Former Virginia senator Jim Webb announced that he will run for the Democratic presidential nomination, adding "a decidedly more conservative option for Democratic voters" (WaPo). http://www.infobitt.com/b/13632
Anonymous donors have given more than $3 million to fund college scholarships for the community around the historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina where nine people were slain last month. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13628
A previously undetected measles infection was found by an autopsy to be the underlying cause of a Washington state woman's death, marking the first known U.S. fatality from the disease in 12 years. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13630
BP has agreed to pay a record environmental fine of $18.7bn to settle legal actions brought by the US and several states over the fatal 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13626
More than 5,000 residents of the US state of Tennessee have been evacuated after a freight train carrying toxic chemicals derailed and caught fire. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13622
A UN official said five UN peacekeepers were killed in an attack on their convoy close to the northern city of Timbuktu. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13627
A new study suggests it may be possible to diagnose autism by giving children a sniff test. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13631
Seven police officers were charged with torturing three women who witnessed a deadly incident in the town of Tlatlaya, in southeastern Mexico. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13624
The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, dropped to 62.6%, the lowest reading since October 1977. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13602
The Muslim Brotherhood has warned of "serious repercussions" and has called on its supporters to "rise in revolt" after Egyptian police killed 13 of its members. http://www.infobitt.com/b/13590
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