| Video: Islamic State kills Ethiopian Christians in Libya Posted: 19 Apr 2015 10:27 AM PDT  The attack widens the circle of nations affected by the group's atrocities.
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| Remembering the Oklahoma City bombing 20 years later Posted: 19 Apr 2015 03:44 AM PDT  Remembering the Oklahoma City bombing 20 years later
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| Cuomo to be first U.S. governor to visit Cuba as ties reopen Posted: 19 Apr 2015 11:38 AM PDT  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is heading to Havana, the first American governor to visit Cuba since the recent thaw in relations with the communist nation. Whether his trade mission generates anything more ...
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| Oklahoma City victims remembered 20 years after bombing Posted: 19 Apr 2015 09:57 AM PDT  By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at the site of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to remember the 168 men, women and children killed when a truck stuffed with tons of explosives blew up at a downtown federal building. Former President Bill Clinton was among the dignitaries who addressed the crowd outside the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. "Oklahoma City, you had to choose to redeem your terrible losses by having to begin again," said Clinton, who was in his first term in office at the time of the attack, one of the deadliest of its kind ever staged on U.S. soil. "It was 60 minutes of terror," said Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett.
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| Life or death? Boston bomber's trial turns to sentencing Posted: 19 Apr 2015 04:03 AM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is set to return to court on Tuesday for the next phase of his trial, when prosecutors will argue that he should be sentenced to death for his role in the deadly attack in 2013. In sharp contrast to the guilt phase of the trial, when lawyers for the ethnic Chechen defendant did not contest that their client had killed three people and injured 264 in the bombing, the next four weeks are expected to feature emotional testimony from both sides as Tsarnaev fights for his life. The question of whether Tsarnaev, 21, should live or die is highly controversial around Boston. Polls have shown that a plurality of area residents, 49 percent, prefer a life sentence, and family members of two of the people he killed have also spoken out against executing him.
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| Florida man who landed at U.S. Capitol thought he'd be intercepted Posted: 19 Apr 2015 12:39 PM PDT  A Florida man who piloted a small gyro copter past major Washington, D.C. landmarks last week said on Sunday he had fully expected to be intercepted before he landed on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol, creating a national security scare. Douglas Mark Hughes, 61, a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, described his flight upon arriving home in Ruskin, Florida, early on Sunday. He recalled it being colder than he had expected flying from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Washington, where the sight of the Washington Monument helped guide him to the Capitol grounds. He was allowed to return to Florida, but ordered to remain at home in detention until he is due back in Washington for a preliminary hearing on May 8.
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| Oklahoma City and Boston bombings are linked by an enduring mystery Posted: 18 Apr 2015 10:38 AM PDT  Yahoo News' Holly Bailey, who covered both tragic events, speculates on a common thread.
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| Hundreds drown off Libya, EU leaders forced to reconsider migrant crisis Posted: 19 Apr 2015 12:09 PM PDT  Rescuers responded to one of the worst disasters seen in the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.
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| Jon Stewart’s biggest regret as ‘Daily Show’ host Posted: 19 Apr 2015 09:19 AM PDT  Jon Stewart doesn't have many regrets as he approaches the end of his 16-year run as host of "The Daily Show." But he does have one: not pushing Donald Rumsfeld harder when he had the chance.
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| Clinton patches relations with liberals at campaign's outset Posted: 19 Apr 2015 05:09 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to be on liberals' good side.
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| Paul, Graham clash on foreign-policy on U.S. campaign trail Posted: 18 Apr 2015 04:13 PM PDT  By Andy Sullivan NASHUA, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls Rand Paul and Lindsey Graham took their debate over America's role in the world from the U.S. Senate floor to the campaign trail on Saturday in an early sign that foreign policy is likely to be a flash point in the 2016 election. At a gathering of 18 potential and actual White House contenders, Paul accused fellow Republicans of being too willing to commit U.S. troops to foreign conflicts without a clear idea of how to get them out. There's a group of folks in our party who would have troops in six countries right now, maybe more." That drew a rebuke from Graham, a South Carolina senator and Air Force reservist who frequently criticizes Democratic President Barack Obama for not being aggressive enough with adversaries like Iran and the Islamic State.
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