Tariq Aziz, top aide to Saddam Hussein, dies in hospital

Tariq Aziz, top aide to Saddam Hussein, dies in hospital
Family names alleged victim of Dennis Hastert sex abuse
Prosecutor: Germanwings pilot contacted dozens of doctors
Police try to determine if 3 Colorado shootings are linked
Friend of Boston bomber sentenced to three-and-a-half years for obstruction
Bikers jailed for deadly Texas fight seek faster bail hearings
Texas man sentenced to prison for trying to join Islamic State
'Female viagra' pill gets preliminary OK from FDA
U.S. officials: Massive breach of federal personnel data

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 10:26 AM PDT

The debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in a hospital in southern Iraq, officials said. He was 79.

Family names alleged victim of Dennis Hastert sex abuse

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Prosecutor: Germanwings pilot contacted dozens of doctors

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 09:48 AM PDT

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — A state prosecutor says a co-pilot with a history of depression who crashed a Germanwings airliner into the French Alps had reached out to dozens of doctors ahead of the disaster. The revelation suggests Andreas Lubitz was seeking advice about an undisclosed ailment.

Police try to determine if 3 Colorado shootings are linked

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 01:53 AM PDT

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Police in northern Colorado are investigating any possible link between the slaying of a man on a neighborhood sidewalk and two previous shootings of a bicyclist and a driver.

Friend of Boston bomber sentenced to three-and-a-half years for obstruction

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 08:47 AM PDT

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A Kazakh exchange student who was friends with the Boston Marathon bomber was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in U.S. federal prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing fireworks from the suspect's room during a massive manhunt. Azamat Tazhayakov was the second of three friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be sentenced for going to Tsarnaev's dorm room three days after the April 2013 bombing, after the FBI released images of Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan, identifying them as suspects.

Bikers jailed for deadly Texas fight seek faster bail hearings

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 09:48 AM PDT

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Lawyers for 144 people jailed after a deadly fight between motorcycle gangs last month in Waco, Texas, have filed a petition seeking prompt bail hearings, saying state authorities are unlawfully dragging their heels in processing the group. The petition filed on Thursday in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals also seeks more judges to help speed up hearings set to start on June 16 for the group that has been jailed since May 17 on initial bond of $1 million each, a sum too high for most to pay. "At the current speed of bond hearings, scores of people will never even be reached for potentially weeks or months," the petition said.

Texas man sentenced to prison for trying to join Islamic State

Posted: 05 Jun 2015 10:14 AM PDT

An Austin, Texas man was sentenced on Friday to almost seven years in prison for attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group. Michael Wolfe, 24, was sentenced to 82 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

'Female viagra' pill gets preliminary OK from FDA

Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:15 PM PST

An advisory panel to the FDA has recommended approval of flibanserin, a pill touted by Sprout Pharmaceuticals as a viable treatment for women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder-a persistent lack of desire for sex.

U.S. officials: Massive breach of federal personnel data

Posted: 04 Jun 2015 02:17 PM PDT

The Obama administration is scrambling to assess the impact of a massive data breach involving the agency that handles security clearances and employee records, U.S. officials said Thursday. A congressional ...