| Capital Gazette Shooting Suspect Sued News Outlet For Defamation In 2012 Posted: 28 Jun 2018 07:33 PM PDT  The suspect in the shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland on
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| The coming war over Trump's next Supreme Court nominee Posted: 29 Jun 2018 12:45 PM PDT  Immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court on Wednesday, pro-choice and civil rights organizations across the country started preparing for a fight.
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| People are sending wire hangers to a senator who they think is too soft on protecting abortion rights Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:21 PM PDT  People are sending a warning to a senator whose stance on protecting abortion rights isn't strong enough for them. On Wednesday, after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, Republican Senator Susan Collins said she views Roe v. Wade — the ruling that ensures nation-wide abortion access — as "settled law." "It's clearly precedent," she said on Wednesday when asked about her stance on protecting abortion laws. "I always look for judges who respect precedent." SEE ALSO: After Kennedy's retirement, are we entering 'Handmaid's Tale' territory? But on Thursday, her commitment to upholding Roe v. Wade seemed shaky. Her spokeswoman Annie Clark told the Portland Press Herald that Collins "always looks at their judicial temperament" and "respect for precedent" when evaluating judges, and then clarified that the senator "does not apply ideological litmus tests" to nominees. Many viewed this as Clark implying that even though Collins supports "precedent," she wouldn't outright oppose nominees who were vocally against access to abortions. That wasn't a strong enough stance for some Twitter users, who rallied together to mail clothes hangers to Collins' offices in Maine and Washington, D.C. as a dark reminder of the gruesome ways women sometimes dealt with unwanted pregnancies before abortion was legal. Collins's gift to women: pic.twitter.com/YkgHoWHOTw — June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) June 29, 2018 The trend seems to have started with author and podcaster June Casagrande, who responded to a tweet condemning Collins' statement with a photo of a hanger. Another Twitter user commented, "Shower these on [Collins'] doorstep." "It's already begun," Casagrande responded, sharing a screenshot of an Amazon order for wire hangers shipped to the senator's D.C. office. It's already begun. pic.twitter.com/Rr2BE1JZH9 — June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) June 29, 2018 Others jumped in on the #HangersForCollins trend to make a statement. Thanks for the idea! pic.twitter.com/pOdMtbVLqi — Jennifer Resists �� (@jennwheeler) June 29, 2018 Hey maine, why don't we all send letters to @SenatorCollins ...glued to coat hangers. Sen Collins, you dishonor the memory of Margaret Chase Smith and Olympia Snowe. Shame on you. https://t.co/3AOz0gRqkx — Prof. Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) June 29, 2018 Thank you for the idea - mine are on the way. pic.twitter.com/QfLC3P3CMu — Kim Koberstein (@kkoberstein) June 29, 2018 pic.twitter.com/5ypdAGsYZm — DaisyStableGeniusDuck (@eestesx3) June 29, 2018 Thanks for the inspiration pic.twitter.com/8ajwgcF6XI — joy meads (@capnjoy) June 29, 2018 One account suggested sending blood-red hangers for an especially severe message. ���� ... Also purchase new (preferably in blood �� red color if available) or clean out your closet and mail old, used coat hangers to ����#SelloutSusan����♀️ #SusanCollins to her Bangor Office address����202 Harlow Street, Room 20100Bangor, ME 04401☎️ (207) 945-0417 pic.twitter.com/UsJwgWyozz — OceanSolitudeMaine (@OceanSolitudeME) June 29, 2018 Even Canadians, in a show of neighborly support, wanted to help out. As Casagrande pointed out, their monetary contributions to pro-choice organizations could make a difference. It makes me so grateful to see people in Canada caring about Americans in these perilous times! I'm not really set up to create that kind of effort. But I think there's no better solution than what you (and I) are already doing: contributing to pro-choice orgs. — June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) June 29, 2018 Since news broke of Kennedy's retirement, people in the U.S. have worried over whether pro-choice rights will remain protected, should President Donald Trump nominate a candidate that wants to overturn the ruling. Kennedy co-authored the opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a landmark 1992 case that guaranteed a continued right to abortion for women. Collins and Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who are both Republicans, are potential swing votes on Trump's Supreme Court pick. Together, they can reject a nominee who might vote in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. It remains to be seen whether #HangersForCollins will sway their opinion. WATCH: Kim Kardashian is in, but these people were uninvited from the White House
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| Smirnoff Ice wants to pay you to take a week off for the Fourth of July Posted: 28 Jun 2018 12:28 PM PDT  With July 4 falling on a Wednesday this year, many employees only get one day off -- but Smirnoff Ice wants you to celebrate all week.
