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Cops: Men hold 6 hostages in Ill. suburb

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:46 PM PDT

Two Harvey Cops Shot; Offenders Take Six HostageAuthorities are negotiating with two men barricaded in a home and holding a woman and five children hostage in the south suburbs of Chicago.


ISIL claims beheading of U.S. journalist, holding another

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:20 PM PDT

Mideast Syria JournalistBAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents released a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. The video, titled "A Message To America," was posted on social media sites.


Perry booked for abusing power, vows he will fight this injustice’

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2014, file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks in Austin, Texas. Perry's office said Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014, the Republican is planning to turn himself in for booking on abuse of power charges at a courthouse in Austin. Perry was indicted Friday on two felony counts of coercion and official oppression for promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit run by the Travis County district attorney's office. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding, File)Texas Gov. Rick Perry was defiant as he was booked on abuse of power charges Tuesday, saying he would "fight this injustice with every fiber of my being."


New fatal police shooting near Ferguson

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

A demonstrator displays a sign during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri on August 18, 2014St. Louis officer-involved shooting came as Michael Brown's funeral plans were announced.


Floods force dramatic rescues in Phoenix area

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:58 PM PDT

In this image made from a video provided by ABC15 TV, a school bus navigates a flooded road north of Phoenix, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. It was not known if there were children aboard the bus at the time. The area was flooded after several inches of rain pummeled the state. (AP Photo/ABC15 TV)PHOENIX (AP) — Heavy monsoon season rains that swept across Arizona on Tuesday led to dramatic rescues, road closures and flight delays as a series of fast-moving storms pummeled the state.


Week of uproar, confrontation in Ferguson

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 01:41 PM PDT

MORE ARRESTS IN FERGUSONJust outside Ferguson, in St. Louis, a suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting.


Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held areas

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 11:43 AM PDT

Pro-Russian militants patrol along a road near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on August 18, 2014DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Government troops pressed attacks Tuesday in the two largest cities held by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, while Kiev also pursued diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict that has killed more than 2,000 and displaced another 300,000.


NYC grand jury to hear police chokehold case

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:09 PM PDT

In this undated family photo provided by the National Action Network, Eric Garner, right, poses with his children during a family outing. On July 17, 2014, police on New York City's Staten Island tried to arrest Garner by placing him in an illegal choke hold, which ended up causing his death. The New York City police are at odds with Mayor Bill de Blasio over the appearance that he is taking sides against in them in the aftermath of Garner's death. (AP Photo/Family photo via National Action Network, File)A New York City prosecutor said on Tuesday he will present evidence to a grand jury next month to determine whether anyone should be criminally charged in the death of an unarmed man who police put in a choke hold while arresting him.


Yosemite wildfire prompts 13,000 evacuation orders

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:04 PM PDT

Cathedral PeakFirefighters from across California were sent to battle an out-of-control wildfire on Tuesday near Yosemite National Park and authorities ordered the evacuation of 13,000 homes and businesses, officials said. Gusty winds fanned the Junction Fire, which erupted on Monday, and it spread rapidly through parched forest in the foothills of Yosemite, one of the most visited U.S. The blaze has destroyed eight structures and is threatening 500 others, including hotels, restaurants and homes near the central California town of Oakhurst, said Dennis Mathisen, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.


Texas' Perry to turn himself in

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:58 PM PDT

Texas Governor Rick Perry denounces felony charges by a Travis County grand jury during a press conference at the State Capitol in Austin TexasBy Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry, a possible Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 race, was fingerprinted and had his mug shot taken by judicial authorities on Tuesday after being indicted last week on two felony charges of abusing power. This indictment is fundamentally a political act that seeks to achieve at the courthouse what could not be achieved at the ballot box," Perry said after finishing the 15-minute processing at the Travis County criminal justice center, a short walk away from the governor's mansion. The indictment has cast a shadow over a presidential run for Perry, who has ranked near the bottom of possible Republican candidates. Perry was indicted on Friday by a grand jury in Travis County, a Democratic stronghold in the heavily Republican state, over his veto of funding for a state ethics watchdog that has investigated prominent Texas Republicans.


