| Presidential candidates campaign in July Fourth parades Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:27 PM PDT  Alongside the patriotic music and waving flags Saturday in parades across Iowa and New Hampshire were clear reminders of a presidential race coming up next year: Red balloons promoting "Jeb! 2016," a tractor draped in a Rick Perry banner and dutiful volunteers holding signs and chanting for their chosen candidates.
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| IS video shows mass execution in ruins of Syria's Palmyra Posted: 04 Jul 2015 11:06 AM PDT  The Islamic State group on Saturday released a video showing 25 Syrian government soldiers being executed by teenagers in the ancient amphitheatre in the city of Palmyra. It shows the soldiers in green and brown military uniforms being shot dead on the amphitheatre's stage in front of an enormous version of the group's black and white flag. IS reportedly carried out more than 200 executions, including of civilians, in and around Palmyra in the period when it captured the city.
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| Matt Stonie tops Joey Chestnut in hot dog eating contest Posted: 04 Jul 2015 10:49 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Stonie shocked the competitive eating world on Saturday by upsetting Joey "Jaws" Chestnut at the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, breaking Chestnut's bid for a ninth straight victory.
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| Tunisia's president declares state of emergency after hotel attack Posted: 04 Jul 2015 07:14 AM PDT  Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday to hand his government more authority following an Islamic militant attack on a beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were killed. Tunisia's emergency law temporarily gives the government more executive flexibility, hands the army and police more authority, and restricts certain rights such as the right to public assembly. The attack on the Sousse beach resort last Friday followed a gun attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis in March: two of the worst militant assaults in Tunisia's modern history, and a pressing threat to its vital tourist industry.
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| Tentative agreement on Iran sanctions relief Posted: 04 Jul 2015 06:59 AM PDT  World powers and Iran have reached tentative agreement on sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic, among the most contentious issues in a long-term nuclear agreement that negotiators hope to clinch over the next several days, diplomats told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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| U.S. marks July Fourth amid worries over security, sharks, wildfires Posted: 04 Jul 2015 04:19 AM PDT  The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued an alert asking local authorities and the public to remain vigilant for possible threats following recent calls for violence by Islamic State leaders. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered increased monitoring statewide for the holiday weekend under the direction of the New York Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. In New York City, the nation's biggest police force assigned about 7,000 officers and nearly all its counterterrorism personnel to handle security around Independence Day events.
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| Oregon marijuana fans look to cash in on new law Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:47 AM PDT  More than a thousand marijuana enthusiasts and entrepreneurs met in Oregon on Friday to swap samples, contacts and business tips in hopes of profiting from the state's new law allowing the recreational use of pot. Licensed growers handed out free tastes, gardening experts displayed organic plant food and artists sold marijuana pipes to participants at the "Weed the People" event. "Cannabis is a great opportunity for us," said D.J. King, a labor organizer with the United Food and Commercial Workers who wants to unionize workers at marijuana grow operations, distributors and retailers.
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| Would euro departure help or hurt Europe's currency union? Posted: 04 Jul 2015 12:15 AM PDT  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — With aid negotiations off and ATMs running out of money, it's not speculation any more. Greece could leave the euro. And soon.
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| America ushers in July 4 with hot dogs, hot music, cool beer Posted: 03 Jul 2015 10:02 PM PDT  As the nation gears up to celebrate America's birthday, here are some Fourth of July highlights from around the country:
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| Federal regulations on campus sexual assault take effect Posted: 03 Jul 2015 04:17 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 01:45 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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