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• Florida National Guard centers moved to armories for safety
• At conservative summit, Trump questions McCain's war record
• GOP candidate Trump goes after Sen. John McCain's war record
• Obama finally gets his stroll in Central Park
• Exclusive: Tennessee suspect texted friend link to Koranic verse before attack
• Buckingham Palace slams images of queen's Nazi salute as child
• Winds force second-ever British Open Monday finish
• California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers: fire officials
• U.S. Navy petty officer dies after wounding in Tennessee attack
• KKK, African-American group plan rallies at South Carolina Capitol
• Tennessee gunman's rampage came after ordinary upbringing
• IS suicide attack one of Iraq's deadliest in a decade
• Tributes pour in for Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi
• Texas trooper violated policy stopping woman who died in jail: agency
• One killed, four rescued in Alaska plane crash
• Boston Marathon bomber moved to Colorado Supermax prison
• Suspect in slaying of U.S. Marines made 2014 trip to Mideast
• Wildfire overruns packed California freeway, burns cars
• Wildfire sweeps across California freeway, burns cars

Florida National Guard centers moved to armories for safety Posted: 18 Jul 2015 01:04 PM PDT (Reuters) - Florida Governor Rick Scott on Saturday ordered six store-front Florida National Guard recruiting centers to be moved to the nearest Guard armory buildings in the wake of attacks on Thursday that left five servicemen dead in Tennessee.

At conservative summit, Trump questions McCain's war record Posted: 18 Jul 2015 12:31 PM PDT Republican presidential contender Donald Trump questioned Senator John McCain's war record on Saturday, telling a gathering of religious conservatives in Iowa that the former prisoner in North Vietnam was only considered a war hero because he was captured. The real estate mogul, who has been feuding with the Republican senator from Arizona for days, also criticized McCain's work in the Senate and called him "a loser" for his defeat in the 2008 White House race to Democratic President Barack Obama. "He's not a war hero," Trump said when the event's host, pollster Frank Luntz, used the phrase to describe McCain.

GOP candidate Trump goes after Sen. John McCain's war record Posted: 18 Jul 2015 11:59 AM PDT AMES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Arizona Sen. John McCain's military record Saturday, saying he was a "war hero because he was captured."

Obama finally gets his stroll in Central Park Posted: 18 Jul 2015 10:54 AM PDT

Exclusive: Tennessee suspect texted friend link to Koranic verse before attack Posted: 18 Jul 2015 10:21 AM PDT The suspected gunman in Thursday's attack that killed four U.S. marines and a navy officer returned from a trip to Jordan in 2014 angry about conflicts in the Middle East and the reluctance of regional governments and the United States to intervene, a close friend of his told Reuters on Saturday.

Buckingham Palace slams images of queen's Nazi salute as child Posted: 18 Jul 2015 09:33 AM PDT Buckingham Palace voiced disappointment after a British newspaper on Saturday published images showing a young Queen Elizabeth II giving a Nazi salute in the early 1930s. The front page of The Sun showed the queen, then aged around six, raising her right hand in the air as her mother, the late Queen Mother, does the same. The headline on the story read: "Their Royal Heilnesses" -- a reference to the "Heil Hitler" greeting used in Nazi Germany.

Winds force second-ever British Open Monday finish Posted: 18 Jul 2015 08:11 AM PDT Saturday winds forced a long suspension of play which will lead to the first Monday finish since 1988

California brush fire forces evacuation of more than 300 campers: fire officials Posted: 18 Jul 2015 07:54 AM PDT (Reuters) - Dozens of children were among more than 300 people evacuated from campgrounds early Saturday morning as firefighters battled brush fires burning in Southern California's drought-parched foothills, fire officials said. It has charred more that 125 acres northwest of San Bernardino, according to an online U.S. Forest Service post. At least five campgrounds near the fire were evacuated, sending 300 campers, including 130 children with special needs, to a nearby high school, the Los Angeles Fire Department tweeted.

U.S. Navy petty officer dies after wounding in Tennessee attack Posted: 18 Jul 2015 06:50 AM PDT By Richard Valdmanis CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Reuters) - A male U.S. Navy petty officer has died of wounds sustained in this week's shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the U.S. Navy said on Saturday, raising the number of people killed in the attack to five. The Navy's brief statement did not identify the petty officer who died or provide his age or hometown. Four U.S. Marines were also killed in the attack and two other people, a Marine and a police officer, were wounded.