Islamic State vows to 'drown all of you in blood'

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Iraq Crisis: IS Threatens to 'Drown' Americans in BloodThe Islamic State is vowing retribution should U.S. According to Reuters, a newly released video by the Islamic State shows a picture of an American man who had been beheaded in Iraq during the initial U.S. The Islamic State has focused on its goal of establishing a caliphate by seizing land in Iraq in Syria before launching any potential attacks on the West. Osama Bin Laden famously warned of the risks of establishing a caliphate too early, writing in a document seized in the raid on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan that an Islamic State could have the adverse affect of dividing the Sunni population.


700 troops sent to Pakistan's 'Red Zone'

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 01:48 PM PDT

Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan shout slogans against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Khan on Monday announced to lead thousands of anti-government protesters into the high security 'Red Zone' as his 48 hours deadline for government to step down ending Tuesday. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Soldiers deployed to halt thousands of anti-government protesters approaching Islamabad's high-security zone.


2 Italian air force jets collide over Italy

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:44 AM PDT

Flames burn the bush after two Italian air force fighter jetsROME (AP) — Two Italian air force fighter jets carrying a total of four crew members collided during a training mission over Italy on Tuesday and crashed into a hilly, wooded area that erupted in flames, the force said.


Gaza-based Islamist group added to U.S. terrorist list

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:42 AM PDT

In this undated picture released on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, and posted on the Facebook page of a militant group, a member of Mujahidin, who fight with Syrian rebels groups against the Syrian government forces, poses for a picture standing next to a missile at an unknown place in Syria. The growing muscle of an al-Qaida linked Syrian group is casting a grim shadow over northern Syria, where extremist militants have turned their attention to seizing activists who cover their country's war on its front lines. (AP Photo)An Islamist Palestinian group based in Gaza has been placed on the US terrorist black list, the State Department announced Tuesday. Since its founding in 2012, the "Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem" has claimed responsibility for a number of rocket attacks on Israel and a cross-border attack with explosives that killed a civilian at an Israeli construction site, according to the State Department. It said the group was composed of several jihadist sub-groups, and had declared its support for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a militant group that has declared a caliphate in areas of Iraq and Syria that it controls.


Police: LA school shooting plot thwarted

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

Police Arrest 2 Students For Allegedly Planning School ShootingTwo boys arrested; said to have plotted to kill S. Pasadena school staff and students.


US airstrikes intensify in Iraq

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:22 PM PDT

KURDS RETAKE MAJOR IRAQ DAMSaddam's hometown Tikrit targeted by Iraqi forces, as President Obama ratchets up anti-jihadist strikes.


Natanyahu orders home Israeli team from cease-fire talks

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT

In this Wednesday, July 16, 2014, file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas listens to Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby during their meeting at his residence in Cairo. With a deadline just hours away, Egyptian mediators shuttled between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in hopes of salvaging a long-term cease-fire arrangement that would allow reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following a monthlong war that killed more than 2,000 people. In an apparent attempt to pressure Hamas, Egypt said it would co-host an international fundraising conference for Gaza, but only if a deal is reached. Israel, meanwhile, said in recent months it had arrested nearly 100 Hamas operatives in the West Bank in an alleged plot to topple Abbas. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Egyptian attempts to broker an end to a monthlong war between Israel and Hamas collapsed in heavy fighting Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets and Israel responding with airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. At least three Palestinians were killed.


Famed Iranian poet Behbahani dies at 87

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:04 AM PDT

Iranian poet Simin Behbahani speaks at the "Yes to peace, No to war" conference in TehranTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Famed Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, who wrote of the joys of love, demanded equal rights for women and spoke out about the challenges facing those living in her homeland, died Tuesday at the age of 87.


1-year-old left in Fla. car while mother shopped for booze

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:39 AM PDT

Dog Attack Follow UpLEESBURG, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a Florida mother faces child neglect charges after leaving her 1-year-old daughter in the car while she shopped in grocery and liquor stores.


