Egypt Violence: Reports from Egypt today say soldiers shot and killed three supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The NY Times reports crowds of demonstrators organized by the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s Party, marched on an army barracks where the deposed …

World:  A roar of approval rose up out of Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday when Egypt’s top general went on television to announce the toppling of President Mohamed Morsi and the suspension of the country’s year old constitution. Morsi was detained …

World: The clock ticks on a 48-hour ultimatum Egypt’s military chief gave President Mohammed Morsi to answer the demands of millions of protesters. The top general threatened that unless Morsi acted, the military would create its own “road map for …

World: A 21-year-old American who would have been a junior this fall at Kenyon College was stabbed to death during protests in Alexandria, Egypt. Andrew Pochter was there to teach English to 7 and 8 year olds and was watching …

Boston: The three young men arrested in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings are accused of obstructing justice and destroying evidence. Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19, are citizens of Kazakhstan who came to the US as students. Robel …

National: Three US soldiers, two American civilians, and an Afghan doctor died in an IED attack on a convoy in Afghanistan. One of the dead was 25-year-old Anne Smedinghoff, a foreign-service officer. Four other State Department people were wounded, one …

National: South Dakota became the first state to enact a law to allow public school teachers and school employees to carry guns to work. The National Rifle Association lobbied in favor of the bill. The law leaves it up to …

World: Reports are coming out of Aleppo, Syria that scores of bodies of men executed with their hands tied have been found. An activist organization based in Britain said it’s at least 65 men, many of them left along the …

World:  Disturbances continued in Egypt today despite the declaration of a state of emergency in three major Egyptian cities following days of civil and political unrest. President Mohamed Morsi took the action after four days of rioting in which police …

World: As many as 25 Egyptians in Port Said died in riots and an attempted jail break after a court sentenced 21 defendants to death for taking part in soccer violence last February that took the lives of 75. More …