KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The cheerful sign outside Jane Cornell’s summer school classroom in Pennsylvania’s wealthiest county says “Welcome” and “Bienvenidos” in polished handwriting. Inside, giggling grade-schoolers who mostly come from homes where Spanish is the primary language worked
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Alonzo Mourning first thanked all of the usual people when he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: His coaches, his teachers, and the foster mother who raised him. Then he turned to
On Friday, August 1st, media reported that Hamas had kidnapped IDF Officer LT Hadar Goldin, 23; the next day, he was announced killed in action by a Hamas suicide bomber who had emerged from a tunnel. Lt. Goldin was an
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised U.S. intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil. Obama warned Americans
Former world number one Tiger Woods missed the cut at the PGA Championship on Friday, firing his second consecutive three-over-par 74 at Valhalla Golf Club. Woods finished on six-over 148 for 36 holes, five back of the projected cut with
Breitbart News Saturday and The David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot Channel 125, live 24/7 on Sirius XM On Demand, will provide nine hours of live coverage today, starting at 10 am EDT and continuing to 7pm EDT, of the
This article originally appeared in The Guardian: The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus currently sweeping through parts of west Africa has so far killed an estimated 673 people. As of 23 July there had been a total of 1,202
The article first appeared in The Independent: A hospital in Ontario, Canada, has isolated a patient with flu-like symptoms after the person was revealed to have recently travelled from Nigeria – one of the Ebola-hit areas. The measure is just
(CNN) — Global health experts on Friday declared the Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa an international health emergency that requires a coordinated global approach. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are battling the Ebola virus, which has also spread to Nigeria.
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The U.S. launched a new airdrop Saturday to aid thousands of members of an Iraqi minority group who fled the advance of the Islamic State group, trying to stem a worsening humanitarian crisis in a country
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rory McIlroy tracked the flight of his drive as long as he could against the rain clouds over Valhalla on Friday, not quite sure where it landed. He turned to his caddie for confirmation and asked,
The new movie Calvary starring Brendan Gleeson as a conflicted priest involves sexual abuse issues committed by Church officials. It’s a fictional story, but Hollywood is prepping another film focusing on pedophile priests based on real headlines. And the names
ABUJA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan declared a national state of emergency on Friday over the Ebola outbreak in Africa’s most populous country, and approved 1.9 billion naira ($11.7 million) of emergency funds to contain it.Nigeria has
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with “vicious plans,” an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight of Iraq’s minorities at the hands of the Islamic
Nikki Finke: [A] San Francisco man who worked for a corporate consultancy was sentenced today for insider trading in the Walt Disney Company’s 2009 purchase of Marvel Entertainment. … [Toby] Scammell used the information that he learned from his girlfriend
Capital New York: More than a dozen employees in CNN’s Digital Politics division learned this week that their positions will be eliminated at the end of the month, Capital has learned. The employees were told that they would have to
The reviews are in: Major TV critics love Black Jesus. Adult Swim’s newest series, which debuts at 11 p.m. tonight, showcases a pot smoking, obsenity spewing figure oh, so loosely based on Jesus Christ. Created by Boondocks auteur Aaron McGruder,
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius said Friday that she will give a verdict on Sept. 11, bringing closer to an end a globally televised five-month trial that has transfixed South Africans
When Barack Obama vaulted onto the national stage a decade ago, part of his appeal was that he seemed to be from so many places at once. All corners of the country could lay claim to him: He was Hawaiian
This article originally appeared at the National Journal: West Africa is currently in the midst of the largest Ebola outbreak in history, and it’s only getting worse. Nearly 1,000 people have died and more than 1,700 have been infected by
Editor’s Note: BBC published Shahzeb Jillani’s tragic story of the Pakistani mountain climber Amir Mehdi. We reprint here. Amir Mehdi wanted to be the first Pakistani to scale the country’s highest peak, K2, and as one of the strongest climbers
This article originally ran in The Telegraph: If ever there was a likely spot for an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, New Kru Town in Liberia is it. A sprawling slum of the country’s war-ravaged capital, Monrovia, it is home
This report originally appeared in The Independent: Christians from the town of Qaraqosh were fleeing today after it was taken by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) on Wednesday night. The town had previously been
This article originally appeared in The Independent: The health care system in Liberia is collapsing as hospitals shut down and medical workers flee from the Ebola epidemic, Liberia’s foreign minister has said. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan said diseases such as malaria
The article originally appeared in The Guardian: In the space of just one week last month, according to Crif, the umbrella group for France’s Jewish organisations, eight synagogues were attacked. One, in the Paris suburb of Sarcelles, was firebombed by
