VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Monday that its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, accused of sexually abusing young boys in the Caribbean country, had lost his diplomatic immunity and could be tried by Dominican or other courts.
Note from Senior Management: CNN’s Peter Hamby captures Sen. Marco Rubio’s mea culpa for participating in the ‘Gang of Eight’ among the grassroots in the key primary state of South Carolina. We reprint here. Marco Rubio came to South Carolina
MIAMI (AP) — Burger King says it struck a deal to buy Tim Hortons Inc. for about $11 billion, a move that would give the fast-food company a stronger foothold in the coffee and breakfast market. The corporate headquarters of
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president has fired all Cabinet ministers and other top officials who defied her order to return to the country as it struggles with an unprecedented Ebola outbreak. A statement from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s office late
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine is claiming that its forces have captured 10 Russian soldiers in an eastern region where the Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Russia separatists. The Facebook page for the anti-rebel operation — which includes the military, the national
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s prime minister will scramble to put together a new pro-reform government on Tuesday, a day after the surprise eviction of rebel ministers who had opposed budgetary rigor. Manuel Valls will seek as wide a basis as
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Modern Family” and “Breaking Bad” triumphed at Monday’s Emmy Awards, proving that established broadcast and cable series retain the power to fend off challenges from upstart online series like “Orange Is the New Black.” The ceremony’s
On Monday, Rush Limbaugh called out mainstream media sports writers for being more liberal than news reporters and obsessing just as much about race. Limbaugh said that what he has learned over the years, especially after he “learned the game
Rush Limbaugh said there will be “hell to pay” and “some anger” in the media if the St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, who came out of the closet before the Draft. On his Monday radio show, Limbaugh said he
The Oakland Raiders are the least desirable team for NFL players. In a recent survey, ESPN asked NFL players: “The only way I’d play for [team name] is if they doubled my salary.” According to ESPN, “82 players who answered,” and
CAIRO, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Airstrikes by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were launched against anti-government militias in Libya last week, four senior U.S. officials revealed Monday. The attacks against Islamic militias in the vicinity of Tripoli, Libya’s capital,
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government on Monday after open feuding among his Cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his Socialist government’s resignation after accusing France’s outspoken economy minister of
Ukraine said a battle erupted on Monday between border guards and a convoy of “dozens” of armoured vehicles and tanks that entered its territory from Russia near the Azov Sea.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Fighting between Israel and Gaza militants raged on Monday despite claims of new cease-fire efforts as hundreds of Israelis living in communities near the coastal strip were fleeing their homes following a deadly mortar
From Stanley Kurtz writing at National Review Online: The College Board, the private company that produces the SAT test and the various Advanced Placement (AP) exams, has kicked off a national controversy by issuing a new and unprecedentedly detailed “Framework”
LONDON (AP) — Police and spy agencies are close to identifying the English-accented militant depicted on video showing the killing of U.S. journalist James Foley, Britain’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday. Peter Westmacott told CNN’s “State of the
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State fighters captured a major military air base in northeastern Syria on Sunday, eliminating the last government-held outpost in a province otherwise dominated by the jihadi group, activists and state media said. Tabqa airfield — home
The official Facebook account for the U.S. Army Fort Lee in Fort Lee, Virginia reported Monday morning that there was an active shooter on the base and the facility was currently on lockdown. “An active shooter incident has been reported
(AP) They don’t call her Queen Bey for nothing. Beyonce not only stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with many of the world’s top female pop stars in attendance hustling for our attention, she
From the BBC: Militant group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has seized in north-eastern Nigeria. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was speaking in a video released to congratulate
PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government on Monday after an open feud in his Cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his Socialist government’s resignation after accusing the economy minister of
ISLAY, Scotland (AP) — Carl Reavey plunged his nose into the glass, inhaled the amber liquid’s scent, then sipped. Slowly. It’s said that Scotch tastes of the place where it is made, so Reavey’s Bruichladdich Black Art single malt would
FREETOWN/LONDON (Reuters) – A British medical worker was flown home from West Africa on Sunday after becoming the first Briton infected in an Ebola epidemic, and a separate new outbreak of the disease was detected in Democratic Republic of Congo.
NAPA, Calif., Aug 24 (Reuters) – Prized collections and wooden casks crashed to cellar floors when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Napa Valley on Sunday, but damage to the famous wine region at the start of harvest time might be
British director and actor Richard Attenborough has died aged 90 after a long illness, BBC news reported. Attenborough, who appeared in movies such as Brighton Rock, The Great Escape and Jurassic Park, in a career spanning six decades, died on
