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U.S. readies unilateral sanctions on Russia

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:09 PM PDT

From Brazil to Russia: A look at 2018 World CupShift in strategy reflects U.S. frustration with Europe's reluctance to take tougher action.

U.S. cancels F-35 U.K. air show trip

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:32 PM PDT

F-35 fighter jetThe U.S. will not be sending F-35 fighter jets to the Farnborough air show as planned.

Convicted ex-New Orleans mayor Nagin files appeal

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 9, 2014 file photo, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin leaves federal court with his wife, Seletha Nagin, after being sentenced in New Orleans. Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor, including the chaotic years after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin filed a formal notice of appeal Tuesday in the corruption case that resulted in a guilty verdict on 20 criminal counts and a prison sentence of 10 years.

Netanyahu: Israel will hit Hamas hard

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 11:10 AM PDT

Israeli army flares fall on a Palestinian enclave in Gaza, July 15, 2014Israel's leader says "great force" will be used against Hamas after their truce rejection.

Arizona protesters hope to stop immigrant transfer

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 10:23 AM PDT

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeau addresses immigration protesters on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 in Oracle, Ariz. Dozens of protesters on both sides of the immigration debate showed up in Oracle, a small town near Tucson, on Tuesday after the sheriff said the federal government plans to transport about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths. Anger has been spreading throughout the U.S. Southwest since a massive surge in unaccompanied Central American children crossing the border illegally began more than a month ago. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)ORACLE, Ariz. (AP) — Dozens of protesters on both sides of the immigration debate showed up in a small town near Tucson on Tuesday after the sheriff said the federal government plans to transport about 40 immigrant children to an academy for troubled youths.

UK pound near 6-year high after inflation spike

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:47 AM PDT

FILE - This Monday July 1, 2013 file photo shows people walking past the Bank of England in London's City financial district. Inflation in the U.K. increased unexpectedly in June, raising expectations that the Bank of England may start raising interest rates soon, possibly by the end of this year. Figures Tuesday July 15, 2014 from the Office for National Statistics showed consumer prices rose by an annual rate of 1.9 percent in June, just below the Bank's ostensible target of 2 percent. Inflation, which rose from May's 4 1/2-year low of 1.5 percent, is now at its highest level since January. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)LONDON (AP) — The British pound spiked near a six-year high against the dollar Tuesday after a surprisingly big increase in U.K. inflation fueled expectations that the Bank of England may start raising interest rates soon, possibly by the end of the year.

US immigration activist detained in Texas

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 09:10 AM PDT

File - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on comprehensive immigration reform. Vargas has been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents at a South Texas airport. Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora says Vargas was in custody Tuesday morning, July 15, 2014, but he had no other details. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Jose Antonio Vargas stopped at airport security checkpoint, rights group he co-founded said.

Bribe investigation nets 2 ex-Utah attorneys general

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 08:27 AM PDT

File - In this Nov. 21, 2013, file photo, Utah Attorney General John Swallow speaks during a news conference announcing that he is stepping down amid multiple investigations of bribery and misconduct, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Newly unsealed documents show an embattled businessman lent his Ferrari, luxury house boat and jet to two former Utah attorneys general. Search warrants on the Sandy homes of John Swallow and his predecessor Mark Shurtleff emerged Monday. Both former officials maintain innocence; neither has been charged. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two former Utah attorneys general have been arrested as part of a bribery investigation.

Murder charge in missing Maui pregnant woman case

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:49 AM PDT

This April 14, 2014 booking photo released by the Maui County Police Dept. shows Steven Capobianco. Capobianco, the ex-boyfriend of a Maui, Hawaii woman who was five months pregnant when she disappeared in February, has been indicted on charges of killing her and torching her SUV to cover up the crime. (AP Photo/Maui County Police Dept.)HONOLULU (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a Maui woman who was five months pregnant when she disappeared in February has been indicted on charges of killing her and torching her SUV to cover up the crime.

Rescue workers: Ukraine airstrike kills civilians

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 07:11 AM PDT

Black smoke billows following a mortar attack during fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian fighters in Luhansk, Ukraine, Monday, July 14, 2014. The Defense Ministry said Monday that government troops had retaken several villages around Luhansk, including Metalist, Oleksandrivsk, Bile and Rozkishne, and had reopened a corridor to its civilian airport. Those areas are north, west and south of the city, suggesting the government's plan to form a security cordon around Luhansk is yielding results. (AP Photo, Yuri Snegirev, Rossiyiskaya Gazeta)SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — An airstrike demolished an apartment block in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least nine civilians, rescue workers said. The attack adds to the steadily growing number of civilians killed over four months in a dogged pro-Russian insurgency.

20 dead, 150 injured in Moscow subway derailment

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:04 AM PDT

In this frame grab provided by the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations shows frame grab from a video showing rescue teams working inside the tunnel where several cars of the wrecked train look almost coiled, occupying the entire space of the tunnel of Moscow subway in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Workers were seen trying to force open the mangled doors of the car where dead bodies are supposed to be. A rush-hour subway train derailed in Moscow Tuesday, killing about a dozen people and injuring at least 150, emergency officials said. Several cars left the track in the tunnel after a power surge triggered an alarm, which caused the train to stop abruptly. (AP Photo/Russian Emergency Situation Ministry)MOSCOW (AP) — A rush-hour subway train derailed Tuesday in Moscow, killing 20 people and sending 150 others to the hospital, many with serious injuries, Russian officials said.

