Site Map July 23, 2015

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• Members of Massachusetts country club score 10 holes-in-one in first 2 months of season
• Police: Beltran Leyva cartel operative, wanted in US, captured in Mexico City
• Menendez prosecutors seek hearing on evidence, citing possible national security concerns
• Top-ranking Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer dies at age of 90; was next in line for presidency
• Authorities: Ferris wheel in Orlando stops, stranding riders
• Children being killed and forced to flee from school in Burundi election-related violence
• Eager eaters weigh-in ahead of NYC July 4 hot dog contest
• Puerto Rico govt to issue $400M in TRANs to help boost liquidity amid economic crisis
• Medical helicopter crashes in Colo., injuring 3
• Tips pour in after image released of girl found dead in plastic bag in Boston Harbor
• France's Hollande promises Cameroon intensified military cooperation to fight Boko Haram
• El Salvador's 677 murders in June most since end of civil war
• 13-year-old charged with raping girl on school bus
• UN leader Ban Ki-moon offers assistance in Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
• After coaching her, All-Star likes what he sees of pioneering 16-year-old girl at MLB camp
• Woman injured after bomb explodes at Canadian law firm in Winnipeg
• Syrian TV: Bomb goes off inside mosque in opposition-held Damascus neighborhood, kills cleric
• Meditating Portuguese actor suspected of terror plot in plane misunderstanding
• Rocket from Sinai, where Egypt troops battle Islamic militants, hits south Israel; no one hurt
• Top French court says surrogate children have right to legal parents, in big turnaround
• Russian MiG fighter jet crashes in southern Russia, its pilot bails out safely
• Maine pageant contestant initially told she was the sole winner concedes crown after miscount
• As Greeks prepare for crucial referendum, implications of the vote unclear
• International Criminal Court judges delay start of Congo militia leader's war crimes trial
• Poland advises its citizens against travel to Egypt, major travel agencies respond
• Caution, celebration and rejection as Mozambicans react to scrapping of colonial anti-gay law
• S Africa: Opposition party files charges against deputy president for 2012 shooting of miners
• Ugandan bill targeting civic groups raises alarm from rights activists, watchdog groups
• Slovak spy agency: Russian spies increase activities in EU, NATO countries over Ukraine crisis
• Bangladesh police begin questioning 12 suspected al-Qaida members
• Marathon bomber's friend drops appeal on obstruction charges, received 3 1/2-year prison term
• Netherlands supports UN tribunal to prosecute those responsible for MH17 crash
• Spain to ask Venezuela to extradite convicted member of armed Basque group ETA
• Pakistan, Afghanistan in dispute over cross-border shooting, detention of Pakistani man
• Pennsylvania thoroughbred track cancels cards due to deer running onto track during races
• Beijing expresses displeasure after Turkey takes in Uighurs who fled China
• Iraqi officials say bombings in Baghdad, town south of Iraqi capital killed 8 people
• With Syria tensions in mind, Turkey reappoints former defense minister to interim post
• German foreign minister wants quick clarification of new NSA phone-snooping allegations
• Vietnam Communist Party chief, gearing up for US visit, expects to host Obama later this year
• New census data shows pervasive poverty in rural India
• Beijing says its air pollution improved during the first half of 2015
• Congo's president calls for dialogue ahead of elections but opposition holds out
• German authorities seize Nazi Panther tank, other WWII weapons in raid on collector
• Accused of lavish spending, Turkey's Erdogan dedicates new presidential mosque to the people
• Poll shows most people in Catalonia would vote against becoming independent from Spain
• Bangkok-bound flight from China makes emergency landing; minor injuries reported
• Denmark taps retired leader of anti-immigration party to become Parliament speaker
• 12-year-old Syrian, 2 Syrian men found clinging underneath truck trying to enter Romania
• IS group says it destroyed archaeological pieces smuggled from historic town of Palmyra
• 6 dead, homes collapse as magnitude-6.5 quake strikes China
• Ambassador says heads of European Union institutions unlikely to attend China military parade
• Ex-British diplomat says 'plan' to transplant Hong Kong to Northern Ireland was a joke
• UN, Libyan groups pressure Tripoli government to sign on to tentative peace deal
• Palestinian Authority arrests 100 West Bank Hamas members in largest raid since 2007 split
• Palestinian teenager killed in West Bank after throwing rocks at Israeli military vehicle
