Greece crisis: poll shows voters will say 'no' to the troika's terms – but the gap is narrowing

Most Greeks will still vote 'no' to the bailout terms proposed by the troika, though public opinion warmed towards the proposals after the banks closed earlier this week.

Nine senior citizens shot in robbery at South African mall

Nine senior citizens, plus two guards, were shot and injured during an early morning robbery at the Soshanguve Mall in Pretoria, South Africa Wednesday, police said.

South Carolina black church destroyed by fire, cause unknown

UPDATEFire has gutted the Mt. Zion AME Church on Highway 375 in Greeleyville. Williamsburg, Kingstree, Clarendon, Berkeley, and South Lynches Fire Departments are fighting the fire. Williamsburg County Sheriffs Office is one site and SLED are en route. No injuries to report. Law enforcement will provide a press release. A lightening storm passed through the area this afternoon. Senator Ronnie Sabb arrived as the firefighters were putting out the blaze. He said it is just an unfortunate occurrence and all we know at this point. "We will find out what the cause is. We know that we had a very sharp lightening storm earlier tonight so it very well could be that."

EXCLUSIVE: Family of man killed by cops sues for $25M

The family of a former bodybuilder killed by an errant police bullet while he was trying to rescue a friend from her crazed ex-boyfriend filed a $25 million lawsuit on Tuesday, the Daily News has learned.

Rafael Laureano, 51, was asked by cops to break down the door to his friend’s home last September 29 while she was under attack from Francisco Carvajal, the Brooklyn Supreme Court suit alleged.

Katarzyna Russo, along with two young children, were locked in the bathroom of the Midwood apartment as Carvajal used two knives to chop through the door, the suit said.

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Rafael Laureano (pictured here in 2011) died when he was accidently shot in the neck by a cop.


You are setting the North against the South, Baraje tells Akande

By Henry Umoru
FORMER Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and now a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kawu Baraje, yesterday lampooned former interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande over his statement that the emergence of the principal officers in the national Assembly, enjoy the backing of some business interests and anti-Buhari elements.