AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas will visit Ukraine this month and meet with leaders of the protest movement that forced out the country’s pro-Russian president. Frequently mentioned as a potential 2016 White House contender, Cruz
PITTSBURGH (AP) — New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault had trouble finding the words to describe goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. “He’s OK,” Vigneault said finally with a small shake of his head. Except that is, in Game 7s. In Game 7s,
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples in Idaho could start getting married as soon as Friday after a judge ruled the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote in her decision
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Malik Bendjelloul, the acclaimed Swedish film director behind the Oscar-winning music documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” has died. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik told the Associated Press Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn’t
Danny Glover, one of the most progressive actors in Hollywood, burnished his liberal bona fides this week by calling for his new film not to be screened in Israel. The Lethal Weapon star joined forces with nine others in the
What do Heidi Klum, Elle Macpherson, Liv Tyler and Demi Moore have in common? The beautiful women have dated art dealer Vito Schnabel, a man much younger than all of them. The 27-year-old Schnabel, son of famed film director Julian Schnabel,
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A truck rammed a Baltimore-area television station, leaving a gaping hole in the front of the building, and police said Tuesday afternoon that an armed person might be inside. WMAR-TV News Director Kelly Groft told The
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The leader of the Nigerian Islamist rebel group Boko Haram has offered to release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters last month in exchange for its prisoners, according to a video posted on YouTube
NBC New York: Alec Baldwin has been arrested in New York after he was allegedly riding the wrong way down a Manhattan street on his bike and argued with police who tried to ticket him, NBC 4 New York has
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani police have registered a case of blasphemy against 68 lawyers who made a public protest after a police officer detained one of their colleagues, officials said on Tuesday, the latest in a tidal wave of such
BRASOV, Romania, May 12 (UPI) —The castle that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, formally known as Bran Castle, is up for sale. Bram Stoker never actually went inside the castle while writing the 18th century horror novel, but it’s the setting
CENTERVILLE, Iowa, May 12 (UPI) —An Iowa police officer was struck by a massive oak tree during a routine traffic stop in Centerville last week. Officer Jeremy Veach’s dash cam captured the strange accident on video after he pulled over
Home ownership is pursued almost as a right in Britain but the housing market has a history of boom and bust — and fears are growing of a new bubble. The Bank of England, three former finance ministers and the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is broadening the scope of his proposed open Internet rules and suggesting tougher standards for Internet providers who wish to create paid priority fast lanes on their networks. According to an
WASHINGTON (AP) — Extending the Mother’s Day celebration by a day, Michelle Obama on Monday saluted military mothers for the sacrifices they make both for their families and their country, and honored her own mother as the person who keeps
The FOX music-based series Glee appears on its last dancing legs. The series, which pushed plenty of cultural buttons with its lineup, once delivered sturdy ratings for the network. This week, FOX announced the series didn’t make the network’s fall
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department will no longer confiscate unused condoms from suspected sex workers to be used as evidence of prostitution, ending a longstanding practice that had been criticized by civil rights groups for undermining
WASHINGTON (AP) — A cross section of Americans awakened early and waited in line for hours to be among the first to ride to the top of the Washington Monument, open to the public Monday for the first time in
UPDATE: The Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club says it is no longer sponsoring the black mass. Harvard club hasn’t found a venue off campus to host black mass & announces they will no longer be sponsoring it. #fox25 —
A North Carolina businessman trailing political neophyte Clay Aiken in a Democratic primary was prepared to concede the race before his sudden passing today, according to a local news report. The News & Observer, citing a source close to Keith
NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard Hotel in New York City says it is investigating the leak of a security video that appears to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange, attacking Jay Z. Asked about the video on Monday by The Associated
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina textile entrepreneur locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken has died. The president of the company founded by 71-year-old Keith Crisco says Crisco died at home
The following is an exclusive excerpt from podcast king Adam Carolla’s upcoming book President Me: The America That’s in My Head, in stores today: CHAPTER 7 – THE DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Celebrities and Alternative Medicine: We used to
American Idol alum Clay Aiken clung to a narrow lead in Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primary election in North Carolina, one still deemed too close to call. Today, the race took a tragic turn. Aiken’s opponent, local businessman Keith Crisco, died
From Ayaan Hirsi Ali at The Wall Street Journal: Since the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month, the meaning of Boko Haram–the name used by the terrorist group that seized the girls–has become more widely known. The translation
