Animal Photos Of The Week: Baby Polar Twins Wake Up To Spring
This week has been an interesting one in the weird, wild world of animal news: Smithsonian's National Zoo is hand-raising a baby sloth bear after its mother proved to be unfit to raise the cub. Pythons...
View ArticleOscar Pistorius Trial To Extend To May: Judicial Office
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Judicial authorities in South Africa say the Oscar Pistorius murder will be in recess for a week in the first half of April, and then resume until mid-May. High court authorities in...
View ArticleTop White House Aide Says It's 'Possible' Russia Could Invade Eastern Ukraine
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House aide says it's possible that Russia could invade eastern Ukraine, and even U.S. military assistance would be unlikely to prevent it. Deputy...
View ArticleSochi Avalanche Kills Skiers At Resort Used During Olympics The Day After It...
MOSCOW (AP) — An avalanche killed two skiers on Sunday at the Russian mountain resort used for the Sochi Olympics the day after it opened to the public, the resort said. Six skiers were on the middle...
View ArticleCokie Roberts Recalls Search For Father's Missing Plane In 1972
The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has had personal resonance for ABC News' Cokie Roberts. Roberts' father, Rep. Hale Boggs (D-La.), disappeared in a plane crash in 1972. Boggs, who was...
View ArticleDick Durbin: Mitt Romney 'Suffering From Political Amnesia'
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday that former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is suffering from "political amnesia" in his recent criticisms of President...
View ArticleHarry Reid: GOP May Have Helped Russia Annex Crimea
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Republicans may have helped Russia annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in a surprisingly sharp attack ahead of a test vote on a bill...
View ArticleEgypt Kangaroo Court Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters to Death
The Egyptian court has just handed down one of the most grotesque sentences in Egyptian history, condemning 529 people to death in one fell swoop. The U.S. State Department said it was "shocked" and...
View ArticleBloomberg Editor Quits To Protest 'Mishandled' China Reporting
An editor for Bloomberg has quit the company to protest its controversial reporting about China. Bloomberg came under fire months ago after editor-in-chief Matthew Winkler allegedly killed an...
View ArticleG8 Summit In Sochi Canceled, G7 Leaders To Meet In Brussels Instead
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Seeking to isolate Russia, President Barack Obama and Western and Asian allies moved to indefinitely cut Moscow out of a major international coalition on Monday, including...
View ArticleJosh Hutcherson Gives Valuable Advice To His Younger Self
If you had the opportunity to give advice to your younger self, what would it be? Well, you may get some ideas from Josh Hutcherson. After 21 years of experiences, the "Hunger Games" actor imparts his...
View ArticleWorld's Largest Democracy Prepares for Biggest Ever Elections
Hopes for maintaining freedom and democracy are shaky in many countries today from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Iraq and Afghanistan. On the other hand the continued success of autocracies such as China has...
View ArticleMost Viewers Think All That Flight 370 Coverage Is Just Fine
The media's wall-to-wall-to-wall coverage of the Flight 370 disaster has attracted its fair share of criticism—but almost half of viewers and readers have no problem with how much attention the story's...
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Three Years Later, Syrians Continue to Suffer at the Hands of International...
Activists read the names of Syria's victims outside the White House at 2 am, March 15. (Omar Ghabra) For the three days leading up to March 15, Syrians gathered in front of the White House to read the...
View ArticleCould Mexico Save Kiev (and the Rest of the World) from War?
The answer is maybe if energy has anything (read everything) to do with it. Specifically natural gas, which the Russians have used as recently as 2009 as leverage against the Ukraine and the rest of...
View ArticleThe CNN Affect
Consider the last couple weeks a case study in American infomania. Infomania refers to the compulsion to accumulate information, especially news, via cell phone or computer -- a kind of Digital-Age...
View ArticleChina Watch, or Is it 'Watch China?'
The Philippines continues to stand, if not alone, without much true international support as China pushes its aggressive claim to the South China Sea almost into Manila Bay. President Benigno S. Aquino...
View ArticleThe Philosophers' Guide to Calm, Part 1
Nowadays, almost all of us wish we could be calmer. It's one of the distinctive longings of the modern age. Across history, people have tended to seek out adventure and excitement. But most of us have...
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Egypt Sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood Members To Death. That's Like...
A criminal court in Egypt ordered the execution of 529 people said to belong to the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday. The defendants were standing trial for the killing of a police officer and the attack...
View ArticleObama: Tacos And Tequila Are 'Not Punishment'
The World Cup has a way of bringing out the patriot in most people. So when President Barack Obama spoke with Univision’s radio program "El Bueno, La Mala, y El Feo" ("The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly")...
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