May 22, 2013

Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town. Top Headlines

Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, Syrian state-media said. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group fighting alongside regime troops have been killed in the clashes. Top Headlines

2 FBI Agents Killed In Training Accident In Virginia

The accident happened off the coast of Virginia Beach on Friday, the FBI’s national press office announced in a statement Sunday. No other details were given and the cause is under investigation. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us News

Hofstra student killed by police during break-in

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. Top Headlines

Authorities: Hofstra student was killed by police

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Hofstra University student being held at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Top Headlines

Prominent Pakistani Politician Shot, Killed On Re-Election Eve

The PTI party chairman, Imran Khan, blamed Zahra Shahid Hussain’s death on a rival party. Police told Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper that she was killed during an armed robbery. » E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us News

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Police stormed a New Jersey home early Sunday and fatally shot a registered sex offender who had held his girlfriend’s three children hostage, ending their 37-hour ordeal and recovering the bodies of the captives’ mother and another sibling, authorities said. Top Headlines

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A registered sex offender who barricaded himself for days in a home with his girlfriend’s three children was shot to death Sunday as police rescued the captives and recovered the bodies of their mother and another sibling, authorities said. Top Headlines

2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found after a dayslong standoff, and her boyfriend was killed as officers stormed the home to rescue three other children he had been holding captive, authorities said Sunday. Top Headlines

Pakistanis go to polls as 22 killed in attacks

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Defying threats of violence, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But militant attacks that killed 22 people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. Top Headlines