| IS kills US Navy SEAL in Iraq attack Posted: 03 May 2016 11:44 AM PDT  The Islamic State group broke through Kurdish defences in northern Iraq on Tuesday and killed a US Navy SEAL deployed as part of the US-led coalition against the jihadists. The attack came as the United Nations said that fighting with IS in northern Iraq could displace another 30,000 people, adding to millions who have already fled their homes. The sailor from the special operations force was at least the third coalition member killed by enemy fire in Iraq since IS overran swathes of the country in 2014.
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| Tony Awards Nominations (Updating Live) Posted: 03 May 2016 06:36 AM PDT  A rundown of the nominations for the 70th annual Broadway-lauding awards ceremony.
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| Defense Secretary Carter: American killed in combat in Iraq Posted: 03 May 2016 03:36 AM PDT  STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed near Irbil in Iraq.
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| Toddler rescued 4 days after Kenya building collapse Posted: 03 May 2016 02:41 AM PDT  "Good news!" Kenya Red Cross said. The Red Cross said the little girl was found "in a bucket wrapped in a blanket" and was dehydrated but without visible physical injuries. Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome called it a "miracle" and said the emergency services were continuing their rescue efforts.
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| Obama takes Supreme Court fight to Republican senators' home turf Posted: 02 May 2016 11:08 PM PDT  By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday took the political battle over his pick for a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court to the home states of seven Republican senators up for re-election in November. Obama conducted interviews with local television anchors where he argued that Republican senators should hold confirmation hearings and vote on his nomination of appellate Judge Merrick Garland to the top court. "What my argument is: Let the American people see Judge Garland, let him answer questions, let them hear his responses," the Democratic president told WDAF-TV FOX 4 in Kansas City, Missouri, a market that straddles states where Senators Roy Blunt of Missouri and Jerry Moran of Kansas are up for re-election.
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| Woman says she is Prince's half-sister, claims part of estate Posted: 02 May 2016 08:19 PM PDT  A woman claiming to be Prince's half-sister has come forward saying she is entitled to part of the late pop star's multimillion-dollar estate, legal documents show. Darcell Gresham Johnston filed court documents Friday in the musician's probate case in Minnesota saying she is an "interested party and beneficiary" in the singer's estate. The estate was previously expected to be equally split six ways between Prince's known surviving siblings under Minnesota law.
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| Q&A: Sanders' long-shot bid to clinch Democratic nomination Posted: 02 May 2016 07:08 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Trailing significantly in the Democratic primaries, Bernie Sanders wants superdelegates to flip his way and is aiming for a contested national convention in July against front-runner Hillary Clinton. For his plan to work, he'll need plenty of big-time breaks.
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| Sister: No charges against police in Virginia stun gun case Posted: 02 May 2016 05:56 PM PDT  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor has decided not to bring charges against officers who used stun guns repeatedly on a black man before his 2013 death, the man's sister and her attorney said Monday.
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| Ted Cruz Debates Trump Supporters as They Shout at Him in Indiana Posted: 02 May 2016 04:25 PM PDT  Supporters of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump shouted in his rival Sen. Ted Cruz's face as he squared off with them on an Indiana street for more than seven minutes, just a day before Indiana's do-or-die GOP primary. Cruz was finishing up a campaign stop at a restaurant alongside a river in a small town northeast of Indianapolis when he heard half a dozen men chanting "Lyin' Ted" and other slogans across the street. "I'm running to be everyone's president," Cruz told the men.
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| Obama won’t apologize for Hiroshima during trip to Japan Posted: 02 May 2016 01:26 PM PDT  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, puts his arm around Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, after they and fellow G7 foreign ministers laid wreaths at the cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan. President Obama may visit Hiroshima when he travels to Japan late this month for a summit of key industrialized nations, but he will not apologize for the World War II decision to destroy that city with an atomic bomb, the White House said Monday.
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