Lifeguards shut down a Southern California beach on Sunday after a swimmer was pulled injured from the water with bite marks in a possible shark attack, authorities said. The woman, swimming in a wetsuit, was spotted in distress by a lifeguard boat at CoronaDel MarState Beach about 4 p.m., city... ....
(CNN)The Syrian opposition's chief peace negotiator, Mohammad Alloush, has resigned over the failure of peace talks to end the country's civil war. Alloush, who represents the influential Jaish al-Islam rebel group, made his resignation public via Twitter, tweeting that his decision was a result of the failure of the international community to stop the atrocities of Bashar al-Assad's regime against the Syrian people... Read More ... 1 of 23....
The Vermont senator was adamant that Clinton pick a hardline progressive for vice president if she successfully secures the Democratic nomination for president....
An American zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after staff shot and killed a gorilla who grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat ... Zoo officials said the boy fell after he climbed through a public barrier at the GorillaWorld exhibit on Saturday afternoon....
(Source. TexasAmerican Federation of Teachers). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. May 13, 2016. CONTACT..Rob D'Amico (512-627-1343). Louis Malfaro, president of the 65,000-member Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers, commented today on the Texas Supreme Court ruling on school finance. ... The court hides behind a facile argument of judicial restraint ... Texas AFT is affiliated with the 1.6-million-member American Federation of Teachers. ###....
WATERVLIET — A fire overnight Monday struck a home at 350 Third Ave. Earlier this month, another blaze hit homes at 1343 and 1345 Third Ave. near the corner of 14th Street. That May 6 location is north of the Watervliet Arsenal. Monday's fire was south of the arsenal near the intersection with Second Street... ....
(Source. America's Essential Hospitals). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. America's Essential Hospital applauds Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Jim McDermott (D-WA) for introducing H.R. 5273, the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient CareAct ... those that care for large numbers of low-income and other disadvantaged patients. This provision-modeled on H.R. 1343, the Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission ProgramAct, sponsored by Reps....