• Surfer critically injured by shark off Australian town where Japanese tourist died in February
• 1980s file shows plan for Hong Kong 'plantation' in Northern Ireland
• China says 6.5 quake hits far western region of Xinjiang; no immediate reports of casualties
• Train carrying troops falls into canal in eastern Pakistan, at least 2 dead
• Cash-strapped UN food agency cuts back help to Syrian refugees after ceasefire appeal ignored
• Police detain man found in NC mall with AR-15 assault rifle, vest and ammunition magazines
• 3 days before pope's visit, protest marches held across Ecuador calling for president's ouster
• Malaysia wants an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for MH17 crash
• DC mansion murder suspect fires defense attorney
• Remains of World War II Marine, identified in October, buried in Massachusetts hometown
• Report: Saudi king censors TV host, pro-Muslim Brotherhood scholar and orders their trial
• In Barbados, UN leader voices concern about Dominican crackdown on undocumented people
• Australian rules football coach Phil Walsh dead following domestic dispute at home
• Newly-released 1980s file shows bizarre plan to 'transplant' Hong Kong to NIreland
• Puerto Rico's governor says creditors are responsible for helping island out of debt crisis
• Man who climbed over White House fence sentenced to time served, to be on probation for a year
• UN says attack on convoy in north Mali near Timbuktu kills 6 peacekeepers, wounds 5
• Bahamas officials concerned about US bankruptcy protection for developer of $3.5B megaresort
• Former head of California tribe sentenced in armed casino takeover
• TV news crews robbed of cameras during live broadcasts
• Vermont man found guilty of lying about war past on citizenship application gets new trial
• UN observers say Burundi's parliamentary elections on Monday were not free and credible
• Jury awards family $2.9 million after California man on meth died in police custody in 2012
• Boko Haram extremists gun down 97 people in Ramadan attack on mosques in northeast Nigeria
• 1 dead after multiple people stabbed including children at southwest Ohio apartment complex
• Egypt passes new budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, cutting budget deficit to 8.9 percent
• Leopard mauls guide in attack on vehicle carrying tourists in South African wildlife park
• 6 corrections officers receive minor injuries during fight between inmates at Arizona prison
• Kenyan police detain 2 alleged Islamic State recruiters from Uganda
• UK authorities arrest 15-year-old girl on suspicion of joining ISIS
• The Latest: Bank guard shot dead in Egypt a day after massive militant attack in Sinai
• Signaling shift, UK defense minister says attacking IS in Iraq but not Syria is 'illogical'
• Anti-migrant fence in Hungary to go up within months
• Hungary's anti-migrant fence on Serbian border to be built within a few months, minister says
• 173 Uighur refugees held in camps in Thailand arrive in Turkey
• Afghan official: Taliban attack local police in province south of Kabul, kill 7 policemen
• Attack on UN convoy in north Mali kills 6 workers, wounds 5
• Russian aviation official says Dutch draft MH17 crash report doesn't give full picture
• Analysts see UN sanctions against South Sudan generals not likely to help peace negotiations
• Richmond man gets community service, suspended jail sentence for defacing Confederate monument
• Spain raises 2015 economic growth forecast to 3.3 percent, brings forward tax reduction plan
• French cartoonist acquitted of hate charges over drawing of pope abusing a child
• UK tribunal says UK spy agency GCHQ intercepted data from Amnesty International and kept it
• The Latest on Philippines: 36 dead after big waves hit ferry not far from pier
• Germany to scrap levy on worst-polluting coal plants; instead phase some out by 2020
• Barcelona suspends new tourist accommodation licenses in bid to control influx of visitors
• 2 French soldiers arrested over child sexual abuse allegations in Burkina Faso
• European court to rule in case brought by nearly 400 people over Russian school hostage-taking
• 2nd person dies in Taiwan water park fire; more than 200 still in intensive care
• Naked Tree Huggers Mount Eucalyptus Trees
• Retired military dogs find new purpose as they help police combat meth, other drugs
• 7 police officers formally charged with torturing women in Mexico's army slaying case
• Remains of World War II Marine returned home to Massachusetts for burial 71 years after death
• Guatemala high court revives process that could strip president's immunity from prosecution
• Cancer specialist Arthur Porter dies in Panama hospital, biographer says
• Mexico reconsiders ex-dictator Porfirio Diaz 100 years after death
• Who’s winning the GOP ‘money primary’?
