El Salvador begins evacuations near volcano
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Authorities in El Salvador evacuated an area around the Chaparrastique volcano after the peak shot a cloud of gas and ash about 3 miles...
Suspected drunk driver kills man lying in bed
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man arrested after a fatal car crash into the front of a Southern California home was convicted in 2010 of driving under...
Power back in Michigan, Maine; more snow set for Maine
Just as power had been restored to most of the nearly 800,000 customers who lost it in the ice storm days before Christmas in Michigan and Maine, Maine was bracing...
Suspect in Colorado triple slaying arrested in Oklahoma
DENVER (AP) — A man suspected of killing three people and setting fire to a home in southern Colorado has been captured in Oklahoma after a nationwide manhunt, authorities said...
Suicide bombing in Russia highlights Olympics security
The deaths of at least 16 people in a suicide bombing in southern Russia on Sunday fit a pattern of recent terror attacks and increased the focus on already-heavy security...
China bans officials from smoking in public
BEIJING (AP) — China, which has the world's largest number of smokers, appears to be making another effort at limiting smoking by banning officials from lighting up in public. ...
China says police kill 8 ‘terrorists’ in Xinjiang
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in western China said Monday that police fatally shot eight "terrorists" who had attacked them using knives and explosives in the latest in a string of...
Bloomberg spent $650M on NYC in 12 years
NEW YORK (AP) — A new report says billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $650 million of his own fortune on New York City over the course of three terms...
Tukur Denies Taking Legal Action to Stall His Ouster
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Sunday said he had not instituted any legal action in court to stop the party's National Executive Committee...
El-Rufai, 103 Others Escape Unhurt as Aero Contractors Plane Loses Tyre
Tragedy was averted Sunday when a Boeing 737 plane with over 100 passengers belonging to Aero Contractors had a burst tyre at the Murtala Muhammed international Airport (MMIA), Lagos. ...