| Ukraine rebel commander admits fighters had BUK missile Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:59 AM PDT  This major admission raises questions of Russia's possible involvement.
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| Horror in Nigeria when two targets are hit Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:46 AM PDT  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police say at least 25 people were killed Wednesday by two bombings in the northern city of Kaduna.
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| 47 trapped, feared dead in Taiwan crash Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:05 AM PDT  ATR turboprop plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside airport on small Taiwanese island, said transport minister.
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| Nazi war crimes suspect dies before facing justice Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An 89-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect has died, the night before a judge ruled that he should be extradited to Germany to face trial, his lawyer said Wednesday.
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| Detroit porch shooter's lawyer says he feared for his life Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:36 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man who killed an unarmed woman on his porch was rocked out of sleep by a series of "boom, boom, boom" pounding sounds outside his home, causing him to grab a shotgun, open the front door and fire, a defense lawyer told jurors during opening statements Wednesday.
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| Head doctor fighting Ebola epidemic contracts virus himself Posted: 23 Jul 2014 07:08 AM PDT  By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the president's office said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a "national hero" by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control an outbreak that has killed 206 people in the West African country. Across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, 632 people have died from the illness, according to the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) data, putting great strain on the health systems of some of Africa's poorest countries. Khan, a Sierra Leonean virologist credited with treating more than 100 Ebola victims, has been transferred to a treatment ward run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, according to a statement released late on Tuesday by the president's office.
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| Using fake IDs, investigators score Obamacare benefits Posted: 23 Jul 2014 08:41 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Undercover investigators using fake identities were able to secure taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional investigators said Wednesday.
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| Elizabeth Warren takes a cue from Hillary Clinton Posted: 23 Jul 2014 05:43 AM PDT  Sen. Elizabeth Warren insists she 'is not' running for president in 2016, but could she still?
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| Two bomb blasts in same Nigerian city kill at least 82 Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:53 AM PDT  By Garba Muhammed KADUNA Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 82 people were killed on Wednesday in two bombings in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna targeting opposition leader and former president Muhammadu Buhari at a busy market and a moderate Muslim cleric about to lead a crowd in prayer. The attacks bore the hallmarks of Islamist group Boko Haram but may also have been linked to politics ahead of 2015's elections. The deadlier blast targeted Buhari's convoy at the crowded Kawo market, his son told Reuters on the scene. Buhari was the main opposition party contender against President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 election and remains a key figure in the opposition alliance.
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| First bodies from MH17 crash arrive in Netherlands Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:25 AM PDT  By Harro Ten Wolde EINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) - The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived back in the Netherlands on Wednesday amid dignified grief tinged with anger. Bells pealed and flags flew at half mast in memory of the 298 people killed when flight MH17 crashed in an area of eastern Ukraine held by Russian-backed separatists, in the first national day of mourning since wartime Queen Wilhelmina died in 1962. King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte led dignitaries on the tarmac as two military aircraft carrying 40 plain wooden coffins landed at Eindhoven Airport in the southern Netherlands. A military honor guard stood to attention as a lone trumpeter played The Last Post, the military funeral call for people killed in war.
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| UN's human rights chief warns both sides in Gaza on war crimes Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:28 AM PDT  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights official has warned all sides in the two-week war in the Gaza Strip to not indiscriminately attack civilians, and that violations may amount to war crimes.
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| US pushes for truce as Gaza battle rages Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:16 AM PDT  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the top U.S. diplomat reported progress in efforts to end fighting that has so far killed more than 680 Palestinians and 34 Israelis.
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| Malaysia jet victims' bodies arrive in Netherlands Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:28 AM PDT  EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Two planes carrying 40 coffins bearing victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 landed Wednesday in the southern city of Eindhoven, and pro-Russian rebels shot down two fighter jets in Ukraine's restive east as fighting flared in the region.
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| House GOP: Send National Guard, speed removals Posted: 23 Jul 2014 08:17 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans want to slash President Barack Obama's emergency spending request for the border, speed young migrants back home to Central America, and send in the National Guard.
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| Head of troubled CDC anthrax lab has resigned Posted: 23 Jul 2014 10:29 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the government lab that potentially exposed workers to live anthrax has resigned, an agency spokesman said Wednesday. |
| Plane crashes in Taiwan, 47 trapped, feared dead Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:28 AM PDT TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and a transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead. |
| Death sentence given in AP photographer's killing Posted: 23 Jul 2014 09:30 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Kabul court announced Wednesday that the Afghan police officer charged with killing Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and wounding veteran AP correspondent Kathy Gannon has been convicted and sentenced to death.
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| New safety rules proposed to curb oil train fires Posted: 23 Jul 2014 08:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under regulations proposed Wednesday in response to a series of fiery train crashes over the past year, including a runaway oil train that exploded in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people.
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| With GOP runoff over, Perdue and Nunn face off Posted: 23 Jul 2014 08:51 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — Within hours of David Perdue's GOP Senate nomination, he and Democrat Michelle Nunn launched the real battle for Georgia's open Senate seat with attack ads and retail politicking in a match up that could help settle control of the Senate.
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