• Clear or cloudy? Latest round of Hillary emails will bring accurate forecast
• Bending the rules for immigrant parents on birth certificates opens door to more illegal immigration
• Early release for 91-year-old who hauled 2,600 pounds of cocaine to Michigan for cartel
• With new leaders, NY St. Patrick's parade plans to add more gay groups; 1st marched this year
• West and Russia duel over whether Srebrenica massacre was a genocide at 20th anniversary
• Ohio funeral home owner indicted on corpse abuse charges after discovery of 11 bodies
• Libya's internationally accepted PM 'aspires' to sign peace agreement in Morocco
• WikiLeaks publishes list allegedly showing NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel
• UN Security Council agrees to impose sanctions on 6 generals for fueling South Sudan conflict
• Chad security forces arrest Boko Haram leader who coordinated weapons trafficking, 74 others
• Maine crews use drone to get lifejacket to boys stranded on rock in raging river before rescue
• Time to drive a stake through heart of ObamaCare
• The battle goes beyond Planned Parenthood. We must end abortion in America
• Pope Francis dolls, bobble heads, travel mugs go on sale months before visit to US, Cuba
• Police: 6 die in clashes between police and protesters in violence-hit capital of Burundi
• Gunmen burst into bar, kill 6 men in working class district of Brazil's biggest city
• Police find men pushing car loaded with explosives in Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez
• Mexican judge releases son of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader
• Gretchen's Take: On the road in Houston
• Iran nuke deal will fund terrorists’ war vs. America
• Tree splits in half and falls on New Jersey woman after overnight storms, killing her
• Russian prosecutors skeptical about lawmakers' bid to probe Baltics' independence recognition
• Former Auschwitz guard says he blindly obeyed Nazi system, asks God for forgiveness
• At least 1,466 Iraqis killed in June due to armed conflict, up 40% from previous month
• Deputies: Mentally ill Florida man fatally beat mom with crowbar, injures father
• Founder of Bangladesh-based poverty group, Fazle Hasan Abed, the 2015 World Food Prize winner
• UN declares highest-level humanitarian emergency in conflict-torn Yemen, which is near famine
• Yemen rebels kill Saudi soldier near border with missile strike
• France still concerned following attack on US-owned gas plant in Lyon region; suspect charged
• American dean fired from Russian university after suspicions cast by pro-Kremlin TV show
• Syria's Kurds warn Turkey against intervening militarily in Syria
• Estonia's foreign minister steps down after court links her to bankruptcy of father's business
• East Tennessee store owner replaces 'No Gays Allowed' sign, still says he might refuse service
• World Food Program cuts in half food aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon over grave cash crisis
• With tacit support of Turkish nationalists, ruling party wins parliament speaker post
• Court in Azerbaijan convicts 9 accused of fighting alongside Islamic State group
• Puerto Rico power company forced to sell bonds to obtain capital amid financial crisis
• Israeli couple discovers ancient treasure hidden under floor in Jerusalem living room
• UK police investigating disappearance of family of 12 feared to have crossed into Syria
• Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children on the Kindertransport from Prague, dies at 106
• Students' gender identity determines which restrooms they use, Justice Department says
• Washington state Girls Scouts council refuses $100K donation with anti-transgender restriction
• Anti-capitalist eco-crusader Naomi Klein featured at Vatican environment conference
• Police: Mother who couldn't handle 4-year-old son tied him to bush outside New York apartment
• Reporters without Borders sues German spy agency over alleged email surveillance
• White House fence jumpers beware: Secret Service adding sharp spikes to stop future intruders
• Why selling baby parts should shock no one
• Attorney says man regrets defacing Confederate monument in Virginia, wants to foster dialogue
• Shooting between Shiite and Sunni armed men wounds 7 in town south of Lebanese capital
• Dutch prosecutors: Police actions likely led to death of man in custody; death sparked riots
• Afghan official: 3 children killed, 4 wounded by mortar picked up while playing
• Pakistani government says brutal heat wave that hit country's south killed 1,250 people
• Pakistani official: 4 members of al-Qaida's South Asian branch killed in house raid
• China shows displeasure over Turkish complaints about Ramadan restrictions on Uighur minority
• The Latest on Indonesia: 2 teen sisters among plane victims, their bodies locked in embrace
• Spain police say 3.5 tons of cocaine seized and 69 arrested in Europe in breakup of drug gang
• Girl Scouts reject $100G donation over anti-transgender provision
• Russia halts gas supply to Ukraine after collapse of pricing talks
• Former Sri Lankan strongman, defeated in presidential race, will run for parliamentary seat
• Palestinian president removes long-time critic from No. 2 position in PLO, consolidates power
• German train drivers union to end yearlong labor dispute after deal with Deutsche Bahn
• The Latest: With some banks specially opened, elderly Greeks throng banks
• Russia's highest court approves holding next year's parliamentary election 3 months earlier
• New state laws address religious freedom, ride-sharing, sick leave and even a giant salamander
• Seoul court denies US fund's request to stop Samsung merger, says deal is fair and legal
• Eurozone ministers to weigh latest Greek proposal as country in arrears on its IMF payment
• China's manufacturing weak in June, more jobs cut, in new sign of economic weakness
• Smoking ban seems cause of 15-hour Australian prison riot
• Daytona offers American flags in exchange program
• Troops arrest businessman accused in Boko Haram's abduction of Chibok schoolgirls
• French soldiers accused of sexual abuse of minors in Burkina Faso
• Remains of Revolutionary War schooner raised from Lake Champlain being turned over to US Navy
• UN chief says world should be ashamed at failure to end the Syrian conflict, now in 5th year
• Family says woman gave birth while stranded in remote Northern California national forest
• Bill ensures Native Hawaiians can practice ancient tradition in which body cleansed in fire
• Authorities: Boy found dead in park swing died of cold, thirst; had been put there by mother
• Russia fails to reach deal on future gas supplies to Ukraine amid price differences
• At least 1,200 inmates escape as Yemen fighting intensifies near prison
• Syrian troops regain neighborhood they lost earlier in battles with Islamic State group
• Marines Unveil New Amphibious Vehicle
• Microsoft to Release Free Antivirus Software
• Developer With an App-etite for iTunes is Banned for Allegedly Hacking 400 Accounts
• Prosecutor: Beheading, French gas factory attack bore Islamic State trademark
• French telecom giant Orange prepares possible split with Israeli partner
• Ponies for Christmas
• Israel deports Gaza flotilla activists, including Tunisian ex-president
• Where Do You Go After a Scandal?
