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Ukraine claims victory in pro-Russian stronghold

Ukraine claims victory in pro-Russian stronghold


Ukraine claims victory in pro-Russian stronghold

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:07 AM PDT

Ukrainian government forces maneuver antiaircraft missile launchers Buk as they are transported north-west from Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)Government troops have taken a rebel stronghold in east Ukraine, the country'ss president and a spokesman for the rebels said Saturday.


4 kids die in sweeping Philadelphia row home fire

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 07:54 AM PDT

A woman cries as she walks past Philadelphia firefighters working on burned row homes on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Philadelphia. A fast-moving fire in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday left four children dead and burned through a number of adjoining homes. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire raced through a row of two-story homes in southwest Philadelphia early Saturday, killing four children, engulfing at least 10 houses and displacing more than 40 residents, officials said.


Clashes spread after Palestinian boy's funeral

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 04:06 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers and armor gather near the Israel and Gaza Strip border, Saturday, July 5, 2014. The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have fired more than 150 rockets at southern Israel in recent weeks and Israel sent troops to the Gaza border as a precaution Thursday. The air force has responded with airstrikes on about 70 targets in Gaza, the military said. There was talk of the sides seeking a truce on Friday. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)JERUSALEM (AP) — Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters spread from Jerusalem to Arab towns in northern Israel Saturday following the funeral of an Arab teenager who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists in a revenge attack.


What's making US economy a world beater? 5 factors

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 12:19 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 1, 2014, file photo, trader Peter Tuchman jokes with a handmade "Dow 17,000" cap as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Five full years after a devastating recession officially ended, the economy is finally showing the vigor that Americans have long awaited. In June 2014, employers added 288,000 jobs, reducing the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the lowest since September 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — How does the U.S. economy do it?


Palestinian teen burned to death, autopsy shows

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Suha Abu Khdeir, mother of 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir, a U.S. citizen who goes to school in Tampa, Florida, sits in her home and shows a tablet with a photo of Tariq taken in a hospital after he was beaten and arrested by the Israeli police during clashes sparked by the murder Thursday of his cousin Mohammed Abu Khdeir, in Jerusalem, Saturday, July 5, 2014. Israeli police spokeswoman, said that Tariq Abu Khdeir had resisted arrest and attacked police officers. Tariq's father said he witnessed his son's arrest and insisted the boy was not involved in the violence. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — An autopsy showed an Arab teenager who Palestinians say was killed in a revenge attack was burned to death, officials said Saturday, while Palestinian militants fired two rockets toward a major southern city deeper into Israel than any other attack in the current round of violence.


4 killed in car bomb attack in Somalia

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Somali soldiers stand near the wreckage of a suicide car bomb near the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, July 5, 2014. A Somali police officer says troops have thwarted an attack by a suicide bomber outside the heavily guarded parliament headquarters. Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer says troops stopped a suicide car bomber who detonated his explosive-laden car at a checkpoint near the entrance to Somalia's parliament. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Four people were killed when a car laden with explosives blew up near the parliamentary building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a police official said Saturday.


NATO signals no new members for the present

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 16, 2014, file photo, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a joint briefing with Romanian President Traian Basescu, at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania. Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion. (AP Photo/Octav Ganea, Mediafax, File) ROMANIA OUTBRUSSELS (AP) — Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion.


Neymar airlifted from Brazil's training camp

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:11 AM PDT

Brazil's Neymar grimaces in pain during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Brazil and Colombia at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil, Friday, July 4, 2014. Brazil's team doctor says Neymar will miss the rest of the World Cup after breaking a vertebrae during the team's quarterfinal win over Colombia. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Pool)BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazil striker Neymar has been airlifted from Brazil's training camp in a medical helicopter and will be treated at home for the back injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.


Only road onto NC island reopening after Arthur

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

A man crosses a flooded Highway 64 as wind pushes water over the road as Hurricane Arthur passes through Nags Head, N.C., Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — Businesses on two of North Carolina's barrier islands hoped to salvage the rest of the holiday weekend after Arthur clipped the state without causing major damage before churning north toward Canada.


4 confirmed dead in Fla. boat collision

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 09:15 AM PDT

MIAMI (AP) — Four people have been confirmed dead in a Florida boat collision, authorities said Saturday.

AP PHOTOS: July 4th celebration across US

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 09:59 PM PDT

Fireworks explode over the Philadelphia Museum of Art during an Independence Day celebration, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)The United States marks 238 years as an independent nation as it celebrates the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music, despite Hurricane Arthur crashing holiday parties along the East Coast.


Video shows California officer punching woman

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 01:04 AM PDT

In this July 1, 2014 image made from video provided by motorist David Diaz, a California Highway Patrol officer straddles a woman while punching her in the head on the shoulder of a Los Angeles freeway. The woman had been walking on Interstate 10 west of downtown Los Angeles, endangering herself and people in traffic, and the officer was trying to restrain her, according to a CHP assistant chief. The officer, who has not been identified, has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation. (AP Photo/David Diaz)LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Highway Patrol has vowed to carry out a thorough investigation after a video emerged of one of its officers repeatedly punching a pinned down woman on the side of a Los Angeles freeway.


Fireworks, hot dogs, hurricane help mark July 4th

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 04:36 AM PDT

Fireworks light up the sky above the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy's Fourth of July fireworks show, Friday, July 4, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)The United States marked 238 years as an independent nation and celebrated the Fourth of July with fireworks, food and music. Nature and politics also played a role this year, with Hurricane Arthur crashing holiday parties along the East Coast and subdued festivities in Moscow amid growing anti-American sentiment over the crisis in Ukraine. Here are some highlights of Independence Day celebrations across the globe:


Ukraine leader orders flag raised in rebel stronghold after army successes

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Ukrainian President Poroshenko speaks in the Ukrainian parliament in KievPetro Poroshenko gave the order after hearing reports of military successes in Slaviansk, the presidential website said.


Putin tells Obama he wants better relations

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 03:37 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2014, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony of presentation of credentials by foreign ambassadors in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow. In a statement published on the Kremlin website on Friday, July 4, 2014, Putin said "regardless of difficulties and disagreements" he hoped that Russia and the U.S. could "successfully develop relations on pragmatic and equal grounds." Relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated as the two countries have struggled to find common ground in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov, Pool, File)Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Barack Obama in an Independence Day message that he hopes the countries can improve relations.


Dueling immigration rallies held in Southern Calif.

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:28 PM PDT

Demonstrators from opposing sides confront each other, Friday, July 4, 2014, outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif. Demonstrators on both sides of the immigration debate had gathered where the agency was foiled earlier this week in an attempt to bus in and process some of the immigrants who have flooded the Texas border with Mexico. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Activists on both sides of the debate confront each other near a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta.


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