Why were 100,000 elephants slaughtered over 3 years?

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:37 AM PDT

Poachers Killed More than 100,000 Elephants in 3 YearsThe insatiable demand for ivory is causing a dramatic decline in the number of African elephants. Poachers are hunting the animal faster than it can reproduce, with deaths affecting more than half of elephant families in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya, a new study finds.  In 2011, the worst African elephant poaching year on record since 1998, poachers killed an estimated 40,000 elephants, or about 8 percent of the elephant population in Africa. In the absence of poaching, African elephant populations grow about 4.2 percent each year, the researchers found based on detailed records from Samburu.


After shooting, dozens seek Walmart security camera footage

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:17 PM PDT

BUA Wal-Mart Stores Inc company distribution center in Bentonvillein this file photoAn attorney for the family of a man fatally shot by police at a Wal-Mart store said Tuesday that surveillance video of the shooting shows it was unjustified, and the state's top lawman said a special grand ...


3 of Pope Francis' relatives killed in car crash

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:31 AM PDT

Emanuel Bergoglio3 dead after car slammed into back of truck on highway in central Argentina; 4th in serious condition.


Oscar Pistorius' brother discharged from hospital ICU

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:01 AM PDT

In this Tuesday May 20, 2014 file photo brother of murder accused, Oscar Pistorius, left, Carl Pistorius, right, speaks with his brother in court in Pretoria, South Africa. Aug. 1, 2014. Carl Pistorius has been discharged from an intensive care unit in the hospital after suffering internal injuries and going into respiratory failure following a car crash Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)STELLENBOSCH, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius' brother is recovering and has been discharged from a hospital intensive care unit after suffering internal injuries in a car crash and going into respiratory failure, a spokeswoman for the Pistorius family said Tuesday.


Veteran rock climber proposes to girlfriend, later falls to death in Yosemite

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Yosemite National ParkSEBASTOPOL, Calif. (AP) — A veteran Northern California rock climber died in a fall in Yosemite National Park, just hours after proposing to his girlfriend during another climb, authorities said.


Man charged in fatal stabbing of 1-year-old niece

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:50 AM PDT

This booking photo released by the Bristol, Conn., Police Department shows Arthur Hapgood, of Waterbury, Conn., arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his 1-year-old niece Zaniyah Calloway while baby-sitting for her Monday evening, Aug. 18, 2014 in Bristol. He's expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Bristol Superior Court. (AP Photo/Bristol Police Department)BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was charged with murder, accused of fatally slashing his 1-year-old niece in her abdomen while babysitting, police said.


Six Flags park apologizes to Marine for gun shirt error

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:20 AM PDT

New Jersey Six Flags park offers VIP visit to veteran denied access because of T-shirtTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A 33-year-old disabled Marine who wasn't allowed into a New Jersey amusement park because he was wearing a shirt with a red, white and blue assault rifle on it has been given an apology.


Another night of chaos in Ferguson

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:27 PM PDT

UNREST CONTINUES IN FERGUSONNational Guard kept its distance as protesters clashed with police; 31 arrested.


SNL icon passes away

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 11:08 PM PDT

SNLDon Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose booming baritone became as much a part of the cultural landscape as the shows and products he touted, died Monday. He was 96.


Afghan Sikhs stuck in airless container for 18 hours

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:07 AM PDT

View of an entrance to Tilbury Docks, east of London on August 16, 201434 people, all suffering severe dehydration and hypothermia, were found alive after they were heard banging and screaming.


Runaway Ebola patients found

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:49 AM PDT

SCIENTISTS DON'T KNOW WHERE EBOLA COMES FROMLiberia claims that those who fled a quarantine center have been located.


Top Saudi cleric declares "enemy No. 1" of Islam

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:55 PM PDT

Saudi's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh (centre) leads prayer at the funeral in Riyadh on February 6, 2008Saudi Grand Mufti has harsh rhetoric for terrorist groups.


