OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. James Lankford has won the Republican nomination for Oklahoma’s open U.S. Senate seat. By capturing more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday in the seven-man GOP primary field, Lankford avoids a runoff and
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters cast ballots Tuesday in primary elections in six states, plus a runoff in Mississippi. Highlights: ___ TOP OF THE TICKET The top race was Mississippi’s often-bitter Republican contest between veteran Sen. Thad Cochran and state Sen.
Starting up a new film company is never easy. Industry veteran Jeff Robinov had two things in his favor. An impressive track record with ties to some of film’s heaviest hitters and the ears of Chinese investors. Fosun International Ltd
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after House Republicans overhauled much of their leadership team, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he’s “all in” to remain as speaker in the new Congress that will meet next year. The Ohio Republican’s remarks
Uruguay superstar Luis Suarez appeared to bite an Italian player during its 1-0 win over Italy on Tuesday that knocked out the Italians from the tournament. This is the third time that Suarez has bitten a player during a game,
(Reuters) – Six senior South African government officials were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud relating to the memorial service in December of former president Nelson Mandela, police said. Millions of South Africans and more than 70 world leaders attended
(Reuters) – Italian police targeting historic mafia families arrested 95 people on Monday for extortion, drug trafficking and money laundering, and in the process they may also have solved the century-old mob murder of a New York detective. After two
The United States and, to a lesser extent, Honduras are playing for more than just their own World Cup lives in the final round of group matches, they could also help Concacaf make history. Concacaf, which incorporates teams from North
Disgraced former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s pension has been reinstated. According to the Associated Press, a Pennsylvania arbitrator ruled that his “$4,900-a-month Penn State pension be reinstated, including back payments from October 2012, when his child molestation conviction prompted
Native American groups plan to file a federal lawsuit against the Cleveland Indians to force them to retire the Chief Wahoo mascot. Robert Roche, a Chiricahua Apache who is a part of the “People Not Mascots” group and directs the American
FIFA is investigating German fans who showed up Ghana in blackface and a neo-Nazi sympathizer who ran onto the field during the Ghana-Germany game over the weekend. According to the Associated press, messages written on the man’s “chest and back
Washington Nationals superstar Stephen Strasburg said he would quit dipping after Tony Gwynn, the legendary Padres superstar who coached him at San Diego State, died last week so he can stay around for his daughter. “I think it’s a disgusting
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s new crackdown on a mobile app that allows people to auction off their public parking spots marks yet another clash between innovative technologies and regulators trying to maintain law and order, public safety and
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a shipwreck hunter who has sought the wreckage for
(AFP) — A Sudanese Christian woman was arrested Tuesday at Khartoum airport a day after a court annulled her death sentence for apostasy and released her from prison, a source familiar with the incident said.The status of their two young
A powerful jihadist group pushing toward Baghdad is waging a parallel war online, flooding social media with updates and riding the football World Cup frenzy to spread its message with corporate-like sophistication. As militants, led by jihadists from the Islamic
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Mexican fans have been cleared of anti-gay chants in their opening match against Cameroon on June 13 and the Mexico FA will not be punished, FIFA said on Monday. Mexican fans chant “Puto” when the
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Tuesday to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, a move his Ukrainian counterpart heralded as a “practical step” toward bringing peace to a region roiled by
LONDON (AP) — Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain’s tabloid press: November 2005: The News of the World reports that Prince William has a knee injury. A Buckingham Palace complaint prompts a police
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Peshmerga
Britain on Tuesday became the latest nation to formally outlaw the herbal stimulant khat, the bushy leaf chewed by many Somalis, Yemenis, Kenyans and Ethiopians. Under a new law that came into effect on Tuesday, khat is now a “class
Japanese scientists on Tuesday unveiled what they said was the world’s first news-reading android, eerily lifelike and possessing a sense of humour to match her perfect language skills. The adolescent-looking “Kodomoroid” — an amalgamation of the Japanese word “kodomo” (child)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Tuesday to cancel a resolution sanctioning the use of military force in Ukraine, a move his Ukrainian counterpart heralded as a “practical step” toward bringing peace to a region roiled by
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government plans to turn an empty 55,000-square foot warehouse in South Texas into a processing facility for unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally, according to construction permits obtained by The Associated Press
