Scientists: World Marks Hottest June Since 1880
Washington (AFP) - Last month was the hottest June since record-keeping began in 1880, according to a monthly report by U.S. government climate scientists. The combined average te ...
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Officials: U.S. Knew Three Days Before Mosul Fell That Islamic State Was Moving Forces
By Hannah Allam, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration knew an attack was in the works three days in advance of the Islamic State's offensive in north ...
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EPA Chief Defends Power Plant Rule Against GOP Charges Of Overreach
By Chris Adams, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday strongly defended the approach and legitimacy of an Obama ad ...
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‘Saltwater’ From Fracking Spill Much Different From Ocean Water
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News In early July, a million gallons of salty drilling waste spilled from a pipeline onto a steep hillside in western North Dakota's Fort Berthold Res ...
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Bill Clinton: Perpetrators Of MH17 Crash Sought A Divided World
Melbourne (AFP) - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton called Wednesday for strength in responding to the loss of flight MH17, declaring those who had downed the plane -- and provid ...
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U.S.-Bound Migrants ‘Face Abuses In Mexico’
Mexico City (AFP) - Human rights groups on Tuesday said that U.S.-bound migrants passing through Mexico routinely face abuses, discrimination and even torture. With the United Sta ...
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Kerry Pushes Truce As Gaza Conflict Hits Israel Air Traffic
Jerusalem (AFP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry took his truce mission to Israel Wednesday as the conflict in Gaza entered its 16th day and world airlines suspended flights o ...
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Federal Monitor Ordered For Newark Police For Civil Rights Violations
By Tina Susman and James Queally, Los Angeles Times NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey's largest police department will be placed under federal oversight for repeatedly violating resident ...
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Curt Gentry, Co-Author Of Bestseller On Manson Murders, Dies At 83
By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Curt Gentry, a California historian who wrote or co-wrote more than a dozen books, including a bestselling biography of J. Edgar Hoover and the tr ...
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Karl Albrecht, German Billionaire Who Built Aldi Food Empire, Dies At 94
By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times Karl Albrecht, a reclusive German billionaire who with his younger brother Theo turned his mother's corner store into a worldwide grocery empi ...
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