Israel-Palestinian deadline before fighting resumes

Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:21 PM PDT

Masked Hamas members take part in a rally in support of the armed Palestinian factions, in Rafah in the southern Gaza StripNegotiators in Cairo face a new ticking clock before the bloodshed resumes.


Riske upsets Pennetta at New Haven tennis

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:02 PM PDT

American Alison Riske returns a shot to Flavia Pennetta of Italy during the Connecticut Open on August 19, 2014 in New Haven, ConnecticutUnseeded Alison Riske became the first player to reach the quarter-finals by upsetting sixth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) at the Connecticut Open on Tuesday. American Riske, who never trailed in the second set tie-breaker, blasted eight aces and was a perfect five for five on break points in the 94-minute match at the WTA Tour event, a final US Open tune-up. Riske jumped out to a 3-1 second set lead, but Pennetta was able to tie it at 3-3. Riske snapped a four-match losing streak with a straight set victory over Casey Dellacqua in her tournament opener.


Tom Hanks’ Typewriter app is a shockingly huge hit for iPad users

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:00 PM PDT

Tom Hanks' Typewriter app is a shockingly huge hit for iPad usersHanx Writer is a simple typewriter iOS app for the iPad, created by Hitcents at the request of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. Launched only last week and available as a free download, the app has already hit the No. 1 spot in the top free iPad apps on the App Store, TechCrunch reports, enjoying unexpected success for an app that's not at all essential to improving productivity on a tablet. The app offers users access to a keyboard that looks and sounds just like a typewriter – culled from one of Hanks' actual collection of real typewriters – but also complete with the modern functionality of a virtual tablet keyboard. "I wanted to have the sensation of an old manual typewriter


Liberia president declares Ebola curfew

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:58 PM PDT

In this undated handout photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres, local staff and healthcare workers for Doctors Without Borders, exit an isolation ward in Guekedou, Guinea. For doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa, working in head-to-toe protective gear in muddy health clinics is often the least of their problems, as many also struggle to convince people they are there to stop Ebola, not spread it. (AP Photo/MSF)MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia's president declared a curfew and ordered security forces to quarantine a slum home to at least 50,000 people late Tuesday as the West African country battled to stop the spread of Ebola in the capital.


Teens in LA school shooting plot 'wanted to die'

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:58 PM PDT

Two South Pasadena High School students were arrested on suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at the high school, on August 19, 2014Two US teenagers arrested on charges of plotting a high-school mass shooting had a "very methodical" plan and wanted to die in the gun battle, police said Tuesday. The 16- and 17-year-olds, who police did not identify, wanted to kill as many people as possible and "planned to die through a shootout with the police," said Arthur Miller, the police chief in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena. The plot to kill three staff members and as many students as possible at South Pasadena High School, which has 4,500 students, was "very methodical and it seemed very viable," said Miller.


Israel hits Gaza, suspends Cairo talks after rocket fire

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT

Palestinian rescuers clear the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 19, 2014Israel and Palestinian militants resumed fighting across the Gaza border on Tuesday, ending a ceasefire, sparking panic across the war-torn enclave and halting truce talks. Gaza emergency services said that three people, including a woman and a two-year-old child were killed and 45 people injured in one Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Israel had "opened the gates of hell on itself" by carrying out that attack and warned that the Jewish state would "pay the price for its crimes." The al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement that it fired 34 rockets into Israel on Tuesday, hitting Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheva.


AP Exclusive: US changing no-fly list rules

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:56 PM PDT

This photo taken in 2011 shows Abe Mashal posing for a photo at his home in St. Charles, Ill. The Obama administration is promising to change the way travelers can ask to be removed from its no-fly list of suspected terrorists banned from air travel. One of the plaintiffs in the Portland lawsuit, Abe Mashal, was unable to print his boarding pass before a flight out of Chicago four years ago. A counter representative told him he was on the no-fly list and would not be allowed to board. Mashal was surrounded by about 30 law enforcement officials, he said. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT,WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is promising to change the way travelers can ask to be removed from its no-fly list of suspected terrorists banned from air travel.


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