ORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (UPI) --
Casey Anthony's father testified in her first-degree murder trial Wednesday and broke down as he described his suicide attempt "to be with Caylee."
George Anthony testified as Casey Anthony's defense tried to raise doubt about the circumstances of her 2-year-old daughter's death.
BEIJING, June 30 (UPI) -- China assured Omar al-Bashir of close bilateral ties during his state visit, even as the Sudanese president faces war crimes charges.
EASTWOOD, England, June 30 (UPI) -- A British king cobra enthusiast who was trying to save the species with a captive breeding program died Wednesday after one of his snakes bit him, police said.
WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience of gay-rights activists at the White House Wednesday "I've met my commitments to the LGBT community."
TOKYO, June 29 (UPI) -- A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan early Thursday, injuring at least seven people, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
NEW YORK, June 29 (UPI) -- A New York middle school principal is under fire for plagiarizing a graduation speech from the late novelist David Foster Wallace, parents say.
CARACAS, Venezuela, June 29 (UPI) -- Venezuela has canceled a summit of regional leaders, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
CLEVELAND, June 29 (UPI) -- A Cleveland woman said in court Wednesday she saw a headless body at accused serial killer Anthony Sowell's house the night she says he repeatedly raped her.
TORONTO, June 29 (UPI) -- A driver and a pedestrian were killed in Toronto Wednesday when a car went over a street curb and hit three people, authorities said.
NEWMARKET, Ontario, June 29 (UPI) -- A Canadian teenager faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of a police officer who was dragged and pinned underneath a minivan, authorities say.
GREENVILLE, Texas, June 29 (UPI) -- About 1,000 people watched Wednesday as a white buffalo calf received the name Lightning Medicine Cloud in a Lakota Sioux ceremony in Texas.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 29 (UPI) -- A measure allowing same-sex civil unions won passage from the Rhode Island Senate Wednesday.
OTTAWA, June 29 (UPI) -- Two Canadian soldiers have been charged with manslaughter in the death of a comrade during shooting range training in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 29 (UPI) -- Two men and two women have been sentenced to prison in Oklahoma for a brutal attack on a young man that included tattooing "Rapest" on his forehead.
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 29 (UPI) -- A California father accused of dropping his toddler son into a hot oven while teaching him a lesson faces trial this week.
SACRAMENTO, June 29 (UPI) -- California lawmakers have passed a budget with deep spending cuts for higher education, programs for the poor and the first park closings in state history.
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