Obama mulls Iraq airstrikes, civilian aid

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• Obama mulls Iraq airstrikes, civilian aid
• Remains found from Jonestown massacre
• Magnitude 4.5 quake rattles Hawaii ahead of 2 hurricanes
• President signs VA bill that may improve vets' access to health care
• China questions U.S. head of Christian NGO near N. Korea border
• Iraqi militants seize country's largest dam
• US weighs airstrikes, humanitarian aid in Iraq
• Russia hits back on sanctions; bans food from West
• 10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos
• Hamas says Gaza war not over until demands met
• Cremated remains of Jonestown bodies found in Del.
• Thai case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy
• Del. officials find remains of 9 Jonestown victims
• Khmer Rouge leaders jailed for life
• Jihadist offensive forces Christian exodus
• Branded as 'devil worshippers,' Yazidis face Jihadist genocide
• Mass. town's enthusiastic welcome to migrant children
• New job for Prince William: air ambulance pilot
• Remains of 2 US airmen found, missing since WW II
• Ebola drug ethics controversy: Who should get it?
• Stabbed Mich. boy's last words, to brother: 'I'll always love you'
• NATO, Ukraine talk about invasion defense
• 2 Philly-area boys safe after mother, then father found dead
• Kerry's surprise Afghanistan visit to meet feuding candidates
• Matt Bai: The true enemy of rational political debate is us
• Pope Francis makes appeal for Iraqi Christians forced to flee
• PHOTOS: Hawaii battens down for first hurricane in 22 years
• Russia stamps Snowden's papers for 3 more years
• Russia bans Western food over Ukraine sanctions
• Obama: Too soon to send experimental Ebola drug to Africa
• Bubba: Democratic savior
• Police: NYC bus driver failed sobriety test
• Mississippi GOP refuses to hear challenge to Cochran win
• Checking in on 90-year-old WWII vet running across America
• Dozens feared dead in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
• U.S. Homeland Security hit by cyber attack
• Hurricane Iselle gains strength as it nears Hawaii, with Julio behind
• CDC issues highest alert over Ebola
• 81-year-old farmer rescued from Ind. grain bin
• Missing Wash. girl's dad had previous molestation charge

Obama mulls Iraq airstrikes, civilian aid Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:32 AM PDT President considering U.S. strikes against Iraqi rebels, food drops to beleaguered community.

Remains found from Jonestown massacre Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:03 AM PDT Ashes from 9 victims of 1978 suicide-murder in Guyana turn up in Dover, Delaware.

Magnitude 4.5 quake rattles Hawaii ahead of 2 hurricanes Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:38 AM PDT Iselle was supposed to weaken as it slowly trudged west across the Pacific. It didn't — and now Hawaii is poised to take its first direct hurricane hit in 22 years. Tracking close behind it was Hurricane Julio, which strengthened early Thursday into a Category 2 storm.

President signs VA bill that may improve vets' access to health care Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:48 AM PDT FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) — Veterans may soon have easier access to government-paid health care under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday, the government's most sweeping response to date to a public uproar over systemwide problems that have rocked the Veterans Affairs Department.

China questions U.S. head of Christian NGO near N. Korea border Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Iraqi militants seize country's largest dam Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:24 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Residents living near Iraq's largest dam say Sunni militants from the Islamic State group have overrun the complex.

US weighs airstrikes, humanitarian aid in Iraq Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:59 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is weighing direct military strikes to stem an Islamic militant group's gains in Iraq, as well as humanitarian relief for thousands of displaced religious minorities in the country's north, according to U.S. defense officials and others familiar with the administration's thinking.

Russia hits back on sanctions; bans food from West Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:22 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia banned most food imports from the West on Thursday in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine, an unexpectedly sweeping move that will cost farmers in North America, Europe and Australia billions of dollars but will also likely lead to empty shelves in Russian cities.

10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:02 AM PDT Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

Hamas says Gaza war not over until demands met Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:16 AM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza City (AP) — Hamas held on Thursday its first public rally since a cease-fire with Israel, with an official vowing the militant group would never give up its arms and will continue to fight until the Gaza Strip blockade is lifted.

Cremated remains of Jonestown bodies found in Del. Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:48 AM PDT DOVER, Del. (AP) — The cremated remains of nine victims of a 1978 mass cult suicide-murder in Jonestown, Guyana, have turned up in a former funeral home in Delaware, officials said Thursday.

Thai case casts spotlight on business of surrogacy Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:51 AM PDT BANGKOK (AP) — For thousands of well-off childless couples, the dream of having a baby is often realized in places like Thailand and India. Ready to help them are young women who become paid surrogates, their wombs offered up as vessels that can safely carry the babies until they are born.

