| Kerry says no deal yet for 7-day truce in Gaza Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:49 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister says Israel may soon broaden its ground operation in the Gaza Strip significantly.
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| FBI's Mueller: Gaza will fuel al-Qaida threat Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:32 PM PDT  A former FBI director says Israel's Gaza offensive will inflame anti-U.S. sentiment.
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| US's Kerry says no deal yet on 7-day Gaza truce Posted: 25 Jul 2014 12:15 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he has not yet reached a deal between Israel and Hamas to call a 7-day humanitarian truce in the Gaza war but is continuing work. |
| Last-ditch US effort on Gaza truce; Israel cool Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:59 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — A last-ditch effort by the U.N. chief and the U.S. secretary of state to broker a temporary Gaza truce was thrown into doubt Friday, as Israeli media reported that Israel's Security Cabinet rejected the plan. |
| What happened? The day Flight 17 was downed Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:43 AM PDT  SNIZHNE, Ukraine (AP) — It was lunchtime when a tracked launcher with four SA-11 surface-to-air missiles rolled into town and parked on Karapetyan Street. Fifteen hundred miles (2,400 kilometers) to the west, passengers were checking in for Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
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| States' use of execution drugs varies widely Posted: 25 Jul 2014 11:12 AM PDT  The prolonged execution of an Arizona death row inmate with a new, two-drug combo has highlighted the patchwork quilt approach that states now take with lethal drugs, with types, combinations and dosages varying widely. A question and answer look at how the disparity came about and why, following more than three decades in which all death penalty states used the exact same three-drug mixture.
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| Judge says Texas man should be exonerated in rape Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:25 AM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas man who prosecutors say did not commit a 1990 rape for which he served 12 years in prison should be exonerated based on recent DNA testing he did not request, a judge recommended Friday.
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| Congress faces high price for border inaction Posted: 25 Jul 2014 10:09 AM PDT  Lawmakers could end up paying more to address immigration crisis.
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| Obama to urge Central American leaders for help Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:37 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama was meeting with Central American leaders Friday to urge them to help slow the exodus of unaccompanied children from their countries, as House Republicans tried to get behind a solution to the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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| Judge: Defendant in 9/11 Gitmo case to be tried separately Posted: 25 Jul 2014 09:04 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — A military judge has ruled that one of five prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay naval base charged in the Sept. 11 attack should be tried separately from his co-defendants.
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| Rule change: Blood and bumps at Commonwealth Games Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:48 AM PDT  GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — It was the first bout of the boxing competition at the Commonwealth Games. Within minutes, one of the fighters had a large lump on his head, and the other had blood streaming down his face.
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| Israel says soldier missing in Gaza confirmed dead Posted: 25 Jul 2014 08:16 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says an Israel soldier Hamas claimed to have captured in the Gaza Strip earlier this week was in fact killed in battle on that day.
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| At Comic-Con, fans face up to changes in beloved characters Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:43 AM PDT  Captain America is now black, Thor becomes a woman, and comic character Archie Andrews is shot and killed while saving his gay friend. The annual pop-culture carnival that is the Comic-Con Festival got under way in San Diego on Thursday with fans welcoming the world of change facing so many beloved characters. An estimated 150,000 devotees of comics, video games, fantasy and action movies are expected to throng the four-day extravaganza in southern California, many opting to don costumes of their favorite characters. The streets surrounding the festival resemble a surreal bazaar: a miniature Darth Vader asleep on the shoulders of his father, dressed as Bart Simpson, or Princess Elsa from "Frozen" posing with "Avengers" heroine Black Widow.
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| Officials: 4 Palestinians killed in West Bank Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:28 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Four Palestinians were shot and killed Friday during West Bank protests against Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital officials said. |
| Prosecutor: Man faces charges in hospital shooting Posted: 25 Jul 2014 07:11 AM PDT  DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A man who authorities say fatally shot a caseworker at a hospital complex near Philadelphia and was then shot by his psychiatrist remains listed in critical condition.
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| Officials: 3 Palestinians killed in West Bank Posted: 25 Jul 2014 06:56 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian hospital officials say three Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, which has become increasingly restive because of a war between Israel and Hamas militants next door in the Gaza Strip. |
| Frantic search for 32-year-old Ebola patient zero Posted: 25 Jul 2014 06:38 AM PDT  By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone officials appealed for help on Friday to trace the first known resident in the capital with Ebola whose family forcibly removed her from a Freetown hospital after testing positive for the deadly disease. Radio stations in Freetown, a city of around 1 million inhabitants, broadcast the appeal on Friday to locate a woman who tested positive for the disease that has killed 660 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since an outbreak was first identified in February. "Saudatu Koroma of 25 Old Railway Line, Brima Lane, Wellington," the announcement said. We need the public to help us locate her." Koroma, 32, a resident of the densely populated Wellington neighborhood, had been admitted to an isolation ward while blood samples were tested for the virus, Health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahya Tunis.
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| Black box found at Air Algerie wreckage site Posted: 25 Jul 2014 06:22 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — French soldiers secured a black box from the Air Algerie wreckage site in a desolate region of restive northern Mali on Friday, the French president said. Terrorism hasn't been ruled out as a cause, although officials say the most likely reason for the catastrophe that killed all onboard is bad weather.
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| Israel kills senior Gaza militant, mulls next move Posted: 25 Jul 2014 05:18 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck 30 houses in the Gaza Strip early Friday, killing a leader of the militant Islamic Jihad group and two of his sons, as Israel's Security Cabinet was to decide whether to expand its operation or consider ideas for a cease-fire. |
| Iraq Sunni militias pinched by jihadis, corruption Posted: 25 Jul 2014 04:13 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Wisam al-Hardan's cellphone rang late into the night. He let it ring on and on. He couldn't bear to answer.
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| Taiwan plane survivor crawls out, phones dad Posted: 25 Jul 2014 03:41 AM PDT  XIXI, Taiwan (AP) — The 10 survivors of Taiwan's worst air disaster in more than a decade include a 34-year-old woman who called her father after scrambling from the wreckage and seeking help at a nearby home.
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| Gaza toll tops 800 as Kerry pushes humanitarian truce Posted: 25 Jul 2014 03:09 AM PDT  Israeli fire Friday pushed the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to above 800, as Washington pressed Israel and Hamas to agree a week-long humanitarian ceasefire and thrash out a durable truce. In the West Bank, Palestinian factions declared a "Day of Rage" after a night of clashes over Israel's Gaza offensive, with one Palestinian killed.
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| Black box found at site of Air Algerie crash Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:57 AM PDT  PARIS (AP) — French officials dispatched a military unit to secure the site in restive northern Mali where an Air Algerie plane crashed with the loss of 116 people. France's interior minister said Friday that terrorism cannot be excluded as a cause for the tragedy, though it was likely due to bad weather.
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| Va. Gov. McAuliffe to tour tornado damage Posted: 25 Jul 2014 02:36 AM PDT  CAPE CHARLES, Va. (AP) — Flattened trees, flipped-over RVs, scattered tents, and awnings ripped from trailers — a scene of devastation awaited the visit of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe the day after a tornado ripped through a campground on the Chesapeake Bay.
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| Transcript shows concerns during Arizona execution Posted: 25 Jul 2014 01:32 AM PDT  FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake was attending a ceremony for a judicial colleague when he received an urgent — and unusual — request: Lawyers for a condemned inmate wanted him to stop an execution that didn't seem to be working.
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