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The gunman who shot and killed 12 people inside a packed Aurora, Colo., movie theater in 2012 was formally sentenced Wednesday morning to life in prison without parole.In July, a jury found James Holmes guilty on each of the 165 charges he faced in the case, unanimously rejecting an argument made by his attorneys that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. But last month, the same jury said he should be sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death by lethal injection, a surprising decision... Читать дальше...

NAIROBI — South Sudan’s president signed a peace deal Wednesday intended to end a 20-month-old civil war that has left thousands dead in the wake of the country’s historic declaration of independence in 2011.Read full article >>

In the war to get America's children to eat healthier, things are not going well.Student E114 is a case in point. E114 -- the identification code she was assigned by researchers studying eating habits at her public elementary school somewhere in the Northeast -- left the lunch line one day carrying a tray full of what looked like a balanced meal: chicken nuggets, some sort of mushy starch, green beans and milk.Read full article >>

KABUL — Two American service members were killed Wednesday in an apparent “insider” attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base in Afghanistan’s southwestern Helmand province, U.S. and Afghan officials reported.Read full article >>

The Mormon church announced Wednesday that it will remain in the Boy Scouts, a month after the church expressed major concern about the Scouts lifting a ban on openly gay adult leaders.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — also called the Mormons — make up 20 percent of all Boy Scouts, and the spiritual life of Mormon boys is deeply woven with scouting.Read full article >>

KABUL — Two service members of a U.S.-led coalition were killed Wednesday in an apparent “insider” attack by an Afghan soldier at a military base in Afghanistan’s southwestern Helmand province, officials reported.Read full article >>

A nearly completed government facility intended to treat the radioactive byproducts of nuclear weapons production is riddled with design flaws that could put the entire operation at risk of failure, according to a leaked internal report.Read full article >>

U.S. stocks rallied in early morning trading Wednesday, following a volatile day in China.Both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index jumped by more than 2 percent at the open. Read full article >>

When the World Trade Center’s South Tower collapsed, just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, photographer Stan Honda was in lower Manhattan, taking pictures of the incomprehensible scene.“There was a giant roar, like a train, and between the buildings I could see huge clouds of smoke and dust billowing out,” Honda recounted years later.Read full article >>

NAIROBI — South Sudan’s president signed a peace deal Wednesday intended to end a 20-month-old civil war that has killed thousands in the wake of the country’s historic independence in 2011.President Salva Kiir signed the accord under massive pressure from the international community, which threatened to impose further sanctions if the deal was not completed before September. Rebel leader Riek Machar, Kiir’s former deputy, had signed the document one week earlier.Read full article >>

There is a chance tropical storm conditions affect Florida as early as Sunday afternoon.

We love you, Alison and Adam. pic.twitter.com/hLSzQi06XEA television reporter and a videographer for CBS affiliate WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Va., were shot and killed Wednesday morning as they were doing a live report and authorities are looking for the gunman. The incident was caught on camera and those at the station said they heard six to seven shots and then nothing as the camera fell.Read full article >>

BERLIN — Seeking to counter a rising tide of neo-Nazi rage in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel traveled to the eastern city of Heidenau on Wednesday to deliver what critics called a long-overdue public statement against a terrifying wave of attacks on asylum seekers.Read full article >>

Top leaders of a troubled solar panel company that cost taxpayers a half-billion dollars repeatedly misled federal officials and omitted information about the firm’s financial prospects as they sought to win a major government loan, according to a newly-released federal investigative report.Read full article >>

AHMEDABAD, India — India’s prime minister appealed for calm Wednesday after a rally that drew half a million members of a powerful clan resulted in a night of rioting that left three dead and dozens of buses and police stations torched.Read full article >>

Amid a significant downsizing of the money-strapped U.S. Postal Service, the number of letters arriving late has jumped by almost 50 percent since the start of the year.And that’s as measured against the agency’s own newly relaxed standards.Read full article >>

The United States is choking on its traffic, with the average driver losing 42 hours a year in the bumper-to-bumper grind and a drain on the economy costing $160 billion, according to a new report.The report to be released Wednesday shows that traffic delays in most parts of the country have bounced back to pre-recession levels. That undermines the hope that three trends — telecommuting, the movement of people back to cities and a decline in millennials seeking driver’s licenses — might provide an... Читать дальше...

The United States is choking on its traffic, with the average driver losing 42 hours a year in the bumper-to-bumper grind and a drain on the economy costing $160 billion, according to a new report.The report to be released Wednesday shows that traffic delays in most parts of the country have bounced back to pre-recession levels. That undermines the hope that three trends — telecommuting, the movement of people back to cities and a decline in millennials seeking driver’s licenses — might provide an... Читать дальше...

This post has been updatedFox News's Megyn Kelly -- whom Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked on Twitter this week -- tangled with a different presidential candidate over immigration Tuesday: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). Kelly repeatedly pressed Cruz on a question that Trump was asked on the network Monday: If a husband and a wife were undocumented immigrants and had two children who were born in the United States and citizens, would you deport the citizen children?Read full article >>

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- In campaign speeches, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) likes to poke fun at federal workers and waste. He mocks the money spent on ludicrous-sounding scientific experiments or foreign aid -- "$250,000 to bring 25 kids from Pakistan to space camp in Alabama," to cite one example from his speech Tuesday to nearly 300 people here. He tells the story of John Beale, the former adviser in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation who faked a secret life as a CIA operative to get off work. Читать дальше...

DUBUQUE, IOWA — To anyone who thought Donald Trump might soften his tone after a new round of criticism of his presidential campaign, the Republican front-runner proved here Tuesday night that he will not be tamed.Read full article >>

Oshkosh Defense won a major contract to build the ground vehicle that could become a symbol of the U.S. Army for a generation and will eventually replace the Pentagon’s storied but aging fleet of Humvees, the Army announced Tuesday.Read full article >>

A few years back, Jonathan Bloedow filed a series of requests under Washington state’s Public Records Act asking for details on pregnancies terminated at abortion clinics around the state.For every abortion, he wanted information about the woman’s age and race, where she lived, how long she had been pregnant and how past pregnancies had ended. He also wanted to know about any complications, but he didn’t ask for names. This is all information that Washington’s health department, like those in other states... Читать дальше...

The Federal Reserve had expected to begin withdrawing its support for the nation’s economic recovery this year, but mounting evidence of a global slowdown could extend the era of easy money.Fed officials have signaled for months that they are getting closer to raising the central bank’s target interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade. Many investors had anticipated the milestone would come when policy­makers meet in September.Read full article >>

The Federal Reserve had expected to begin withdrawing its support for the nation’s economic recovery this year, but mounting evidence of a global slowdown could extend the era of easy money.Fed officials have signaled for months that they are getting closer to raising the central bank’s target interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade. Many investors had anticipated the milestone would come when policy­makers meet in September.Read full article >>