| Clinton warns Iran nuclear deal won’t solve threat Posted:  The Democratic presidential candidate tells voters that Tehran is still "the world's chief sponsor of terrorism."
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| Federal regulations on campus sexual assault take effect Posted: 03 Jul 2015 01:09 PM PDT  The increasingly public fight against campus sexual assault reached a watershed this week, as a set of major federal regulations aimed at combating the nationwide problem quietly went into effect.
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| Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter Posted: 03 Jul 2015 02:37 PM PDT  Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President Muhammadu Buhari blasted as "inhuman and barbaric". A young female suicide bomber also killed 12 worshippers when she blew herself up in a mosque in Borno. While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, Boko Haram has used both men and young women and girls as human bombs in the past.
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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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| South Carolina church fire started by natural causes: police Posted: 03 Jul 2015 11:41 AM PDT  The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the fires and has so far determined that one was an electrical fire and two others were from natural causes. The fires were being investigated against the backdrop of the June 17 shooting of nine black churchgoers at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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| Iran nuclear talks in endgame, negotiators push on sticking points Posted: 03 Jul 2015 01:59 PM PDT  A year and half of nuclear talks between Iran and major powers were creeping towards the finish line on Friday as negotiators wrestled with sticking points including questions about Tehran's past atomic research. Iran is in talks with the United States and five other powers - Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia - on an agreement to curtail its nuclear programme in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. "We are coming to the end," said a senior Western diplomat, who added there was no plan to carry on for long past next Tuesday.
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| 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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| Greek campaigns, neck and neck, reach dramatic finale Posted: 03 Jul 2015 03:28 PM PDT  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks packed city squares for dueling rallies late into the night Friday, as polls showed a dead heat between the 'yes' and 'no' camps ahead of a bailout referendum Sunday that could be Greece's most important vote since it joined the European Union.
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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. |
| Aetna to buy Humana as health insurer landscape shifts Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:07 PM PDT  Aetna aims to 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 12:01 PM 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 04:14 PM 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 deeply divided heading into crucial vote Posted: 03 Jul 2015 03:08 PM PDT  By Michele Kambas and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets on Friday in rival rallies that laid bare the deep divide heading into a referendum that may decide the country's future in Europe's single currency. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected in January on a promise to end years of austerity, urged people packing Syntagma square in central Athens to spurn the tough terms of an aid deal offered by international creditors to keep the country afloat. Tsipras says they are bluffing, fearing the fallout for Europe and the global economy.
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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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| 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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