| Going inside Gaza Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:06 AM PDT  U.S. reporters head into Gaza with the Israeli Defense Forces' 188th Armored Brigade.
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| Argentine FA chief Julio Grondona dies at 82 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:36 AM PDT  Julio Grondona, the veteran president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and FIFA vice-president, died on Wednesday at the age of 82 in a Buenos Aires clinic, AFA sources reported. The all-powerful figure, who had been in charge of Argentine football since 1979, had been taken to hospital suffering from heart problems and died while undergoing emergency surgery. Earlier this week he had held meetings with Alejandro Sabella, who decided not to continue as Argentina coach after leading the team to the World Cup final in Brazil recently.
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| Feds probing for fraud in D.C. building projects Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT Federal investigators looking for fraud in the nation's capital are scrutinizing a program meant to give local contractors a share of major construction projects, people familiar with the probe have told The Associated Press. |
| Investigation exposes flaws behind HealthCare.gov rollout Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:24 AM PDT  Officials tell The Associated Press that a nonpartisan investigative report concludes that management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the computer problems that paralyzed the HealthCare.gov website last fall.
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| Rebels said to lay mines near MH17 site Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT  Another attempt to reach Malaysia Airlines crash site in E. Ukraine turned away.
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| So what did former IRS official really think of GOP lawmakers? Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:34 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former IRS official at the heart of the agency's tea party controversy called Republicans "crazies" and more in newly released emails.
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| Fans stampede out of Guinea beach rap concert, 33 dead Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:28 AM PDT  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Hundreds of people leaving a late-night rap concert on a beach in Guinea rushed to leave through a single exit, creating a stampede that killed at least 33 people, officials said Wednesday.
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| Israeli strike on Gaza market kills 15, wounds 150 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:29 AM PDT  JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza health officials say 15 people have been killed and more than 150 wounded by an Israeli airstrike in a crowded shopping area.
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| Kelsey Grammer on sister's killer: Forgiveness, but not freedom Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:34 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — Actor Kelsey Grammer says he forgives the man who raped and killed his sister in Colorado nearly 40 years ago but doesn't want him to be paroled.
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| Child trafficking bust reveals new concern for victims Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — When FBI agents and police officers fanned out across the country last month in a weeklong effort to rescue child sex trafficking victims, they pulled minors as young as 11 from hotel rooms, truck stops and homes.
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| Violence erupts in China as prominent economics professor indicted Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:43 AM PDT  By Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - China formally indicted a prominent ethnic Uighur professor for separatism on Wednesday, as security forces flooded into the far western region of Xinjiang amid more reports of violence following what the government called a terrorist attack. Police in Beijing in January detained Ilham Tohti, a well-known economist who has championed the rights of the Muslim Uighur community, who come from Xinjiang. He was subsequently taken to the regional capital Urumqi and accused of promoting and supporting Xinjiang's independence from China, a red line for Beijing which views the region as an inseparable part of the country. The case against Tohti is the latest sign of the government's hardening stance on dissent in Xinjiang, where unrest in the past year or so has killed more than 200, including several police, according to state media.
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| American 'fighting' deadly Ebola virus Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:02 AM PDT  The N. Carolina aid worker is moving and getting a lot of fluids, says her son.
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| At least 75 bodies found in Benghazi; Islamists gain ground Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:57 AM PDT  Islamist groups have seized the army special forces headquarters in Libya's Benghazi after days of fighting left at least 35 soldiers dead and plunged the country deeper into lawlessness. Libya's Red Crescent said it had recovered the bodies of 35 soldiers from the base. Fighting in Benghazi has claimed about another 60 lives since Saturday, medical officials in the city said. "Special forces under the command of (Colonel) Wanis Abu Khamada withdrew after several attacks," said the army official after the biggest loss yet for the armed forces in their fight against the country's powerful militias.
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| Europe fears Ebola spread out of Africa Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:16 AM PDT  Doctors Without Borders says can't rule out virus spreading to other countries.
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| Honey, who's this naked guy in our bed? N.M. man faces charges Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:35 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man faces charges after authorities say a couple found him naked and sleeping in their bed.
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| VIDEO: Narrow escape from death on Indiana train bridge Posted: 30 Jul 2014 06:44 AM PDT  Two trespassers narrowly escaped death on a rail bridge, according to the Indiana Rail Road Company, as a 14,000-ton freight train approached.