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| Mother: Girl at center of debate over brain death dies Posted: 28 Jun 2018 06:35 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A girl at the center of the medical and religious debate over brain death has died after surgery in New Jersey, her mother said Thursday.
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| NYPD reviewing whether responding officers failed to help Bronx stabbing victim Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:05 AM PDT  The NYPD is reviewing whether two officers who responded to the fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz in the Bronx last week failed to provide him aid.
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| Protesters Block Expressway After Officer Who Shot Antwon Rose Granted Bail Posted: 28 Jun 2018 03:54 PM PDT  Protesters shut down a portion of the Tri-Boro Expressway outside Pittsburgh
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| Bali volcano erupts: Thousands of tourists stranded as ash closes airport Posted: 28 Jun 2018 09:58 PM PDT  The Indonesian tourist island of Bali closed its international airport on Friday, stranding thousands of travellers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed an 8,200-feet column of ash and smoke. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said nearly 450 flights were cancelled, affecting some 75,000 people. The regional Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin, Australia, said winds would carry the ash southwest toward Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island. Volcanic ash is a potentially deadly threat to aircraft that can cause engines to "flame out." The volcano began belching ash and smoke on Thursday and several airlines cancelled inbound and outbound flights scheduled for the evening. "We hadn't a place to stay for the night so we had to find something else, just took a taxi and stayed at a random hostel," said a stranded German backpacker who identified herself as Louisa. "We hoped we could leave this morning, but the airport is closed," she said. Mount Agung - Bali Two small airports, at Banyuwangi and Jember in eastern Java, also closed because of the ash threat. Agung's alert level has not been raised and an exclusion zone around the crater remains at 2.5 miles. The disaster agency said the closure of Bali's airport was in effect until 7 pm. Australia's national airline Qantas said in a statement that it's "currently not safe" to operate Bali flights. A flight information board shows cancelled flights at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali Credit: AP It said it was monitoring advice from the ash advisory centre and its own pilots and meteorologists would decide when flights can resume. Australian visitor Rod Bird came early to the airport only to be told his flight back to Perth had been cancelled for the second time. An earlier flight on AirAsia was called off before the airport was shuttered early Friday morning. "They told us the volcano is going off so they rebooked us for this morning and we got here at 5:00 am only to be turned away again. So we've had two cancelled flights," Bird told AFP. "Well it's Bali, these things happen and we are fine with it. We just miss the kids," he added. Tourists rest as Ngurah Rai International Airport is closed due to the eruption of Mount Agung in Bali Credit: AP The volcano, about 45 miles northeast of Bali's tourist hotspot of Kuta, last had a major eruption in 1963, killing about 1,100 people. It had a dramatic increase in activity last year, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, but had quietened by early this year. Authorities lowered its alert status from the highest level in February. Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 250 million people, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Government seismologists monitor more than 120 active volcanoes.
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| Capital Gazette journalists recount horrific Annapolis mass shooting Posted: 28 Jun 2018 03:10 PM PDT  Staff members at the newspaper described what they witnessed when a gunman opened fire at their offices on Thursday.
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| Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement Puts Key Issues On The Line Posted: 30 Jun 2018 05:00 AM PDT  The likely replacement of Justice Anthony Kennedy by a hard-right
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| Here's A Look At Disney World’s Toy Story Land Posted: 29 Jun 2018 11:59 AM PDT  On Saturday, the long-awaited Toy Story Land will officially open at Walt
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| Inside the classes where people are learning how to overthrow Trump's family-splitting immigration policy Posted: 30 Jun 2018 06:43 AM PDT  The attendees are looking for ways to respond directly to what they see as a crisis caused by ICE, or the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The federal agency has been weighing heavily on the national conversation this past month, particularly following revelations over the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which has caused widespread outrage at the separation of families at the border. The people here have come to a "non-violent direct action training".
