NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton will get a chance to play his saxophone when the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz honors him with its Founder’s Award. The Monk Institute announced Monday that Clinton will receive the award
Rapper Macklemore basked in industry love when he sang his pro-gay marriage anthem Same Love at the Grammy Awards earlier this year. Now, he’s being questioned by stars and strangers alike after appearing in a stage costume that struck some
The United States Monday said it needed “firm evidence” that Russia was withdrawing its forces from the borders of Ukraine, following President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces to pull back.A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay will exempt marijuana production and sales from taxes in a bid to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut competition from black market pot smuggled in from Paraguay, according to consultants advising the government on a
NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday he had seen no proof of Russian troops withdrawing from the border with Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin announced an end to exercises and return to bases.
Thirty-one children were burned to death when a bus they were traveling in caught fire in northern Colombia on Sunday, the Red Cross said. Another 25 people – including one adult – were injured and seriously burned in the accident
Kano, May 19 (QNA) – A bomb blast ripped through a street of bars and restaurants in Nigeria’s second biggest city on Sunday night, killing five people, including a suicide bomber, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility
CAIRO (AP) — A pair of Egyptian courts on Sunday convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi on charges related to violent attacks last year, the country’s latest mass trials ahead of this month’s presidential elections. The convictions
May.19 (Reuters)- Soldiers, police and villagers battle to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters as the death toll from the Balkan region’s worst rainfall in more than a century reaches 37. Sarah Toms reports. Twelve bodies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic launched the defense case in his long-running U.N. trial Monday with the testimony of a former Serb army officer who claimed he was never ordered to fire
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered troops deployed near Ukraine to return to their home bases and praised the launch of a dialogue between the Ukrainian government and its opponents even as fighting continued in the
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is preparing to announce first-of-its-kind criminal charges Monday against Chinese military officials in an international cyber-espionage case, a government official said. Attorney General Eric Holder and other federal law enforcement officials were expected to
(AFP) Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Sunday angered authorities in Tehran by kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, an act seen as affront to the “chastity” of the Islamic republic’s women. A photograph carried by Iranian media
The paper and its former executive editor have been spinning furiously since her abrupt dismissal, and the paper has been left diminished by the spectacle. The hot mess that is the divorce between The New York Times and now-former executive editor Jill
LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca has rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that has led to sharp slide in the U.K. company’s share price as investors think it effectively brings an
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Brendon Todd was shocked when he saw his ball settled at the base of a tree by the 13th green in the final round of the Byron Nelson Championship. As good as he is with his
NEW YORK (AP) — Courting powerful Jewish donors for the second time in two months, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Sunday for a more aggressive foreign policy that defends American values abroad — even in “in some very messy,
Crime drama “Broadchurch” and US hit series “Breaking Bad” were both winners at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday, with a special award being handed out to veteran British actress Julie Walters. The event at London’s Theatre Royal Drury
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry took a poke at the NBA’s controversy surrounding Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling during a speech at Yale University’s Class Day. Joking about college and pop culture at the
DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officials offered a rare public apology for the collapse of an apartment building under construction in Pyongyang, which a South Korean official said was believed to have caused considerable casualties that could mean
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon is back on Earth. The commercial cargo ship splashed into the Pacific on Sunday, just five hours after leaving the International Space Station. It brought back 3,500 pounds of science samples and
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Godzilla” has smashed its way to the top of the box office. The 3-D monster movie from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures had the second-largest debut of the year this weekend with $93.2 million, according to
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Isaac Barnett took a bold step last year: He told teachers and classmates at his Kansas high school that the student they had known as a girl now wanted to be accepted as a boy. His
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7 PM to 10 PM EST, Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon will be with in-studio co-hosts Jordan Schachtel and Matt Boyle. They will discuss Tuesday’s important primary
