Police: 12 wounded in shooting at Miami party
MIAMI (AP) -- As many as three gunman stormed a birthday party on the edge of downtown Miami and opened fire early Monday, shooting 12 people and causing a chaotic scramble as people tried to flee, authorities said....
AP IMPACT: New GI benefits vary widely by state
When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation. But the benefit is hardly the "Government Issue," one-size-fits-all standard the name implies....
Popular Tehran Bureau site covers Iran from Mass.
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from the ayatollah of more violence to come....
School bullying, once a silent battle, now a crime
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle....
Jackson's mother loses control of son's estate
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge said Monday that Michael Jackson's longtime attorney and a family friend should take over the pop singer's estate for now, rejecting a request from Jackson's mother to be put in charge or share control....
Drunken breast-feeding arrest touches off debate
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Police responding to a domestic disturbance arrived at Stacey Anvarinia's home to find the mother breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby in front of them. And she was drunk, they said....
Police: Accused cat killer could be a 'sociopath'
MIAMI (AP) -- A South Florida teenager accused of killing more than a dozen cats fits the profile of a sociopath and responded with laughter when police first spoke to him about the cat deaths, a detective said in an affidavit released Monday....
Mass. mom pleads not guilty to denying son meds
SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- A woman accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son by not filling prescriptions and misleading his doctors pleaded not guilty Monday to an attempted murder charge in the 9-year-old boy's death....
SC police at NC shooting near serial killings
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) -- South Carolina authorities are on the scene of a fatal North Carolina shooting Monday, about 30 miles from a city terrorized by a serial killer blamed for five deaths....
Witness says Disney monorail crash was "head-on"
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- A witness to the monorail accident that killed a train operator at Walt Disney World over the weekend described it as "a head-on collision" between two trains in a 911 call released Monday....
Fans Urged to Stay Home for Jackson Memorial
L.A. police and city officials are trying to discourage Michael Jackson fans from going to the memorial service unless they have tickets. KFWB's John Brooks reports from Staples Center, where a security zone has already been set up.
Budget Crisis Trims Hours at SoCal Beaches
You won't be able to go to three popular lakeside beaches in the Southland as much as you'd like over the summer. KFWB's Phil Nash explains.
"Michael's Spirit Lives On"
Jermaine Jackson says he's felt his brother's spirit around him since Michael's passing. KFWB's Lisa Osborne talks with "The Psychic Twins," Terry and Linda Jamison, about their insights into a soul's passing, as well as the emotional loss for fans of Mic
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International
Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons
MOSCOW (AP) -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans - a major stumbling block to such an agreement....
Police restore order in western China; 156 killed
URUMQI, China (AP) -- Chanting "Strike down the criminals," hundreds of paramilitary police with shields, rifles and clubs took control of the streets Monday in the capital of western China's Muslim region, a day after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades....
Xinjiang riots echo last year's Tibet unrest
BEIJING (AP) -- The bloody riots in China's Muslim far west are a disturbing reminder of anti-Chinese violence in another troubled region - Tibet - and show how heavy-handed rule and radical resistance are pushing unrest to new heights....
Myanmar junta stage-manages visit by UN chief
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's ruling junta wanted Ban Ki-moon to go into a grandiose drug museum through the back door to prevent the U.N. secretary-general from making a rock-star entrance....
US admiral lauds NKorean ship surveillance effort
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The impending return home of a North Korean ship suspected of possibly carrying illicit cargo shows that efforts are working to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed against the country after its nuclear and missile tests, the chief of U.S. Naval operations said Monday....
Honduras slides toward greater instability
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Clashes with his supporters caused the first death in a week of protests....
7 US troops killed throughout Afghanistan
KABUL (AP) -- Bombs and bullets killed seven American troops on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year - and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north....
Iran's opposition leader makes public appearance
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy. But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown....
Dalai Lama turns 74, says should live to 100
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The Dalai Lama celebrated his 74th birthday Monday in a typically jocular mood, remarking lightheartedly that the prayers being said for him might help him live to at least 100....