• THE FIRST 100 DAYS: From Movement to President, Now the Hard Work Begins
• Rights group says airstrikes by Saudi-led coalition killed many civilians in Yemen rebel city
• Top UN official in Jordan calls for jobs program for Syrian refugees at time of dwindling aid
• Feds won't introduce any more red wolves to the wild while they consider changes to program
• Will he or won't he? Vatican doesn't rule out pope might chew coca leaves during Bolivia visit
• Israeli PM criticizes Palestinian Authority for failure to condemn recent attacks on Israelis
• Hidden cameras, invisibility cloaks: Spy expo offers rare glimpse of Israeli espionage
• Report: Global toilet access is better, but a third of world's people still lack facilities
• China climate target to include carbon intensity cuts of 60-65 percent
• Officials at Georgia's Stone Mountain review Confederate flag, amid cries for it to come down
• Rioting breaks out in The Hague after death of man in police custody
• Turkey fails to elect new parliament speaker in initial 2 rounds of voting
• Syrian troops regain part of northeastern city from ISIS
• Egyptian president vows swift justice after car bomb kills country's chief prosecutor
• Iraqi officials: Bombs in commercial areas inside, around Baghdad kill at least 8 civilians
• Bombs inside, around Baghdad kill at least 8 civilians
• Syrian government air raid on insurgent-held town in northwestern Syria kills 17
• Czech finance minister cleared of allegations he was communist secret police agent
• Prosecutor: Still no suspects formally identified in investigation into downing of MH17
• Atlanta Cyclorama Civil War painting to leave building it has occupied since 1921
• Lawyer: Lufthansa makes compensation offer for relatives of Germanwings crash victims
• Teens rush into Wal-Mart, smashing items and dragging shopper from motorized scooter
• Russian investigators suspect former oil tycoon Khodorkovsky of ordering mayor's 1998 murder
• Polish government to approve development program for the industrial, coal mining region
• Child among 4 killed in gas canister blast at country house in eastern Spain
• Turkey voices concern over reports of Ramadan fasting bans on Uighurs in China
• Prosecutor orders Philippine National Police chief dismissed over anomalous courier contract
• Gumbo spice fights ends with fatal stabbing of former Florida State mascot 'Chief Osceola'
• Syria puts into circulation new 1,000-pound note, which doesn't have image of late president
• German prosecutors charge Turkish/German 22-year-old with Islamic State membership, murder
• Heavy rains cause severe flooding in central China, killing 15 and leaving 19 others missing
• Retired Pope Benedict XVI using papal summer digs for 2-week vacation as heat wave hits Rome
• Protester: Confederate flag at Boston memorial honoring black soldiers not meant as disrespect
• German government says violent far-right crimes rose by nearly a quarter last year
• Saudi military denies Scud strike after Yemeni rebels claim missile launch
• South Korea announces Airbus as winner of $1.3 billion airborne tanker deal
• Forest fire hits large section of off-limits zone around destroyed Chernobyl reactor
• United flight passengers held at Washington airport while doctor assesses ill passenger
• Suicide bomber targeting American forces convoy blows himself up in Kabul
• Rome mayor hospitalized overnight after falling ill
• The Iran nuclear deal: A look at what it does and what obstacles stand in the way of agreement
• China's ruling Communist Party recruits fewer members in 2014 despite expanding national reach
• The Latest: Amid expectations that Greece will not make IMF payment, stock markets down again
• The Iran deal: A look at what it does and problems remaining
• Report: Iran's Foreign Minister leaves for Vienna to join nuclear talks
• Man in wheelchair robs bank in New York, makes getaway
• 2 men found shot, burning in Northern California die; no motive or suspects identified
• UN extends peacekeeping force in Darfur despite Sudanese government demand for troops to leave
• UN Security Council condemns fighting by Syrian army and opposition in Golan Heights zone
• Fire chief says blaze destroyed historic stadium in Oregon
• California Legislature passes strict school vaccine bill
• Suriname's president dismisses acting speaker of Parliament shortly after he was sworn in
• UN chief: Negotiations on global warming pact are moving at a 'snail's pace' and must speed up
• Texas woman vanishes while snorkeling off Curacao; local coast guard suspends search
• Car bomb explodes near military hospital in Yemeni capital, dozens of casualties
• Bird camera fans watch eagle steal osprey chicks from nest; Audubon says viewers 'shocked'
• Developer of $3.5B megaresort under construction in Bahamas files for bankruptcy protection
• Agreement appears closer for bond to release Florida doctor tied to NJ Sen. Menendez
• 2 explosions hit Chad's capital, killing 11 including 5 police officers, witnesses say
• US Supreme Court: Lower court must reconsider ruling on North Carolina's 'choose life' plates
