Paralympic archer gets Olympic flag
Paralympic champion archer Zahra Nemati is named as Iran's flagbearer for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Paralympic champion archer Zahra Nemati is named as Iran's flagbearer for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
BANGUI, Central African Republic - Central African Republic's constitutional court has certified results from the first round of the country's long-awaited presidential vote, confirming that two former prime ministers will compete in a runoff.
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic's constitutional court has certified results from the first round of the country's long-awaited presidential vote, confirming t…
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic's constitutional court has certified results from the first round of the country's long-awaited presidential vote, confirming that two former prime ministers will compete in a runoff.
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — An elderly New York woman who voiced concern about driving home during the weekend snowstorm was found dead Monday in her car at a fast-food restaurant in northern New Jersey. The Record (bit.ly/1WKlSeQ) reports the woman had told workers at the restaurant on Friday night that she was afraid to drive home due to the snowstorm that was hitting the region. A cause of death has not been determined, but authorities say foul play is not suspected.
LONDON - The jailed former president of the Maldives said Monday that he may not return home after being temporarily freed to seek medical treatment in Britain.
LONDON (AP) — The jailed former president of the Maldives said Monday that he may not return home after being temporarily freed to seek medical treatment in Britain.
LONDON (AP) — The jailed former president of the Maldives said Monday that he may not return home after being temporarily freed to seek medical treatment in Britain. Nasheed was released last week so he could undergo spinal surgery for chronic back pain he says is a result of torture during earlier bouts of imprisonment. Nasheed's international legal team — U.S. attorney Jared Genser and British lawyers Amal Clooney and Ben Emmerson — is pressing London and Washington to impose asset freezes and... Читать дальше...
A British adventurer has died after suffering exhaustion and dehydration while attempting to cross the Antarctic alone.
(AP) — Nebraska authorities say a Colorado man was arrested after deputies found 515 pounds of pot in his pickup at a Lincoln truck stop. A court document says a Lancaster County sheriff's deputy spotted the truck headed east on Interstate 80 and followed it as it left the highway and halted at the truck stop.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says his office will try to provide financial relief to families.
The proudly formulaic show has no stars, is cheap to produce and has helped HGTV become one of the most-watched cable channels in America. One TV executive called it “comfort food.”
The Washington region lurched fitfully from under one of the heaviest snowfalls in memory with authorities warning that it could take days for plows to reach some residential streets.
Since Friday, more than 11,000 flights have been canceled in the Northeast corridor, home to several of the country’s most-visited airports.
People believe that their stomachs are good at telling them when to eat and when to stop. But researchers say it's our memories that play a bigger role.
He didn’t take his arrest too seriously
A 24-hour Underground strike planned to start on Tuesday evening is called off as the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) suspends its action.
A campus email from Harvard Law School's dean for administration said police conducted numerous interviews and performed a forensic examination, but could not identify who placed diagonal slashes of black tape on the glass of several photo portraits in a law school building, or why they did it.
Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Konstantinos Kutras said that Austrian minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner should think more about the European spirit and vision rather than the political equilibrium in Vienna.
MILWAUKEE - A former suburban Milwaukee police officer pleaded guilty to killing an Oregon woman and ditching her body in a suitcase along a highway on Monday, the same day his trial was set to begin.
Zelich pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide with use of a dangerous weapon and hiding a corpse in the Gamez case, which was filed in Kenosha County, about 40 miles south of Milwaukee. According to court records and testimony, Zelich met Gamez online and invited her to Wisconsin. According to court documents, Zelich said he met her online and killed her while playing the same choking game at a hotel in Rochester, Minnesota.