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| Passenger Tossed From Flight in Dispute With Flight Attendant Over Airplane Mode in Indiana Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:23 AM PDT  Robyn Rodgers, of New York, took to Instagram to discuss the incident.
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| Explainer: What will it cost to denuclearize North Korea? Posted: 29 Jun 2018 05:02 AM PDT  At a summit in Singapore in early June with U.S. President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un pledged to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". Follow-up talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean officials are due to be held, and Trump said last week, "It will be a total denuclearization, which has already started taking place." Assuming denuclearization of North Korea does take place, what would it look like and how much would it cost?
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| “Hard to believe it’s over”: The last days of an American dairy farm Posted: 29 Jun 2018 02:05 AM PDT  Since 1970, more than 90 perfect of all U.S. dairy farms have closed due to low milk prices and industry restructuring. Recently, a corporate decision by Walmart led to the shutdown of a three-generation family-run dairy farm in Kentucky.
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| Larry Nassar And Trainer Debbie Van Horn Charged With Child Sexual Abuse Posted: 29 Jun 2018 02:23 PM PDT  Larry Nassar and former USA Gymnastics trainer Debbie Van Horn were charged
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| Revellers battle it out with wine in Spain Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:25 AM PDT ![Revellers battle it out with wine in Spain]( "Revellers battle it out with wine in Spain") Revellers poured buckets of wine over each other in northern Spain on Friday in an annual wine battle in the country's Rioja producing-region. La Batalla de Vino is held each June in the town of Haro on the feast of St Peter, an event organizers say draws thousands of people. On Friday, participants soaked each other with buckets and toy spray guns, turning their clothes a shade of purple. (AP)
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| The Deadliest Day For U.S. Journalism Since 9/11 Posted: 28 Jun 2018 06:09 PM PDT  Journalists around the nation are reeling after a lone gunman attacked a
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| Trump says he'll bring up election meddling with Putin Posted: 29 Jun 2018 09:02 PM PDT  MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to bring up Russian election meddling during his upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin, part of a wide-ranging list of topics that could include sanctions and the status of Crimea.
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| I Call BS On Needing $1 Million To Retire (And Other Bad Retirement 'Rules') Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:39 AM PDT  Ann Brenoff's "On The Fly" is a column about navigating growing older ― and a
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| Angela Merkel warns migration challenge could 'determine Europe's destiny' Posted: 28 Jun 2018 11:32 AM PDT  The European Union embraced a new hardline agenda to defend its borders against illegal migration last night as Angela Merkel warned that the fate of the bloc depended on addressing the three-year crisis over migration. Europe's growing crop of populist leaders claimed victory for their "Fortress Europe" agenda which saw the European Council summit in Brussels putting deterrence and the protection of EU borders at the forefront of its migration policy. "Europe has many challenges but migration could end up determining Europe's destiny," Mrs Merkel told the German parliament before the summit, with her own political future hanging in the balance following a rebellion against her softer migration policies by her Bavarian coalition partners. The draft summit conclusions showed the German leader's long-standing calls for an inclusive approach to migration playing second fiddle to the need to secure Europe's borders and process illegal migrants off-shore so they could be returned to their countries of origin. In a sign of the high stakes at the table Italy took the highly unusual step of blocking the entire summit conclusions in order to extract concessions on migration. The move forced Jean-Claude Juncker the EU Commission president to cancel a planned press conference. Senior Brussels sources said that Italy was demanding that the EU agreed that every migrant arriving in Italy was "arriving in Europe" in a bid to force other EU states to share the burden of migration. Italy was also demanding urgent reforms to the Dublin regulation and a European wide commitment to rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean. "We're willing to work through the night to get this," said an Italian source involved in the talks. Emmanuel Macron the Fench President posted a photograph on Twitter of him and his Italian counterpart working on drafts of the conclusions as all sides worked to broker a late-night compromise. Sebastian Kurz, the conservative Austrian chancellor who is in coalition with the far-right Freedom Party, said the shift to a harder line was a victory for those states who have argued that the EU's soft approach is creating 'pull factors' for migration. Merkel's migration tensions | Read more "It seems as if today we will manage a shift in migration policy," he said, adding that being rescued in the Mediterranean "must not automatically become a ticket" to central Europe. "That's important because we have asked for a systemic change for years. For years we have demanded reductions in the number of people coming to Europe illegally. I think that is possible today." Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister who put up fences on Hungary's border with Serbia in 2015 after Mrs Merkel threw open Germany's border, said the change was a victory for the concerns of Europe's voters. "The main issue is not migration, the issue is democracy in Europe ... it is about what the people believe, what should be done," he said before claiming the people wanted migrants to be sent back to where they came from. He added that the move heralded the start of a "new period when we try to reconstruct the European democracy." Mr Orban's claims of a victory for 'democracy' will send shudders through liberal Europe which believes that the Hungarian leader is using the consensus for a harder line over migration as a Trojan horse for a broader illiberal agenda. Donald Tusk, the European Council president, warned on the eve of the summit that failure to address the migration question risked handing ammunition to populists and those with "a tendency towards overt authoritarianism" - which was widely taken as a reference to the likes of Mr Orban. But Mr Tusk said that the EU's measures - which include beefing up Europe's border force to 10,000, forging return deals with African states and investigating setting up so-called hotspot camps in north Africa - were necessary to avoid something worse. "Some may think I am too tough in my proposals on migration. But trust me, if we don't agree on them, then you will see some really tough proposals from some really tough guys," he said. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said that the measures were not designed to put an the end to the idea of 'European solutions' to migration pressures, but to modernise them and enable them to work better. "We all face a simple choice: do we want national solutions or do we believe in European solutions and cooperation? For my part, I will defend European solutions, in cooperation, in the European Union and under Schengen," he said Italy's new populist government withheld judgement on the proposals, after a month in which it has refused permission for NGO migrant rescue ships to dock at its ports and demanded EU states share the burden of the 600,000 migrants that have arrived in the last two years. Guiseppe Conte, the Italian prime minister, welcomed the proposals and pledges to do more to help Italy, but made clear that his government - which has already catalysed the debate - would continue to push for real outcomes. "We hope these words will be translated into action," he said. "Italy no longer has a need for words and statements, we need concrete acts."
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| Florida Authorities Release 911 Call From Man Clinging to Hood of Car: 'I Really Need Help!' Posted: 28 Jun 2018 11:19 AM PDT  The Mercedes traveled at speeds of 70 mph for a harrowing 19 miles on I-95 with Junior Francis on top.
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| What is toxic shock syndrome? Posted: 28 Jun 2018 01:55 PM PDT  Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a sudden, life-threatening condition that many people believe is caused by the use of tampons. The fatal complication has made headlines recently with the death of a Canadian teen who suffered from TSS during an overnight school trip. What exactly causes the fatal condition and what are the signs and symptoms?
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| Maryland shooting shakes local newspapers that cultivate community ties Posted: 28 Jun 2018 06:06 PM PDT  "There was no specific threat made by this person, but he did go off on the liberal media and fake news and suggested that liberals deserve to have violence done against them," said Kyle Hansen, news editor of the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Authorities in Maryland say they do not yet know the motive of the gunman who sprayed the Capital Gazette group newsroom in the Maryland capital of Annapolis with gunfire. "Obviously it's always a concern because we write stories that make people angry," said Staci Matlock, editor of the Taos News weekly newspaper, in Taos, New Mexico.
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| California park slaying probe looks back to 7 past shootings Posted: 29 Jun 2018 12:26 PM PDT  CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a camper at a popular California wilderness park last week will look for links to seven past shootings in the area dating back to 2016, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Friday.
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| Two New Russian Stealth Submarines Are Headed to the Pacific. Here Is What They Can Do. Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:50 PM PDT  More range + more stealth = trouble.