• Turkmenistan marks its president's birthday by opening park in his honor
• 13 states suing over new rule giving federal authorities jurisdiction over some state waters
• Killer in Canadian dismemberment case joins matchmaking website for inmates
• Team investigating missing 43 students in Mexico worried by delay to interview soldiers
• South Texas farmer in field dies in bee attack near his tractor; insects in pipe
• 2 Uber managers detained in France over 'illicit' low-cost service
• New Jersey man charged with plotting to support ISIS
• French minister warns that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can explode 'at any moment'
• 'Do you pray?': Syrians, Iraqis describe nation of fear inside Islamic State group's realm
• 11 dead in 2 suicide bombings in Chad, Boko Haram suspected
• Italian navy begins deep-sea bid to recover bodies from shipwreck that killed as many as 800
• Nigeria urged to repeal its anti-gay law by human rights group
• French ferry workers block port of Calais, disrupt English Channel traffic in protest
• Aid group: Thousands have fled fighting between Syrian troops and IS in city of Hassakeh
• Lebanese-Canadian Hezbollah member pleads guilty to 8 charges over Cyprus chemicals seizure
• Islamic State's destruction of heritage sites could amount to war crimes
• New York City teen tracks down wallet's owner on Facebook, says it was 'the right thing to do'
• AMAG Pharmaceuticals buying Cord Blood Registries for $700 million.
• Romanian PM facing corruption probe will return in 2 weeks after knee surgery in Turkey
• Dubai developer Limitless to repay $564 million in debt, most of it to banks
• Official: 11 soldiers killed in Taliban attack on army convoy in western Afghanistan
• Egypt sets July 30 to issue verdict in trial of Al-Jazeera English journalists
• Police: New York City man arrested in Pennsylvania after getting lost in stolen car
• Unilever-owned Thai ice cream company apologizes for derogatory term in same-sex marriage post
• Iraqi officials: Attacks inside, around Baghdad kill at least 7 people; 6 dead bodies found
• Archbishop crticizes condom portrait of Pope Benedict
• France stepping up expulsions of radical imams, preachers since January attacks, official says
• Israeli Cabinet approves plan to build fence along part of border with Jordan
• Man forgets glasses, accidentally buys winning lottery ticket in southwestern Connecticut
• County council turns down plan to frack shale gas in northwest England
• Confederate flag hung from Boston memorial honoring all-black regiment
• Russia's Putin, Italy's Berlusconi spend weekend together at Gazprom vacation home in Siberia
• Police investigate mob killing of school director after 2 children found dead in north India
• Wife says Palestinian held by Israel to end 55-day hunger strike in exchange for release
• Pakistan authorities kill 4 militants, uncover weapons cache in raid on Lahore house
• 6 crucial questions to ask before filling a prescription
• Syrian official media report mortars falling on central Damascus for the second day
• Escaped North Carolina inmate back in custody, prison worker charged
• Hundreds told to evacuate because of central Washington fire
• Israeli navy peacefully intercepts Gaza-bound vessel
• Report: Puerto Rico's governor believes US territory's $72 billion public debt is unpayable
• Report: Puerto Rico governor believes public debt unpayable
• Burundi: 2 civilians killed in overnight grenade attacks blamed on police in the capital
• Serbia unveils monument to Gavrilo Princip, 1914 Austro-Hungarian crown prince assassin
• UN envoy urges restraint amid standoff in Colombia between police, residents of farming town
• Italian coast guard: 700 migrants rescued from smugglers' boats
• Some 30 monkeys set free from enclosure at Puerto Rico research facility; no arrests
• Recipes, ingredients involving hot dog eatery made famous on "M-A-S-H' spark legal dispute
• Police arrest 60 during probe of suspected Boko Haram bombing in Chad capital
• Mali: Suspected Islamic extremists attack village near Ivory Coast border
• Box Office: ‘Ted 2′ Stumbles to $32.9 Million Opening, ‘Jurassic World’ Tops With $54.2 Million
• Afghan official: Islamic State group now present in 3 provinces
• 1 person dead, 8 rescued when boat capsizes in Maryland lake
• Conservationists to send 7 lions to Rwanda 15 years after its lion population was wiped out
• Black bear crashes Lehigh University party, gets collared
• Coast Guard suspends search for Olympic sailor reported missing off South Florida coast
• Episcopal Church elects first black presiding bishop
• Mali: Gunmen attack military camp near Mauritania border, exchange shots with soldiers
• Privately owned Texas town drops 'Bikinis' name tied to restaurant chain to appease neighbors
• US says Kosovo war crimes trial at mercy of Russia after botched parliament vote
• Families accept Congressional Gold Medals for their ancestors' WWII service as code talkers
• Egypt blanketed by sandstorm and shaken by earthquake on the same day
• Official: Weeklong devastating heat wave in southern Pakistan kills 1,233 people
