Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty... Read more »
View ArticlePope wades into Mideast peace with prayer summit
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for an evening of peace prayers just weeks after......
View ArticleHead of Iraqi rebels is jihad’s rising leader
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of radical Sunni fighters who have made rapid military advances in Iraq is the rising star of global jihad, driven, Islamist fighters... Read more »
View ArticleMatt Bai: What is Martin O’Malley thinking?
View photo . Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley On a Friday night two weeks ago, Democrats in Manchester, New Hampshire, packed a half-size banquet room for a party fundraiser. Like everyone... Read more »
View ArticleAt least 38 feared dead in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel’s heartland in...
View ArticleRobin Williams dead in apparent suicide
[embedded content] Robin Williams, the manic comic genius who morphed from TV’s Mork from Ork to Oscar-winning glory, is dead of an apparent suicide. He was 63. Emergency personnel were... Read more »
View ArticleIS forums encourage NYC, Vegas attacks
Bomb-making instructions and potential targets for “lone wolves in America” to attack were recently posted to an online message board sympathetic to the Islamic State militant group, also known as......
View ArticleU.S. Secret Service director resigns
U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, appointed to fix the embattled agency in the wake of a scandal in which agents consorted with prostitutes in Colombia, has resigned, Homeland Security......
View ArticlePenn. trooper ambush suspect captured
LORDS VALLEY, Pa. (AP) — A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured on Thursday by U.S. marshals near an abandoned... Read more »
View ArticleProsecutors drop charge against AC/DC’s Phil Rudd
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand prosecutors on Friday backtracked by dropping a murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, saying there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed. But...
View ArticleMatt Bai: What is Martin O’Malley thinking?
View photo . Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley On a Friday night two weeks ago, Democrats in Manchester, New Hampshire, packed a half-size banquet room for a party fundraiser. Like everyone... Read more »
View ArticleAt least 38 feared dead in Gaza
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes shook Gaza every few minutes on Wednesday, and militants kept up rocket fire at Israel’s heartland in...
View ArticleRobin Williams dead in apparent suicide
[embedded content] Robin Williams, the manic comic genius who morphed from TV’s Mork from Ork to Oscar-winning glory, is dead of an apparent suicide. He was 63. Emergency personnel were... Read more »
View ArticleIS forums encourage NYC, Vegas attacks
Bomb-making instructions and potential targets for “lone wolves in America” to attack were recently posted to an online message board sympathetic to the Islamic State militant group, also known as......
View ArticleU.S. Secret Service director resigns
U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, appointed to fix the embattled agency in the wake of a scandal in which agents consorted with prostitutes in Colombia, has resigned, Homeland Security......
View ArticlePenn. trooper ambush suspect captured
LORDS VALLEY, Pa. (AP) — A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured on Thursday by U.S. marshals near an abandoned... Read more »
View ArticleProsecutors drop charge against AC/DC’s Phil Rudd
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand prosecutors on Friday backtracked by dropping a murder-for-hire charge against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, saying there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed. But...
View ArticleMassive fire engulfs Dubai skyscraper
A fire erupted early Saturday morning at the Marina Torch in Dubai, the 79-floor skyscraper that is among the world’s tallest residential buildings. According to a report in the English-language......
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