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BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi anti-government protesters have torn down walls and poured into Bagdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, storming the parliament. Cellphone videos show young men running through the halls, calling for the government to disband. Security forces fired tear gas at one entrance of the Green Zone, which is normally off-limits to the vast majority of Iraqis. Hundreds were still pouring into the zone as night fell.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Switzerland tomorrow for urgent talks on Syria. His trip comes amid escalating violations of a fragile truce around the city of Aleppo. The State Department says he'll meet with the U.N. envoy for Syria as well as the foreign ministers of Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya have ordered the owner of a building that collapsed to surrender himself to the police for questioning. The six-story residential building in Nairobi collapsed in heavy rain, killing 12 people and injuring at least 134, Kenyan officials said Saturday. The head of the National Construction Authority says the building didn't have a required occupancy permit.
PALESTINE, Texas (AP) — Police in Palestine (PAL'-eh-steen), Texas, say five people were found dead after a creek spilled over its banks overnight following heavy rain. Several residents of the East Texas neighborhood climbed to their rooftops to escape the high water. As the water receded, police found the bodies of a 64-year-old woman and four children, ages 6, 7, 8 and 9.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says one of the keys to successful investing is avoiding envy. Buffett told shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting that investors shouldn't envy someone who profited by buying shares in a company's initial public offering or claimed a lottery jackpot. He says the key is to look for investments that make sense to you and think of stocks as a slice of an individual business that you'd be comfortable to own for the long-term.
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