• Iraqi officials: Bombings in commercial areas of Baghdad leave 10 dead, others wounded
• Danish Liberal leader to form minority Cabinet, needs support from anti-immigration party
• As negotiators try to reach a deal, significant obstacles remain for nuclear talks with Iran
• Connecticut home invasion killer loses bid to drop appeals, proceed to execution
• Bus overturns, hit by truck on highway in eastern China, killing at least 10 people
• Federal judge rails against Kansas judge who was a no show for jury duty, but then excuses him
• New Massachusetts State trooper meets veteran trooper who saves his life 32 years ago
• Burundi envoy says elections will go ahead over the next month, rejecting another postponement
• Shell drill fleet heads to Arctic while company awaits final permits; critics question process
• Kosovo fails to pave way for tribunal to try wartime leaders for alleged war crimes
• Colorado woman unearths 8.52 carat diamond at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park
• Federal appeals court revives California prison inmate's sex-reassignment lawsuit
• Afghan official: Afghan troops retake district from Taliban in remote province near Pakistan
• Truck swerves and tips, releasing 20 million bees on Idaho desert highway; motorcyclists stung
• President dissolves board of Nigeria's corruption-riddled state oil company, probe expected
• Estonia summons Russian ambassador to protest airspace violation
• Iraq's Defense Ministry confirms Iraqi pilot died in military plane crash in Arizona
• Big buzz: Beekeepers set out to remove a million bees from upstate New York home's siding
• More than 100 years later, scientists can finally tell animal's head from its butt
• UK teen arrested in joint inquiry with FBI into hoax bomb threats made against US facilities
• China lashes out at US racial bias, police violence in human rights report
• 3-month old puppy rescued from sewer drainage pipe in Buffalo yard
• Israeli army shoots Palestinian after he opened fire at soldiers in West Bank
• Zimbabwe jails journalist for starting newspaper without government permission
• Vatican signs treaty with "State of Palestine," hopes it will encourage peace with Israel
• Swiss court denies appeal for release on bail by 1 of 7 men arrested in FIFA bribery case
• Police arrest Pakistani man, suspected Qaida member, accused in 2009 Peshawar market attack
• EU leaders, NATO secretary-general meet on how to better face security challenges together
• Lisbon subway shuts again as workers reject decision to privatize operations
• Spain's PM names new education minister ahead of tough general elections
• Pakistan Taliban threatens utility company if power-cuts continue in heat-stricken south
• 18 tourists hospitalized after hot air balloon accident in Cappadocia area of central Turkey
• With only days to June 30 target date for Iran nuclear deal, foreign ministers join in
• At least 6 dead in multi-vehicle wreck in Tennessee, police say
• Macau casino junket figure faces Hong Kong money laundering charges
• Heavy monsoon rains kill 81, uproot thousands of people from homes in western India
• 'Arrogant' Uber facing multiple investigations in France, official says
• Philippine officials say China's island-building is still in full swing in 2 disputed reefs
• Thai airport officials deny security slip after Tokyo arrests ex-top cop with a hidden gun
• Seoul imposes sanctions on groups from Taiwan, Syria over links to North Korean arms trade
• At DOJ town hall, Baltimore residents talk about their experiences with police misconduct
• Aiming to repair relations with the public, NYPD launches new community policing plans
• Haitian prime minister says Dominican Republic's deportations causing 'humanitarian crisis'
• 80-plus aid groups blast UN Security Council's lack of action against barrel bombs in Syria
• Chicago's Shedd Aquarium announces newly hatched rockhopper penguin
• High level in Lake Texoma near Texas-Oklahoma border causes whirlpool to form near spillway
• Key countries call for tribunal to prosecute those responsible for Malaysia Airlines crash
• Colombian court sentences politician to 36 years for role in slaying of well-known journalist
• AT&T to invest $3 billion in expanding newly acquired Iusacell mobile phone network in Mexico
• Pelicans return in near-record numbers to North Dakota refuge; only 1 island left for nesting
• Saudi-led airstrikes, rebel shelling kills 9 civilians in Yemen
• Switzerland to extradite former Bosnian Srebrenica commander to homeland rather than Serbia
• Something's rotten: Stench from fridge sends 11 to hospital; chemical residue suspected
• South African president says panel found 'defective' conduct in police killings of strikers
• Flooding hits Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, 1 person dead
• Pakistan rejects Afghan spy agency's claim that it was involved in an attack on parliament
• Chaos Unfolds in France as Uber and Taxi Drivers Riot
• UN urges Yemeni parties to attend future talks and facilitate delivery of urgently needed aid
