| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | No response yet from Israel | | Not long after Israel resumed its offensive in Gaza today, Hamas said it agreed to a 24-hour U.N.-mediated cease-fire. |
| Vladimir Putin's real goal | | Rick Francona says the reported artillery firing from Russian territory is a sign Vladimir Putin has escalated the Ukraine battle |
| How North Korea gets its power | | The last bit of news I heard before boarding a plane to Seoul a few days ago was that North Korea had just fired 100 artillery shells into the sea near the border with South Korea. |
| Boy, 3, shot on Chicago | | Gun violence flared again in Chicago when a shooter sprayed bullets outside a convenience store on the city's west side, killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding six others. |
| Costello: Ray Rice and my dad's advice | | Carol Costello says she was wrong to expect the NFL to come down hard on Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice, and that the league be universally criticized if they didn't. |
| Inmate took 2 hours to die | | On Wednesday, July 23, the State of Arizona executed Joseph Rudolph Wood in the fourth visibly bungled execution this year. The execution began at 1:52 p.m. According to eyewitness Michael Kiefer, "Wood was unconscious by 1:57 p.m. At about 2:05, he started gasping." He continued to gasp for over 90 minutes. |
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