UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
A steep decline of the tax base is the direct cause of the recent bankruptcy of Detroit, the once thriving US auto industry heartland.
Thirty-six people have died from the H1N1 flu virus so far this year in Argentina, local media reported Friday quoting health authorities.
Amphibious vehicles from the Brazilian Navy take part in an exhibition showcasing their operational capacity to combat attacks and riots, ahead of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro July 19, 2013. Pope Francis will travel to Brazil on his first international trip as pontiff in July, with the main purpose of presiding over the Catholic Church's World Day of Youth. The pope's participation in World Youth Day events will begin on the evening of July 25 in Rio's famed Copacabana Beach area, and will culminate with a huge open-air Mass in the Guaratiba area of the city on July 28.
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a New York Times journalist must testify in a high-profile government leak case.
A jet trainer crashed near a US Air Force base runway in the state of Texas Friday, injuring two pilots aboard.
Visiting Venezuelan Vice-President Jorge Arreaza expressed his support for Snowden and said that he hopes he can overcome his difficulties no matter where he eventually settles.
Obama will attend the G20 summit slated for September in the Russian city St. Petersburg despite 2 senators' call for a relocation of the meeting over row about Snowden.
China Friday donated a mobile army surgical hospital to the Ecuadoran armed forces to aid in medical emergencies and rescue operations during natural disasters.
US President Barack Obama on Friday made a series of proposals to prevent tragedies such as the Trayvon Martin case in the future, as he addressed the issue of race in the wake of the trial of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot Martin.
A local coroner said on Friday that a teenager victim of Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco died of multiple injuries consistent with being run over by a vehicle.
A Chinese-American lawyer will set up a legal team to help the Chinese passengers who were involved in the Asiana plane crash with compensation claims.
Vehicle kills one Asiana air crash victim: coroner
A school resource officer makes his way down a hallway flooded with other officers role-playing as students and gunmen as they take part in an "active shooter" training exercise at Freedom Middle School, during the annual National Association of School Resource Officers conference in Orlando, Florida July 18, 2013.
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