First Take: Obama’s decision a risky precedent?
WASHINGTON — When he walked out of the Rose Garden on Saturday, President Obama studiously ignored the shouted question from a reporter: What happens if Congress says no? Defying...
U.N.: Syria attack timing idea ‘grotesque’
The idea that the departure of a United Nations chemical weapons inspection team from Syria opens a window for a U.S. attack is "grotesque," the top U.N spokesman said Saturday....
Mandela remains in hospital, condition unchanged
Nelson Mandela remains hospitalized in a critical but stable condition, the office of South Africa's president said Saturday. Several news organizations, including CNN and the BBC, reported that former...
Obama asks Congress to OK strike on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Saturday that he was ready to take military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime in retaliation for their alleged use of chemical weapons,...
Pope taps Vatican diplomat to be his top aide
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday tapped a veteran diplomat as the Vatican's No. 2 to replace the Holy See's secretary of state, who in recent years increasingly...
Massive California wildfire is still ‘very active’
A massive California wildfire that began two weeks ago is still raging, affecting firefighters, residents and tourists in the area. "Despite firefighters' efforts, the remote Rim Fire burning near...
PLEASE, LET’S PRAY FOR AMAECHI . . . as Rivers’ political crisis continues to defy solution
I am sure that many watchers of political events in Rivers State would not have imagined that the political crisis rocking that state could last this long, especially against the...
N.C. School Shooting: 1 injured after shots fired at a Winston-Salem high school; student in custody
CBS/AP) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Authorities say there has been a shooting at a high school in Winston-Salem, N.C. and that a student is in custody, CBS affiliate WFMY reports. ...
Rim fire makes a sleepy Sierra city a boomtown
TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. — Life is slow and uneventful in Tuolumne, an old mining and logging town of 1,800 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It's not on the road...
Lamar Odom arrested for DUI
Los Angeles: Khloe Kardashian`s husband Lamar Odom has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Odom, 33, who has been accused of cheating on...