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Cosby's accusers speak out in striking cover story
Boston out of running for 2024 Summer Olympic Games bid
DJ Henry was a black man killed by police. Should he be a cause?
Colorado movie gunman's sister sobs, says she still loves him
Louisiana shooting suspect never involuntarily committed: Georgia authorities
U.S. drops Boston's embattled bid to host 2024 Olympic Games
Obama calls GOP criticism of Iran deal 'ridiculous' 'sad'
Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22
A weak open for US stocks; Chinese market drops sharply
Pedro Martinez steals the show on Hall of Fame induction day

Cosby's accusers speak out in striking cover story

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 07:06 AM PDT

Yahoo's Katie Couric speaks with one of 35 women who shared their eerily similar Bill Cosby stories with New York Magazine.

Boston out of running for 2024 Summer Olympic Games bid

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The city of Boston is no longer a candidate to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

DJ Henry was a black man killed by police. Should he be a cause?

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 06:25 AM PDT

Dan and Angella Henry sit in the windowed kitchen of their stately home in Easton, Mass. — the trampoline and swimming pool out back, the trees and hummingbird feeders all around, the artfully arranged platter of sandwiches on the granite counter.

Colorado movie gunman's sister sobs, says she still loves him

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 03:22 PM PDT

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The younger sister of Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes testified at his trial for the first time on Monday, telling jurors who will decide his fate that the murders were completely out of character, and she still loves him. Chris Holmes, 22, was called by the defense during the punishment phase of the trial.

Louisiana shooting suspect never involuntarily committed: Georgia authorities

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 04:08 PM PDT

Suspect John R. Houser, who killed himself after Thursday's rampage in Lafayette, Louisiana, purchased the weapon he used in the attack from an Alabama pawnshop in 2014, authorities say. "We did not receive an involuntary commitment order on John Houser, because there was no order," Sherry Lang, deputy director of public affairs for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told Reuters in a phone interview on Monday.

U.S. drops Boston's embattled bid to host 2024 Olympic Games

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 02:36 PM PDT

By Scott Malone and Jacqueline Tempera BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday rescinded Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after the mayor said his city's taxpayers could not afford to host the large-scale event. The move was met with relief by Massachusetts officials, who had faced an active opposition campaign that fought the idea of hosting the Summer Games, forecast to cost more than $8.6 billion, from the moment the USOC in January picked Boston over other major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco. The USOC said it still hoped to pick a U.S. candidate to compete for the games, against a lineup including Paris, Rome, Budapest and Hamburg, Germany.

Obama calls GOP criticism of Iran deal 'ridiculous' 'sad'

Posted: 27 Jul 2015 02:43 PM PDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — President Barack Obama unleashed a blistering and belittling rebuke of Republican White House hopefuls Monday, calling their attack on his landmark nuclear deal with Iran "ridiculous if it weren't so sad."