(Reuters) – Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza was sentenced on Tuesday to spend eight months in a community confinement center during five years of probation after pleading guilty to a campaign finance law violation. The defendant, a frequent critic
This story originally appeared at Vox. Before this year, Ebola was a disease relegated to remote villages in Africa. Even public health officials didn’t worry about it spreading very far. Until recently, they would probably tell you that the virus typically
This article originally appeared at Slate: It’s nine months into the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, and the situation is only going from bad to worse. The outbreak simmered slowly in West Africa from December 2013, when the first case was
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Guilder Rodriguez played 13 seasons and 1,095 games in the minor leagues before the Texas Rangers called up the 31-year-old switch-hitting infielder earlier this month. Now he has quite a night to remember, one shared with
The story originally appeared in New York Magazine: While ISIS has captured international attention with its very public, bloodthirsty tactics, a terrorist group some American officials say is more intent on actually striking the United States is operating in the
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) — Jim Furyk is the only player in the last 25 years to experience both ends of emotion in that moment the Ryder Cup is over. He knows how empty it feels to lose the decisive game.
TOKYO, Sept. 22 (UPI) —The Disney Sea theme park in Tokyo announced a Halloween-themed menu including a pitch black sausage and a dish topped with a skull-shaped tortilla chip. The theme park announced the spooky Halloween menu, available through Oct.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in Syria, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal militant group a safe haven.
(AFP) — The contemporary art market experienced a record-breaking year in 2013/14, smashing through the $2 billion mark for the first time, according to new figures released on Tuesday. US artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died in 1988, Jeff Koons and
A US-led coalition hit Islamic State group targets in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor early Tuesday as well as in its Raqa province stronghold, a monitoring group said. Most of the targets hit were in the Deir Ezzor town
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz SE, warned that global markets do not fully appreciate the risk posed by the Ukrainian crisis, a conflict which could push Europe into recession. He saw few options
Labour party leader Ed Miliband is to lay out his battle plan for the May 2015 election on Tuesday in a bid to become the next prime minister. In his keynote speech in the last annual party conference before the
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has shot down a Syrian aircraft that infiltrated its airspace over the Golan Heights. The military says a “Syrian aircraft infiltrated into Israeli air space” on Tuesday morning. It says the military
The number of Ebola infections will triple to 20,000 by November, soaring by the thousands every week if efforts are not significantly stepped up to stop the outbreak, the WHO warned Tuesday. “Without drastic improvements in control measures, the numbers
British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold face-to-face talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the premier’s office said on Tuesday, in what would be the first such high-level meeting between the two countries since 1979. During the meeting at the
GENEVA (AP) — For Qatar or Russia to be stripped of the World Cup, a key person in the legal chain needs to make use of the powers available to him. Events of recent days, however, suggest FIFA’s independent ethics
BEIRUT (AP) — Fighters of the Islamic State militant group are ready to battle a U.S.-led military coalition seeking to destroy it, the group’s spokesman said in a new audio recording in which he called on Muslims worldwide to kill
Labour Party shadow chancellor Ed Balls accidentally left an opponent bleeding in a football match between party politicians and journalists on Sunday. As the team of politicians struggled to overturn a goal deficit on the pitch in Manchester, Balls’ elbow
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party was on Monday debating how to win next year’s general election at its annual conference as it struggles to avoid divisions after Scotland’s independence referendum. The economy was centre-stage as finance spokesman Ed Balls delivered
The EU’s competition watchdog will recommend approval of Britain’s plans, backed by French and Chinese energy giants, to build its first nuclear plant in a generation, an official said Monday. “As our discussions with British authorities have ended with an
Britain’s Royal Mint on Monday launched an online gold and silver coin trading service and said purchases could be stored under 24-hour military protection in its vault or delivered to your door. Use of the vault is only for clients
MADRID (AP) — Doctors treating a Spanish priest who was repatriated from West Africa on Monday after being diagnosed with the Ebola virus said there were no samples of experimental drug ZMapp available in the world right now, and they
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s unprecedented effort to stop a devastating baseball talent drain doesn’t seem to be working, with a string of stars leaving for the major leagues in the year since the government allowed a small number to play
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Frustrated residents complained of food shortages in some neighborhoods of Sierra Leone’s capital on Sunday as the country reached the third and final day of a sweeping, unprecedented lockdown designed to combat the deadly Ebola
CAIRO, Sept 21 (Reuters) – A bomb blast beside Egypt’s foreign ministry killed three policemen on Sunday, including a key witness in a trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. The blast, the worst attack in Cairo for months, killed
