| CDC shuts 2 labs after anthrax scare Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:09 PM PDT  The CDC said it has also stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.
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| Hamas says Israel's main airport targeted Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT  Gaza militants have warned airlines that they intend to target Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport.
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| Patrons hospitalized after chlorine gas leak at amusement park Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:59 PM PDT  Some patrons at a Mich. amusement park are being treated after being exposed to chlorine gas.
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| 2,000 Tunisians protest Gaza attacks Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:12 PM PDT  Thousands in Tunis protested against Israel's military offensive in Gaza, which has killed over 100 in 4 days.
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| Lone survivor in Texas shooting out of hospital Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:26 PM PDT  The lone survivor of a suburban Houston shooting that left six other members of her family dead is out of the hospital.
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| Ex-Bush lawyer convicted of attempted murder Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:22 PM PDT  A former attorney in both Bush administrations has been convicted of trying to kill his wife.
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| Bank-stealing malware returns after U.S. crackdown Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:03 PM PDT  Malicious software used to steal millions has re-emerged a month after a U.S. crackdown.
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| Drought draws bears near people at Lake Tahoe Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:16 PM PDT  Long accustomed to dealing with bad news "garbage" bears that become hooked on improperly stored trash at homes and businesses around Lake Tahoe, Nevada wildlife officials say they're increasingly responding to a new kind of troublemaker they've started calling "drought" bears.
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| Japan issues tsunami advisory after quake Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:56 PM PDT  Japan issued a tsunami advisory following a strong 6.8-magnitude quake.
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| Inmate convicted in murder-for-hire plot to kill Penn. judge Posted: 11 Jul 2014 01:11 PM PDT  A prison inmate accused of plotting the murder for hire of a Pennsylvania judge was convicted on Friday of solicitation to commit murder. A jury in Cumberland County Court reached its verdict a day after Lance Greenawalt, 47, tearfully testified in his own defense that it was just "trash talk" when he discussed hiring his cellmate at Camp Hill State Correctional Institution to kill Adams County Judge Michael George. After hearing the verdict, Greenawalt, wearing maroon sweatpants and a white shirt with the black letters DOC for Department of Correction on the back, his hands shackled behind him as he was led out of the courtroom, called to reporters to come interview him in prison. Greenawalt faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on Sept. 30.
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| James' Cavs return could complicate GOP Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:31 PM PDT  Decision could impact Republicans' plan for nominating their presidential contender.
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| U.S. lab mixed up potent flu strain, CDC says Posted: 11 Jul 2014 11:05 AM PDT  A US government laboratory mistakenly mixed a common flu strain with a dangerous and deadly type of bird flu and shipped it to another lab, authorities said Friday. The latest news followed admissions of mishandled anthrax and forgotten smallpox vials at separate US government labs, and raised new concerns about the safety of dangerous agents which could be used as bioterror weapons. No one was endangered by the mixed flu strain, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Tom Frieden, who nevertheless said he was "astonished" that protocols could have been violated in that way. "Everything we have looked at strongly suggests that there was no exposure of anyone to influenza," said Frieden at a press briefing.
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| 8 hospitalized after tour bus crash Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:05 PM PDT  Officials: A bus carrying tourists flipped on its side on a busy highway in Wyoming.
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| Prominent editor, civil rights activist John Seigenthaler dies at 86 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:11 PM PDT  Seigenthaler edited 'The Tennessean' and worked during the Kennedy administration.
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| Iraqi Kurds take over 2 northern oil fields Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:42 PM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday and said they would use some of the production for domestic purposes, further widening a split with the central government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. |
| Mentally ill man sentenced for threatening Bush Posted: 11 Jul 2014 11:04 AM PDT  A bipolar house painter arrested with a loaded rifle was sentenced to one year supervised release in New York on Friday for threatening to kill former president George W. Bush. Benjamin Smith, 45, has spent six months in custody since his January 31 arrest in Manhattan in possession of a loaded rifle, a machete, two boxes of ammunition and a gasoline container. He threatened to "kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm" on the former president and said he wanted to date his daughter Barbara, who heads a non-profit based in New York. US federal Judge Sidney Stein sentenced him to time served and a one-year supervised release, including six months home detention at his mother's property in New York state.
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| Amazon asks FAA for permission to fly delivery drones Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:18 PM PDT  Amazon is asking the Federal Aviation Administration permission to use drones as part of its plan to deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less. The news sent shares of the nation's largest e-commerce ...
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| 'It's where I bled.' LeBron James to return to Cleveland Cavaliers Posted: 11 Jul 2014 10:33 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James is returning home to Ohio, reversing the decision he made four years ago that led to two NBA titles in Miami and crushed Cleveland Cavalier fans.
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| 'Harry Potter' actor Dave Legeno found dead in desert Posted:  David Legeno, the British MMA star and movie actor best known as Harry Potter's lycanthrope nemesis Fenrir Greyback, is dead following a desert hiking outing. He was 50.
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| Ukraine president: Missile attackers 'will be found and destroyed' Posted: 11 Jul 2014 08:54 AM PDT  By Natalia Zinets and Maria Tsvetkova KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to "find and destroy" pro-Russian rebels who killed 23 servicemen and wounded nearly 100 in a missile attack on Friday. Poroshenko issued his angry statement following an emergency meeting of his security chiefs called in response to the early morning strike by Russian-made Grad missiles on an army motorised brigade near the border with Russia. The attack, which came as government forces seemed to be prevailing in the three-month conflict, appeared to be the deadliest on government troops since the Ukrainian military ended a unilateral ceasefire on June 30. "All those who used the Grad against the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be found and destroyed," Poroshenko said in a statement on his website.
