Daily Archives: July 25, 2017

The U.S ambassador in Vietnam called on the Communist government Wednesday to release an activist who was sentenced to nine years in prison on what the envoy says are vague charges of propaganda against the state. Continue reading →

The father of retired Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis has been arrested in California on charges of molesting two minors to whom he provided tennis lessons. Continue reading →

A newborn was in critical but stable condition Tuesday after his teenage father abandoned him in a Northern California strip-mall parking lot, police said. Continue reading →

Prosecutors say a Montana man turned every parent’s nightmare into reality when he chased down a 4-year-old girl at night in a park, snatched her while a friend watched helplessly, then raped and left her for dead on an American Indian reservation. Continue reading →

An appellate court has reversed a judge’s decision to release a man detained for 5½ years for allegedly providing material support to an Uzbek terror organization. Continue reading →

An Alaska man said his boat was attacked over the weekend by an orca during a salmon fishing excursion with his 14-year-old son and two other people. Continue reading →

Human rights groups have asked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw his threat to order airstrikes against tribal schools he accused of teaching students to become communist rebels. Continue reading →

A tenth victim found inside a stifling tractor-trailer that was discovered packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio, Texas died overnight, federal prosecutors said Monday. Continue reading →

The United States and China said Tuesday they are making progress on a new U.N. resolution that would impose additional sanctions against North Korea following its test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Continue reading →

The Latest on the condemned killer in Ohio scheduled for execution Wednesday (all times local): 8 p.m. Attorneys for a condemned Ohio killer who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for a review of the case. Continue reading →

A Tennessee prosecutor has determined that sheriff’s deputies were justified in the fatal shooting of a 74-year-old man two months ago. Continue reading →

President Donald Trump seemed to blow the lid on the cancellation of a covert CIA program in Syria when he tweeted about it this week. Continue reading →

A man accused of accidentally sparking a massive Utah wildfire that forced some 1,500 people from their homes last month and cost about $34 million to fight was charged Tuesday. Continue reading →

A South Dakota man charged with making terroristic threats outside an anti-Islam event has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge. Continue reading →

Authorities in Texas say they’ve recovered the bodies of at least three people who drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande from Mexico. Continue reading →

A newborn was in critical but stable condition Tuesday after his teenage father abandoned him in a Northern California strip-mall parking lot, police said. Continue reading →

Authorities say a Florida police officer and a suspect have been wounded in a shootout. Continue reading →

Israel has barred five Americans from entering the country because of their support for a boycott of the Jewish state. Continue reading →

The Latest on the shooting in Virginia at an auto body shop (all times local): 5:35 p.m. Continue reading →

Relatives of the man who died during a shootout with police along a Missouri interstate say he was a “tortured soul” who finally cracked. Continue reading →

Police say two Burundian teens who disappeared from an international robotics competition in Washington have been found safe. Continue reading →

Police say two Burundian teens who disappeared from an international robotics competition in Washington have been found safe. Continue reading →

Prosecutors say one of the most notorious figures in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal has completed his prison sentence on child rape charges and will be released this week. Continue reading →

Authorities in West Virginia say they’ve arrested a homeless man suspected of setting a woman on fire who is also homeless. Continue reading →

A civil trial began Tuesday over whether Arizona must reveal the source of its execution drugs, with an attorney for news organizations saying the public needs those details to determine whether the state is effective in carrying out the death penalty. Continue reading →

The Dominican Republic on Tuesday granted a one-year extension to some 230,000 Haitian migrants trying to renovate or obtain residency permits, an issue that has soured relations between the neighboring countries. Continue reading →

A civilian oversight board has found Los Angeles police officers acted within policy in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy last year. Continue reading →

The Brazilian Attorney-General’s office has tripled its 2018 budget for a probe of a sprawling corruption scandal that has engulfed political and business leaders across Latin America. Continue reading →

The government liaison for Guantanamo ex-detainees resettled in Uruguay says one of the men tried to travel to Russia recently in one of at least four attempts by him to leave the South American nation. Continue reading →

Venezuela’s intelligence agency has detained two more judges that the government-stacked Supreme Court had threatened with arrest after they were appointed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly. Continue reading →

It looks like it’s out of a horror movie, but it’s actually real life. Continue reading →

The transit system that serves San Francisco is under fire for refusing to release video from surveillance cameras that captured several recent train attacks by gangs of young black riders. Continue reading →

The Latest on the visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the White House (all times local): 2:45 p.m. President Donald Trump and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri are pledging to fight terrorism to the end. Continue reading →

A former Marine believed so strongly in the war against the Islamic State group that he secretly traveled to Syria, where he was killed this month while fighting for a Kurdish militia group. Continue reading →

The Latest on the deaths of 10 people whose bodies were found in a broiling tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Continue reading →

Hundreds of landless farmers in Brazil have invaded and occupied a soybean plantation owned by a company belonging to Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi. Continue reading →

A Missouri woman has reached a settlement in a lawsuit she filed against a former neighbor imprisoned for killing her 9-year-old daughter in 2009. Continue reading →

The man responsible for injuring five at an insurance office in Switzerland has been taken into custody. Continue reading →

President Donald Trump and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri pledged solidarity Tuesday in their joint fight against terrorism by the Islamic State group and others. Continue reading →

Guards at a Kansas prison housing some of the most dangerous criminals say there were two previously unreported disturbances during which inmates took control of the yard for hours before an third uprising that was disclosed last month. Continue reading →

A senior House Republican is calling North Korea’s first test-firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile an “alarming development.” Continue reading →

A Florida man who appeared to be innocently asking his elderly neighbors to borrow a cup of salt on Friday took them on a horrifying “adventure” when he held the couple hostage at gunpoint, police said. Continue reading →

A 16-day-old infant is in critical condition after his dad abandoned him Monday in the parking lot of a California strip mall, officials said. Continue reading →

A woman who drove her Mercedes Benz SUV onto a Metro-North railroad as a train approached caused the 2015 rail wreck that killed six people, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled on Tuesday. Continue reading →

The Latest on the funeral for 10 members of an Arizona family killed in a flash flood. Continue reading →