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| Cantor: ‘I can’t tell you what’s in that big Senate bill’ Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 04:33 PM PDT  Some House Republicans say they haven't bothered to learn what's in the immigration bill. Full Story | Top |
| Holmes to wear hidden harness anchored to floor Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 05:50 PM PDT  DENVER (AP) — Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will be restrained during his trial by wearing a harness under his clothes that will be anchored to the floor, the judge said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors in Zimmerman trial hear 911 call, deadly gunshot Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 04:57 PM PDT  Jurors for the first time heard the shot that brought a nation's focus to a teenager name Trayvon Martin and a town that had been known before mostly for an airport and the end of a railway. Full Story | Top |
| Immigration overhaul: Senate passes historic bill Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:19 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — With a solemnity reserved for momentous occasions, the Senate passed historic legislation Thursday offering the priceless hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America's shadows. The bill also promises a military-style effort to secure the long-porous border with Mexico. Full Story | Top |
| Reports: Retired general target of leaks probe Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 07:36 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information about a covert cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to media reports. Full Story | Top |
| 10 Things to Know for Friday Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:00 PM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: Full Story | Top |
| Feds: Boston suspect downloaded bomb instructions Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 07:48 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev downloaded bomb-making instructions from an al-Qaida magazine, gathered online material on Islamic jihad and martyrdom and later scrawled anti-American messages inside the boat where he lay wounded, a federal indictment charged Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Ecuador heats rhetoric as Obama downplays Snowden Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:22 PM PDT  QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — President Barack Obama tried to cool the international frenzy over Edward Snowden on Thursday as Ecuador stepped up its defiance and said it was preemptively rejecting millions in trade benefits that it could lose by taking in the fugitive from his limbo in a Moscow airport. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's opposition criticizes president's speech Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 03:05 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's main opposition coalition on Thursday rejected the Islamist president's offer for dialogue on reconciliation and said it insists on holding early elections, ratcheting up pressure on Mohammed Morsi just days ahead of planned mass protests seeking his ouster. Full Story | Top |
| Friend: Trayvon Martin encounter racially charged Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 04:52 PM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's defense attorney insisted during several testy exchanges with an important prosecution witness Thursday that Trayvon Martin injected race into a confrontation with the neighborhood watch volunteer and insinuated the young woman was not believable because of inconsistencies in her story. Full Story | Top |
| Perry, filibuster star clash over Texas abortions Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 04:27 PM PDT  GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday admonished the star of a Democratic filibuster that helped kill new Texas abortion restrictions, saying state Sen. Wendy Davis' rise from a tough upbringing to Harvard Law graduate should have taught her the value of each human life. Full Story | Top |
| Gandolfini: A big man and everyman is eulogized Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 01:56 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The funeral of James Gandolfini took place in one of the largest churches in the world and didn't stint on ceremony. Full Story | Top |
| Cavs take Bennett with No. 1 pick in NBA draft Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 08:16 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Bennett became the first Canadian No. 1 overall pick, and Nerlens Noel tumbled out of the top five and right into a trade in a surprising start to an unsettled NBA draft. Full Story | Top |
| Reports: Retired general under investigation Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information about a covert cyber attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to media reports. Full Story | Top |
| South Africa: Mandela improved overnight Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 09:45 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela's health improved overnight and although his condition remains critical it is now stable, the South African government said Thursday. One of the former president's daughters said he is still opening his eyes and reacting to the touch of his family even though his situation is precarious. Full Story | Top |
| Report: Retired general target of leak probe Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 06:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — NBC News says a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is under investigation for allegedly leaking classified information about a covert cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Full Story | Top |
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