Site Map July 25, 2015

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• US airstrike kills senior Khorasan Group leader
• Iraqi officials: car bomb in Baghdad kills 14, wounds 30
• Witness: Memphis man 'hogtied' by police hours before death after Mississippi rock concert
• Adam Levine shaves his head
• UK lawmaker defends making 14 cent expenses claim for short journey; mileage adds up, he says
• Families of Germanwings crash victims accuse airline CEO of ignoring them
• Home sweet home: California woman offers home as prize in dessert contest
• Boston bus driver makes quick stop at child's lemonade stand, treats passengers to a cup
• Los Angeles police find stash of 1,200 guns in dead man's home
• Greek authorities say 150-200 migrants adrift in east Mediterranean, 2 ships at hand to help
• Deputies recover stolen ATM machine in parking lot; likely fell out of thieves' getaway van
• Indiana Gaming Commission forces senior center to stop offering prizes for euchre
• Highlights of the UN resolution endorsing the nuclear deal between Iran and 6 world powers
• Remains of Nazi experiment victims found in France
• Afghan military official: Coalition airstrike kills 8 Afghan troops east of Kabul
• Fertilizer maker CF Industries in talks with OCI for potential deal on certain businesses
• 4 hurt when small plane crashes outside Nevada airport
• US-led airdrops shower leaflets over ISIS territory, activists say
• Founding member of Alternative for Germany party starts new euroskeptic party
• Pregnant mother, two children dead after Ohio flood
• 13-month-old baby believed kidnapped near Los Angeles is found safe
• Man charged with attempted murder after Baltimore cop stabbed
• Airliner headed for DC makes safe emergency landing in Los Angeles after lightning strike
• 3 opposition candidates quit Burundi presidential race predicting it will be unfair
• Police official says 5 Czech nationals and their Lebanese driver have gone missing in Lebanon
• 1 dead, 4 injured in Alaska plane crash, Coast Guard says
• 31-year-old woman dies from lightning strike near Colorado trailhead
• Search underway for missing plane in Alaska with 5 on board
• Analysts: Investigation could taint image of Brazil's ex- president and weaken ruling party
• Police: Armed man tries to rob business, later sees surveillance video, turns self in
• 7 people arrested in jailbreak of drug lord 'El Chapo,' Mexican official says
• Opera Presto: 2 composers, 2 writers paired randomly; 2 days to write, rehearse, perform
• UK officials say embedded British pilots have carried out Syria airstrikes
• Crude oil train derailment in Montana prompts evacuations
• At least 2 injured in St. Louis home explosion, reports say
• UN Security Council to vote Monday morning on Iran nuclear deal
• Search continues for killer of 4 people at home in rural South Carolina
• Philippine governor says 3 dead, at least 6 missing in coal mine pit collapse
• Maryland tavern chain exec sentenced to 90 days for secretly videotaping women in bathroom
• Cash spills from armored truck, temporarily shuts down Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
• Attorney: Autopsy finds Mississippi man died of strangulation in police encounter
• Jury finds Colorado theater shooter guilty of murder
• Uber praises new Mexico City ride-sharing regulations; cabbies grouse
• Somali militant commander is said to be main target in US drone strike against al-Shabab
• Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney suggests an interest rate rise as soon as end of the year
• Prosecutors investigate Brazil's former president's alleged influence peddling
• ICC judges tell prosecutor to reconsider decision not to probe attack on aid convoy
• Sustained rains flood Guyana's coastal capital, other low-lying areas
• Magnitude-6.4 earthquake shakes Barbados; no immediate reports of damage
• Illinois brings back happy hour, but not all bar owners are saying "cheers" to new law
• Kyrgyzstan: 4 militants with alleged international terror ties killed in shootout in capital
• Hungarian gang that sexually exploited hundreds of women jailed in Britain
• Extensive contraption: Team seeks record with chain reaction machine at Detroit science center
• Most women who have abortions don't regret them
• Spanish police rescue newborn baby found dumped in underground trash container in backpack
• New Haven, Connecticut, police investigate discovery of severed human legs near train tracks
• Rights group: China cremates Tibetan lama's body in prison against family's wishes
• Israel carries out airstrike on Gaza after rocket fired into southern Israel; no one injured
• Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire
• The Latest: Texas man scheduled for execution for killing 93-year-old woman during robbery
• UN rights chief says he's concerned for hunger striker who seeks release from Palestinian jail
• Wan Li, Chinese politician known for his reform policies, dies at age 99
• JFK assassination expert and face of the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza dead at 69
• France say terror plot against military bases foiled with arrests earlier this week
• Mexico City publishes regulations allowing Uber and other smartphone-based ride-sharing apps
• France says terror plot against military bases foiled
