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MH17’s dangerous route not unusual

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:36 PM PDT

Who shot down Malaysia Airlines MH17?Hazardous skies are a global risk, but the FAA warned about flights over Ukraine hot zone.


Obama: Flight MH17 crash an 'outrage'

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:56 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about situation in Ukraine from the White House in WashingtonThe president all but laid blame directly at the doorstep of Russian President Putin.


Name of bank robbers killed in Calif. shootout released

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:04 PM PDT

This Thursday, July 17, 2014 booking photo provided by the Stockton Police Department shows Jaime Ramos, 19, who was booked on suspicion of homicide, kidnapping, robbery and attempted murder in a Stockton, Calif. bank robbery that led to a high speed chase. Two other suspects were killed and two of the hostages were wounded during the ensuing chase. The third hostage, who police believe was used as a human shield, was found dead in the SUV after the shootout.. (AP Photo/Stockton Police Department)Authorities have released the names of two bank robbers killed during a gun battle with police in the Northern California city of Stockton.


Iran nuclear talks to be extended for 4 months

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:34 PM PDT

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and diplomats leave a news conference in ViennaIran and six world powers on Friday agreed to a four-month extension of negotiations on a long-term nuclear deal that would gradually end sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, diplomats close to the talks said. Iran, the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China had set a July 20 deadline to complete a long-term agreement that would resolve the decade-old dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. It has been clear for days that Iran and the six powers would miss the Sunday deadline to reach an accord due to disagreements on a number of key issues in the discussions. Among the issues dividing them are the permissible scope of Iran's nuclear fuel production capacity and how to address the country's suspected past atomic bomb research.


Israel pushes in Gaza, expanding ground operation

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:36 PM PDT

Palestinian medics treat a wounded girl at the emergency room of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, early Friday, July 18, 2014. The heavy thud of tank shells, often just seconds apart, echoed across the Gaza Strip early Friday as thousands of Israeli soldiers launched a ground invasion, escalating a 10-day campaign of heavy air bombardments to try to destroy Hamas' rocket-firing abilities and the tunnels militants use to infiltrate Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in a ground offensive that officials said could last up to two weeks as the prime minister ordered the military to prepare for a "significantly" wider campaign.


Court delays benefits for Utah gay couples

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 25, 2014, file photo, plaintiffs Moudi Sbeity, right, and his partner Derek Kitchen, one of three couples who brought the lawsuit against Utah's gay marriage ban, walk with other plaintiffs after arriving for a news conference in Salt Lake City. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled on June 25 that Utah must allow gay couples to marry, finding the Constitution protects same-sex relationships. The court made the same ruling on Oklahoma's ban Friday. Utah and Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly passed the bans in 2004. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)More than 1,000 same-sex married couples in Utah must wait longer for state benefits after the U.S. Supreme Court granted the state a stay on an order requiring it to recognize the marriages.


Mom who left kids in hot car may avoid prosecution

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:46 PM PDT

Where Is the Social Safety Net?Prosecutors and a Phoenix woman reached a deal Friday that would allow her to avoid prosecution for leaving her two young sons alone in a hot car while she was at a job interview.


Clinton papers: Bin Laden, Haiti, SCOTUS

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:04 PM PDT

Clinton papers: Concerns over Commerce, RwandaLatest Clinton White House records reveal new details on bin Laden, Haiti and SCOTUS.


IRS says hard drive that lost emails destroyed

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:09 PM PDT

THE NSA IS NOW INVOLVED WITH THE LOST IRS EMAILSThe IRS said Friday that Lois Lerner's computer hard drive was destroyed three years ago, ending any chance of retrieving her lost emails. In court papers, the IRS said the hard drive was destroyed after ...


Colo. court halts gay marriages, citing ban

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:49 PM PDT

Two plaintiffs in a lawsuit to overturn Colordo's gay marriage ban, Cassie Rubald, left, and her partner, Rachel Catt, hold hands during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in downtown Denver on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Six gay couples filed the lawsuit to ask for an injunction to stop all officials from enforcing the ban on gay marriage in Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Colorado's Supreme Court on Friday ordered Denver's clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples while while the state's ban against the unions remains in place.