Del. officials find remains of 9 Jonestown victims Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:36 AM PDT DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police say the cremated remains of nine victims of a 1978 mass cult suicide-murder in Jonestown, Guyana, have turned up in a former funeral home in Delaware.

Khmer Rouge leaders jailed for life Posted: 07 Aug 2014 04:28 AM PDT Two Khmer Rouge leaders were jailed for life Thursday after being found guilty of crimes against humanity, the first sentences against top figures of a regime responsible for the deaths of up to two million Cambodians. Neither "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, 88, nor former head of state Khieu Samphan, 83, betrayed any hint of emotion as the sentences were handed down at Cambodia's UN-backed tribunal. Judge Nil Nonn said the defendants, who are the most senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders, were "guilty of the crimes against humanity of extermination... political persecution, and other inhumane acts". "Killing Fields" era Prosecutors had sought the maximum life terms for the men, who played key roles in a regime that left around a quarter of the country's population dead during the "Killing Fields" era from 1975-1979.

Jihadist offensive forces Christian exodus Posted: 07 Aug 2014 10:27 AM PDT Masses flee Iraq's Qaraqosh city in 'humanitarian disaster' as ISIL pushes toward Kurdistan.

Branded as 'devil worshippers,' Yazidis face Jihadist genocide Posted: 07 Aug 2014 08:12 AM PDT On Sunday, fighters from the self-declared Islamic State overran the city of Sinjar, part of a widening offensive that on Thursday saw IS take control of other Christian and Yzedi towns on the Nineveh plains. According to UN officials and Yazidi elders, the militants have killed hundreds of Yazidis, a secretive faith with pre-Islamic roots. Others have been taken as slaves. Tens of thousands have taken refuge on Sinjar Mountain, their traditional refuge over centuries of persecution, and are appealing for emergency aid.     "We believe that what they have done may be classified as genocide and a crime against humanity," Gyorgy Busztin, the deputy special representative in Iraq of the UN secretary general, tells the Christian Science Monitor. The labeling the campaign against the Yazidi as genocide carries some weight and could spur international relief efforts. But it has no immediate practical implications, nor is it likely to sway the militants in their assault on other sects and faiths in Iraq and Syria.

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New job for Prince William: air ambulance pilot Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:15 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prince William is taking a new job: Air ambulance pilot.

Remains of 2 US airmen found, missing since WW II Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:12 AM PDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The remains of two missing airmen have been accounted for 70 years after they disappeared when their plane went down over Papua New Guinea during World War II, U.S. military officials said.

Ebola drug ethics controversy: Who should get it? Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:16 AM PDT Experimental treatment given to 2 infected Americans, while nearly 1,000 Africans have died from epidemic.

Stabbed Mich. boy's last words, to brother: 'I'll always love you' Posted: 07 Aug 2014 06:27 AM PDT KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A relative says some of the last words from a 9-year-old boy who died after being stabbed on a Michigan playground were about how much he loved his family.

NATO, Ukraine talk about invasion defense Posted: 07 Aug 2014 08:29 AM PDT As Russia masses 20K troops at border, Kiev discusses possible Western alliance support for Ukraine.

2 Philly-area boys safe after mother, then father found dead Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:30 AM PDT DREXEL HILL, Pa. (AP) — Two children taken from a Philadelphia-area home after a woman was slain were found safe in New York City early Thursday and a man in a vehicle that was sought by police was found dead, authorities said.

Kerry's surprise Afghanistan visit to meet feuding candidates Posted: 07 Aug 2014 08:35 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Afghanistan late Thursday on an unannounced visit to press the country's two feuding presidential candidates on the urgency of ending a bitter dispute over June elections and forming a new government by early September.

Matt Bai: The true enemy of rational political debate is us Posted: 07 Aug 2014 01:36 AM PDT The most corrupting force in politics, we are repeatedly told, is big money — super PACs, corporate lobbyists, rapacious oligarchs. But, $25 contributions add up to a mountain influence.

Pope Francis makes appeal for Iraqi Christians forced to flee Posted: 07 Aug 2014 05:06 AM PDT Pope Francis appealed to world leaders on Thursday to help end the crisis in northern Iraq after a sweeping advance by radical Islamic state militants forced thousands of residents of Iraq's biggest Christian town to flee their homes. "His Holiness addresses an urgent appeal to the international community to take action to end the humanitarian tragedy now underway, to act to protect those affected or threatened by violence and to provide aid, especially for the most urgent needs of the many who have been forced to flee and who depend on the solidarity of others," the Vatican said in a statement.