• About 1,000 evacuees in western Canada allowed to return home as fires continue to rage
• Coalition partner of Brazil's president may field own candidate in 2018 presidential election
• Jamaica's justice minister signs order to expunge minor marijuana-related convictions
• Tree sitter who protested construction of golf course in New Orleans pleads guilty
• Former Mexican governor to stand trial on fraud charges for not filing taxes while in office
• Boy Scout rescued after 3,000-pound boulder falls on him, pins his legs at Alaska camp
• Mexico opens oil sector to private companies with first auction, but draws few bids
• Tennessee attorney general trying to stop executioner testimony at lethal injection trial
• Text, phone hotlines created for tips on dead girl's ID
• Police: Man high on molly runs from ambulance, is shot while trying to break into house
• Egyptian Cabinet decides to rename square where Islamists protested to honor slain prosecutor
• Bosnian Serbs to challenge authority of national court, shun warnings by top EU, US diplomats
• Up to 200 residents near Flight 93 National Memorial in are eligible for home repair funds
• Report: German prosecutors indict 92-year-old former Auschwitz guard before juvenile court
• Popular Libyan army commander killed fighting in a battle in the eastern city of Benghazi
• Catalan pro-independence parties join forces for election, say victory will trigger breakaway
• Uganda president: Burundi factions to resume negotiations ahead of presidential polls
• Northern Cameroon bans burkas and face coverings after suicide bombings
• UK foreign secretary says Israel wants 'permanent standoff,' won't welcome any deal
• UN envoy urges Islamist-led government that seized Libya's capital to sign peace deal
• Politics, rules behind German resistance to writing off Greek debt
• UK government squelches police plan to use 2nd-hand water cannons purchased after 2011 riots
• Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu spends 2nd night in South African hospital, thanks wellwishers
• 'Major step': Former US President Jimmy Carter praises historic nuclear agreement with Iran
• Egyptian army says it foils attack on road to Red Sea coast claimed by Islamic State fighters
• Austrian court finds 17-year-old boy guilty of joining Islamic State group
• Hundreds of Philippine police launch anti-crime raids, kill 7 suspects, arrest 39 others
• Iraq declares Thursday a holiday amid a 50-degree Celsius (122-degree Fahrenheit) heatwave
• Israel arrests Palestinian, alleged accomplices for fatal shooting of an Israeli hiker
• Israeli opposition leader to visit Washington to discuss Israeli concerns over Iran nuke deal
• Thailand tells farmers to wait for rain, save water for public to use during severe drought
• 'I just like pigs': Police say drunk, naked man downed six-pack in neighbor's hog barn
• Lebanese troops confiscate drone that was taken to rebels near the Syrian border
• British Embassy in Beijing says 11 UK nationals detained in China, trying to find out why
• Watchdogs claim Syria's Kurdish militia still using child soldiers
• Human Rights Watch says Syria's main Kurdish militia is still using child soldiers
• Ku Klux Klan fliers show up in predominantly black South Carolina neighborhood
• Military spokesman: 8 Ukrainian troops killed, 16 wounded in war-torn eastern Ukraine
• Fake mechanic indicted in Hungary for defrauding 29 female drivers with bogus car problems
• Samsung removes cartoons depicting fund founder as ruthless "vulture" after anti-Semitism row
• Bahraini police say man was killed as bomb, which he tried to plant to target police, exploded
• South Korea indicts 63 people over corruption probe on defense procurement projects
• Emirates to resume flights to Iraq's Irbil after security review; Baghdad still suspended
• 70 years after World War II, Japanese corporation to make landmark apology to US veterans
• Dissent in Greece over austerity deal grows ahead of vote, Tsipras vows to fight on
• South Korea picks preferred bidder for project to salvage sunken ferry
• In Puerto Rico, US officials seize packages with bladders of endangered fish prized in China
• St. Louis police chief: Gunman 'tried to assassinate' police officer
• Submachine gun, semi-automatic rifle, pistols stolen from Florida police SUV
• Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty says in appeal that firing squad is unconstitutional
• Judge refuses to suppress statements by Russian man charged with leading Taliban attack on US
• Guinea's ex-junta leader denies key role in killings of more than 156 at 2009 rally
• Saudi Arabia warns Iran against abusing funds from nuclear deal to incite regional turmoil
• Retired archbishop Desmond Tutu admitted to hospital in Cape Town
• Scientists at CERN atom smasher claim discovery of new class of particles called 'pentaquarks'
• Kuwait charges 29 people and refers them to trial for IS group's deadly Shiite mosque bombing
• Officer pulls over driver for cellphone violation, ends up helping woman trying to call 911
• Coroner: 16-year-old from Florida killed in fall from ropes course at South Carolina camp
• Romanian prosecutors seek 25-year prison sentence for ex-commander of communist prison
• Brazil police investigating Petrobras kickback scheme carry out search, seizure operations
