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Tropical storm Cristobal takes aim at BahamasA strengthening tropical depression is on a collision course for the Bahamas. Tropical storm Cristobal could continue to expand through the next several days.
Remembering James Foley: devoted journalist, American heroThe friends and family of James Foley will gather Sunday for a Mass of Remembrance in the slain journalist's hometown of Rochester, N.H.
Violent quake rocks Bay Area: Are more aftershocks to come?A 6.0 earthquake rattled the California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, the worst tremor to strike the area in 25 years.
White House officials suggest airstrikes in Syria are an optionPresident Obama's deputy national security adviser told the Associated Press the US would not be restricted by borders in going after the Islamic State. No specific military proposals have been presented to the president.
- Wyoming police officer pleads not guilty in hot-car police dog death
Mills police officer Zachary Miller pleaded not guilty to animal-cruelty charges in the death of a 10-year-old female black lab police dog. The dog was left in Miller's patrol car for over six hours in July.
Ten Washington homes damaged or destroyed by mudslidesHeavy rains unleashed mudslides in north-central Washington this week. At least 10 homes were damaged by mud and rushing water in an area left barren by wildfires.
Obama offers new birth control accommodationsThe US will now allow faith-affiliated charities, colleges, and hospitals to notify the government, rather than insurers, that they object to birth control. For-profit corporations who object to birth control may notify their insurers.
- White Oklahoma cop charged with sexual assaults on black women
Oklahoma police officer Daniel Ken Holtzclaw faces seven charges of sexual assault, including rape. All of the alleged victims were all black women. Police say there may be more incidents.
Washington rain unleashed mudslides left from wildfireRain washed down hillsides and damaged homes and closing highways in north central Washington Thursday night. There were no reports of injuries.
1990s murder rap based on debunked science tossed, man released after 24 yearsUS District Judge William Nealon threw out Han Tak Lee's state conviction and sentence of life without parole earlier this month and gave prosecutors 120 days to decide whether they want to retry him in the 1989 death of his daughter, 20-year-old Ji Yun Lee.
Ice bucket challenge goes wrong in Ky., firefighters shocked and injuredCampbellsville Police Chief Tim Hazlette said that a firetruck ladder never touched a nearby power line Thursday morning, but the wire carried such a high voltage that it was able to energize the ladder truck, shocking the firefighters.
How a 1989 Supreme Court case will shape Ferguson investigationThe national legal standards that govern when police officers are justified using force against people trace their lineage to a 30-year-old case from Charlotte, N.C.
Bergdahl prisoner swap: Was it legal?A nonpartisan watchdog said Thursday that the Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner in Afghanistan for five years, for five Taliban leaders.
USS Saratoga carrier makes its final journeyUSS Saratoga carrier departed its port in Rhode Island on Thursday as its towed to Texas, where it will be scrapped.
National Guard withdraws from FergusonSince the guard's arrival Monday, protests in the small section of town that had been the center of nightly unrest have begun to subside. The quietest night was overnight Wednesday and Thursday, when police arrested only a handful of people in the protest zone.
Dias Kadyrbayev, friend of Boston bombing suspect, pleads guiltyDias Kadyrbayev of Kazakhstan admitted in U.S. District Court on Thursday that he removed a backpack containing emptied-out fireworks from Tsarnaev's dorm room several days after the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured more than 260 others.
Rick Perry says campaign funds to cover future legal bills, talks foreign policy in WashingtonThe governor isn't seeking re-election, but may run again for president in 2016. As of June 30, he had $4 million-plus in campaign funds.
Recovered from Ebola, US aid workers released from Atlanta hospitalDr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol were afflicted with the virus while working in Liberia earlier this summer.
- Long Island boat explosion being treated as homicide
Nassau County police say the 33-foot motorboat went up in flames Wednesday afternoon at the Manhasset Bay Marina in Manorhaven. They say a man aboard the boat who was hurled into the water suffered fatal injuries.
US doctor recovered from Ebola and will be released from hospital, aid group saysThe head of Samaritan's Purse, an aid organization that has worked in west Africa where the Ebola outbreak has taken place, said they are celebrating Dr. Kent Brantly's recovery.