Family of 8 killed in Gaza, as top U.N. leader heads to region

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:57 PM PDT

A Palestinian relative mourns during the funeral of Rani Abu Tawila, who was killed during an Israeli raid on Gaza City, on July 18, 2014Israel's Gaza ground assault sent the Palestinian death toll soaring to 296 as UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region Saturday to bolster efforts to clinch a truce. The new peace effort came as eight members of a single family were killed in Israeli tank fire in northern Gaza, after Israel warned it was poised to broaden its ground operations. Earlier, US President Barack Obama said he had telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to voice concerns about the crisis and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met foreign leaders for talks.


Rebel gives bizarre account of MH17 crash

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:22 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 11, 2014 file photo, Igor Girkin also known as Igor Strelkov, a pro-Russian commander, center, arrives for the wedding of platoon commander Arsen Pavlov and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. A top pro-Russia rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has given a version of events surrounding the Malaysian jetliner crash _ suggesting many of the victims may have died days before the plane took off. The pro-rebel website Russkaya Vesna on Friday, July 18, 2014, quoted Igor Girkin as saying he was told by people at the crash site that Separatist commander suggests many victims may have died days before plane took off.


Obama to sign orders protecting gay, transgender employees

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:47 PM PDT

Gibbons and Vargas of Oakland Park participate in the Decision Day Celebration Rally at the Pride Center, in Wilton ManorsOrders will prohibit discrimination against gay, transgender workers in the federal government.


Panel supports early release for 46,000 drug offenders

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:23 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder announces at the Justice Department in Washington Monday, July 14, 2014, that Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis. The agreement comes weeks after talks between the sides broke down, prompting the government to warn that it would sue the New York investment bank. The bank had offered to pay less then $4 billion, a sum substantially less that what the Justice Department was asking for. The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which fueled both the housing boon and bust that triggered the Great Recession at the end of 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)A U.S. judiciary agency passed an amendment on Friday that will make more than 46,000 drug offenders eligible for early release from federal prison, unless Congress moves to block it. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously on an amendment to the guidelines consulted by federal judges that will cut current sentencing terms by an average of 25 months for eligible offenders. If it does not, eligible drug offenders will have their sentences commuted by November 2015.


For 2nd time, court rules gay marriage ban unconstitutional

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:05 AM PDT

File - In the April 17, 2014, photo plaintiffs challenging Oklahoma's gay marriage ban Sharon Baldwin, left, and her partner Mary Bishop leave court following a hearing at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday, July 18, 2014, found a ban on same-sex marriage in Oklahoma violates the U.S. Constitution. In a Utah case, the court ruled June 25 that gay couples have a constitutional right to wed. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Oklahoma must allow gay couples to wed, marking the second time it has found the U.S. Constitution protects same-sex marriage.


Massive Wash. wildfire burns homes, leads to evacuations

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:26 AM PDT

A small air tanker drops retardant on a fire burning in Stockton Utah Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Officials say a wildfire encroaching on homes in the Tooele County town of Stockton has overtaken 400-500 acres. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry says he believes no homes have been destroyed. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Scott G Winterton)A large, wind-whipped wildfire in rural north-central Washington destroyed an estimated 100 homes, forced the evacuation of a small town and cut power to most of the scenic Methow Valley.


After tragedy, world urges truce in Ukraine

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:09 AM PDT

People hold candles and place flower tribute outside the Dutch embassy to commemorate victims of Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, July 17, 2014. A Malaysian Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, and both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels blamed one another for the attack.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)World leaders demanded speedy access for investigators to the MH17 crash site.


Obama identifies American on downed MH17

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 09:35 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks about situation in Ukraine from the White House in WashingtonThe president called the missile attack on the Malaysian jet a global tragedy.


Obama encourages Israel to minimize civilian casualties

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:10 AM PDT

An Israeli tank moves into position near Israel and Gaza border, Friday, July, 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers. Israel launched the operation late Thursday, following a 10-day campaign of more than 2,000 air strikes against Gaza that had failed to halt relentless Hamas rocket fire on Israeli cities. .(AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday that he encouraged Israel's leader to minimize civilian deaths in its ground push into Hamas-ruled Gaza, while letting him know that the U.S. supports Israel's right to self-defense.


Downed jet claimed victims from 11 countries

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:26 PM PDT

A flag flies half-staff at Binnenhof, the seat of the Dutch government, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, July 18, 2014. Flags are flying half-staff across the Netherlands as the country mourns at least 154 of its citizens killed when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The human cost of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 hit home around the world Friday, upending scores of families and small communities spanning half of the planet, from a Dutch fishing village to an Australian soccer club and a Dubai cake store.


