Nation & World

Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Tens of thousands of Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, marching in the streets and in some parts of the West Bank clashing with Israeli security forces.

Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may not materialize

WASHINGTON — When Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, supporters sold the idea partially based on new tax revenue estimates that ranged as high as $2 billion over five years.

Pennsylvania abortion doctor gets third life sentence

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus."

Jolie: From girl with tattoo to woman with a cause

LOS ANGELES — In her bad girl days, Angelina Jolie's body was a billboard for tattoos that said such things as "Billy Bob."

Myanmar minority resist Cyclone Mahasen evacuation

SITTWE, Myanmar — The cyclone was only a day or two away, churning through the Indian Ocean and carrying with it winds and rains that authorities warned could quickly turn deadly.

House panel set to OK cut in food stamp program

WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee is considering a five-year farm bill that would make small cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program.

Only abortion clinic in Miss. fights to stay open

JACKSON, Miss. — It can't meet the mandates of a 2012 state law and the governor wants to shut it down, but Mississippi's only abortion clinic is not about to quietly retreat.

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial (with video)

LAS VEGAS — More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners spoke again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars until he dies.

Convicted Pennsylvania abortion doctor gets life in prison

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence.Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in the deaths of the babies who were delivered alive and killed with scissors.

Officials: U.S. ambassador in Libya refused security aid offers

He was one of four Americans killed in attack in Benghazi

CAIRO — In the month before attackers stormed U.S. facilities in Benghazi and killed four Americans, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens twice turned down offers of security assistance made by the senior U.S. military official in the region in response to concerns that Stevens had raised in a still-secret memorandum, two government officials told McClatchy.

U.S. launches drone from aircraft carrier

Test flight ushers in next generation of military technology

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH — A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft from just about any place in the world.

Video purportedly shows Syrian rebel biting foe's heart

Footage highlights challenge facing West regarding aid

BEIRUT — A graphic video allegedly showing a Syrian rebel cutting out the heart of a dead pro-government fighter and biting into it sparked outrage Tuesday, reviving concerns about the makeup of opposition forces as Western nations bolster support for fighters on the ground.

Russian FSB detains U.S. diplomat accused of spying

MOSCOW — A U.S. diplomat disguised in a blond wig was caught trying to recruit a Russian counterintelligence officer in Moscow, Russia's security services announced Tuesday, claiming the American was a CIA officer.

NMFS announces proposed sea lion protections

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Marine Fisheries Service is taking public comment on proposed revisions to Steller sea lion protections in the western Aleutian Islands that could lead to more commercial fishing of Pacific cod, pollock and Atka mackerel.

Dad wants evidence in girl's stabbing

Her brother, 12, is accused in fatal incident

VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. — The father of a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister said he'll believe his son is innocent until he sees evidence that proves otherwise.