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Russia says Islamic State group not the only target in Syria

Published:Thursday | October 1, 2015 | 12:10 PM

MOSCOW, Russia (AP):Russian jets carried out a second day of airstrikes in Syria yesterday, but there were conflicting claims about whether they were targeting Islamic State and al-Qaeda militants or trying to shore up the defences of President...

Oklahoma gets wrong execution drug, delays lethal injection

Published:Thursday | October 1, 2015 | 12:00 AM

OKLAHOMA (AP):Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip was just minutes away from his scheduled lethal injection, stripped of all his belongings in a holding cell just a few feet from the state's death chamber, when he learned his execution had...

Hurricane Joaquin sweeping across central, eastern Bahamas

Published:Thursday | October 1, 2015 | 10:46 AM

NASSAU (AP):Powerful Hurricane Joaquin bore down yesterday on the lightly populated islands of the central and eastern Bahamas, and forecasters said it could grow more intense while following a path that would near the US East Coast by the weekend....

Puerto Rico vows to fight corrupt cops as frustration grows

Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2015 | 10:53 AM

SAN JUAN (AP):Already undergoing federally mandated reform, Puerto Rico's police department faces an overhaul after a new wave of arrests in an agency widely accused of corruption and other abuses.The restructuring was announced after FBI agents...

Rochester man pleads guilty in $300K fake sweepstakes scheme

Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2015 | 11:20 AM

Rochester man pleads guilty in $300Kfake Jamaican sweepstakes schemeNEW YORK (AP):A 47-year-old Rochester man has pleaded guilty to participating in a fake sweepstakes scam that bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly victims.The US...

Russia urges coordinated terrorism fight as airstrikes begin

Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2015 | 12:46 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AP):Russia followed its launch of air strikes in Syria with a call yesterday for the world to unite in the fight against terrorist groups. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told foreign ministers of world powers, that his country was...

Hurricane Joaquin forms near the Bahama

Published:Wednesday | September 30, 2015 | 10:15 AM

Hurricane Joaquin forms near The BahamasMIAMI (AP):Up to yesterday, Hurricane Joaquin was projected to impact the east coast of the United States early next week.The hurricane is expected to pass near the islands of San Salvador, Cat Island,...

New NYC plan hires lawyers to fight unjust evictions

Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Faced with a rise in the number of homelessness in New York City shelters and seemingly more visible homeless on the city's streets, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a plan to hire more lawyers to help tenants avoid unjust evictions.A...

Media rights group says EU is too soft on Hungary

Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 6:41 AM

BRUSSELS (AP):An international press freedom group said the European Union has been too lenient in its treatment of media abuses in Hungary and accuses it of economic bias in defending the rights of journalists.The New York-based Committee to...

UN: Death toll in war-torn Yemen rises to at least 2,355

Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 6:42 AM

GENEVA (AP):The office of the UN human rights chief said 151 civilians have been killed in fighting in Yemen over two weeks in September, taking the civilian death toll to 2,355 over the last six months.The office of the High Commissioner for Human...

Britain welcomes UN sanctions on 4 British jihadis

Published:Tuesday | September 29, 2015 | 7:02 AM

LONDON (AP):British officials have welcomed a United Nations (UN) decision to place four British jihadis who have joined the Islamic State group in Syria on a sanctions list.Prime Minister David Cameron's office said yesterday the action "sends a...

Boehner says he'll get lots done in last month as speaker

Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 11:27 AM

Boehner says he'll get lots donein last month as SpeakerWASHINGTON, (AP):Speaker John Boehner said he's determined to clean up some of the mess of a politically gridlocked Congress in his final month before his successor takes over the House.The...

Mass Slaying

Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 12:28 PM

MEXICO CITY, (AP):A judge has sentenced three men to 520 years each in prison for the kidnap and murder of 12 youth taken from a bar in Mexico City's Zona Rosa tourist and nightclub district.The city prosecutor's office on Sunday also said the judge...

Potential major problems in state budget standoff

Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 12:38 PM

SPRINGFIELD, (AP):Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has warned of potential major problems at government facilities statewide related to the state budget stand-off, including the possibility that the electricity could be shut off at the...

India, Pakistan say some 1,100 killed in Saudi hajj disaster

Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 1:05 PM

ISLAMABAD, (AP):Saudi Arabia has given foreign diplomats some 1,100 photographs of the dead from last week's hajj crush and stampede, Indian and Pakistani authorities said, an indication of a significantly higher death toll than previously offered...

Tropical storm drifting toward Mexico's Pacific coastline

Published:Monday | September 28, 2015 | 12:17 PM

Tropical storm drifting toward Mexico's Pacific coastlineMIAMI, (AP):Tropical Storm Marty is drifting slowly northward toward Mexico's coast in the eastern Pacific.A tropical storm warning was issued yesterday morning for a portion of Mexico's...