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Police: 3 women gunned down while in car with kids

Investigators on Sunday captured a man they believe opened fire on a car parked at a gas station, killing three women, including an acquaintance of the suspect, state investigators said. Children inside the bullet-riddled vehicle escaped harm.

  • Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House

    The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty.

  • Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq

    President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

  • Late-season hurricane takes aim at US Gulf Coast

    Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.

  • Oklahoma out of AP poll, Stanford in

    Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.

  • Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote

    Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.

  • Karzai vows to keep corrupt officials out of govt

    The embattled Afghan president pledged Sunday that there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration - a demand made by Washington and its international partners as they ponder sending more troops to confront the Taliban and shore up his government.

  • El Salvador floods, mudslides kill 124, 60 missing

    Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people, authorities said.

  • Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers

    The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.

  • Afghan president: No corrupt officials in new govt

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai, under fire from his international partners to clean up his administration, insisted Sunday there's no place for corrupt officials within his government.

  • Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa

    China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic.

  • British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

    Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

  • Police: Suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan

    A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of police constables in northwest Pakistan's main city of Peshawar on Monday, killing three people, police said.

  • Dalai Lama visits town near Tibet, angering China

    Joyous Buddhist pilgrims welcomed the Dalai Lama back Sunday to the Himalayan town he first set foot in five decades ago while fleeing Chinese rule in his native Tibet - a rare trip close to his homeland that has angered Beijing.

  • Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12

    A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said.

  • Ida brushes past Mexico, watch issued for US coast

    Hurricane Ida swiped the resort city of Cancun on Sunday with bands of wind and rain as it steamed north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where officials issued a hurricane watch for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi.

  • House kills Republican health overhaul bill

    The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill.

  • Army: Shooting suspect is critical, but stable

    A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition.

  • Brother: Shooting suspect is a peaceful person

    A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is peaceful person - and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system.

  • Army chaplain seeks prayers for meaning in rampage

    Mourners were asked to pray for the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, and an Army chaplain exhorted his congregation on Sunday to draw together even if the gunman's motives may never be fully known.

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