Military site shootings crystallize FBI terrorism concerns

Military site shootings crystallize FBI terrorism concerns
Obama finally gets his stroll in Central Park
AP-GfK Poll: Americans divided over same-sex marriage
Exclusive: Tennessee suspect texted friend link to Koranic verse before attack
Navy sailor dies, becoming fifth serviceman killed in Chattanooga
California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers: fire officials
Tributes pour in for Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi
One-way ticket at heart of Tenn. shooting probe
Boston Marathon bomber moved to Colorado Supermax prison

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:04 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly shootings at military sites in Tennessee illustrate the threat that FBI officials have warned about: violence directed against a vulnerable government target by a lone gunman with apparent terrorist aspirations.

Obama finally gets his stroll in Central Park

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AP-GfK Poll: Americans divided over same-sex marriage

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:55 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — People in the United States are evenly divided over the Supreme Court case that made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

Exclusive: Tennessee suspect texted friend link to Koranic verse before attack

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 10:07 AM PDT

The suspected gunman in Thursday's attack that killed four U.S. marines and a navy officer returned from a trip to Jordan in 2014 angry about conflicts in the Middle East and the reluctance of regional governments and the United States to intervene, a close friend of his told Reuters on Saturday.

Navy sailor dies, becoming fifth serviceman killed in Chattanooga

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:53 AM PDT

A male U.S. Navy petty officer has died of wounds sustained in this week's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the U.S. Navy said on Saturday, raising the number of people killed in the attack to five. The suspected shooter, Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-born naturalized U.S. citizen, also died on Thursday in a firefight with police after the rampage at a military recruiting office and a training center six miles away. The Navy's brief statement did not identify the petty officer who died or provide his age or hometown.

California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers: fire officials

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:35 AM PDT

(Reuters) - Dozens of children were among more than 300 people evacuated from campgrounds early Saturday morning as firefighters battled brush fires burning in Southern California's drought-parched foothills, fire officials said. It has charred more that 125 acres northwest of San Bernardino, according to an online U.S. Forest Service post. At least five campgrounds near the fire were evacuated, sending 300 campers, including 130 children with special needs, to a nearby high school, the Los Angeles Fire Department tweeted.

Tributes pour in for Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 10:28 AM PDT

NICE, France (AP) — Tributes poured in for French driver Jules Bianchi, who died from injuries sustained in a head-on crash during the Japanese Grand Prix last October.