(AP) Syria news agency: Israel strikes near DamascusBy KARIN LAUB and JOSEF FEDERMANBEIRUT Israeli missiles struck a research center near the Syrian capital Damascus, setting off explosions and causing casualties, Syria’s state news agency reported early Sunday, citing initial reports.
(AP) DERBY RUNNING: Bettors back Revolutionary; rainBy The Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky.The 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs will have a field of 19 horses breaking from the starting gates at 6:24 p.m. EDT on Saturday. Just over
(AP) China city quashes protest against petro plantBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGAfter word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain
(AP) Bodies of 2 US crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash siteBy LEILA SARALAYEVAAssociated PressBISHKEK, KyrgyzstanSearch teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while
(AP) Kazakh man linked to Boston suspect ‘normal teen’By LEILA SARALAYEVAAssociated PressALMATY, KazakhstanFormer teachers of one of the students from Kazakhstan arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings described him on Friday as an easygoing teenager who distinguished himself
(AP) US poll finds widespread support for Redskins nameBy BEN NUCKOLSAssociated PressWASHINGTONIt’s been a rough offseason for the Washington Redskins, and not just because of the knee injury to star quarterback Robert Griffin III. The team’s nickname has faced a
By GENE JOHNSONAssociated PressSEATTLEPolice used flash bangs and pepper spray as officers and protesters clashed late Wednesday as a May Day rally turned violent in Seattle. Protesters threw several objects, possibly rocks and other items, at police officers and news
(AP) Utah NBC affiliate pulls gory ‘Hannibal’ TV showBy BRADY McCOMBSAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYA Mormon church-owned NBC affiliate in Utah has pulled the “Hannibal” TV show because of its graphic violence. KSL-TV vice president of marketing Tami Ostmark says the
(AP) – Three more suspects were taken into custody in the Boston Marathon bombing case, including two college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who came to the U.S. from Kazakhstan, officials said Wednesday. The allegations against them were not immediately disclosed.
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(AP) Soft-spoken Virginian holds sway on immigrationBy ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONDepending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP trying to
(AP) Mass. voters to decide US Senate primary winnersBy BOB SALSBERG and STEVE LeBLANCAssociated PressBOSTONMassachusetts voters on Tuesday will decide Tuesday which Republican and Democratic candidates will win their party primaries and head to the state’s second special U.S. Senate
(AP) Syrian TV: Bombing in Damascus kills 13 peopleBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaA powerful bomb rocked Damascus on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding 70, Syrian state TV reported, a day after the country’s prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination
Jack McMahon, Kermit Gosnell’s defense attorney, told the jury during closing arguments in the abortionist’s trial that the description of Gosnell’s clinic as a “house of horrors” is a “political press fabrication.” According to the Associated Press, McMahon showed jurors
Associated Press reporter Matt Lee slammed the State Department today for not giving useful accounts of meetings with top foreign officials by State Department officials. Lee expressed his frustration saying that he didn’t want to hear a generic explanation of
(AP) Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10By RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, Pakistan A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official involved in peace negotiations
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDYAssociated PressATLANTAThe British film studio that’s home to the James Bond movie franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. film production facility, at a site near Atlanta. The large-scale film complex will be called Pinewood Atlanta,
With America battling the threat of Islamist terrorism from within, Europe is experiencing a dangerous phenomenon of its own: exporting of Islamism from Europe to the Middle East. According to the Associated Press, European mayors are now attempting to limit
(AP) Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretapBy EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZOAssociated PressWASHINGTONRussian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after
(AP) Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in DamascusBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyria’s prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb went off near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, the latest attack targeting a top official in
In some of its reports on Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD), the Associated Press failed to include one of President Obama’s own gags. AP strangely left out the word “Muslim” in one of Obama’s self-referential jokes. Early in his
By HUSSAIN AFZALAssociated PressPARACHINAR, PakistanTaliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month’s parliamentary election, police said. The wave of political violence has killed at
By KAREL JANICEKAssociated PressPRADLO DISTILLERY, Czech RepublicThe Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. The journey beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War turned out
By JULHAS ALAM and CHRIS BLAKEAssociated PressSAVAR, BangladeshThe fugitive owner of an illegally-constructed building that collapsed in Bangladesh in a deadly heap last week was captured Sunday at a border crossing with India by members of a commando force. Mohammed
(AP) Boston bomb suspect moved; FBI probe shifts focusBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and EILEEN SULLIVANAssociated PressBOSTONBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was moved from a hospital to a federal prison medical center while FBI agents shifted the focus of their investigation
