant, particularly after Iraq's top Shiite cleric made a call to arms last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — The spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiite majority called for a new, "effective" government Friday, increasing pressure on the country's prime minister a day after U.S. President Barack Obama challenged him to create a more inclusive leadership or risk a sectarian civil war.

Gov't moves to ban drones in 400 national parks

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:18 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 20, 2011 file photo shows shadows creeping up on sandstone cliffs glowing red as the sun sets on Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. The National Park Service is taking steps to ban drones from 84 million acres of public lands and waterways, saying the unmanned aircraft annoy visitors, harass wildlife and threaten safety. Jonathan Jarvis, the park service's director, told The Associated Press he was signing a policy memorandum on Friday directing superintendents of the service's 401 parks to write rules prohibiting the launching, landing or operation of unmanned aircraft in their parks. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service is taking steps to ban drones from 84 million acres of public lands and waterways, saying the unmanned aircraft annoy visitors, harass wildlife and threaten safety.

AP source: Settlement in Central Park jogger case

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 10:33 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — All but closing the books on one of the most lurid crime cases in New York history, the city has agreed to a $40 million settlement with five men who were falsely convicted in the vicious 1989 rape and beating of a Central Park jogger, a city official said Friday.

Costa Rica advances with 1-0 win over Italy

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 11:55 AM PDT

Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz, left, heads the ball at Italy's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to score his side's first goal during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Costa Rica at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Costa Rica followed up its surprise win over Uruguay with another World Cup stunner on Friday, beating four-time champion Italy 1-0 to secure a spot in the next round and eliminate England in the process.

Obama extends family leave rights of gay couples

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 10:34 AM PDT

Obama extends family leave rights of gay couplesPresident Barack Obama on Friday will announce a rule that makes legally married same-sex couples eligible for benefits under the Family and Medical Leave Act in all 50 states, a White House official said. Currently, legally married couples are eligible for those benefits if they reside in a state in which same-sex marriage is legal. Obama is directing the Department of Labor to propose a rule extending the FMLA rights even to states where gay unions are not legal. The rule is being issued as Attorney General Eric Holder announces the results of a review of U.S. laws in the wake of the landmark 2013 Supreme Court Windsor decision that held that the survivor of a same-sex couple could claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses.

Congress to probe how IRS emails could go missing

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 06:34 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen (KOSS-kuh-nenn) is telling Congress that eight federal employees connected to the tea party investigation experienced hard drive crashes.

House GOP elects McCarthy, Scalise to lead party in wake of Cantor loss

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:25 PM PDT

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is joined by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, just after House Republicans voted to make McCarthy the new majority leader, replacing Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., who was defeated in his primary earlier this month, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., who leads a conservative faction of lawmakers in the Republican Study Committee, was elected to be the new House majority whip, replacing McCarthy. Scalise was in a three-way race with Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Eric Cantor's establishment heir apparent is officially named his successor in the House.

10 killed in Bulgaria after heavy rains, floods

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:16 PM PDT

Partially-submerged cars are pictured during heavy flooding in the city of VarnaTorrential rains and floods hit Bulgaria on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, cutting off electricity, blocking roads and sparking evacuations, officials said.

Rick Perry is preparing himself to run for president

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 01:49 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry gives the keynote speech at the California Republican Party convention in Anaheim, Calif. California Gov. The Republican has made convincing top employers elsewhere to move to Texas a centerpiece of his administration. California has been a prime target, with Perry bashing what he calls the Golden State's high-tax, over-regulated ways. But a New York Times Magazine story released Tuesday says Perry told the reporter Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry hasn't decided if he'll run for president again, but if he does, he plans to be much better prepared than in 2012.

Tornado injures 2, razes dozens of properties in S.D. town

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:57 PM PDT

Damaged vehicles at Springs Auto after a tornado tore through the area on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Wessington Springs, S.D. (AP Photo/Argus Leader, Joe Ahlquist)A timely warning allowed an entire South Dakota city to shelter from a tornado that razed dozens of homes and businesses but injured only one or two people in the area, officials said Thursday.

Gerry Goffin, Carole King's ex-husband, dies at 75

Posted: 20 Jun 2014 05:30 AM PDT

This undated image released by The O and M Company shows lyricist Gerry Goffin with his wife Michelle at the opening night of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," in New York. Goffin, ex-husband of Carole King, died Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75. Goffin, who married King in 1959 while both were in their teens, penned more than 50 top 40 hits, including "Pleasant Valley Sunday" for the Monkees, "Crying in the Rain" by the Everly Brothers, Lyricist Gerry Goffin, who with his then-wife and songwriting partner Carole King wrote such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," ''(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," ''Halfway to Paradise" and "The Loco-Motion," died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 75.

World Cup: England falls to Uruguay, 2-1

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Luis Suarez scored twice to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over England at the World Cup on Thursday, making an instant impact on his return from injury.

Starbucks degree program not as simple as it seems

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 02:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this file photo taken July 26, 2011, a customer enjoys a coffee at Starbucks in Miami. It turns out Starbucks isn't contributing any upfront scholarship money to an online college degree program it introduced on Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)NEW YORK (AP) — The scholarship portion of a new education program Starbucks is offering to help workers pay for an online degree consists of a discount from Arizona State University, not money from the chain.

Obama to send 300 military advisers to Iraq

Posted: 19 Jun 2014 03:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Obama said he was dispatching up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help quell the rising insurgency in the crumbling state. He called on Iraqi leaders to govern with a more "inclusive agenda" to ensure the country does not descend into civil war.

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