Suspect in girl's death to be charged as adult

Suspect in girl's death to be charged as adult
Judge extends temporary halt to Ohio executions
FBI opens probe after police shooting of black US teen
U.S. sending arms to Kurds in Iraq
Ship rescues 3 stranded in rough seas off Hawaii
US sends disaster relief teams to Iraq
Obama to speak on Iraq at 2045 GMT: White House
Foreign policy crisis intrude on Obama vacations
Ethics test: Who gets experimental Ebola drug?
U.S. begins direct arms shipments to Kurdish forces: sources
Obama to make statement on Iraq: White House
Correction: GOP-2016-Social Conservatives story
ICRC lays down principles for delivering Russian aid to Ukraine
Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of 'invasion pretext'
Barneys to pay $525,000 in shopper-profiling probe
Chiquita gets buyout offer from Safra, Cutrale
Ukraine OKs Red Cross-led aid mission to east
Cargo ship rescues three on sailboat stranded off Hawaii
DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists
Lapid: Gaza aid should be tied to restored PA rule
7-year-old Gaza closure key in Israel-Hamas talks
Pettine plans to name Browns starter later in week
U.N. aviation task force to look at enforcing intelligence sharing
Easing of Ukraine tensions helps drive stocks up
AP PHOTOS: Adaptive rowing opens sport to disabled
FBI opens investigation into St. Louis shooting
Exclusive: RBS confirms it's considering sale of Coutts' international arm
Los Angeles woman punched by patrolman speaks
Mexico opens gas, oil to foreign, private firms
Storm victims likely to decide Hawaii Senate race
Defiant Maliki criticizes decision to name new Iraqi PM
PBS' antiques show finds $1 million baseball trove
Ship rescues 3 sailors stranded off Hawaii coast
Gaza cease-fire takes hold as negotiators gather
Police investigate Rob Ford bomb threat
Dead two-headed dolphin discovered in Turkey
Carlos Acosta hopes to start Cuban ballet company
Clooney's fiancee to serve on Gaza rights probe
Jeff Goldblum and band to perform at Cafe Carlyle

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy arrested in the death and sexual assault of a 6-year-old Washington state girl will be charged as an adult.

Judge extends temporary halt to Ohio executions

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 01:00 PM PDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge has extended a months-long moratorium on executions in Ohio as debate over the state's new two-drug combination continues.

FBI opens probe after police shooting of black US teen

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:58 PM PDT

The FBI opened a civil rights investigation on Monday after police shot an unarmed black teenager in Missouri and triggered a night of rioting and inflamed racial tension. Mayor James Knowles of the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson promised a thorough and impartial investigation by county officials into Saturday's death of aspiring college student Michael Brown, 18. St. Louis County police said two officers were injured overnight and 32 people arrested for theft, assault or burglary in Ferguson, home to 21,000 people, two-thirds of them African-American. The St. Louis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into possible civil rights violations in Brown's death, alongside a separate probe undertaken by St. Louis County Police, local media reported.

U.S. sending arms to Kurds in Iraq

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:58 PM PDT

The Obama administration has begun directly providing weapons to Kurdish forces who have started to make gains against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, senior U.S. officials said Monday, but the aid has so far been limited to automatic rifles and ammunition.

Ship rescues 3 stranded in rough seas off Hawaii

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:58 PM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A container ship crew on Monday rescued three people who were stranded in a sailboat off the Hawaiian islands for about 24 hours as Hurricane Julio battered their vessel with giant waves and high winds that ripped off one of its hatches.

US sends disaster relief teams to Iraq

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:56 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has deploying a disaster response team to Iraq to help distribute humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of people who have been forced from their homes in the fresh wave of violence in the country's north.

Obama to speak on Iraq at 2045 GMT: White House

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:54 PM PDT

Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama will give a statement on the latest developments in Iraq on Monday, with Baghdad in political turmoil after premier Nuri al-Maliki rejected the nomination of a successor.

Foreign policy crisis intrude on Obama vacations

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:53 PM PDT

CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning to speak about the latest political developments in Iraq later this afternoon.

Ethics test: Who gets experimental Ebola drug?

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:53 PM PDT

MADRID (AP) — Now it's not just two Americans, but a Spaniard, as well: the three non-Africans known to have Ebola got some of the very few doses that exist of an experimental drug aimed at treating the deadly disease.

