Gunmen kidnap 7 Red Cross workers in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen abducted six Red Cross workers and a Syrian Red Crescent volunteer after stopping their convoy early Sunday in northwestern Syria, a spokesman said, in the latest...
U.S. Cruz, Palin join protesters at WWII Memorial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday morning to protest the memorial's closing under the government shutdown....
U.S. Ex-Rep. Gabby Giffords attends N.Y. gun show
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns Sunday in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a...
U.S. Court to decide if race preference bans hurt diversity
WASHINGTON — To hear Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette explain it, what could be wrong with a state constitutional amendment that "shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to,...
Families fight Tenn. child agency for information
NASHVILLE — When a Department of Children's Services caseworker first placed Jonathan in Janie Cunningham's arms, he was just 2 weeks old — a tiny thing, born three months premature...
Egypt: Detained U.S. citizen found dead in cell
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian government said a U.S. citizen it detained in the Sinai Peninsula last month for violating curfew was found dead Sunday in his jail cell, the...
Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109
RATANGARH – The death toll from a stampede among Hindu pilgrims in India rose to 109 Monday as outrage mounted over safety at the festival which was also the...
Searching for owner, story behind Vietnam vet’s watch
WILMINGTON, Del. -- It's not an expensive watch. For someone, however, it was a daily reminder of a seminal point in their lives: a year served in the Vietnam...
Death tallies belie true impact of kids’ gun injuries
Gunshot-related injuries are well known as a leading cause of death among children and adolescents, but other aspects of the health toll they inflict get much less attention, including injury...
2015: Only the constitution can resolve Jonathan’s eligibility — Jemibewon
FORMER Minister of Police Affairs, Gen David Jemibewon (rtd), in this interview, avers that the current crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a fallout of the party’s non...