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IRS replaces official who revealed targeting

32 min 39 sec ago
The Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.
Categories: U.S., World

Jury in Arias case gives up after no consensus

33 min 39 sec ago
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."
Categories: U.S., World

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage

33 min 39 sec ago
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver.
Categories: U.S., World

Obama balances threats against Americans' rights

33 min 39 sec ago
Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' rights.
Categories: U.S., World

Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

33 min 39 sec ago
Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.
Categories: U.S., World

I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

34 min 39 sec ago
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
Categories: U.S., World

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

34 min 39 sec ago
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier.
Categories: U.S., World

Plastic ocean debris the target of new Calif. bill

34 min 39 sec ago
It's a common sight on the nation's beaches: among the sand, sea foam and gnarled kelp lay plastic bottles, bags and other garbage.
Categories: U.S., World

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

34 min 39 sec ago
After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions from the left and right made clear that the BSA's controversies are far from over.
Categories: U.S., World

Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacks

34 min 39 sec ago
Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.
Categories: U.S., World

I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on'

1 hour 19 min ago
Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust."
Categories: U.S., World

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

1 hour 19 min ago
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the slaying of a young soldier, adding some 1,200 police to potential trouble spots.
Categories: U.S., World

Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge

1 hour 19 min ago
During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means.
Categories: U.S., World

10 Things to Know for Friday

1 hour 19 min ago
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
Categories: U.S., World

I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3

2 hours 5 min ago
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway.
Categories: U.S., World

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

2 hours 5 min ago
Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.
Categories: U.S., World

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

2 hours 5 min ago
A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.
Categories: U.S., World

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

2 hours 54 min ago
Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.
Categories: U.S., World

I-5 bridge collapses into Wash. river, injuring 3

4 hours 21 min ago
An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers who searched the chilly waterway north of Seattle.
Categories: U.S., World

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

4 hours 21 min ago
The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders _ a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
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Bike rider killed this morning

The Richmond County Coroner's Office reports a 33-year-old Hephzibah man was killed early this morning while riding his bicycle southbound on Peach Orchard Road.
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