| Latest worldwide news | Ariel Castro agrees to plea deal to avoid death penalty | | | Ariel Castro agreed Friday in an Ohio courtroom to a plea deal in one of the most sensational kidnapping cases in recent memory. The deal, reached with prosecutors, would let him avoid the possibility of a death sentence and spare his victims from having to testify at a trial. |
| Spanish train crash driver leaves hospital, remains in custody | | | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - The driver of a Spanish train that derailed at high speed killing 78 people was released from hospital on Saturday, but he remained in police custody ahead of an appearance before a judge to answer questions about what went wrong. |
| UPDATE 1-US court permits generic version of Teva MS drug a year sooner | | | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' $4 billion-a-year multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone will lose its patent protection in 2014 rather than 2015 because of a ruling from a U.S. appeals court on Friday, making it potentially prey to cheaper generics next May. |
| AP Source Tide Froze Football Staffer's Contract | | | Alabama has penalized director of football operations Joe Pannunzio for his role in the Miami scandal while a member of the Hurricanes' staff, according to a person familiar with the situation. |
| NASCAR pioneer Nicole | | | Nicole Lyons sets the pace for African-American woman in NASCAR. George Howell reports. |
| Africa's resources fueling world | | | From laptops to cars, the products you take for granted are made using minerals from Africa. Find out how the world depends on Africa's natural resources, and how those resources are powering African economies. |
| Africa's resources fueling world | | | From laptops to cars, the products you take for granted are made using minerals from Africa. Find out how the world depends on Africa's natural resources, and how those resources are powering African economies. |
| Sea this Inside $200m yacht hotel | | | With land at a premium, an increasing number of developers are turning to floating hotels. Introducing Gibraltar's new $200m five-star yacht hotel. |
| UPDATE 2-China state media says 18 more detained in GSK probe | | | BEIJING, July 27 (Reuters) - At least 18 more people have been detained in China in connection with a corruption scandal involving British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, state media reported, giving more details on an investigation that has rocked the company. |
| 'It felt like a roller coaster' | | | One minute, Stephen Ward was writing in his journal. The next, he was covered in blood. The 18-year-old was one of scores of people hurt when a train in Spain derailed and smashed into a concrete wall. Nearly 80 were killed. |
| Russia loses $200 million satellites as launch ends in flames | | | ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around $200 million crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after its engines suddenly switched off. |
| Scientists smell success with durian wine | | | July 21 - Scientists in Singapore are turning their hands to wine-making, using the pungent-smelling durian as a replacement for grapes. They're still a long way from commercializing durian wine, but the researchers are confident that the so-called "King of Fruits" has potential for producing a wine that people will want to drink. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Syrian rebels appeal to Russia at UN | | | July 26 - Rebels say they have overrun military outposts throughout Syria and urged Russia to stop its support to President Bashar al Assad. Deborah Gembara reports. |
| Small business hiring falls again in June NFIB | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. small business employment edged down for the second straight month in June, sharply contrasting with other data showing an improvement in the tone of the labor market last... |
| Two missing from wedding party after New York boat accident | | | July 27 (Reuters) - Two people were missing on Saturday after a boat with a wedding party aboard struck a barge on the Hudson River near New York City, and four others were taken to a hospital with injuries, local authorities and CNN said. |
| Dropped off at Grandma's ... for good | | | It's often the grandparents who step up when a parent dies or is unable to take care of a child for other reasons, such as incarceration, abuse or mental illness. But the sudden shift in responsibility can be incredibly stressful. |
| U.N. Millions of girls at risk of mutilation | | | The largest report into the extent of female genital mutilation has shed new light onto a practice that affects tens of millions of women and girls worldwide, U.N children's agency UNICEF said. |
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