Credible probe sought in downing of Malaysian jet

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:14 PM PDT

A woman walks past a body covered with a plastic sheet near the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine Friday, July 18, 2014. Rescue workers, policemen and even off-duty coal miners were combing a sprawling area in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border where the Malaysian plane ended up in burning pieces Thursday, killing all 298 aboard. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)ROZSYPNE, Ukraine (AP) — World leaders demanded Friday that pro-Russia rebels who control the eastern Ukraine crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 give immediate, unfettered access to independent investigators to determine who shot down the plane.


AP Analysis: Downed jet could alter Ukraine crisis

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 12:20 PM PDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2014 file photo, people inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine. The downing of the jet could prove to be a turning point in the country's conflict. But which way it turns depends mainly on who carried out the attack and how convincingly it can be proved to the world. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)PARIS (AP) — The downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine is likely to be a turning point in the country's conflict. But which way it turns depends mainly on who carried out the attack and how convincingly it can be proved to the world.


1 in 5 of Gaza dead are children

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:52 PM PDT

Palestinian mourners gather around the bodies of three siblings of the Abu Musallam family during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 18, 2014. Ismail Abu Musallam said three of his children: Ahmed, 11; Walaa, 14, and Mohammed, 16, were in bed when an Israeli shell slammed into the home, burying them under debris. His personal tragedy is not unique: minors make up almost one-fifth of those killed in Israel's 11-day bombardment of Hamas targets in densely populated Gaza, where half the population is under the age of 18. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sobbing and shaking, Ismail Abu Musallam leaned against the wall of a hospital Friday, waiting for three of his children to be prepared for burial. They were killed as they slept when an Israeli tank shell hit their home, burying 11-year-old Ahmed, 14-year-old Walaa and 16-year-old Mohammed under debris in their beds.


AP ANALYSIS: Israel and Hamas dislike status quo

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:26 AM PDT

A Palestinian man pauses as he inspects the rubble of building, destroyed by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers. If Israel and the Palestinian militants of Hamas can agree on one point, it seems, it's that things have to change. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)If Israel and Hamas can agree on one point, it seems, it's that things have to change.


What we know, and don't, 1 day after Ukraine crash

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:54 PM PDT

A flag flies half-staff near the traffic tower at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, Friday, July 18, 2014. The attack on a Malaysian jetliner Thursday afternoon killed 298 people from nearly a dozen nations, more than half being Dutch, including vacationers, students and a large contingent of scientists heading to an AIDS conference in Australia. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)BRUSSELS (AP) — One day after the crash of a Malaysian jetliner carrying 298 people in eastern Ukraine, here's what is known, and what has been claimed:


Obama opens Eastern Seaboard to oil exploration

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 02:55 PM PDT

In this April 22, 2014 file photo, a group of people watch a turtle swim to the ocean after rehabilitation Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Obama Administration is opening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil exploration for the first time in decades. The announcement made Friday, July 18, 2014, also approved the use of sonic cannons to map the ocean floor to identify new oil and gas deposits in federal waters from Florida to Delaware. The sonic cannons pose real dangers for whales, fish and sea turtles. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack)ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Obama administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor.


US building case tying separatists to plane crash

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:28 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Ukraine, Friday, July 18, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The president said one American was killed on the plane over Ukraine, and the airliner was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States began building a case Friday linking pro-Russian separatists to the shocking downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine. A somber President Barack Obama declared the deaths of those on board, including at least one American, an "outrage of unspeakable proportions."


Child migrant surge shifts politics of immigration

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:31 PM PDT

FILE - This June 18, 2014 file-pool photo shows detainees in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. The surge of Central American children crossing the U.S. southern border has shifted the politics of immigration, weakening one of the most potent arguments Democrats plan to make against Republicans in November and in the next presidential election. In the past month, the number of Americans who rank immigration as the nation's top problem has tripled in surveys conducted by Gallup _ putting the issue on par with the economy and unemployment as the most frequently named issues facing the country. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool, File)The surge of Central American children crossing the U.S. southern border has shifted the politics of immigration, weakening one of the most potent arguments Democrats plan to make against Republicans in November and in the next presidential election.


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