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| Six-alarm blaze burns near Boston's Logan airport Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:03 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - Six companies of Boston firefighters on Wednesday battled a large blaze that engulfed multiple buildings in the city's residential eastern section, fire officials said. Live television images showed a plume of smoke hanging over the city's east near Logan International Airport. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured in the fire, which was reported at 8:35 a.m. ET. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Bill Trott)
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| Detroit boy, 8, shot and killed while he slept in bed Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:07 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — An 8-year-old boy who was lying in bed early Wednesday died after a bullet fired from outside went through a home's wall and hit him, Detroit police said.
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| North Korea said to fire 4 projectiles towards ocean Posted: 30 Jul 2014 04:41 AM PDT  South Korean officials say their hostile neighbor fired 4 projectiles toward the ocean.
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| Yes, we do negotiate with terrorists Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:29 AM PDT  NYT: al-Qaeda now funds terror operations via $125 million ransom paid by European governments.
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| Second UN school hit in Gaza, 15 dead Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:47 AM PDT  Several Israeli shells slammed school used as refugee shelter, killing at least 15, wounding 90.
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| UCLA campus flooded, in middle of Calif. drought Posted: 30 Jul 2014 02:40 AM PDT  By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major water main ruptured underneath a street near the University of California, Los Angeles on Tuesday, unleashing a 20-foot-tall geyser and millions of gallons of water that flooded part of campus and stranded motorists on nearby streets. The water gushed across the north end of the campus for several hours, submerging athletic fields and pouring into an underground parking structure, where motorists were caught in water up to their wheel wells, Los Angles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The deluge happened as California suffers through a record drought that has prompted state and local authorities to impose water-use restrictions on residents, such as fines for wasting even a few gallons on excessive lawn-watering. Workers were removing inches of standing water from the floor of the UCLA basketball team's Pauley Pavilion, which in 2012 underwent a multi million-dollar renovation, university spokesman Ricardo Vazquez said.
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| Amazon's $2 billion gambit Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:10 AM PDT  MUMBAI, India (AP) — The world's largest online retailer is facing off in India against a new name in e-commerce that was founded by former Amazon employees.
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| India landslide kills 17, scores trapped Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:52 AM PDT  A major landslide on Wednesday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 17 people and leaving up to 200 feared trapped, an official said. Emergency forces rushed to a remote village in Pune district of Maharashtra state, where a hill collapsed sending mud and rocks tumbling onto homes in the morning as residents were reportedly sleeping. "Six victims have been rescued and 17 dead bodies recovered so far," said Tripti Parule, a spokeswoman for the National Disaster Management Authority, in an email to AFP. Nine teams have been mobilised by the National Disaster Response Force with a strength of 378 trained personnel to help with the rescue effort in the village, Parule said, although ongoing rains have been hampering operations.
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| Strike on crowded Gaza area kills 16, wounds 150 Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:47 AM PDT  JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit a crowded Gaza shopping area on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 150, hours after Israeli tank shells slammed into a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing 15 people, Gaza health officials said.
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| Ukraine: Clashes prevent visit to jet debris site Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:18 AM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Almost two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, clashes on Wednesday between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels again prevented international experts from reaching the crash site to recover remains still baking in midsummer heat in farm fields — deepening frustration for victims' relatives and the governments whose citizens died.
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| Sanctions will damage Russia if not lifted quickly Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:10 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. and European sanctions against Russia's energy and finance sectors are strong enough to cause deep, long-lasting damage within months unless Moscow persuades the West to repeal them by withdrawing support for Ukrainian insurgents.
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| UCLA wades through damages from pipe flooding Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:38 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A spokesman for the University of California, Los Angeles, says 739 vehicles were in underground garages flooded by a burst water main and about half were totally submerged.
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| Senate reprieve for highly-contested border bill Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:36 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to deal with the immigration surge on the U.S.-Mexico border won a temporary reprieve in the Senate Wednesday as lawmakers maneuvered to offer some response to the crisis before adjourning for the summer.
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| Detroit police: Sleeping boy, 8, shot and killed Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:01 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — An 8-year-old boy who was sleeping early Wednesday died after a bullet fired from outside went through the home's wall and into his bedroom, hitting him, Detroit police said.
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| Japanese search US archives for WWII MIA info Posted: 30 Jul 2014 10:19 AM PDT  SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Racing against time, members of a Japanese organization are combing a New York military museum's World War II records for information they hope will lead to the graves of American servicemen still listed as missing in action on Saipan.
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| Allison Williams headed skyward as NBC's Peter Pan Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:06 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has picked its Peter Pan: high-flying "Girls" star Allison Williams.
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