Iraqi parliament breaks deadlock to elect speaker

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:42 AM PDT

Baghdad municipality workers clean the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad's Allawi neighborhood, Iraq, Monday, July 14, 2014. Parked car bombs killed civilians in commercial areas of Baghdad on Monday, as government forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters tried to dislodge militants from a small town north of the capital, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers broke their deadlock Tuesday and elected a new speaker of parliament, taking the first formal step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country.

S. Korean military: Farcical drawings sparked soldier's rampage

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 05:11 AM PDT

A wounded South Korean soldier who killed five comrades in a shooting incident on a stretcher is carried from an ambulance upon arrival at a hospital in Gangneung, South Korea, Monday, June 23, 2014. The South Korean army captured the soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers closed in. The massive manhunt ended when the 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed Yim, shot himself in the upper left chest as his father and brother approached, pleading with him to surrender, a Defense Ministry official said. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lee Sang-hack) KOREA OUTAlleged shooter was reportedly depicted as SpongeBob Squarepants.

Israel launches air strike, Hamas police says

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:44 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers sleep in the shade of a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire. No Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket launches. A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group rejects an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas police spokesman says Israel has struck an apartment building in northern Gaza.

Hamas meets Egypt truce call with rocket fire

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 04:00 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers sleep in the shade of a military vehicle near the Israel Gaza Border, early Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire. No Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas rocket launches. A senior Hamas official says the Palestinian militant group rejects an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza militants on Tuesday met Egypt's call for a quick truce with repeated rocket fire on Israel and senior Hamas officials rejected the proposal, saying they weren't consulted. Israel accepted Cairo's plan, but warned it would strike Gaza even harder than it has to date if Hamas didn't abide by it as well.

Pistorius accosted at nightclub, family says

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 03:15 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius recently visited a nightclub with a cousin and was accosted by a man who aggressively questioned him about his murder trial, his family said Tuesday.

10 dead in Moscow subway train derailment

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 02:17 AM PDT

Members of the emergency services carry an injured passenger outside a metro station following an accident on the subway in MoscowMOSCOW (AP) — A rush-hour subway train derailed in Moscow Tuesday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 106, emergency officials said.

Cespedes wins again, beating Frazier in HR derby

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:30 AM PDT

American League's Yoenis Cespedes, of the Oakland Athletics, hits during the MLB All-Star baseball Home Run Derby, Monday, July 14, 2014, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes knew how to pace himself in this rain-delayed home run derby, drawn out further by a new format.

Hamas rejects Egypt proposal for truce with Israel

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:44 AM PDT

A Palestinian talks on a mobile phone as he walks on the rubble of a damaged house following an overnight Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal. The late-night offer by Egypt marked the first sign of a breakthrough in international efforts to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)The militant group turned down the Gaza cease-fire plan after Israel accepted it.

Lightning deaths at national park concern visitors

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 12:01 AM PDT

Yangsook Chung, left, and Manlim Choi, originally from South Korea but visiting from Salt Lake City, where Choi is a visiting scholar at the University of Utah, take a snapshot along a short trail at a scenic overlook off Trail Ridge Road, above tree-line at Rocky Mountain National Park, west of Estes Park, Colo., Monday, July 14, 2014. Lightning killed two people last weekend just miles apart in the popular park, where summer storms can close in quickly with deadly results. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — Visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park are hiking more cautiously after lightning strikes at the popular park killed two people in two days at the height of summer travel season.

Archie's death latest comic book to inject reality

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 11:08 PM PDT

This image provided by Archie Comics shows Archie in his final moments of life in the comic book, LOS ANGELES (AP) — For most of Archie Andrew's life, the red-headed comic book icon's biggest quandary was whether he liked Veronica or Betty.

Militia shells Tripoli airport, U.N. pulls staff out of Libya

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:12 PM PDT

Smoke rises near buildings after heavy fighting between rival militias broke out near the airport in TripoliBy Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) - A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 percent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said, as heavy fighting between armed groups prompted the United Nations to pull its staff out of the North African country. At least 15 people have been killed in clashes in Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi since Sunday, and a Libyan official said several Grad rockets hit the Tripoli International Airport on Monday, damaging the control tower. Government spokesman Ahmed Lamine said 90 percent of the planes parked at the airport were destroyed. Three years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has slipped deeper into chaos with its weak government and new army unable to control brigades of former rebel fighters and militias who often battle for political and economic power.

Missing pregnant woman's ex indicted on murder charge

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:18 PM PDT

This undated file photo released by the Maui Police Department shows Carly Scott from Maui. The ex-boyfriend of Scott who was pregnant and disappeared in February, has been indicted on a murder charge in the case. A Maui grand jury indicted Steven Capobianco on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Scott. She was never found. (AP Photo/Maui Police Department,File)The ex-boyfriend of a Maui woman who was five months pregnant when she disappeared in February has been indicted on charges of killing her and torching her SUV to cover up the crime.

Egypt proposes cease-fire between Israel, Hamas

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 03:30 PM PDT

Smoke rises after an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Monday, July 14, 2014. Israel began airstrikes Tuesday against militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in what it says was a response to heavy rocket fire out of the densely populated territory. The military says it has launched more than 1,300 airstrikes since then, while Palestinian militants have launched nearly 1,000 rockets at Israel.( AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)JERUSALEM (AP) — Egypt presented a cease-fire plan Monday to end a week of heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has left at least 185 people dead, and both sides said they were seriously considering the proposal.

Answers on link between injection wells and quakes

Posted: 14 Jul 2014 02:41 PM PDT

Graphic shows earthquakes in Oklahoma over the past three days; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88 mm;FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — States where hydraulic fracturing is taking place have seen a surge in earthquake activity, raising suspicions that the unconventional drilling method could be to blame, especially the wells where the industry disposes of its wastewater.
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