U.S. begins direct arms shipments to Kurdish forces: sources

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:52 PM PDT

By Mark Hosenball and Missy Ryan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is directly supplying weapons to Peshmerga fighters from Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region to help them fight Sunni militants, in a deepening of America's military involvement in Iraq, U.S. government sources said on Monday. The supply of weapons to Iraqi Kurdistan comes as Kurdish fighters struggle to stem advances by militants from the Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot. The sources said the weapons were supplied by the Central Intelligence Agency but that the Department of Defense may soon start arming the Kurdish fighters, who regained control of two strategic towns in northern Iraq on Sunday with help from U.S. airstrikes. Weapons have also been shipped in three deliveries from the Iraqi government in Baghdad to Arbil, consisting mostly of AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition, the U.S. officials said.

Obama to make statement on Iraq: White House

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:51 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will make a statement on the situation in Iraq at 4:45 p.m. EDT (2045 GMT) on Monday, the White House said. Obama, who last week ordered airstrikes to halt the advance of Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, will make the statement from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he is vacationing. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Jim Loney)

Correction: GOP-2016-Social Conservatives story

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:50 PM PDT

AMES, Iowa (AP) — In a story Aug. 9 about potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates attending a conservative summit in Iowa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Sen. Ted Cruz said the country should "appeal Obamacare." Cruz said "we should repeal Obamacare."

ICRC lays down principles for delivering Russian aid to Ukraine

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:48 PM PDT

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it held talks on Monday with Ukrainian and Russian authorities on delivering Russia's proposed aid to eastern Ukraine, but laid down strict guidelines to uphold its neutral role in conflicts. Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier on Monday that Russia was sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite Western warnings not to use humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. "Today (Monday) the ICRC met with the Ukrainian and the Russian authorities and shared a document which specifies the manner in which such an operation could take place," it said. This required agreement by all sides that the ICRC would be allowed to deliver the aid with due respect for its fundamental working principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence.

Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of 'invasion pretext'

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:48 PM PDT

By Adrian Croft and Sergei Karpukhin BRUSSELS/DONETSK (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgent Western warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for an invasion. With Ukraine reporting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its border, NATO said there was a "high probability" that Moscow could intervene militarily in the country's east, where Kiev's forces are closing in on pro-Russian separatists. ...

Barneys to pay $525,000 in shopper-profiling probe

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that minorities were singled out as suspected shoplifters at its flagship store, part of a spate of racial profiling complaints against major retailers last year.

Chiquita gets buyout offer from Safra, Cutrale

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chiquita Brands has received a buyout offer worth about $611 million from investment firm Safra Group and the Brazilian agribusiness and juice company Cutrale Group.

Ukraine OKs Red Cross-led aid mission to east

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:46 PM PDT

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces on Monday zeroed in on rebel strongholds as the government welcomed an international humanitarian relief mission into the rebellious east involving Russia, the United States and the European Union.

Cargo ship rescues three on sailboat stranded off Hawaii

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:44 PM PDT

A container ship's crew was working on Monday to rescue three people aboard a disabled sailboat that took on water when it got caught in Hurricane Julio and encountered 30-foot waves hundreds of miles from Hawaii, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crew of the cargo vessel Manukai was trying to help the three people on the 42-foot sailboat get onto a life raft, said a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman, Petty Officer Melissa McKenzie. This follows previous rescue attempts that failed because of rough weather in the area about 415 miles northeast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, McKenzie said. The crew of the sailboat, which is named the Walkabout, sent out a distress signal on Sunday morning as Hurricane Julio moved across the Pacific Ocean near the Hawaiian archipelago, according to the Coast Guard.

DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:32 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 over nearly 20 years to obtain confidential information about train passengers, which the DEA could have lawfully obtained for free through a law enforcement network, The Associated Press has learned.

Lapid: Gaza aid should be tied to restored PA rule

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:27 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid on Monday called on the international community to pull together a massive aid package for Gaza conditioned on the Palestinian Authority returning to power in place of the Islamic militant group Hamas.

7-year-old Gaza closure key in Israel-Hamas talks

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:26 PM PDT

DEIR EL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mohammed al-Telbani lost his life's work when Israeli shells repeatedly slammed into his four-story snack and cookie factory during the Gaza war, finally sparking a fire that engulfed vats of margarine and sacks of cocoa powder.

