| Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:12 PM PDT  U.S. companies, others targeted in what could be world's biggest data breach to date.
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| Feinstein puts Obama on the spot over CIA's ‘torture report’ edits Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:19 PM PDT  The chief author of the Senate's so-called "torture report" urged President Obama on Tuesday to make more of the document available to the public, over the objections of the CIA. She charged the intelligence agency's edits "eliminate or obscure key facts" about controversial interrogation practices during the Bush administration.
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| U.S. general killed in Afghanistan identified Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT  Maj. Gen. Harold Greene is the highest-ranking U.S. officer killed in combat since 1970.
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| 14 injured in tour bus collision in NYC's Times Square Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:18 PM PDT  2 double-decker buses collided in Times Square at height of summer tourist season: police.
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| Obama pledges $33B in commitments for Africa Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT  Seeking to strengthen America's financial foothold in Africa, President Barack Obama announced $33 billion in commitments Tuesday aimed at shifting U.S. ties with Africa beyond humanitarian aid and toward more equal economic partnerships.
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| 21st Century Fox withdraws Time Warner bid Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:26 PM PDT  Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is abandoning its attempt to take over Time Warner in a proposed deal that would have combined two of the world's biggest media companies.
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| Russia threatens to force fly-around for airlines Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:04 PM PDT  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threatened on Tuesday to retaliate for the grounding of a subsidiary of national airline Aeroflot because of EU sanctions, with one newspaper reporting that European flights to Asia over Siberia could be banned. Low-cost carrier Dobrolyot, operated by Aeroflot, suspended all flights last week after its airline leasing agreement was cancelled under European Union sanctions because it flies to Crimea, a region Russia annexed from Ukraine in March.
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| Ex-cop charged with homicide says suitcase death accidental Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:37 PM PDT  Suspect is charged with homicide in the death 1 of 2 women whose bodies were found in suitcases.
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| U.S. terrorism database doubles in recent years Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:41 PM PDT  A government database of known or suspected terrorists doubled in size in recent years, The Associated Press has learned. The growth is the result of intelligence agencies submitting names more often after a near-miss attack in 2009.
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| Hawaii stocks up on water as storms Iselle, Julio loom Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:56 PM PDT Hawaii residents loaded up on bottled water and canned meat Tuesday in preparation for the unusual threat of a hurricane and tropical storm barreling toward the islands. |
| C. African Republic's PM, cabinet resign Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:57 AM PDT  A spokesman for Pres. Samba-Panza said CAR's prime minister and his cabinet have resigned.
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| Man gets 50-year sentence for burglarizing Hank Aaron's home Posted:  A 24-year-old man received a 50-year sentence — eight years in jail and 42 years of probation — after pleading guilty to burglarizing Aaron's home on July 14, 2013.
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| A tale of two shelters: Israelis and Palestinians united in fear Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:04 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/ASHKELON Israel (Reuters) - Ramadan Subuh surveyed the packed Gaza school where he and some 2,500 other Palestinians have been sheltering and lamented the plight of civilians who have struggled to survive nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment. "A life of humiliation - this how we live," said Subuh, 42, whose family of 12 fled to the U.N.-run Al-Fakhoura school from Beit Lahiya, a town in the northern Gaza Strip devastated by the fighting. No place in Gaza is safe, and everyone is taking his own chance," he said. Some 260,000 of the Gaza Strip's population of 1.8 million have taken refuge in schools and other institutions run by the United Nations.
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| Civilians killed in Ukraine as U.N. warns of mass exodus Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:26 PM PDT  At least two civilians were killed in heavy clashes on the outskirts of the main rebel-held bastion of Donetsk in east Ukraine on Tuesday, as the UN warned of a "massive exodus and destruction" if fighting intensified. Powerful explosions rocked the western Petrovksy suburb of the sprawling million-strong city, the local administration said, as government forces pushed on with an offensive to oust insurgents. Ukraine's military called on insurgents in Donetsk, Lugansk and another frontline city, Gorlivka, on Monday to open corridors for several hours each day to allow civilians to escape.
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| 2nd Ebola patient arrives in U.S. Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:34 PM PDT  The second American aid worker with Ebola has returned home for treatment.
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| Ohio State stands by band director firing Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:30 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University officials on Tuesday stood by their firing of the marching band director, who said he wants his job back and another chance to change the cultural issues in the unit that led to his dismissal.
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| Man dressed in Afghan army garb kills US general, wounds 15 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:07 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on NATO troops at a military base, killing a U.S. two-star general and wounding some 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and a number of Americans troops, authorities said.
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| Putin readies response to 'unacceptable' sanctions Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT  Latest Western economic targets have been Russia's lucrative oil, arms industries.
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| Inside the 'Terror Tunnels' under Gaza Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:34 AM PDT  Israel announced the withdrawal of ground forces from Gaza on Tuesday for a temporary cease-fire, saying its troops had destroyed the network of tunnels used by Palestinian militants along the Israeli border.
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| PHOTOS: Parched Calfornia's farmers face wrath of drought Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:32 AM PDT  Young crops next a trickle of water in an irrigation canal near Dos Palos, Calif. (Holly Bailey/Yahoo News) |
| Tenn. man pleads guilty to charges he killed parents with package bomb Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:58 AM PDT  LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he killed his mother- and father-in-law with a package bomb, and prosecutors said he killed the couple because he owed them tens of thousands of dollars.