• Greece adopts law granting nationality to immigrants' children, conditional on schooling
• Solar Impulse 2’s epic journey in pictures
• Syrian rebels launch major attack to capture government-held parts of southern city of Daraa
• Niger: Army kills 15 Boko Haram extremists, after militants kill 5 in village attack
• Brazil's May unemployment rate highest in 5 years
• Iowa Lottery says Dubuque man scratched off 2 winners in 1 day: $100,000 and $930
• Israel's Netanyahu: It's not too late for world powers to get a better nuclear deal with Iran
• UK man convicted of machete attack on stranger in 'revenge' for Lee Rigby murder
• US Marine unit to be sent to Bulgaria as part of American effort to reassure NATO allies
• Here's how the turtle got its shell
• British man convicted of racist machete attack on stranger
• Family of ex-US Marine held in Iran since 2011 traveling to nuclear talks to seek his release
• Cambodian prime minister orders probe of long-unsolved murders of labor leaders
• Congo's president opens new terminal building, control tower at airport in capital
• Serbia denounces Hungary's determination to build border fence to keep migrants out
• Serbia denounces Hungary's 'new Berlin Wall'
• Robber or flasher? Police say man who stole cash, women's outfit at store decided to be both
• Philly officials confident of fundraising, preparations at 3-month homestretch to pope's visit
• Police detain and question director of Spain's Alhambra palace board over embezzlement.
• Head-on collision between bus and truck kills 18 in western India
• China seizes shipment of smuggled 40-year-old meat
• South Africa says it will withdraw from ICC as a 'last resort' after Sudanese leader visits
• Baby falls from apartment building deck, lands on tarp, workman; injuries not life-threatening
• Human rights group says Thailand, Myanmar should safeguard downtrodden 'sea gypsies'
• Official: Ethiopia working with Interpol to extradite 80 suspected human smugglers
• Big tractor stolen from Utah construction site, reported miles away
• Groups aiding Syrian refugees ask donors to pay up, warning they'll have to cut basic services
• Iraq officials: Attacks in Baghdad, town south of Iraqi capital kill at least 8 people
• Yemen Shiite rebels launch attack along Saudi border, killing 3 soldiers
• Poland's Parliament chooses new speaker, to replace Radek Sikorski, amid recording scandal
• Indonesia says Frenchman on death row has exhausted all options in fight against execution
• Child suffers minor injuries after getting bitten by shark in North Carolina
• Ryanair plane makes emergency landing in Warsaw over suspicion of explosives.
• Iran media say thousands attend funerals for 8 Iranian volunteers killed in Syria fighting IS
• Watchdog says journalists face 'unprecedented' threats in el-Sissi's Egypt, at least 18 jailed
• Man dies after being gored by bull in southwestern Spanish town fiesta
• UN panel calls for Internet and social media companies to respond to extremist exploitation
• CEO of embattled Japan air bag maker Takata meets media, apologizes for defects problems
• More than 300 Chinese workers at factory supplying Uniqlo on strike over plant closure
• Rising, sometimes violent tensions over Uber end in massive nationwide taxi strike in France
• Vietnam approves plan for international airport, aims to become regional airline hub
• Chinese war veterans converge on Beijing in protest over missing benefits
• Three Georgia jail workers indicted in death of college student in custody
• Flash floods triggered by tropical storm kill 7, leave 4 missing in northern Vietnam
• Pope says marital separation sometimes 'morally necessary' if violence, humiliation in family
• Woman jumps from Baltimore parking garage to her death, 5-month-old son is also dead
• Fighting rages on in Yemen as talks continue in Oman, another delegation heads to Moscow
• 'I am sorry:' Boston Marathon bomber's statement to victims before being condemned to death
• Pet store closed in north-central Mexico after video surfaces of employees slapping dogs
• Last-minute Father's Day lottery ticket gift makes grocery store truck driver a millionaire
• There's gold in them thar California creeks, rivers left shallow by relentless drought
• UN envoy warns that Yemen is "one step" from famine, with 31 million people in need
• Venezuela frees 2 opposition activists from jail a day after legislative elections set
• French Parliament adopts controversial law expanding surveillance powers to fight terrorism
• Louisiana's top prosecutor shows no sign of letting up on 'Angola Three' court battle
• British European Games worker killed in road crash in Azerbaijan
• Researchers rediscover ancient Chamorro village in Guam
• Afghanistan says Pakistani intelligence officer helped in parliament attack
• Algeria: 63 of its nationals have joined the radical Islamic State group
• First hearing postponed for NC man who planned assassinations in US to support Islamic State
• Tigers, baboons, camels abandoned by circus found in Mexico
• 2 dead after shooting in cafe north of Toronto; 2 seriously injured
