| DNA from 78 Germanwings crash victims found Posted: 29 Mar 2015 09:26 AM PDT  Forensic teams have isolated 78 distinct DNA strands from body parts at the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps, while investigators continued their grim task in the arduous mountain terrain. As well as trying to identify and return bodies to their families, search teams were also hunting for a second "black box" that has yet to be found six days into the search. "We haven't found a single body intact," said Patrick Touron, deputy director of the police's criminal research institute. So far, forensic teams have isolated 78 DNA strands from recovered body parts, said prosecutor Brice Robin, one of the lead investigators.
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| Police: 2 bodies found in NYC blast rubble Posted: 29 Mar 2015 04:09 PM PDT  Police say a body has been discovered in the rubble of an apparent gas explosion that leveled three buildings in Manhattan's East Village.
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| Fiorina likely GOP presidential candidate, attacks Clinton Posted: 29 Mar 2015 11:31 AM PDT  Former technology executive Carly Fiorina says she is more than 90 percent likely to seek the Republican presidential nomination. And she is questioning the confidence people can have in likely Democratic contender Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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| Indiana governor defends religious freedom law Posted: 29 Mar 2015 02:24 PM PDT  By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Sunday defended a new state law that opponents worry may support discrimination against gay people, saying he had no plans to add extra protections but would consider new suggestions from state legislators. Pence, speaking on ABC's "This Week," sought to counter criticism from protesters who have spilled onto the streets of Indianapolis and others, including some corporations, after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on Thursday.
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| Two bodies found at New York City gas explosion site Posted: 29 Mar 2015 04:12 PM PDT  By Sebastien Malo and Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two bodies were found on Sunday at the site of a gas explosion that destroyed three New York City apartment buildings last week, injuring 22 people, and officials were working to determine if they were those of two men unaccounted for, police said. The bodies, whose genders were not immediately given, were recovered in an area reduced to rubble by the blast and fire in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood on Thursday, the New York City Police Department said. Also missing was Moises Lucon. The two men were believed to be in a sushi restaurant in the building where the explosion occurred, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters.
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| Boston police officer shot in the face improving after surgery Posted: 29 Mar 2015 04:16 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A Boston police officer who was shot in the face by a man during a traffic stop was improving after hours of surgery during which a bullet was removed from his neck, officials said on Sunday. Six-year department veteran John Moynihan was shot just below the eye on Friday night by a 41-year-old man identified as Angelo West. Fellow officers returned fire and West, who had a criminal record including prior gun charges, died of wounds at the scene. As the driver got out of the car, without warning he shot Moynihan, a 34-year-old former U.S. Army Ranger, in the face, police said. ...
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| Islamic State group beheads 8 Shiites in Syria's Hama Posted: 29 Mar 2015 10:19 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — A new video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shiite Muslims. The video posted on social media said the men were beheaded in the central Syrian province of Hama. |
| Leading suspect in Tunisia museum attack killed Posted: 29 Mar 2015 01:27 PM PDT  Tunisia's prime minister said Sunday a leading suspect in a deadly museum attack on foreign tourists has been killed in anti-terrorist operations, as tens of thousands of Tunisians marched through the capital to denounce extremist violence.
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| Indiana governor plans to 'clarify' religious objections law Posted: 29 Mar 2015 12:56 PM PDT  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended the new state law that's garnered widespread criticism over concerns it could foster discrimination and said Sunday it wasn't a mistake to have enacted it.
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| Arab leaders: Yemen airstrikes to go on until rebels withdraw Posted: 29 Mar 2015 02:08 PM PDT  They aim to create a joint Arab military force to deal with "challenges" facing the region.
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| PM: 'Dangerous accord' with Iran worse than Israel feared Posted: 29 Mar 2015 09:29 AM PDT  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced as "dangerous" a nuclear accord that world powers are negotiating with Iran, saying it goes beyond what his government had feared. "The dangerous accord which is being negotiated in Lausanne (Switzerland) confirms our concerns and even worse," Netanyahu said in remarks at a meeting of his cabinet broadcast on public radio. The premier warned that Iran could be in a position to "conquer" the Middle East through what he called the "axis" of control it has over the capitals of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Netanyahu angered the White House when he addressed a joint session of the Congress to warn against a nuclear deal with Iran in the lead-up to Israel's March 17 general election.
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| Experts: Sex bias case will embolden women despite verdict Posted: 28 Mar 2015 01:27 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A long legal battle over accusations that a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm demeaned women and held them to a different standard than their male colleagues became a flashpoint in the ongoing discussion about gender inequity at elite technology and venture capital firms.
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| Eiffel Tower goes dark in symbolic move for Earth Hour Posted: 28 Mar 2015 07:13 PM PDT  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower has gone dark briefly to mark Earth Hour, the campaign to raise awareness about climate change.
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