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| Police say Wyoming couple kept 7-year-old child in cage Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:34 AM PDT  LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities in Wyoming are pressing felony charges against a man and a woman alleging they kept a 7-year-old child in an outdoor cage.
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| One Russian's heartfelt protest against US sanctions Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:06 AM PDT  A confused Russian citizen reacted to recent international sanctions against Russia by deciding to give up American products. In a video message for Barack Obama he begins by pouring out a bottle of Coca-Cola. But then he realises that his smartphone and tablet are also American-made. Watch as he smashes his iPhone and iPad with a hammer before turning his attention to the very camera that he's using to record the video. Credit: Mikhail Samarsky
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| Colorado 5-year-old playing with gun shoots, injures 3-year-old Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:36 PM PDT  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Police say that a 5-year-old playing with a gun shot and injured a 3-year-old girl in Colorado.
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| Mich. 9-year-old, stabbed in park by 12-year-old, dies Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:12 AM PDT  KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has died after being stabbed repeatedly by another child at a playground at a mobile home park in western Michigan, police said Tuesday.
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| Armed police escort man off Qatar Airways plane at UK airport Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:58 AM PDT  By Andrew Yates MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - Britain scrambled two fighter jets on Tuesday to escort a Qatar Airways plane into Manchester airport after the pilot reported a possible explosive device on board. A passenger was later arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat. Qatar Airways said the Airbus A330-300 plane was flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester with 269 passengers and 13 crew on board. A Reuters photographer saw armed police remove a handcuffed male passenger dressed in baggy trousers and a sports shirt from the plane. "We can confirm that Typhoon aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby in their quick reaction alert role this afternoon to investigate a civilian aircraft whose pilot had requested assistance," Britain's Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
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| On day of U.S.-Africa forum, White House announces $14B in new business Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:56 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Tuesday announced $14 billion in commitments from U.S. businesses to invest in Africa, as representatives from nearly 100 American and African companies gathered in Washington to discuss ways to boost economic partnerships.
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| Montana toddler tips headfirst into mop bucket and drowns Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:32 AM PDT  KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A northwestern Montana toddler drowned after tipping headfirst into a 5-gallon mop bucket.
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| Afghan attack kills one U.S. soldier Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:22 AM PDT  US 2-star general also reported dead after man in Afghan military uniform opened fire.
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| 'Insider' Afghan attack injures dozen U.S. troops, one dead Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:59 AM PDT  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one NATO soldier and wounding 15, including a German brigadier general and "about a dozen" Americans, authorities said.
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| Extreme Calif. drought replays hardships of Dust Bowl Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:00 AM PDT  Farmers' livelihoods at risk as California suffers extreme drought. Holly Bailey reports.
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| Afghan attack injures 15 German troops, brigadier general; 1 killed Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:13 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — German military: 15 troops wounded in Afghan attack, including brigadier general; 1 killed. |
| Mich. boy, 12, stabs another boy, 9, on playground Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:55 AM PDT  KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 12-year-old boy has stabbed a 9-year-old boy at a playground in western Michigan, sending the child to a hospital.
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| Ex-cop accused of stuffing two dead women in suitcases back in court Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:25 AM PDT KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court to face more charges. |
| First female Muslim UK Cabinet member quits over Gaza Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:51 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s first female Muslim Cabinet member resigned Tuesday in protest of the British government's policies on Gaza, describing the approach as "morally indefensible" and detrimental to the national interest.
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| Israel withdraws troops as cease-fire begins Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:01 AM PDT  A 3-day truce in the Gaza war takes effect as Israel says it is removing all its troops.
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| Second American infected with Ebola en route to US Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:24 AM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — The second American aid worker recently diagnosed with Ebola in west Africa is en route to Atlanta.
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| Experimental drug may be Ebola silver bullet Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT  Hopes of finding a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus shifted on Monday to a small California-based biotech company whose experimental drug has been used to treat two American missionary workers. The drug, developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc, was used to treat two aid workers, one from the Samaritan's Purse group and the other from Christian mission group SIM USA, who were exposed to the disease in Liberia, according to a U.S. government health official. The Samaritan Purse aid worker, Dr Kent Brantly, returned to the United States on Saturday for medical care, and his colleague Nancy Writebol of SIM USA is due to fly back via medical aircraft on Tuesday. Samaritan's Purse said both the aid workers received the experimental treatment while in Liberia.
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| Report: Russian hackers steal 1.2B passwords Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report published Tuesday. |
| China earthquake death toll passes 400 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:00 AM PDT  The death toll had risen to 410, authorities in the southwestern province of Yunnan said in a statement, as concerns mounted over a barrier lake formed by a landslide blocking a river in the disaster zone. The magnitude 6.1 tremor destroyed 80,000 houses and seriously damaged 124,000 more, wrecking the once-idyllic mountainside village of Longtoushan, where residents confronted their losses. "We have no money and I don't know what we are going to do." Li Shanyan, 35, watched anxiously as emergency personnel dug through the debris of her home, searching for her 71-year-old aunt. "(The rescuers) dug for a whole day and couldn't find her." Like many in poverty-stricken Longtoushan, the crudely-made house is built from yellow earth, with a tiled roof.
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