SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean police charged a man on Tuesday for the murder of his 2-year-old son after he confessed to suffocating the child so he could leave the house to go back to playing games at an Internet
Five people died overnight in a stabbing rampage at a house party held to mark the end of university classes in the Canadian city of Calgary, local media said Tuesday. Police were reportedly called around 1:30 am to a home
A Ukrainian general leading a new push against pro-Kremlin militants in the separatist east warned on Tuesday that gunmen who do not lay down their arms would be “destroyed”.
Liverpool Football Club is currently holding their annual memorial service for the 96 fans who lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster, which occurred 25 years ago to the day. Manager Brendan Rodgers will be joined by Everton boss Roberto
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) — After tiny Union College toppled the heavyweights of hockey for the national title, its president, Stephen Ainlay, couldn’t resist a little cheerleading. “How about them Dutchmen!?” Ainlay shouted Monday to a room full of accepted students,
IZYUM, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents dug in Tuesday across eastern Ukraine, fortifying positions around seized buildings and erecting new barricades even as Ukrainian troops and tanks set up outside one eastern city now controlled by armed men. In Kiev,
CHICAGO, April 14 (UPI) — A Chicago man who claimed he was “tax exempt” and didn’t have to pay the 22-cent sales tax on his $1.79 two-liter of Pepsi allegedly pulled a .22 caliber submachine gun to avoid forking over the
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 14 (UPI) — As part of a partnership between KFC and Nanz and Kraft Florists, prom-goers who want to bring their date something special now have the chance to surprise them with a chicken corsage. According to Nanz and
BURBANK, Calif., April 14 (UPI) –During an appearance on Wheel of Fortune, an Indiana University student’s Achilles’ heel was revealed in extremely painful fashion. Julian Batts lost out on his chance for a car, a trip to Jamaica and a million
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A shortage of whitefish in the Great Lakes region resulting partly from the winter deep freeze is coming at an inconvenient time for Jewish families: the Passover holiday, when demand is high because it’s a
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants struck in the heart of Nigeria on Monday with a massive rush-hour bomb blast at a bus station that killed at least 72 people and wounded 164 in the deadliest attack ever on
Sunday night’s return of Mad Men, the first episode of the show’s seventh and final season, drew a surprisingly small crowd. The episode proved to be the weakest Mad Men premiere since the show’s second season. The return of AMC’s acclaimed
LONDON (AP) — Street artist Banksy may have struck again, leaving an espionage-themed graffiti artwork in the hometown of Britain’s electronic spy agency. A stenciled artwork has appeared on a wall in the western England city of Cheltenham, depicting three
NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for revealing the U.S. government’s sweeping surveillance efforts in stories based on thousands of secret documents handed over by National Security Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is confirming that CIA Director John Brennan was in the Ukrainian capital over the weekend. White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed Russian media reports of the trip to Kiev. Carney says Brennan’s visit
The FOX reboot of the classic science series Cosmos earned hearty ratings last month for its debut, in part thanks to being aired on a multitude of channels. Now, as the weeks progress, those ratings continue to shrink. Last night’s
Brad Pitt’s next assignment will bring him into the complex world of Afghanistan, adapting a book written by the journalist whose work cost a key U.S. general his job. Animal Kingdom helmer David Michôd will write and direct The Operators, which will be developed
Rita Ora is known for her singing, not her acting. But the British songstress already knows the cardinal rule of blockbuster movie making. Tease … don’t tell. Ora, who did eight auditions the land the role of Christian Grey’s sister
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. military official says a Russian fighter jet made multiple, close-range passes near an American warship in the Black Sea for more than 90 minutes Saturday amid escalating tensions in the region. The official says the
Hand scanning has become an alternative payment method for people in a city in southern Sweden, researchers at Lund University said Monday. Vein scanning terminals have been installed in 15 shops and restaurants in Lund thanks to an engineering student
Some 18 percent of US Internet users have had important personal data such as bank account information stolen and the problem appears to be getting worse, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center study carried out in January showed
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday accused him of tailoring his version of how he killed his girlfriend to fit evidence at the scene, exhaustively listing alleged inconsistencies in
AVON, Colo., April 13 (UPI) — A Colorado company has introduced the first-ever marijuana vending machine, which will soon be put to use at a dispensary in Eagle-Vail, Colo. The so-called Zazz machine was produced by Stephen Shearin’s company, American Green,
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Turning to force to try to restore its authority in the vital industrial east, Ukraine’s government announced Sunday it was sending in troops to try to quash an increasingly brazen pro-Russian insurgency, despite repeated warnings from
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman accused of killing several babies she gave birth to over 10 years was arrested Sunday after police discovered seven tiny bodies stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in the garage of her former
