PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death and the judge instructed them to keep trying. More »Jury in Jodi Arias trial resumes deliberations
CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama administration has picked a private attorney and former federal prosecutor to head the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced Thursday. More »New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Searchers on Thursday found the body of a second fourth-grader killed when a landslide swept students, who were on a fossil-hunting field trip, into a pit full of water and mud at a park in St. Paul, Minnesota, authorities said. The body of one student had been pulled from the pit after the landslide Wednesday afternoon, which injured two other students, but rescuers were unable to find the missing student before calling off the search late on Wednesday. ... More »Searchers find body of second child killed in Minnesota mudslide
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Lisa Ling is feeling unstoppable. More »Lisa Ling discusses new motherhood, baby Jett
VETO THREAT: House lawmakers approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets despite opposition from Democrats and a veto threat from President Barack Obama. ... More »News Summary: House OKs student loan-market link
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. More »Wyden: FracFocus 'constructive' tool on drilling
On Wednesday, Britain was rocked by a gruesome daylight incident in which two men appeared to hack an off-duty soldier to death with a knife and meat cleaver in the Woolwich district of London. More »What we know about the London attack suspects
On Wednesday, Britain was rocked by a gruesome daylight incident in which two men appeared to hack an off-duty soldier to death with a knife and meat cleaver in the Woolwich district of London. More »What we know about the gruesome London attack suspects
Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and ... More »Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. More »Storm took town's youngest as it swept through
British police arrest two more over London attack LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested two more people on Thursday in a hunt for accomplices of two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries. The two suspected killers, now under guard in hospitals, had been known to security services before Wednesday's daylight attack, security sources said. Another man and a woman, both aged 29, were detained on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. ... More »CA-NEWS Summary
After seeing the destruction from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado, some Texans are thinking about their own safety. Phones have been ringing off the hook at Texas companies that sell or install in-ground safe houses or shelters.
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By Aaron Maasho and Richard Lough ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Kenya has asked other African countries to urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to drop crimes-against-humanity charges against its new president and his deputy, according to an African Union document seen on Thursday. Uhuru Kenyatta became the second sitting African leader facing trial at the war-crimes tribunal when he won an election in March with an absolute majority in a ballot that saw huge voter turnout. ... More »Kenya seeks African help to drop Hague charges against Kenyatta
By Alasdair Fotheringham POLSA, Italy (Reuters) May 23 - Two major climbs have been axed from Friday's key stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia because of snow and ice on their descent although the main stage finish at Val Martello remains in place, race organisers said on Thursday. The Gavia and Stelvio climbs, with summits at 2,618 and 2,758 metres above sea level, have been cut from the course. ... More »Cycling-Two major climbs cut from Giro stage 19 due to weather
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- General Ray Odierno, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, will discuss issues facing the army at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon, June 4. As the Army's most senior officer, Odierno is the top advisor to the Secretary of the Army.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080917/NPCLOGO)Odierno has been grappling in recent weeks with several challenges facing the U.S. military, including a Defense Department report that tens of thousands of women were sexually assaulted last year. ... More »U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno to Speak at National Press Club, June 4
Part of unused parking garage collapses, trapping at least 1 outside Md. shopping mall More »Part of Unused Parking Garage Collapses in Md.
Fighting continued for a fifth straight day in the strategic Syrian city of Qusayr, as opposition forces fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad sought desperately to maintain their slipping grip in a battle that could dictate the direction of the war. As government tanks, artillery and warplanes pounded rebel positions throughout the city, fighters engaged in sniper attacks and small forays against government ground troops seeking to take terrain. Rebel fighters are calling it one of the worst ground battles of the war. More »The Battle for Qusayr: What Victory in Syria’s Latest Front Means for the War
Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to seize assets improperly obtained by corrupt politicians. ... More »Turks and Caicos recovers cash, land amid probe
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One has taken a big gamble with its radically different 2014 engine and manufacturers who get it wrong will pay a heavy price, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone warned on Thursday. The 82-year-old billionaire has been a consistent opponent of the new 1.6 liter turbocharged V6 engine which is due to replace the current 2.4 liter V8 unit in the biggest rules revamp in decades. ... More »Ecclestone warns about 2014 engine costs
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli committee has handed the government its proposal for ending a system granting Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service. More »Israel to discuss military draft reform proposal
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The head of NASA is visiting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where engineers are working on a proposed mission to lasso a small asteroid and drag it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. More »NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's annual report to Congress shows a decline of $4.5 billion or just over 1 percent in the projected development and acquisition cost of the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jet program, sources familiar with the data said. The Pentagon's annual "selected acquisition report" for lawmakers projects the cost of developing and building the new radar-evading jet to be $391.2 billion, down from last year's estimate of $395.7 billion, said the sources, who were not authorized to speak on the record. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick) More »Pentagon sees slight drop in F-35 acquisition costs: sources
PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard today wrote to Fernando Ferrer, Acting Chairman, and Thomas F. Prendergast, Interim Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), questioning its decision to use 15,000 tons of steel, all sourced from China, to rebuild the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO)In the letter, Mr. ... More »USW Urges New York MTA to Reconsider Rebuilding Verrazano-Narrows Bridge with Domestic, not Chinese Steel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave a robust defense on Thursday of U.S. use of unmanned armed drones and said the threat of terrorism to the United States had shifted since the attacks on September 11, 2001. Obama said he signed a document on Wednesday that codified guidelines for the use of force against terrorists. He also said before drone strikes were taken, there must be near-certainty that no civilians would be killed or injured. (Reporting by Jeff Mason, Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Walsh) More »Obama says terror threat has shifted, defends use of drones
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