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Nazi war suspect, 89, dies as extradition OK'd 07/24/2014 01:32am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An 89-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect died in custody hours before a U.S. ruling Wednesday that he should be extradited to Germany to face trial.Johann Breyer died Tuesday night at a Philadelphia hospital, where he had been transferred Saturday after a month in jail, his lawyer Navajo Nation head to meet with mayor on violence 07/23/2014 08:40pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Mayor Richard Berry will meet with top Navajo officials on Thursday about the killing of two homeless Native Americans who were found beaten beyond recognition in a vacant lot, his office said.Berry scheduled the meeting at the request of Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 07/23/2014 03:16pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___July 18Newsday, Melville, New York, on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17:As last week slammed to a close with searing images of a Malaysia Airlines jet smoldering in Ukrainian fields, the Envoy urges UN to demand halt to Iraq extremists 07/23/2014 03:00pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The top U.N. envoy in Iraq urged the Security Council on Wednesday to demand that the Islamic State extremist group stop all hostilities and atrocities.Nickolay Mladenov called on all U.N. member states to cooperate in enforcing sanctions against the al-Qaida splinter group an Venezuelan conspiracy theories a threat to critics 07/23/2014 02:56pm • HANNAH DREIER Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Roderick Navarro was in class when he got the news that a high-ranking minister had accused him of plotting to assassinate Venezuela's president.His first thought was, "Not again."The 26-year-old student leader had already been accused by the Hopkins pays $190M in pelvis exam pix settlement 07/23/2014 03:30am • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- For Myra James, the process of going to the gynecologist is now too much to bear.Since she found out her practitioner of 20 years, Dr. Nikita Levy, had been using tiny cameras to secretly record his patients' genitals, she said, "I can't bring myse After 3-year probe, feds to monitor Newark police 07/23/2014 02:38am • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Newark police engaged in the excessive use of force, routinely stopped people on the street for no legitimate reason and regularly stole property from civilians, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded in a report released Tuesday that set the stage for federal monitoring of th New arrest linked to gun used after Boston attacks 07/23/2014 02:08am • DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt, people with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday.Stephen New arrest linked to gun used after Boston attacks 07/23/2014 02:08am • DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt, people with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday.Stephen New arrest linked to gun used after Boston attacks 07/23/2014 02:08am • DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is believed to have provided the handgun used to kill a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer during the manhunt, people with knowledge of the investigation said Tuesday.Stephen Vigil, march for man who died in NY police custody 07/22/2014 10:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Demonstrators marched through the streets on Tuesday to demand swift justice for a man who died in police custody."It ends today," the crowd of Eric Garner's relatives, friends and local elected officials chanted as they walked from a Staten Island park across from where police conf Montana judge censured over rape comments 07/22/2014 05:39pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday publicly reprimanded a judge who gave a lenient sentence to a rapist after suggesting the 14-year-old victim shared some of the responsibility for the crime.District Judge G. Todd Baugh, of Billings, appeared before the court in Helena, wher Arizona execution drug case heads to Supreme Court 07/22/2014 04:10am • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- A case challenging Arizona's refusal to reveal detailed information about the lethal drugs it plans to use to put an inmate to death is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.The dispute centers on whether a man convicted of killing his estranged girlfrie Hopkins pays $190M in pelvis exam pix settlement 07/22/2014 03:44am • JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- A "rogue" gynecologist who used tiny cameras to secretly record videos and photos of his patients has forced one of the world's top medical centers to pay $190 million to 8,000 women and girls.Dr. Nikita Levy was fired after 25 years with the Johns Arizona execution drug case heads to Supreme Court 07/21/2014 11:40pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot execute a death row inmate without providing detailed information about the drugs intended for his lethal injection, a decision that prompted state officials to say they will take their case to th