Over 57,000 still await VA visits

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• Over 57,000 still await VA visits
• Clinton defends speaking fees, says family was 'dead broke'
• Gunmen abduct 20 women in northeast Nigeria
• Pakistan Taliban threaten more attacks
• Trucker in Tracy Morgan crash lacked sleep, prosecutor says
• Clinton: We were 'dead broke' after Bill's presidency
• Cop killings may have white supremacy ties
• World's oldest man dies at 111
• 30 killed in Iraq bombings
• 2 officers, civilian killed in Las Vegas ambush
• Russian supercomputer first to pass Turing Test
• 27 killed in Pakistan airport attack
• Syria's Assad declares amnesty for prisoners
• 29 killed in Iraq bombings
• World's oldest man dies at 111
• Miss Nevada crowned new Miss USA
• Audit: More than 57,000 await initial VA visits
• Longest average wait times for VA new patients
• Subway strikers, police clash in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Auto industry gets serious about lighter materials
• Bombs against Kurds, other attacks in Iraq kill 33
• Thai beauty queen resigns under social media fire
• John Kerry defends Bergdahl swap with Taliban

Over 57,000 still await VA visits Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:31 AM PDT Also, 64,000 who enrolled in the health-care system were never seen, the dep't. says.

Clinton defends speaking fees, says family was 'dead broke' Posted:

Gunmen abduct 20 women in northeast Nigeria Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:11 AM PDT Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic settlement in northeast Nigeria near the town of Chibok, where the Islamic militants abducted more than 300 schoolgirls and young women on April 15.

Pakistan Taliban threaten more attacks Posted: 09 Jun 2014 06:57 AM PDT Threats made after gunmen disguised as police guards carried out an assault on the country's busiest airport.

Trucker in Tracy Morgan crash lacked sleep, prosecutor says Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:16 AM PDT The Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia accused of triggering a crash in New Jersey that critically injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had not slept for more than 24 hours, a criminal complaint said.

Clinton: We were 'dead broke' after Bill's presidency Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says her family was "dead broke" after her husband Bill's presidency.

Cop killings may have white supremacy ties Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:05 AM PDT Two suspects killed two officers and a bystander before turning their guns on themselves.

World's oldest man dies at 111 Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:39 AM PDT Polish immigrant Alexander Imich had recently been named the world's oldest man.

30 killed in Iraq bombings Posted: 09 Jun 2014 07:49 AM PDT Attacks targeted the offices of a Kurdish political party in Tuz Khurmato.

2 officers, civilian killed in Las Vegas ambush Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:01 AM PDT Two suspects kill two officers and a bystander before turning their guns on themselves.

Russian supercomputer first to pass Turing Test Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:42 AM PDT A Russian supercomputer posing as a 13-year-old boy has convinced judges that it is human, becoming the first to pass the "Turing Test" in a historic moment in artificial intelligence, British scientists said.

27 killed in Pakistan airport attack Posted: 09 Jun 2014 06:04 AM PDT Gunmen disguised as police guards carried out an assault on the country's busiest airport.

Syria's Assad declares amnesty for prisoners Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:04 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar Assad declared a general amnesty Monday for prisoners in the country, state media reported.

29 killed in Iraq bombings Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:19 AM PDT Attacks targeted the offices of a Kurdish political party in Tuz Khurmato.

World's oldest man dies at 111 Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:56 AM PDT The world's oldest man, retired chemist and parapsychologist Alexander Imich, has died in New York City. He was 111.

Miss Nevada crowned new Miss USA Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:30 AM PDT Nia Sanchez, a fourth-degree black belt in martial arts, is the 63rd Miss USA.

Audit: More than 57,000 await initial VA visits Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 57,000 veterans have been waiting for up to three months for medical appointments, the Veterans Affairs Department said in a wide-ranging audit released Monday. An additional 64,000 who enrolled for VA health care over the past decade have never been seen by a doctor, according to the audit.

Longest average wait times for VA new patients Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:23 AM PDT Veterans Administration medical centers have come under criticism for long wait times for care. Here is a list of the facilities with the longest average waits as of May 15 for new patients seeking primary care, specialist care and mental health care, according to audit results released Monday.

Subway strikers, police clash in Sao Paulo, Brazil Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:22 AM PDT SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police and striking subway workers clashed Monday in a central commuter station, with union officials threatening to maintain the work stoppage through the World Cup opening match here this week.

Auto industry gets serious about lighter materials Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:15 AM PDT DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Roofs made of carbon fiber. Plastic windshields. Bumpers fashioned out of aluminum foam.

Bombs against Kurds, other attacks in Iraq kill 33 Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A double bombing tore through Kurdish political party offices in northern Iraq in the deadliest of a series of attacks nationwide that killed at least 33 people, officials said. It was the second such assault in as many days.

Thai beauty queen resigns under social media fire Posted: 09 Jun 2014 08:26 AM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — Miss Universe Thailand has resigned less than a month into her reign after being harshly criticized on social media over her political comments and looks.

John Kerry defends Bergdahl swap with Taliban Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT Secretary of State John Kerry defended Sunday the swap of five Guantanamo detainees for American Bowe Bergdahl, amid reports the captive US soldier was kept at times in a metal cage and in total darkness. Kerry doubled down on President Barack Obama's controversial decision to make the trade in exchange for the release of Bergdahl, who the top US diplomat said was at risk of being tortured by his captors. Bergdahl was released to US troops in Afghanistan last Saturday in exchange for the five Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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