• 2 women sentenced in slaying of Mississippi black man

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In a hearing that lasted more than five hours Thursday, a federal judge sentenced two women to the maximum prison terms for their roles in the 2011 death of James Craig Anderson, the last of a series of white-on-black attacks.

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  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's mother: ‘My sons are innocent’

    Zubeidat Tsarnaeva condemned the guilty verdict delivered by the jury in his federal death penalty trial on Wednesday, proclaiming her son's innocence and calling Americans “terrorists.”

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  • Pentagon chief vows to deploy 'best' US weaponry to Asia

    Defence Secretary Ashton Carter promised Friday that the US would deploy state of the art weaponry in Asia, including the latest stealth bombers and cyber warfare units, to counter threats posed by the likes of North Korea. "Our newest and best things are being deployed to this part of the world,"…

    AFP
  • Lovely airport, where are the planes? China's white elephants emerge

    By Brenda Goh DACHANGSHAN ISLAND, China (Reuters) - When officials reopened the airport on the sparsely populated Dachangshan island off China's north-east coast after a $6 million refurbishment in 2008, they planned to welcome 42,000 passengers in 2010 and another 78,000 in 2015. Since February…

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  • Man, woman arrested after corpse, severely abused kids found

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two people have been arrested in what authorities describe as a twisted, gruesome case of abuse involving a child's corpse hidden in a broken-down car, a starved baby living on water and a sheltered teenager impregnated by her stepfather.

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    Man in Bakersfield caught on camera punching toddler in the face

    Police in Bakersfield are searching for a man who punched a toddler in the face. And the whole incident was caught on surveillance video.

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  • Maryland man surrenders in fatal 'stop whining' hit and run accident

    (Reuters) - A Maryland man accused in a fatal hit-and-run accident that drew national attention when a 911 operator told the victim's teenage daughter to "stop whining" has turned himself in, officials said on Thursday. Earl Teeter, 73, of Hyattsville, Maryland, was charged with failing to stop at…

    Reuters
  • You can finally buy the Apple Watch starting right now – everything you need to know

    Apple fans, start your engines. If you’re awake and reading this right now, you almost certainly already know that Apple’s brand new Apple Watch is finally available for preorder. What you might not know, however, is exactly how the buying process will work for the Apple Watch. This is a launch…

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  • Curry breaks 3-point record, Warriors beat Blazers 116-105

    OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry never talks about his case for NBA MVP unless he's asked. Instead, he prefers to let his play speak for itself.

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  • Police cruiser video shows moments before fatal shooting

    NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The traffic stop starts like any other: an officer pulls over a motorist, walks up to the driver's side window and asks for license and registration. What happened minutes later appears to take place without any obvious sign of provocation or conflict: The driver opens…

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  • Washington state man found guilty of trying to move river

    A Washington state man has been convicted of environmental violations after he used an excavator and a bulldozer to try to fill a section of the Tahuya River and change the waterway's course, the state's top lawyer said on Thursday. A jury in Mason County found William Cayo Sr. guilty on Wednesday…

    Reuters
  • Ambassador: US handed Cambodia to 'butcher' 40 years ago

    PARIS (AP) — Twelve helicopters, bristling with guns and U.S. Marines, breached the morning horizon and began a daring descent toward Cambodia's besieged capital. Residents believed the Americans were rushing in to save them, but at the U.S. Embassy, in a bleeding city about to die, the ambassador…

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  • South Carolina Police Officer's Mom Speaks Out in Tearful Interview

    Karen Sharpe, the mother of the South Carolina police officer who was seen on video fatally shooting a man, said she cannot bring herself to watch the video.

    ABC News
  • Kim Kardashian meets Armenian PM as visit makes waves

    US reality TV star Kim Kardashian on Thursday met Armenia's prime minister in a first visit to celebrate her family's roots that is causing a stir in the ex-Soviet nation. Kardashian -- along with her rapper husband Kanye West, young child and sister -- has booked up two floors in one of the…

    AFP
  • Pressure mounts on Kenya's president after university massacre

    By Drazen Jorgic and Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) - Political pressure mounted on Kenya's president on Wednesday with scathing editorials and growing anger at a seven hour delay in the deployment of a special forces unit that eventually ended the bloody siege at Garissa University last week. The…

    Reuters
  • Car plunges into LA harbor; 1 boy dead, 1 in grave condition

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A car with four people inside plunged off a road into Los Angeles harbor Thursday night, leaving a 13-year-old boy dead and an 8-year-old boy hospitalized in grave condition, authorities said.

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  • Teen sues Los Angeles for $20 million after getting shot by cop

    A 15-year-old Los Angeleno has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles after a police officer shot him in the upper back.

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