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| Accused shooter collapses as details of Texas murder read in court Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:58 AM PDT  By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The man accused of fatally shooting four children aged 4 to 14 and their parents after entering their suburban Houston home while looking for his former wife collapsed when details of the murder scene were read in court on Friday. Ronald Lee Haskell, 33, who is being held without bond, was in court for a procedural hearing after being charged on Thursday with capital murder and multiple murders. Capital murder can bring the death penalty in Texas. Haskell said "Yes, sir" after his rights were read and then collapsed as details of the crime were listed in the court.
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| Israel won't bow to pressure on Gaza Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said offensive will continue until rockets stop.
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| Kenya's worst poaching attack in years leaves four rhinos dead Posted: 11 Jul 2014 08:23 AM PDT  By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two armed gangs killed four rhinos for their horns in rural Kenya this week in possibly the worst rhino poaching incident in the country in more than 25 years, the spokesman for Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Friday. The poaching on Wednesday night took place at the private Ol Jogi ranch near Nanyuki, about 200 km (120 miles) north of Nairobi. Paul Muya, a spokesman for KWS which has overall responsibility for wildlife in Kenya, told Reuters the rhino bodies were found on two separate sites on the 58,000-acre ranch and the poachers escaped with three of the animals' eight horns. One conservationist said the Ol Jogi raid was the worst poaching incident in Kenya since five white rhinos were killed in one swoop in Meru Park in 1988.
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| Violinist Vanessa-Mae's Sochi ski qualifiers fixed in Slovenia Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:22 AM PDT  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Four Slovenian ski officials were suspended Friday for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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| In old Okla. army barracks, teens await fate Posted: 11 Jul 2014 06:59 AM PDT  Yahoo News' Liz Goodwin reports on situation for 1,200 young people from Central America's poorest countries.
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| Kerry takes on latest Afghanistan crisis Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:59 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry sought Friday to broker a deal between Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates as a bitter dispute over last month's runoff election risked spiraling out of control.
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| Wife of man facing charges in Ga. hot car death lawyers up Posted: 11 Jul 2014 06:03 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The wife of a Georgia man facing charges after their son was left in a hot car and died has retained a criminal defense attorney for herself.
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| Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 100; more rockets hit Israel Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:51 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — With the official Palestinian count of the dead passing 100, and rockets fired by militants striking Israel from the Gaza Strip and from Lebanon, Israel's prime minister on Friday brushed off a question about cease-fire efforts.
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| Inside the child immigration crisis Posted: 10 Jul 2014 11:11 PM PDT  Children from poor Latin countries challenged at US border. Why? Katie Couric looks for answers.
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| Even in sanctuary, Thai elephant couldn't avoid tusk poachers Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:53 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — Poachers have killed and sawed the tusks off a 50-year-old elephant that performed in Thai royal processions and was featured in Oliver Stone's 2004 movie "Alexander," the manager of the conservation center where the animal was kept said Friday.
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| At least 30 Ukraine troops said killed in rocket attack Posted: 11 Jul 2014 05:27 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian Interior Ministry official said at least 30 servicemen were killed Friday after pro-Russia rebels fired on them with missiles.
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| Obama official says immigrant kids draining funds Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:49 AM PDT The agency responsible for removing immigrants who are in the country illegally is running out of money. |
| Judge rules Florida Legislature broke laws on maps Posted: 11 Jul 2014 07:57 AM PDT  The state's congressional districts, changed in 2012, illegally benefit the GOP.
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| Church of England female bishops would be 'seismic' Posted: 11 Jul 2014 03:21 PM PDT  The Church of England could be set to allow its first female bishops -- and not before time, says one of those tipped for the job, adding the days of women being left to arrange the flowers are gone. Rose Hudson-Wilkin thinks it would be "seismic" if the Church votes on Monday to allow Anglican women to take the top jobs after decades of debate on their role. As a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth and the Speaker of the House of Commons, Jamaican-born Hudson-Wilkin is already one of the most prominent women in the Church of England. "This has been on the agenda of the Church since the 1920s, from the time of the suffragettes when women were saying actually, we're human beings, we don't want to be patted on the head and told: 'There dear, you'll be alright doing the flowers or making the cups of tea'.
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| House GOP moves ahead on suing Obama Posted: 10 Jul 2014 04:05 PM PDT  House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration's decision to delay the employer mandate of the health care law.
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| Texas shooting suspect had history of domestic violence Posted: 11 Jul 2014 12:29 AM PDT  Ronald Lee Haskell was the subject of a restraining order obtained by his own mother.
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| Lebanese rockets hit Israel in offensive's 4th day Posted: 11 Jul 2014 02:58 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza rocket fire struck a gas station and set it ablaze Friday in southern Israel, seriously wounding one person as rocket fire also came from Lebanon for the first time in the four-day offensive. |
| Union cuts ties with United Negro College Fund over $25M Koch gift Posted: 10 Jul 2014 02:56 PM PDT  A powerful government workers' union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the group accepted $25 million from the conservative powerhouse Koch brothers and the college fund's president appeared at a Koch event.
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