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| Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md. Posted: 30 Jun 2018 08:34 AM PDT ![Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.]( "Mourners remember 5 people slain at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md.") Hundreds of people gathered on Friday evening to remember the five people gunned down at a community newspaper office in Annapolis, Md., one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
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| Maxine Waters Cancels Events After 'Very Serious Death Threat' Posted: 28 Jun 2018 05:30 PM PDT  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has canceled weekend events in Alabama and Texas
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| AP PHOTOS: Under pouring rain, Thai cave search a muddy slog Posted: 29 Jun 2018 05:28 PM PDT  MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Caves may be magical places in the eyes of explorers, but as millions of Thais following the desperate search this week for a dozen schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a massive flooded cavern have learned, they are also dangerous.
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| 'This Is a Moment of Great Urgency.' Former President Barack Obama Tries to Mobilize Democrats at Fundraiser Event Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:50 PM PDT  Former President Barack Obama re-emerged into the political scene at a DNC event, making subtle references to his disapproval of the current administration
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| XXXTentacion Prepared Will, Leaving Everything to Family and Claiming He Has No Children Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:07 PM PDT  The rapper was shot dead on June 18 in an apparent robbery.
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| Health, leadership questions about Boko Haram's Shekau Posted: 29 Jun 2018 08:32 AM PDT  The sources said Shekau has a range of conditions that have left him "too weak to be in charge" of the jihadists, whose insurgency has killed at least 20,000 in Nigeria since 2009. A senior security source tracking the conflict, who also asked not to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media, described Shekau's diabetes as "debilitating". The source with knowledge of Boko Haram's activities said Shekau and his lieutenants have been in talks this week about his "failing health" and whether he was well enough to lead.
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| Dodgers' Hernandez to fund house building in Puerto Rico Posted: 29 Jun 2018 05:24 PM PDT  Los Angeles Dodgers utility player Enrique Hernandez on Friday said money he raised to help Puerto Rico recover from last year's deadly Hurricane Maria will be spent in the coming weeks to build more than 100 homes, but more aid is needed. Hernandez and his fiance raised more than $120,000 for aid group Habitat for Humanity in the aftermath of the storm and the Dodgers and team owner Mark Walter donated an additional $2 million in March.
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| Ivanka Trump's associates baffled by her silence on border Posted: 28 Jun 2018 01:13 PM PDT  Vanity Fair's Emily Jane Fox discusses her new reporting on Ivanka Trump's silence about the border. One friend says the criticism of her failure to speak out for the separated children is "going to stick."
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| Five-metre great white shark spotted off Majorca in first confirmed sighting in decades Posted: 29 Jun 2018 04:56 AM PDT  Agreat white shark has been spotted in a marine park in Spain's Balearic Islands, in the first confirmed sighting of the predator in Spanish waters for more than four decades. The five-metre (16.4 ft) shark was tracked for more than an hour by an international conservation team in the Cabrera Archipelago National Park, a reserve six miles off the southern coast of Majorca. The team from Alnitak, a Spanish conservation project with researchers from several European countries including the United Kingdom, published an image of the shark following the "historic sighting" on Thursday. The organisation said it would be releasing more footage and images later on Friday. Shark sighting Ten researchers, including British woman Georgina Stevens, were on board Alnitak's vessel conducting data collection and monitoring when the shark was sighted, the group said. While there have been unconfirmed sightings and rumours of great white sharks in Spanish waters over the years, this is believed to be the first confirmed incident since 1976, when a Majorca fisherman caught a specimen measuring more than six metres. The five-metre (16.4 ft) shark was tracked for more than an hour by an international conservation team in the Cabrera Archipelago National Park Credit: Beat vNi In 2006, a Spanish documentary film said that 27 great whites had been caught by fisherman in the Balearics between 1920 and 1976. But since then, the species had all but disappeared. Alnitak said that the presence of great white sharks in Spanish waters was the subject of a "constant rumour", supported by historic photographs and even local place names in the Balearic Islands and along Mediterranean coastline of mainland Spain. Tourists sunbath on Palma's beach Credit: JAIME REINA / AFP "However, since many years ago it has not been possible to document this like it has (now) been done," the group said in a statement. The only national park in the Balearic Islands, the uninhabited Cabrera Archipelago can be visited by boat on day trips from Majorca.
