Gordon Jones, the senior military historian and curator at the Atlanta History Center, said there are several ways a Civil War cannonball unearthed at an Atlanta construction site could have gotten there, including having been fired by federal soldiers from outside the city or simply left behind.
Joe Biden, the U.S. vice president, spoke via telephone with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for 25 minutes to ease tensions created by the disclosure that the U.S. collected data on billions of telephone calls and emails in Brazil, according to that nation’s government.
King Albert, 79, of Belgium used his farewell speech on the eve of his abdication to call for unity in the linguistically divided nation and said it is of “essential importance” to stick together to maintain Belgium’s high standard of living.
LaShay Bradley, 23, mother of four from Baton Rouge, was placed on probation for four years after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in the May 2012 drowning of her 11-monthold daughter, Lailah, whom she had left in a bathtub while she spoke with people in another room.
Pope Francis reached out to young Catholics gearing up for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, posting a message on Twitter in which he wished the pilgrims a safe journey.
Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon signed a bill allowing ranchers, as a last resort, to kill wolves that repeatedly attack their livestock, making Oregon the only state in the West to allow such killings.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has volunteered to campaign for Wyoming’s Sen. Mike Enzi, who’s facing a challenge from former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter Liz Cheney, calling Enzi “one of those solid guys.”
Deborah Madden, a 63-year-old former San Francisco crime laboratory technician accused of swiping cocaine that she was supposed to be testing, has been sentenced to home confinement after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor.
Marte Deborah Dalev, a 24-year-old Norwegian who reported her rape by a co-worker to police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and was subsequently sentenced to 16 months in jail for having sex outside marriage, said she decided to speak out about her case in hopes of alerting other outsiders to the city’s Islamic-influenced legal codes.
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