'I Should Kill You Right Here'
The pro-Russia militants who stood guard at one of the tire-strewn checkpoints littering eastern Ukraine presented a fearsome picture on Friday morning, their faces wrapped in black ski masks and...
View ArticleUruguay Releases Legal Marijuana Market Rules
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay has finally released its rules for the legal marijuana market it is launching this year, detailing how the government plans to get very involved in every aspect of...
View ArticleEdward Snowden: Entire Populations Now Live Under Constant Surveillance
TORONTO (AP) — Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who has been leaking information about government data collection programs, said Friday before a debate on state surveillance that...
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The 'Mona Lisa' Just Might Be Part Of History's First 3D Image, Researchers...
Leonard da Vinci was the original Renaissance man, dabbling in not just art, but anatomy, geology, botany, cartography, mathematics, literature and much, much more. Not only do we give him credit for...
View ArticleDivers Search Unopened Rooms Of Sunken South Korea Ferry
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Divers battled strong currents and wind Saturday to search unopened rooms in a sunken South Korean ferry for 70 missing passengers, officials said Saturday. The divers will...
View ArticlePolice: Tossed Toilet Bowl Killed Soccer Fan At Stadium In Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian soccer fan was killed when he was struck in the head by a toilet bowl hurled from stadium stands as supporters of rival clubs clashed in the northeastern World Cup host...
View ArticleSchools In Nigeria's Capital Abuja To Close For Security During Summit
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Security forces raided areas near the site of two bombings in Nigeria's capital and detained eight suspects including foreigners on Saturday, the Ministry of Defense announced as...
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Parched Rivers, Danube Flights And A Monk On May Day: Week In Photos, April...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Warns Russia: End Backing Of Ukraine Insurgents
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday pressed Russia to stop backing separatists in eastern Ukraine and help oust them from government buildings seized in about a dozen...
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Here's Why Spring Is The Best Season To Fall In Love
It's spring and love is in the air. With all the weddings, romantic picnics and opportunities for hand-in-hand strolling, spring is really the unofficial season of love. These carefree days make it the...
View ArticleU.S. Presses Russia: Syria Cannot Delay Removal Of Chemical Weapons
(Adds background, quote) KINSHASA, May 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he spoke with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday about the need to ensure that the last...
View ArticleBlasts In Kenya's Mombasa, Several Killed
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least three people were killed in a grenade blast in one of two explosions Saturday along the coast of Kenya, an east African country working to crack down on a recent wave of...
View ArticleIsrael and the Palestinians - What Now?
The Past - Failed Efforts Despite the heroic efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry and Special Envoy Martin Indyk to bring Israel and the Palestinians to agreement, the current peace process effort...
View ArticleOfficial: Boy Who Stowed Away On Jet Leaves Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — The 15-year-old boy who survived a 5½-hour flight from California to Hawaii in a jet's wheel well has left the state, but officials on Saturday would not say where they sent him and...
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Parents Of Kidnapped Nigerian Girls Say Government Is Doing Little To Rescue...
Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release.Frustrated by the lack of progress so...
View ArticleJoel McHale Says His Favorite Joke Of Obama's Was When He Said He'd Close Gitmo
Comedian Joel McHale, who hosted the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner, ran down a list of what he thought were President Barack Obama's funniest moments in office. "My favorite was when you said...
View ArticleDemocrat Slams GOP For 'Colossal Waste Of Time' On Benghazi Committee (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says it makes no sense to participate in the select committee that Republicans want to create to investigate the 2012 attack on the U.S....
View ArticleBus Bombings In Kenyan Capital Kill At Least 2
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three people were killed and at least 60 wounded when two homemade bombs exploded on buses along one of the busiest highways in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, authorities said...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week: Time To Warm Up For Spring
This week has been an interesting one in the weird, wild world of animal news: Pit bull lovers gathered in Washington D.C. to show that all dogs are "born inherently good." Butterflies have a good...
View ArticleMERS Experts Fret About Deadly Virus' Great Unknowns
ISTANBUL -- With cases of a virulent and highly fatal pathogen on the rise, including the first-known occurrence in the United States, epidemiologists and public health officials say some of their...
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