Zimbabwean authorities restrict hunting after lion killing

Zimbabwean authorities restrict hunting after lion killing
Wing part arrives at French lab for probe into MH370 link
WHO and sailing body seek virus tests in Rio Olympic venues
Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland had been warned over conduct: AP
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral draws crowd of onlookers
March to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma
'Gut-wrenching' decision: Search for teens suspended
Cannabis credit union sues Federal Reserve
Clinton releases tax, health records on busy Friday
WWE wrestler Roddy Piper dies at 61
Florida faceoff: Clinton and Bush offer stark contrast in strategies

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 11:03 AM PDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has suspended the hunting of lions, leopards and elephants in an area where a lion popular with tourists was killed, and is investigating the killing of another lion in April that may have been illegal, the country's wildlife authority said Saturday.

Wing part arrives at French lab for probe into MH370 link

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:23 AM PDT

A piece of Boeing 777 wreckage washed up on an Indian Ocean island and suspected to belong to missing flight MH370 arrived Saturday at a French laboratory for analysis. If confirmed as being from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight, the discovery would mark the first breakthrough in a case that has baffled aviation experts for 16 months. The convoy containing the two-metre (six-and-a-half-foot) wing part was escorted by police overland from Paris to the defence ministry laboratory near the southwestern city of Toulouse, encased in a wooden crate.

WHO and sailing body seek virus tests in Rio Olympic venues

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:41 AM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The World Health Organization has asked the IOC to analyze virus levels in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic waters, and the governing body of world sailing says it will start doing its own independent virus tests.

Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland had been warned over conduct: AP

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 10:04 AM PDT

Sandra Bland was pulled over in her car on July 10 by a white state trooper, Brian Encinia, for failing to signal a lane change. A prosecutor in Waller County, which is northwest of Houston and where the arrest and death happened, said on July 23 that an autopsy supported the medical examiner's initial ruling of suicide.

Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral draws crowd of onlookers

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 09:37 AM PDT

By Rich McKay ALPHARETTA, Ga., (Reuters) - Dozens of onlookers gathered on Saturday near a Georgia church for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22-year-old daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, who died this week, months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Brown's funeral at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, an Atlanta suburb, was private and closed to the public, but dozens of well-wishers stood behind police barricades outside. Brown died on Sunday at a hospice, six months after suffering irreversible brain damage in a still unexplained incident at her Roswell, Georgia, home.

March to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma

Posted: 01 Aug 2015 08:44 AM PDT

Organizers of the so-called "America's Journey for Justice" want to build momentum behind a renewed national dialogue over race relations that was prompted by the killing of a number of unarmed black men by police officers over the past year. Organizers, led by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, say the outcry triggered by police killings in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City's Staten Island a year ago needs to be channeled into a long-term commitment to bring about change.

'Gut-wrenching' decision: Search for teens suspended

Posted: 31 Jul 2015 07:42 PM PDT

After hundreds of rescue workers fanned out across a massive swath of the Atlantic for a full week, the Coast Guard's search for two teenage fishermen ended Friday, a heart-rending decision for families so convinced the boys could be alive they're pressing on with their own hunt.

Cannabis credit union sues Federal Reserve

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The Fourth Corner Credit Union claims it is being prevented from providing financial services to the marijuana industry.

Clinton releases tax, health records on busy Friday

Posted: 31 Jul 2015 04:59 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton is in "excellent physical condition and fit to serve as president," her physician declared Friday — just one in a flood of disclosures about the Democratic presidential candidate pushed out by her campaign on a busy summer day.

WWE wrestler Roddy Piper dies at 61

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 09:00 PM PDT

He also worked as an actor, most notably in John Carpenter's 'They Live.' His rep said he died Thursday in his sleep.

Florida faceoff: Clinton and Bush offer stark contrast in strategies

Posted: 31 Jul 2015 11:59 AM PDT

One week before Jeb Bush jumps into the Republican free-for-all primary on a debate stage with nine other candidates, he faced off with the likely Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, as the two of them gave dueling speeches to the National Urban League.