| Candidates jockey for position in New Hampshire Fourth of July parades Posted: 03 Jul 2015 08:59 AM PDT  Fourth of July parades in most towns across the country are celebratory but low-key affairs that attract, at most, a mayor and maybe a few council members.
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| New York prison escapee vowed to visit daughter in letter: Report Posted: 03 Jul 2015 07:38 AM PDT  Convicted murderer Richard Matt reportedly wrote a letter vowing to visit his daughter after escaping from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York.
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| Wisconsin man accused of threatening to kill President Obama Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:40 AM PDT A Wisconsin man is being detained in a mental health facility after authorities say he told a security guard he planned to kill President Barack Obama. |
| Greek campaigns neck and neck before crucial referendum Posted: 03 Jul 2015 10:54 AM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The brief but intense campaign in Greece's critical bailout referendum ends Friday, with simultaneous rallies in Athens supporting "yes" and "no" answers to a murky question in what opinion polls suggests will be a very close vote.
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| Insurer Aetna to buy Humana in $35B deal Posted: 03 Jul 2015 06:03 AM PDT  Aetna will spend about $35 billion to buy rival Humana and become the latest health insurer bulking up on government business as the industry adjusts to the federal health care overhaul.
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| IS says it destroyed archaeological pieces from Palmyra Posted: 03 Jul 2015 04:34 AM PDT  Islamic State group militants have destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were confiscated from a smuggler, the group said.
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| Hispanic leaders want GOP field to condemn Trump's 'idiocy' Posted: 03 Jul 2015 08:52 AM PDT  Hispanic leaders are warning of harm to Republican White House hopes unless the party's presidential contenders do more to condemn Donald Trump, a businessman turned presidential candidate who's refusing to apologize for calling Mexican immigrants rapists and drug dealers.
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| Greeks evenly split heading into crucial referendum Posted: 03 Jul 2015 10:48 AM PDT  By Michele Kambas and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Thousands of Greeks staged rival rallies on Friday ahead of a weekend referendum that may decide the country's future in Europe's single currency, with polls showing voters almost evenly split. Repeating his assault on European partners he accused of blackmailing and issuing ultimatums to Greece, the leftist leader called for calm ahead of Sunday's ballot.
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| Obama's counterterrorism policy facing mounting criticism Posted: 02 Jul 2015 07:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — At the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, it was a cause for celebration: Meticulous intelligence analysis backed by Hellfire missiles had paid off, once again.
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| Reigning Miss Universe rebukes Trump for his migrant remarks Posted: 02 Jul 2015 05:59 PM PDT  The reigning Miss Universe says Donald Trump, the beauty pageant's owner, was "hurtful and unfair" in his comments about Mexican migrants. But Paulina Vega of Colombia says she isn't giving up her crown.
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| Cuba's new wifi hotspots attract eager users Posted: 02 Jul 2015 08:25 PM PDT  Sitting on the sidewalks, low-rise walls, or makeshift seats, several dozen people sign in at the public access wifi zone, part of the government's plan to roll out Internet access across the Communist island nation. President Raul Castro's government has said it wants all Cubans to have Internet access by 2020. Since 2013, Cuba has had about 150 public Internet cafes where users can go online for the hourly rate.
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| New York governor orders more July Fourth security after alert Posted: 03 Jul 2015 10:14 AM PDT  "We are keenly aware that New York State remains a top target for terrorists," Cuomo said in a statement. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued an alert calling for local authorities and the public to remain vigilant for possible threats following recent calls for violence by Islamic State militants. In New York City, the nation's largest municipal police force assigned about 7,000 officers and nearly all its counterterrorism personnel to handle security around Independence Day events.
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| New York fugitive wrote to daughter 'See you on the outside': report Posted: 03 Jul 2015 09:03 AM PDT  Matt, 49, was shot and killed by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on June 26 about 27 miles northwest (43 km) northwest of the prison in Dannemora, New York. Sweat, 35, was shot and captured on Sunday another 23 miles (37 km) away, close to the Canadian border.
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| Thousands head home after Tennessee train fire forced evacuation Posted: 03 Jul 2015 10:35 AM PDT  Authorities were examining the black box from the CSX Corp train that derailed with one tank car bursting into flames at midnight Wednesday in Blount County, near Maryville, Tennessee. The tank car fire was extinguished by late Thursday, CSX said. The car was loaded with about 24,000 gallons of acrylonitrile, a hazardous material used in manufacturing plastics and other industrial processes.
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| Obama draws sharp contrasts with 'mean' Republicans Posted: 02 Jul 2015 02:36 PM PDT  LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wading into presidential politics, President Barack Obama on Thursday promoted his brand of middle-class economics by drawing sharp contrasts with "mean" Republicans in a state whose GOP governor was preparing to enter the vast 2016 presidential field.
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| California removes 'lynching' language from state law Posted: 02 Jul 2015 05:42 PM PDT  California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill striking the word "lynching" from a 1933 law that used the term to describe the crime of trying to take someone from police custody. The bill, which passed unanimously in the state legislature last week, followed outrage over the arrest of African-American activist Maile Hampton on a charge of felony lynching during a "Black Lives Matter" demonstration in Sacramento in January. Hampton's attorney, lawmakers and other supporters rallied behind her at court and on social media, saying it was ironic that she had been charged under a decades-old law originally enacted to protect black detainees from white lynch mobs.
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| Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces 2016 presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 11:36 AM PDT  Webb is the latest politician to join the field of challengers going up against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton for the party's nomination.
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| Sanders raises $15 million after launching presidential bid Posted: 02 Jul 2015 01:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign said Thursday the Vermont Democrat has raised $15 million since joining the race in late April, a strong total for his challenge against front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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