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'Dozens' Dead as Boko Haram Sacks Churches in Chibok

'Dozens' Dead as Boko Haram Sacks Churches in Chibok

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped in April, witnesses said. Residents said dozens of people may have been killed

Joe Gibbs Supports Redskins Name

Joe Gibbs Supports Redskins Name

Joe Gibbs, the former Washington Redskins coach who took the team to three Super Bowl wins, said the Redskins name has always been prideful. “I grew up in North Carolina and the only games we could get on TV in

MLS Game Canceled After Lightning Strikes Soccer Fan

MLS Game Canceled After Lightning Strikes Soccer Fan

Saturday night’s MLS soccer game between the Columbus Crew and FC Dallas in Ohio was cancelled after an off-duty firefighter was reportedly struck by lightning.  The Crew said the game was cancelled “for reasons out of our control” and due the “incident

Pakistani Couple Killed in Honor Killing

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A 17-year-old girl and her husband were killed by her family for marrying without its consent, and another young woman was burned alive by a man for refusing his proposal in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, police said

Iraqi Forces Clash with Militants in Tikrit

Iraqi Forces Clash with Militants in Tikrit

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein from Sunni militants led by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic

NGO: ISIS crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo

NGO: ISIS crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo

A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified nine men, eight of them rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the jihadists, a monitor said on Sunday. The report comes amid fierce clashes on the outskirts of

'Designing Women' Star Meshach Taylor Dies at 67

'Designing Women' Star Meshach Taylor Dies at 67

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Meshach Taylor’s agent says the actor who appeared in the hit sitcoms “Designing Women” and “Dave’s World” has died. He was 67. Agent Dede Binder says Taylor died of cancer on Saturday at his home in

Moderate quake widely felt in Arizona, N. Mexico

SAFFORD, Ariz. (AP) — A moderate earthquake struck in Arizona near the New Mexico line that was widely felt across the region, but no injuries or damages were immediately reported. County sheriffs’ offices on both sides of the state line

Canada town ravaged by oil train fire still in turmoil

One year after an oil-laden train derailed, exploded and killed 47 people in a town in Canada’s Quebec province, trains are rolling again but locals are hardly thrilled. The picturesque lakeside town of Lac-Megantic was transformed by the inferno —

Big 4 set for Titanic Second Wimbledon Week

Big 4 set for Titanic Second Wimbledon Week

Wimbledon will showcase all the big four of the men’s game in the second week, for the first time in three years after Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray reached the last 16. It was in 2011

Eurozone Growth Stalls, France Lags, Deflation Threatens

Eurozone Growth Stalls, France Lags, Deflation Threatens

Europe’s fragile recovery is stalling, a batch of economic data showed this week, with analysts warning that France, with the eurozone’s second-biggest economy, could be slipping into another downturn. Even the eurozone’s economic powerhouse Germany — whose performance is increasingly

Fear of Voting Grips Senate Democratic Chiefs

Fear of Voting Grips Senate Democratic Chiefs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fear of voting has gripped Democratic leaders in the Senate, slowing the chamber’s modest productivity this election season to a near halt. With control of the Senate at risk in November, leaders are going to remarkable

Keselowski Wins for 2nd Time at Kentucky Speedway

Keselowski Wins for 2nd Time at Kentucky Speedway

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Brad Keselowski dominated the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night to become Kentucky Speedway’s first repeat winner. The Penske Racing driver and 2012 race winner followed his record-breaking pole effort to lead 199 of 267

Saved by the Woodwork, Brazil Lives Another Day

Saved by the Woodwork, Brazil Lives Another Day

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Tight and tense as it was, it was enough to keep Brazil’s national obsession of winning the World Cup on home soil from taking a desperately disappointing turn. And it wasn’t Neymar, the country’s poster

Colombia Beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup

Colombia Beats Uruguay 2-0 at World Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — James Rodriguez scored twice to put Colombia into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time in a 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Saturday. Colombia will play host Brazil in the last eight. Rodriguez gave