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George Jones dies at 81
George Jones, the country music legend whose graceful, evocative voice gave depth to some of the greatest songs in country music – including "She Thinks I Still Care," "The Grand Tour" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" – has died, according to his public relations firm. Jones, 81, died Friday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in [...]
Bombers in Iraq target Sunni mosques; 4 dead
Bombs blew up at and near Sunni mosques Iraq amid Friday prayers, the latest flurry of attacks in a country seething with Sunni-Shiite tension. Several explosions occurred in Baghdad, the nation's capital. One explosive planted at the al-Qubeisi mosque in southwestern Baghdad killed four worshipers and wounded 46, police said. In the capital's northeastern region, [...]
Boston suspect moved to detention hospital
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has been transferred from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Federal Medical Center Devens, a facility that holds detainees who need medical care in north-central Massachusetts, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Drew Wade said Friday.
38 die in Russian psychiatric hospital fire
Thirty-eight people are dead after a fire tore through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, Russian officials said Friday. There were 41 people in the building and three escaped the blaze early Friday.
Sequester reversal for air traffic controllers?
Lawmakers are expected to take up a proposal Friday aimed at ending budget-related air traffic controller furloughs that have been blamed for widespread flight delays. The U.S. Senate approved the measure Thursday. The House of Representatives is set to vote Friday, ending a major effort by both chambers as delays snarled traffic at airports.
Bangladesh death toll around 300
The death toll from the building collapse near the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka continued to creep steadily higher today, hitting 285. About sixty people were recovered alive.
North Korea shuns Seoul offer for talks
North Korea on Friday shunned a South Korean proposal for talks over the two countries' joint manufacturing zone, where Pyongyang halted activity this month amid tensions. In a statement on state media, a spokesman for the North's National Defense Commission described Seoul's offer of talks about the Kaesong Industrial Complex as "deceptive." The complex, which [...]
Where is Boston bombing suspects' father?
The father of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was to fly to the United States on Friday to cooperate in the investigation. But his wife called an ambulance for him Thursday and CNN has had no contact with the family since. Anzor Tsarnaev agreed to fly to the United States after FBI agents and Russian [...]
Serbia's president apologizes
Serbia's president apologized Thursday for the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, but declined to characterize the killings as an act of genocide.
Japan OKs 787s to fly again
Japan has authorized passenger airlines to resume Boeing 787 flights in the country starting Friday, the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism said. The move follows the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's posting of the Airworthiness Directive for Boeing's 787-8 online Thursday. The directive goes into effect upon publication Friday in the Federal Register.
Records: Texas plant hadn't told feds about explosive fertilizer
(CNN) - The fertilizer plant that blew up in Texas last week warned state and local officials but not federal agencies that it had 270 tons of highly volatile ammonium nitrate on site, according to regulatory records. The April 17 fire and explosion at West Fertilizer Co. killed 14 people and devastated the small town [...]
Former federal employee charged in Cuba spy conspiracy case
(CNN) - A former U.S. federal employee helped recruit Cuban spies, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. A grand jury indictment alleges that Marta Rita Velazquez, 55, a former legal officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development, received orders from the Cuban Intelligence Service, helped pass documents about U.S. defense to Havana and helped [...]
U.N. Security Council signs off on 12,600 peacekeepers for Mali
(CNN) - The U.N. Security Council signed off Thursday on a 12,600-member peacekeeping force in Mali that will be authorized "to use all necessary means" to protect civilians and cultural artifacts. "We know it's going to be a fairly volatile environment," Herve Ladsous, the U.N. undersecretary for peacekeeping operations, said. The resolution was proposed by [...]
Texas executes man convicted of 2002 abduction, killing
(CNN) - Texas executed Richard Cobb on Thursday for the 2002 abduction and killing of a man outside of the town of Rusk, southeast of Dallas, the state Department of Criminal Justice said. Cobb was convicted of kidnapping Kenneth Vandever, 37, during an armed robbery at an convenience store and then shooting him and leaving [...]
2 fuel barges explode; 3 hurt
Authorities kept their distance as a fire raged on board a pair of fuel barges on Thursday morning, hours after exploding at a docking area on Alabama's Mobile Bay. Steve Huffman with Mobile Fire and Rescue said conditions remain too volatile for fire crews to approach. At least six explosions have been reported and were [...]
Obama to attend memorial for victims of Texas plant explosion
In a central Texas town still looking for answers, President Barack Obama will join the community of West on Thursday for a memorial service for the 14 people killed in a fertilizer plant explosion last week. First lady Michelle Obama will also attend the service at Baylor University in nearby Waco, Texas. Before leaving Washington, [...]
Diamond to give 'Caroline' royalties to Boston
Neil Diamond will donate royalties from his song "Sweet Caroline," which has been played at every Boston Red Sox home game for more than a decade, to the One Fund Boston, the singer said on Twitter on Wednesday. The song was downloaded more than 19,000 times this week, with sales up 597%, Neilsen SoundScan said. [...]
Barges on Alabama's Mobile River explodes
A fire broke out on Alabama's Mobile River on Wednesday night after two barges with natural gas exploded, the city's fire department said on Twitter. The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department, on its official Twitter feed, reported that it had "units on the scene on east side of Mobile River where a fuel barge has exploded and [...]
Daytona speedway to update fences
In response to a crash during a February race at the Daytona International Speedway that injured dozens of spectators in the stands, officials at the track will add cables on crossover gates and tether the frames of the gates to posts in time for NASCAR races in July, representatives for the Florida speedway said Wednesday. [...]
Tornado rips into New Orleans suburb
A tornado ripped into a New Orleans suburb Wednesday afternoon, damaging homes and knocking down power lines, but no injuries were reported, a local government spokeswoman said. The storm hit in Kenner, Louisiana, near the city's international airport. It damaged cars and roofs and brought down trees and electrical wires, Jefferson Parish spokeswoman Kriss Fortunato [...]