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| Man causes $500,000 worth of damage driving through San Angelo Walmart Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:25 PM PDT  A man who allegedly drove his pick up truck through the front of a Walmart superstore is facing multiple charges, police said. Officers in the Texan city of San Angelo estimated that 19-year-old Caleb Wilson caused $500,000 (£379,000) as his Dodge Ram careered through the shop. When they checked to see if Wilson had left the scene, authorities said that Wilson sped towards them.
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| Trump: 'Journalists, like all Americans, should be free from the fear of being violently attacked' Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:03 PM PDT  Amid a debate over what motivated the alleged gunman to carry out this week's deadly mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, President Trump took a break from his usual anti-media rhetoric to condemn the killings.
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| EU moves on migrant plans, while 100 reported missing at sea Posted: 29 Jun 2018 10:47 AM PDT  BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders Friday drew up new plans to screen migrants in North Africa for eligibility to enter Europe, saying they set aside major differences over stemming the flow of people seeking sanctuary or better lives. But the show of unity did little to hide the fact that the hardest work still lies ahead.
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| Obama says we are 'right to be concerned' but to focus on 'hope.' WE'RE TRYING. Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:12 AM PDT  After a prolonged period of silence, former President Barack Obama spoke at a Democratic National Committee Fundraiser in California last night and offered a few words of wisdom. "You are right to be concerned," Obama said. As Politico reported, he cautioning the crowd: "Do not wait for the perfect message, don't wait to feel a tingle in your spine because you're expecting politicians to be so inspiring and poetic and moving that somehow, 'OK, I'll get off my couch after all and go spend the 15-20 minutes it takes for me to vote." SEE ALSO: Barack Obama finally breaks his silence on immigration controversy, and it's kind of a let down Obama told donors and organizers in the crowd to focus their energy on one emotion — hope. "All these people that are out here kvetching and wringing their hands and stressed and anxious and constantly watching cable TV and howling at the moon, 'What are we going to do?,' their hair's falling out, they can't sleep," Obama said. "The majority of the American people prefer a story of hope. A majority of the American people prefer a country that comes together rather than being divided. The majority of the country doesn't want to see a dog-eat-dog world where everybody is angry all the time." Thanks, Obama? Though far easier said than done. You can read more of his comments here. WATCH: 'We're being used': Rapper Vic Mensa pleads for gun control legislation.
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| The Last Aircraft Carrier Showdown: Welcome to the Battle of the Philippine Sea Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:46 PM PDT  It was a naval fight for the ages.
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| Iraq executes 12 after PM calls for speedy executions Posted: 29 Jun 2018 04:01 AM PDT  By Ahmed Aboulenein BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq put to death 12 people convicted of terrorism hours after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for speedy executions in response to the kidnapping and killing of eight members of the security forces, the government said on Friday. Late on Thursday Abadi had ordered "just retribution" through faster executions of al those on death row for terrorism convictions who had exhausted their appeals. "Based on the orders of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, executions were carried out on Thursday of 12 convicted terrorists who have received final verdicts," a government spokesman said in a statement.
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| The Volvo S60 You Really Want Will Be Very Rare Posted: 29 Jun 2018 07:20 AM PDT  Just 20 of these 415-hp will be brought to the US for 2019. And they're already spoken for.
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| 3 Men Sentenced for Killing Chicago Teen in Front of His Twin Brother Posted: 29 Jun 2018 09:46 AM PDT  Demario and Demacio Bailey were identical twins.
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| Resistance Alone Won't Save Us. We Need Radical Action. Posted: 29 Jun 2018 09:22 AM PDT  In the wake of the Trump administration's decision to incarcerate thousands of
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| Grateful neighbors return home after Concord grass fire prompted evacuations Posted: 30 Jun 2018 12:06 AM PDT  Fire watch crews will be on scene all night in Concord following a brush fire that threatened hundreds of homes. The fire is now 85 percent contained and residents who were evacuated are now allowed to return home.
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| How major US stock indexes fared Friday Posted: 29 Jun 2018 01:54 PM PDT ![How major US stock indexes fared Friday]( "How major US stock indexes fared Friday") U.S. stocks finished mostly higher Friday, but they surrendered most of an early gain as worries about rising tariffs once again dampened investors' enthusiasm as the second quarter came to an end.
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