• Electronic road sign that says 'drink more beer' sells for $600 after drawing eyes in Michigan
• US man in Canada charged with possessing dangerous chemicals found not guilty
• UK crime agency: 300 possible suspects in child sex abuse scandal in northern English town
• Residents get earful as Winnipeg officers in police helicopter broadcast chat about sex, more
• Bus and truck collide in Russia, killing 15 and injuring 8 on a road in Siberia
• Syria's al-Qaida leader praises chief of Yemen's al-Qaida branch killed in US drone strike
• Putin extends Russian ban on Western food imports for a year, in response to sanctions
• Israel says it strikes Gaza rocket launcher after militants fired a rocket at Israel overnight
• Romanian PM's aide indicted for being accomplice to embezzling EU funds, election fraud
• Turkey's coast guard says it has rescued 70 migrants from sinking boat near Greek island
• Bosnian court grants compensation to war crime victim for first time in criminal proceedings
• Snowden documents suggest possible UK intelligence role in 2012 US drone strike in Yemen
• Large military exercise with nearly 200 aircraft being conducted over Alaska
• Afghan official: US to keep managing Afghan airspace, air-traffic control till mid-September
• Lawsuit filed by family of slain Hofstra student allowed to move forward
• Pakistan allows aid group Save the Children to reopen after shutting down its Islamabad office
• Break-in suspect arrested after investigators find wallet, ID left behind at crime scene
• Business-friendly French economy chief goes to US to seek investment, promote reforms
• Dutch court orders 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to protect citizens
• Dutch court orders government to cut 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
• German business confidence drops in June amid concerns about current, future situation
• Reported death of Australian fighting in Iraq raises potential for repatriation of his family
• Abu Sayyaf militants kill 2 soldiers, wound 3 in bomb attacks in southern Philippines
• Ahold, the Dutch owner of Stop & Shop supermarkets, agrees to merger with Belgian retailer
• China says lawless 'Golden Triangle' region source of 90 percent of methamphetamine, heroin
• Australia says it will become 6th largest shareholder in Chinese-led Asian regional bank
• California judge agrees to toss proposed ballot initiative that advocated killing gays
• Exotic animal owners without permits in Ohio told to quarantine tigers, bears, snakes, monkeys
• Director of Puerto Rico's troubled public power company resigns after 2 years in post
• US unseals indictments against 17 alleged leaders of Colombia's biggest cocaine-smuggling gang
• Miguel Facusse, Honduran tycoon involved in long fight over palm plantations, dies at age 91
• CDC tests for plague in Colorado after teen's death
• French telecom provider Bouygues rejects takeover bid from rival SFR
• Regional bank head tours new schools in Haiti, including 1 co-financed by Shakira's nonprofit
• Hungary suspends taking back registered asylum seekers from other EU countries
• Mistrial granted in Vanderbilt football players' rape case
• Official: Mexican forces capture son of leader of Jalisco New Generation cartel
• UN envoy urges donors to quickly provide 'peace dividend' for Mali after recent peace accord
• New York lawmakers vote to rename Squaw Island as Native Americans say it's offensive
• North Korea's Supreme Court sentences 2 South Koreans to life in prison on spying charges
• San Francisco police texting case on hold as judge mulls if officials waited too long to act
• New allegations that UN peacekeepers sexually abused street kids in Central African Republic
• France orders release of South Korean ferry tycoon's daughter pending extradition decision
• 2 British teenagers questioned on suspicion of stealing objects from Auschwitz death camp
• Chicago's Navy Pier to debut new 196-foot Ferris wheel at its 2016 Centennial Celebration
• Mexico finds 5 bodies in pits in Baja resort of La Paz, detains suspect
• Egypt court overturns conviction of TV broadcaster for insulting politician
• Boston Marathon bomber will get chance to break his silence during sentencing, but will he?
• Romanian lawmakers OK building NATO unit and headquarters in Bucharest due to Ukraine crisis
• Sentencing, guilty plea planned for rock throwing incident on I-80 that hurt Ohio teacher
• In talks on cuts, Greece focuses on protecting pensions as a safety net against poverty
• UN says both Syrian government troops and rebels targeting civilians
• Operator of smoke-filled DC subway train was told repeatedly he couldn't return to platform
• Strong earthquake hits off island chain south of Tokyo, officials say no danger of tsunami
• Spain proposes huge fines for alleged Chilean sea bass fish poaching operation in Antarctic
• Police: Serial groper sought at Florida International University; woman's backside grabbed
• British man who beheaded 82-year-old woman found not guilty by reason of insanity
• Rwandan general arrested in the UK on Spain's behalf; Rwanda reacts angrily