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Hollywood Race Crisis: Few Roles for Hispanics

Hollywood Race Crisis: Few Roles for Hispanics

(AP) — A new study shows that less than 5 percent of actors in top Hollywood films are Hispanic, and that Latinas are more likely than women of any other ethnicity to appear partially or totally naked on screen. The

Ceasefire Slows Gaza War as Israeli Bus Attacked

Ceasefire Slows Gaza War as Israeli Bus Attacked

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli-declared temporary cease-fire and troop withdrawals slowed violence in the Gaza war Monday, though an attack on Israeli bus that killed one person in Jerusalem underscored the tensions still simmering in the region.

Liberia Orders Cremation of Ebola Victims

Liberia Orders Cremation of Ebola Victims

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — The deadly scourge of Ebola means people here no longer shake hands when greeting each other. In taxi cabs where people used to cram onto the laps of others, drivers now can carry only four people

Iraq Air Force to Back Kurds Fighting Islamists

Iraq Air Force to Back Kurds Fighting Islamists

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help Kurdish forces battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community

Israeli Airstrike Kills Militant Leader in Gaza

Israeli Airstrike Kills Militant Leader in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed a militant leader in the Gaza Strip Monday, just hours ahead of a seven-hour truce announced by Israel that was meant to open a “humanitarian window” for aid as Israeli

British Warship Brings 110 Citizens to Malta from Libya

British Warship Brings 110 Citizens to Malta from Libya

VALLETTA August 4 (Reuters) – The British survey ship HMS Enterprise has arrived in Malta carrying 110 Britons evacuated from Libya, where fighting between rival armed factions has spread in the capital. The British ambassador to Libya, Michael Aron, said

Iraq's Yazidi Minority Flees Amid Militant Threat

Iraq's Yazidi Minority Flees Amid Militant Threat

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — A spokesman for Iraq’s minority Yazidi community says tens of thousands of its members have fled their homes after Sunni militants from the extremist Islamic State group captured their towns. Jawhar Ali Begg, the spokesman, says

Belgium, France, Germany Unite for War Remembrance

Belgium, France, Germany Unite for War Remembrance

LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Heads of state and foreign dignitaries, including German President Joachim Gauck and his French counterpart Francois Hollande, are gathering at an Allied memorial to commemorate the start of World War I. In a spirit of reconciliation

Dale Jr. Completes Season Sweep at Pocono

Dale Jr. Completes Season Sweep at Pocono

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead off the final restart with three laps left and won Sunday to complete a season sweep at Pocono Raceway. Earnhardt held off the hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win for

China: 96 Killed Last Week in Xinjiang

China: 96 Killed Last Week in Xinjiang

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media released a detailed casualty count Sunday for last week’s violence in the western province of Xinjiang, with 37 people and 59 attackers killed in the deadliest unrest in months that authorities blame on ethnic

22 Killed in Day of Clashes over Libyan Airport

22 Killed in Day of Clashes over Libyan Airport

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A day of militia fighting over control of the international airport in Libya’s capital killed 22 people, the country’s interim government said Sunday, part of the worsening chaos gripping the country. Libya is seeing its worst

Iraq Jihadists Seize Another Town from Kurdish Forces

Jihadists raised their black flag in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Sunday in a second straight day of advances against Kurdish forces, forcing thousands of displaced people back on the road. The Islamic State’s capture of Sinjar raised

Israeli Soldier Thought Captured Is Declared Dead

Israeli Soldier Thought Captured Is Declared Dead

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza ambush had in fact been killed in battle that day. The soldier’s purported capture Friday had