Pettine plans to name Browns starter later in week

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:26 PM PDT

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns coach Mike Pettine expects to name a starting quarterback for next Monday's game against the Washington Redskins sometime this week.

U.N. aviation task force to look at enforcing intelligence sharing

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:24 PM PDT

By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - A United Nations aviation task force, set up following the downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine last month, will consider whether authorities should be forced to share safety intelligence, according to documents obtained by Reuters. The task force set up by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and including members of the airline industry and other aviation groups meets for the first time on Thursday and Friday in Montreal. The task force has been asked "to consider the need for enforceable compliance provisions for the identification and dissemination" of information about risks to civil aircraft. Interpol, the international police body, as well the U.N. and African Union counterterrorism committees, have been invited to join the task force, according to the documents.

Easing of Ukraine tensions helps drive stocks up

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:23 PM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Monday as positive corporate news provided some balance after escalating geopolitical upheaval.

AP PHOTOS: Adaptive rowing opens sport to disabled

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:20 PM PDT

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Juan Carlos Gil likes the feeling of independence the sport of rowing gives him.

FBI opens investigation into St. Louis shooting

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:19 PM PDT

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The FBI opened an investigation Monday into the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager whose death stirred a night of unrest in a St. Louis suburb.

Exclusive: RBS confirms it's considering sale of Coutts' international arm

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT

By Katharina Bart and Saeed Azhar ZURICH/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland confirmed it was considering selling the international arm of its private bank, a deal one source said could net it as much as $1 billion, as the British government leans on it to focus more on domestic lending. The move means that Coutts, founded in the 18th century and best known as banker to Queen Elizabeth, could be split into two businesses - one based in Britain and one in Zurich from where it runs operations in Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai that manage nearly $36 billion in client assets. RBS has attracted a variety of offers from a range of bidders including unnamed Asian and North American parties for Coutts International, two sources with knowledge of the operation said. The sale could net RBS between $720 million and $1.1 billion, based on a multiple of 2 to 3 percent of assets under management, said a third person with knowledge of the matter.

Los Angeles woman punched by patrolman speaks

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman whose videotaped beating by a California Highway Patrol officer sparked outrage says she believes the officer was trying to kill her.

Mexico opens gas, oil to foreign, private firms

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:03 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto signed into law on Monday new rules governing a historic opening of the state-run oil, gas and electricity industries to foreign and private companies.

Storm victims likely to decide Hawaii Senate race

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 12:02 PM PDT

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — The storm-beaten seaside communities on Hawaii's Big Island are fighting to restore electricity and running water — and likely deciding who will hold the state's U.S. Senate seat.

Defiant Maliki criticizes decision to name new Iraqi PM

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:55 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday the president's decision to name a replacement for him as prime minister was a "dangerous violation" of the constitution. Delivering a speech broadcast on television and flanked by political allies promised "we will fix the mistake". He told the army and security forces they were engaged in a sacred battle against Islamic State Sunni militants, who have again swept through the north. (Writing by Michael Georgy)

PBS' antiques show finds $1 million baseball trove

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:54 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The PBS series "Antiques Roadshow" says it hit a home run with a collection of 1870s Boston baseball memorabilia.

Ship rescues 3 sailors stranded off Hawaii coast

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:45 AM PDT

HONOLULU (AP) — A container ship crew has rescued three people from a sailboat that was stranded in waters roiled by Hurricane Julio off the Hawaii Coast.

Gaza cease-fire takes hold as negotiators gather

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:45 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — As a new temporary truce took hold, negotiators from Israel and the Hamas militant group resumed indirect talks Monday to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.

Police investigate Rob Ford bomb threat

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:39 AM PDT

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has gone public with a bomb threat that says City Hall will be blown up if he does not resign in 24 hours.

Dead two-headed dolphin discovered in Turkey

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:35 AM PDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say Turkish scientists will examine a two-headed dolphin that washed up on a beach in western Turkey.

Carlos Acosta hopes to start Cuban ballet company

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:33 AM PDT

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta says he aspires to open a dance company on the island after retiring from The Royal Ballet of London.

Clooney's fiancee to serve on Gaza rights probe

Posted: 11 Aug 2014 11:26 AM PDT

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s three-member commission on possible violations of the rules of war in Gaza will include the increasingly high-profile British-Lebanese lawyer Amal Alamuddin, who is engaged to George Clooney, and a Canadian legal expert whose appointment is already drawing fire.