| Protests force Trump into a ditch, en route to make his California pitch Posted: 29 Apr 2016 02:34 PM PDT  BURLINGAME, Calif.—A little over a month before California's pivotal Republican presidential primary, Donald Trump began his official wooing of party delegates Friday, headlining a kickoff lunch at the state's annual GOP convention. But Trump's appearance was nearly derailed by massive protests outside the Hyatt Regency near the San Francisco airport, where the convention is being held. The protests blocked Trump's motorcade route, forcing the candidate and his Secret Service detail to abandon their vehicles on a nearby highway, jump a barricade wall and cross a ditch to get to the hotel's back entrance—movements that were captured by television news helicopters.
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| Watch the 2016 NFL draft on Yahoo Sports Posted: 29 Apr 2016 03:57 PM PDT  Follow all of the action from Chicago as we stream the NFL Network's draft coverage
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| 16 blamed for mistakes in deadly US attack on Afghan clinic Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:12 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Human error, violations of combat rules and untimely equipment failures led to the mistaken U.S. aerial attack on a charity-run hospital in Afghanistan last fall that killed 42 people, a senior American general said Friday. Investigators called the attack a "disproportional response to a threat that didn't exist."
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| First US Zika-related death in Puerto Rico Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:43 PM PDT  The first Zika-related death on US soil was reported Friday in Puerto Rico, raising new concerns about the dangers of the mosquito-borne virus. "The patient died of complications related to severe thrombocytopenia," a poor clotting condition related to a low number of platelets in the blood, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. "Although Zika virus–associated deaths are rare, the first identified death in Puerto Rico highlights the possibility of severe cases, as well as the need for continued outreach to raise health care providers' awareness of complications that might lead to severe disease or death," the CDC said.
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| Cruz gets Indiana governor's endorsement Posted: 29 Apr 2016 03:04 PM PDT  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In a setback for Donald Trump, Indiana's governor endorsed the front-runner's chief rival, Ted Cruz, on Friday, injecting new drama into the state's critical Republican primary contest just days before voters head to the polls.
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| At the Vatican, Biden seeks common cause with pope on cancer Posted: 29 Apr 2016 10:55 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden found common cause with Pope Francis on Friday at the Vatican for a global commitment to fund cancer research.
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| N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2: I can’t believe we’re talking about this Posted: 29 Apr 2016 09:14 AM PDT  N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory makes remarks during an interview at the governor's mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on April 12, 2016. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory continues to defend the controversial "bathroom bill" he signed into law last month – rousing anger and boycotts by LGBT activists. In an appearance on "The Kelly File" Thursday night, the much-maligned governor argued that the primary purpose of House Bill 2 (HB2) is to protect the privacy of children in locker rooms, showers and bathrooms.
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| The GOP has split into Trump and Ryan wings Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:56 PM PDT  The day after Donald Trump swept five primaries this week and tightened his grip on the Republican nomination for president, both he and the other most prominent Republican politician in the country were speaking the language of populism. "We're going to get rid of these politicians," Trump said in his opening remarks during an hourlong appearance on Fox News on Wednesday in which Greta Van Susteren and a studio audience in Indianapolis lavished him with praise, sometimes in the form of questions. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., sounded a similar note.
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| Former US House speaker: Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh' Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:49 PM PDT  Former US House speaker John Boehner has let fly with a stunning critique of fellow Republican and 2016 presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, labeling him the devil incarnate. "Lucifer in the flesh" is how the ever-blunt Republican heavyweight -- who stepped down as speaker last year -- described the Texas senator, who is struggling to block billionaire Donald Trump's march to the Republican presidential nomination, according to the Stanford Daily newspaper. "I have Democrat friends and Republican friends," Boehner said.
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| Ex-SS Auschwitz guard, 94 tells court, 'I am truly sorry' Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:45 AM PDT  More than 70 years after the end of World War II, Reinhold Hanning admitted to a German court that he knew prisoners were being shot, gassed and cremated at the death camp in occupied Poland. Hanning said he had been "silent all my life" about the atrocities he witnessed at the camp where more than one million European Jews died, and had never spoken a word about it to his wife, children or grandchildren. "No one in my family knew that I worked at Auschwitz.
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| North Korea sentences Korean American to 10 years hard labor Posted: 29 Apr 2016 08:28 AM PDT  By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years hard labor for subversion, North Korean media reported, in the latest conviction of a foreigner for crimes against the isolated state. Kim Dong Chul, 62, was arrested in North Korea in October and had admitted to committing "unpardonable espionage" including stealing military secrets, the North's official KCNA news agency reported earlier. Weeks earlier North Korea sentenced American Otto Warmbier to 15 years hard labor in March for trying to steal a propaganda banner.
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| About 20 demonstrators arrested outside of Trump rally in California Posted: 29 Apr 2016 01:49 AM PDT  Demonstrators smashed the window of a police squad car, marched in protest and blocked traffic as police in riot gear tried to disperse the crowd outside of the county fair grounds in Costa Mesa, California, according to local media and the Twitter account of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The department said on its Twitter account that about 20 arrests were made and that no major injuries were reported.
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| GOP Senator Blocks Vote on Army Secretary Over Guantanamo Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:37 PM PDT The nomination of President Barack Obama's choice to serve as Army secretary remains blocked by a Kansas senator over administration efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| Laremy Tunsil slides in draft after bong video posted on Twitter Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:15 PM PDT  The Ole Miss offensive tackle had a fall for the ages in Chicago.
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| Death raises questions: Did Prince die of an overdose? Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:48 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Prince's final days and unexpected death at age 57 raise questions among experts familiar with prescription painkiller overdoses. It's possible the innovative musician's demise represents one of the most public tragedies in an overdose crisis now gripping America.
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| Graffiti at Utah's Arches National Park may be irreparable Posted: 28 Apr 2016 06:29 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Graffiti etched into one of the popular red rock arches in Utah's Arches National Park may be too deep to be repaired, the park's superintendent said on Thursday. The site of the graffiti is near a hiking trail to one of the park's main attractions, Delicate Arch, a 64-feet high sandstone structure that has been known to draw hundreds of visitors at a time. Defacing a national park can lead to a sentence of six months in prison and a $500 fine, according to the website for the U.S. Department of Justice.
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| 'Bomb' hooked to man in animal suit really flotation device Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:41 PM PDT  BALTIMORE (AP) — A young man in an animal costume and surgical mask who walked into a Baltimore TV station Thursday claiming to have a bomb was shot and wounded by police, who determined that his alleged explosive consisted of aluminum-wrapped chocolate bars duct-taped to a flotation device.
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