This is AP News Minute. An American journalist released by a Syrian extremist group over the weekend has reunited with his family in the United States. Peter Theo Curtis met his mother at Boston's Logan International Airport Tuesday night. An open-en...
1. A new open ended ceasefire is in effect between Israel and Hamas. The two sides say they have agreed to a truce. It comes after 7 weeks of fighting. Yet, violence continued until the final moment before the ceasefire took effect. 2. A small rented...
Civil rights leaders and celebrities were among thousands of mourners who turned out for the funeral of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown was fatally shot August 9 by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His funeral was held at a church in St...
1. Crews are assessing the damage to homes, bridges and roadways in northern Californias Napa Valley following Sundays magnitude of 6.0 Earthquake. One hospital reports treating more than 170 people for injuries. 2. The funeral for Michael Brown is s...
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1. Two American aid workers who were infected with the Ebola virus have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital. Officials say that after 3 weeks of treatment, the patients, Doctor Kent Bradley and Nancy WriteBol pose no public health risk. 2. The J...
1. A grand jury in Missouri is hearing evidences to determine if a police officer will be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Authorities in Ferguson report a much calmer night with only six arrests. 2. The Palestinian militan...
Israeli primie minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will press forward with a military operation in the Gaza Strip. Israel and Palestinian militants exchanged fire after the latest round of peace talks failed. Attorney General Eric Holder is in Missou...
1. The archbishop of St, Louise says a mass for peace and justice will be held on Wednesday to offer prayers for Ferguson, Missouri. With tensions running higher, an unrelated police shooting near Ferguson drew a large crowd Tuesday after St, Louise...
Officers deployed noisemakers and fired tear gas and flash grenades in Ferguson, Missouri in an effort to keep protesters moving and not congregating. They say some people on the crowd lobbed molotov cocktails. Police say at least 2 people were shot....
1. Missouri Governor, Jay Nixon has lifted the curfew that has been placed in Ferguson, Missouri, for the past two nights. Thats after calling in the National Guard. Meanwhile, Attorneys for the family of Michael Brown said a private autopsy confirms...
1. Attorney general Eric Holder has asked the Justice Department to arrange for a federal medical examiner to autopsy the body of Michael Brown, given what Holder says are the extraordinary circumstances of the case. Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old Afr...
1. Authorities say one person was shot and critically injured and 7 people were arrested as police use teargas to oppose a midnight curfew in Ferguson Missouri. Tension has gripped the city since an unarmed black teen was shot and killed by a white p...
1. The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson experienced another night of unrest, with some people throwing Molotov cocktail and other objects and police unleashing tear gas and smoke bombs. 2. United Nations has announced its highest level of emergency for t...
Refugees from Iraq streaming across the border into Syria as the militant group known as the Islamic State threatens more territory. UN officials say at least 12,000 Yazidis are now gathered at the makeshift camp in Syria. A chaotic commute in the Ph...
