Authorities: Kansas officer’s shooting death not an ambush
By MARIA SUDEKUM The fatal shooting of a Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was not part of a planned ambush, but the work of someone trying to evade arrest, authorities…
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No exit: Safety failures turned Baghdad bombing into inferno
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Dozens of men were watching a soccer match at the “Smile” cafe when the blast hit in the street below. Within minutes, a fire…
Tens of thousands rally to support Zimbabwe’s Mugabe
By FARAI MUTSAKA Tens of thousands of supporters of Zimbabwe’s ruling party are marching in the capital, Harare, in response to a series of recent protests against the government of…
German train attacker vowed ‘revenge on the infidels’
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, DAVID RISING and CHRISTOPH NOELTING A 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker vowing “revenge on these infidels” went on an ax-and-knife rampage on a train in southern Germany, wounding five…
World-class Mexican Museum being built in San Francisco
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ San Francisco is getting another cultural treasure — a world-class museum to showcase the largest collection of Mexican and Latino art in the nation. A dedication…
Officer acquitted in Baltimore police custody death case
By JULIET LINDERMAN A judge acquitted a Baltimore police officer of manslaughter and other charges Monday in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who was critically injured in…
Brexit minister: Some EU migrants may have to leave UK
By JILL LAWLESS Exposing the uncertainties unleashed by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the U.K. minister in charge of negotiating the divorce said Sunday that most EU citizens…
Turkish govt cracks down after coup try; 6,000 detained
By SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER The Turkish government accelerated its crackdown on alleged plotters of the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the justice minister saying…