KKK, African-American group plan rallies at South Carolina Capitol Posted: 18 Jul 2015 05:15 AM PDT A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group plan overlapping demonstrations on Saturday outside the South Carolina State House, where state officials removed the Confederate battle flag last week. Governor Nikki Haley, who called for the flag's removal from the State House grounds after the killing of nine African-Americans in a Charleston church last month, urged South Carolinians to steer clear of the Klan rally. "Our family hopes the people of South Carolina will join us in staying away from the disruptive, hateful spectacle members of the Ku Klux Klan hope to create over the weekend and instead focus on what brings us together," Haley said in a statement posted to her Facebook page.

Tennessee gunman's rampage came after ordinary upbringing Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:58 AM PDT Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez pulled up to his military targets in a rented, silver Mustang convertible and wore a vest with extra ammunition.

IS suicide attack one of Iraq's deadliest in a decade Posted: 18 Jul 2015 04:27 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack by the Islamic State group on a crowded marketplace in Iraq's eastern Diyala province has killed 115 people, including women and children, in one of the deadliest single attacks in the country in the past decade.

Tributes pour in for Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi Posted: 18 Jul 2015 03:37 AM PDT NICE, France (AP) — Tributes poured in from the world of Formula One for French driver Jules Bianchi, who died in the early hours of Saturday morning after a long fight against horrendous injuries sustained in a head-on crash during the Japanese Grand Prix last October.

Texas trooper violated policy stopping woman who died in jail: agency Posted: 18 Jul 2015 01:57 AM PDT The Texas Department of Public Safety said on Friday the trooper has been put on desk duty while the FBI and the Texas Rangers, a statewide police and investigation agency, probe the death of Sandra Bland, 28, an African-American. Relatives and friends of Bland, who was found hanged in her Waller County jail cell on Monday, said they do not believe the official version given by the Waller County Sheriff's Office. Bland, from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was arrested on July 10 for allegedly assaulting an officer during a traffic stop in Prairie View, northwest of Houston.

One killed, four rescued in Alaska plane crash Posted: 17 Jul 2015 10:26 PM PDT One person was killed and four were rescued from rugged terrain in Alaska on Friday after a small plane crashed during a short flight from Juneau to a nearby island, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The plane went down 18 miles west of Juneau, the state capital, Coast Guard Petty Office Grant DeVuyst said. The plane was operated by Wings of Alaska and was making the 20-minute flight from Juneau to Hoonah, according to the carrier.

Boston Marathon bomber moved to Colorado Supermax prison Posted: 17 Jul 2015 08:48 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) is now detained in the highest-security prison in the country.

Suspect in slaying of U.S. Marines made 2014 trip to Mideast Posted: 17 Jul 2015 06:52 PM PDT CHATTANOOGA, Tenn./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suspect in the fatal shootings of four U.S. Marines traveled to Jordan and possibly other Middle Eastern countries for seven months last year, authorities said on Friday, as the investigation focused on any signs of a connection to Islamist militants. Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-born naturalized U.S. citizen, died on Thursday in a firefight with police after a rampage at two military facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 24-year-old engineer traveled to Jordan, from around April to November, U.S. government sources and friends of Abdulazeez in Chattanooga told Reuters.

Wildfire overruns packed California freeway, burns cars Posted: 17 Jul 2015 05:47 PM PDT A brush fire burning in the Southern California foothills overran a packed freeway in a mountain pass on Friday, torching several vehicles as drivers abandoned their cars and scrambled to safety. At least three cars and two tractor-trailer rigs, one carrying new vehicles, were in flames on the Interstate 15 freeway that links Southern California and Las Vegas.

Wildfire sweeps across California freeway, burns cars Posted: 17 Jul 2015 05:31 PM PDT HESPERIA, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire swept across a freeway Friday in a Southern California mountain pass, torching at least a half-dozen cars and a tractor trailer as motorists abandoned their vehicles and ran to safety. There were no confirmed injuries, authorities said.

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