PHOTOS: Hawaii battens down for first hurricane in 22 years Posted: 07 Aug 2014 03:01 AM PDT Shoppers stock up on cases of bottled water and other supplies in preparation for a hurricane and tropical storm heading toward Hawaii at the Iwilei Costco in Honolulu on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Two big storms so close together is rare in the eastern Pacific, and Hurricane Iselle could make landfall by Friday and Tropical Storm Julio could hit two or three days later, weather officials said. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Russia stamps Snowden's papers for 3 more years Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:50 AM PDT Fugitive intelligence operative's new residence permit allows movement, travel.

Russia bans Western food over Ukraine sanctions Posted: 07 Aug 2014 02:37 AM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Thursday banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine — a sweeping move that will cost Western farmers billions of dollars but could also lead to empty shelves in Russian cities.

Obama: Too soon to send experimental Ebola drug to Africa Posted: 06 Aug 2014 09:24 PM PDT Some question the decision to give two Americans the drug as hundreds in Africa are dying.

Bubba: Democratic savior Posted: 07 Aug 2014 01:55 AM PDT Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is trying to tag his Democratic opponent Alison Lundergan Grimes as "Barack Obama's Kentucky candidate," but Grimes clearly believes she's found the antidote to that — being "Bill Clinton's Kentucky candidate." And she's pushing it with all her might. "I'm not an empty dress! I'm not a cheerleader! I'm not a rubber stamp! But one label I will proudly wear is that of a Clinton Democrat," Grimes declared to more than 450 donors at a fundraiser in Lexington, and then again to a rally here in Hazard at the Hal Rogers Center, where so many people tried to see her and the former president that even volunteers and holders of "VIP tickets" were turned away at the door.

Police: NYC bus driver failed sobriety test Posted: 06 Aug 2014 03:34 PM PDT Driver of tour bus that crashed in Times Square may have been high on drugs, police said.

Mississippi GOP refuses to hear challenge to Cochran win Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:06 PM PDT Mississippi's state Republican Party is refusing to hear challenger Chris McDaniel's effort to overturn his June 24 GOP runoff loss to U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran. The party says McDaniel would do better taking his challenge to court.

Checking in on 90-year-old WWII vet running across America Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:55 AM PDT 90-year-old runs (and hitchhikes when he's tired) across the country.

Dozens feared dead in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria Posted: 06 Aug 2014 04:30 PM PDT Boko Haram gunmen attacked Nigeria's restive northeastern town of Gwoza on Wednesday leaving dozens dead, residents said, in the latest violence blamed on the Islamists. The extremists raided the town, some 135 kilometres (83 miles) from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state before dawn, forcing residents to flee their homes, locals said. "Dozens of our people have been killed by the attackers, some were slaughtered and many others shot with guns," resident James Mshelia told AFP. "They have scared hundreds of residents to flee to the mountains along Nigeria and Cameroon borders," said Francis Mbala, a former vice chairman of Gwoza local government.

U.S. Homeland Security hit by cyber attack Posted: 06 Aug 2014 05:18 PM PDT A company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday it was the victim of a cyber attack, adding in a statement that "it has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack." The computer breach at Falls Church, Virginia-based US Investigations Services (USIS) probably involved the theft of personal information about DHS employees, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the story. A "multi-agency cyber response team is working with the company to identify the scope of the intrusion," DHS spokesman Peter Boogaard said in a statement. The Office of Personnel Management had also suspended work with USIS, the Post said, adding that government officials do not believe the breach has affected non-DHS employees. "We are working collaboratively with OPM and DHS to resolve this matter quickly and look forward to resuming service on all our contracts with them as soon as possible," USIS said in the statement on its website.

Hurricane Iselle gains strength as it nears Hawaii, with Julio behind Posted: 06 Aug 2014 05:56 PM PDT Hawaii residents prepared for what could be the first hurricane to hit the state in more than 20 years as weather officials said Wednesday that an approaching storm appears to have strengthened and will likely maintain its speed as it heads toward the islands.

CDC issues highest alert over Ebola Posted: 06 Aug 2014 03:26 PM PDT Emergency 'all-hands' call issued by CDC amid Ebola crisis in West Africa.

81-year-old farmer rescued from Ind. grain bin Posted: 06 Aug 2014 02:45 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An 81-year-old Indiana farmer survived the crushing grip of an avalanche of corn inside a grain bin in part because he's "10 times tougher than the average guy," one of his relieved sons said Wednesday.

Missing Wash. girl's dad had previous molestation charge Posted: 06 Aug 2014 10:52 PM PDT The father of a 6-year-old Washington state girl who went missing over the weekend was charged more than a decade ago with molesting two girls, ages 8 and 15, according to court records.

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