WASHINGTON (AP) — Denard Span and the Washington Nationals ran off with another victory. Span scored from second on third baseman Jordan Pacheco’s throwing error in the ninth inning, and the Nationals stretched their winning streak to 10 games with
(AFP) — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip executed 18 men on Friday for allegedly helping Israel in its six-week assault on the territory, Hamas TV reported. Six of those executed were shot dead in front of a mosque by
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas said it shot dead 11 suspected informants for Israel on Friday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza Strip killed three top Hamas military commanders. The Hamas-run website
North Sea oil has been at the centre of fierce debate over Scotland’s future ahead of an independence vote next month, with both sides wrangling over the outlook for the region’s treasure trove of black gold. Around 42 billion barrels
PARIS (AP) — Two girls, aged 15 and 17, are under investigation in France for allegedly making plans to join jihadis in Syria. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Friday that the girls, one from Tarbes in the southwest, the
(Reuters) – A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley, held hostage in Syria. In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
Scottie Hughes, news director for the Tea Party News Network, gives her analysis of Paul Ryan’s new book in Politico Magazine. Who doesn’t remember the boyish Paul Ryan, open-collared and brimming with confidence, coming down the gangplank from the USS
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon on Thursday ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin withdrawing from Ferguson, where nightly scenes of unrest have erupted since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old nearly two weeks
BOSTON (AP) — A college friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded guilty Thursday to impeding the investigation into the deadly attack. Dias Kadyrbayev, 20, is accused of removing a backpack containing emptied-out fireworks from Tsarnaev’s dorm room
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote a long, forlorn email to his wife three years ago trying to save his marriage, calling her his “soulmate,” yet he also said he grew so weary of her yelling that
Editor’s Note: This story appeared in today’s Daily Mail. A married mom accused of helping her white supremacist husband dump their teenage babysitter’s body in the woods after a night of sex and drugs led to the girl’s overdose death,
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Pope Francis has called the family of an American journalist whose videotaped beheading by Islamic State militants has touched off torrents of outrage around the world. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi confirms the pope called
(Daily Mail) James Foley was singled out for the harshest treatment by his ISIS captors after they found pictures of his brother who serves in the U.S. Air Force on his laptop computer, fellow prisoners said on Thursday. He was
ATLANTA (AP) — Two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus have been discharged from an Atlanta hospital, where the scene Thursday was festive and celebratory — a stark contrast to the sterile, rushed atmosphere that
— Politico: “I came back from vacation because I am furious, furious, about how the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown is being reported and how various people are reacting to it,” [Bill] O’Reilly said on his show “The O’Reilly
WASHINGTON (AP) — The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don’t look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun. Lawyers at the State Department have banned American
Maya Moore put up incredible numbers all season for Minnesota. Now she’s got her first WNBA MVP award. Moore earned the league’s most valuable player on Thursday, hours before the Lynx opened their Western Conference semifinals playoff series with the
Note from Senior Management: Washington’s premier journal for savvy political insiders today called for Congress to issue President Obama a new authorization for use of combat troops in Iraq to engage The Islamic State. We reprint here. When a centrist Democrat, a
London police on Thursday tried to reassure UAE tourists that the city’s main shopping streets were safe to visit, after the Gulf state’s foreign ministry warned visitors to avoid certain areas. The ministry produced the advice — citing information from
The suspected British killer of US journalist James Foley will be found and brought to justice “sooner or later”, Britain’s former anti-terrorism chief said Thursday. Richard Barrett, former head of counterterrorism at foreign intelligence service MI6, told BBC Radio 4’s
LONDON (Reuters) – When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was time to take a stand – and she started to wear a headscarf. Farooq is one of many young Muslim women
ATLANTA (AP) — At least one of the two American aid workers who were infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Africa has recovered and was to be discharged Thursday from an Atlanta hospital, a spokeswoman for the aid group
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Courtland Griffin has attempted to keep the lives of his McCluer North football players as normal as possible despite the upheaval in their community: Ferguson, Missouri. North is one of three high schools in the Ferguson-Florissant
CHICAGO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants on Wednesday became the first team since 1986 to win a protest filed with Major League Baseball, and will now get to resume a rain-shortened game the Chicago Cubs thought they had won.
KINSHASA, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has sent its health minister and a team of experts to the remote northern Equateur province after several people died there from a disease with Ebola-like symptoms, a local official and
