GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two weeks after the end of the Gaza war, there is growing evidence that Hamas militants used residential areas as cover for launching rockets at Israel, at least at times. Even Hamas now admits
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the
LONDON (Reuters) – Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom hold a two-point lead over supporters of independence, an opinion poll showed on Friday, less than a week before Scots vote in a referendum on whether to split from
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — From afar, it looks and sounds like a regular recreational baseball game: the crack of the bat, the cheering from the bench, the sliding into home. But a closer glance at this field in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park
GUARDAMAR DEL SEGURA, Spain, Sept. 11 (UPI) —A Spanish gravedigger pictured posing next to a long-dead corpse that had been exhumed has been suspended from his duties, officials said. A municipal representative in Guardamar del Segura said the worker, identified
EVERETT, Pa., Sept. 11 (UPI) — A Pennsylvania teen who posted pictures of himself with a Jesus statue was charged with desecration of a venerated object. The 14-year-old was charged Tuesday under a rarely-enforced 1972 law making it a misdemeanor to
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African judge on Friday found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and declared him not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said they were disappointed by the
A judge in Pakistan has ordered a murderer to be hanged next week, officials said Friday, in what would be the country’s first civilian execution in six years. The country has had a de facto moratorium on civilian hangings since
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Supporters of keeping Scotland in the United Kingdom have clawed back a 4 percentage point lead over separatists, a YouGov poll showed on Friday with just a week to go before Scots vote in a referendum on
London shares inched upwards on Friday, with the banking sector boosted by a new poll showing Scotland is set to reject independence in next week’s historic referendum. The FTSE 100 ticked up 0.22 percent to 6,814.35 points at the start
LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s independence battle is a tough one to call. The Yes side has James Bond, but the No campaign has Harry Potter. Former 007 Sean Connery has long been a vocal Scottish nationalist — from his home
Australia on Friday raised the terror threat level to “high” from “medium” for the first time in a decade, on concerns about Australians returning from fighting in the Middle East. The heightened alert means a “terrorist attack is likely”.
(AFP) Boko Haram fighters have surrounded the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri and are preparing an imminent takeover, an influential regional group claimed on Thursday, calling for military reinforcements. abu-joa/phz/ec
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is returning to the key presidential state of Iowa next week, reminding voters not to count him out of the next presidential campaign. The White House says Biden will be in Des Moines
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will act on his own by year’s end to remake the nation’s fractured immigration system, and he will go as far as he can under the law, the White House chief of staff told
Sixteen female Senators–14 Democrats and two Republicans–wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday demanding a “zero-tolerance” policy for domestic abuse days after TMZ released the shocking footage of Ray Rice sucker punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer in an elevator. Rice
Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart will find out no later than next week whether authorities will pursue charges in the death of a driver he struck during a sprint car race in upstate New York last month. Ontario County Sheriff
UPDATE: CBS has canceled Rihanna’s performance. CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus says said: “We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone coverage.”— In an unfortunate coincidence, Rihanna, who was beaten by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in
Tim Tebow will be joining ABC’s Good Morning America as a contributor. The former Heisman Trophy winner’s first day will reportedly be on Monday, Sept. 15, and he will “appear in-studio and live on location in towns across America” as part
Ray Rice reportedly spat in the face of his then-fiancee Janay Palmer twice–once outside the elevator and once in the elevator–before clocking her unconscious. ESPN spoke to two security staffers who were on duty and another who had “full access to the
Ray Rice is reportedly blaming alcohol for causing him to spit on his wife’s face and sucker punch her unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator in February. According to TMZ, the outlet the leaked the video, “Rice told the
NFL owners are reportedly ready to oust NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell if an investigation shows that he lied about having not seen the video tape of Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee Janay Palmer before Monday. Goodell has insisted that
The Gospel Herald reports that the a website promoting “Saving Christmas, an upcoming movie form Kirk Cameraon, was twice hacked by “a Turkish hacker group described as anti-Christian, anti-Israel and anti-American[.]” The production team was able to quickly restore the
NEW YORK (AP) — With the solemn toll of a bell and a moment of silence, the nation paused Thursday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the hallowed site just hours after President Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, who has postponed until after Election Day his plans that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation, is already on pace this year to deport the fewest number of immigrants since at least 2007.