• In Yemen, anti-rebel forces in south take over key Aden airport, drive rebels toward sea
• Reports: Large fire breaks out in center of Swiss city of Olten, witnesses describe explosions
• UNESCO discounts American explorer's claim of discovery of pirate treasure in Madagascar
• Foreign officials convicted of graft in Thailand liable to death under new anti-corruption law
• UK coroner: Neglect played a part in the 2013 deaths of 3 army reservists
• Chinese police say they shot dead 3 Uighur 'terrorists' who were using knives to resist arrest
• British police arrest 3 terror suspects in sweep north of London
• UK to set up 'secure zone' for trucks in French port of Calais to halt migrants
• Pakistani military says its jets have killed 14 militants in tribal region near Afghan border
• French President Hollande calls on Iran to help in Syrian conflict
• UN says civilian death toll in Yemen rises above 1,600, with 142 people killed in past 10 days
• Russian bomber crashes in the Far East, crew of 7 bails out but still missing
• South Korea repatriates 2 North Korean fishermen in border village, says 3 others defecting
• Coast Guard halts search for passenger reported missing on Seattle-to-Alaska cruise
• Coast Guard searching strait after passenger reported missing on Seattle-to-Alaska cruise
• Dozens of police officers injured in Belfast rioting touched off by march
• Pakistan court grants bail to top model caught at airport with half a million dollars in cash
• Spanish officials say French citizen has died after being gored by bull in small town festival
• Nigerian leader fires all military chiefs as multinational army beefs up to fight extremists
• S. Korean police detain university professor, accuse him of feeding ex-student human feces
• Turkish high court annuls law closing schools linked to US-based cleric
• China urges Philippines to ditch its tribunal case over South China Sea claims
• Alabama police lieutenant appeals firing for link to group that wants South to secede
• UN chief urges Palestinians in Gaza to provide information about 2 missing Israeli civilians
• Venezuela official says anti-crime offensive in capital kills 14 suspects, brings 236 arrests
• UN report: Nearly 15,000 civilians killed in Iraq in the 16-month period ending on April 30
• NYC reaches $5.9 million settlement in chokehold death case
• Explosions kill 14 in north Cameroon town near border with Nigeria, Boko Haram suspected
• Quebec man charged with murder in death of 82-year-old French tourist
• Warm, dry weather over the weekend sparks more wildfires in western Canada
• Puerto Rico officials hold 1st meeting with creditors to discuss restructuring island's debt
• Judge: Russian charged with leading Taliban attack on US forces can be tried in civil court
• West African regional body denounces Burkina Faso electoral code that excludes candidates
• UN chief disappointed at failure of pause in Yemen fighting, but still hopeful for halt
• India top court allows Italian marine to extend visit home by 6 months for medical treatment
• Israeli thief returns ancient Roman artifacts with note saying they brought 'lots of troubles'
• Burundi military: 31 suspected rebels killed, 170 captured in recent fighting
• Saudi king shakes up posts again, replacing housing minister and the head of the royal court
• Afghan official: Bomb strikes mosque after evening prayers, wounding 29 worshippers
• Nigeria investigating reports of deadly Boko Haram attack in northeast
• Turkish PM vows to press ahead with construction in Kurdish regions despite rebel threats
• Burka ban: In wake of market bombing, Chad warns anyone in full veil will be arrested on sight
• Police: 7 killed, 4 injured in gun attack on Tanzania police post in largest city
• German border police struggle to fingerprint all migrants as refugee numbers keep climbing
• Leading Zimbabwean author Chenjerai Hove, 59, dies in exile in Norway
• Pope says he wasn't offended by 'Communist crucifix' given by Bolivia's Morales
• Police: Cause of mysterious boom on Rhode Island beach that injured woman may never be known
• EU fines Spain $21 million for fudged deficit figures, first fine under new oversight powers
• Lithuania to complete removal of Soviet-era statues after renewed calls amid Ukraine crisis
• Southwest Airlines plane runs off taxiway after landing at Richmond airport
• A look at the key points in the agreement between Greece and its eurozone partners
• Former European lawmaker from Britain sentenced to 5 years for expenses fraud
• Islamic State group releases audio claiming Afghan leader still alive after US airstrike
• Polish authorities fight 'designer drugs' after more than 200 people sickened in recent days
• Prince William starts work as air ambulance pilot and will donate salary to charity
• Eighteen people flee French store targeted by armed robbers
• Canadian woman, former Israeli soldier who joined militia fighting IS returns to Israel
• Report: Nuclear talks will end soon after resolving final differences
• 12 killed in roadside bombings in Afghanistan
• Colombia and rebels to seek bilateral ceasefire; Colombian to scale back military action
• China accuses trading firms of manipulating stocks, violating trading rules in market slide
• Explosion at warehouse with fireworks in China kills at least 3, injures more than 12