DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit man was in critical condition Thursday with severe head injuries after a neighborhood mob beat and kicked him when he stopped to check on a 10-year-old boy who stepped from a curb into the
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 28 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat San Antonio 106-94 on Thursday night, ending the Spurs’ winning streak at 19 games. Russell Westbrook scored 27 points and Serge Ibaka added 11
(AP) Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich is stepping down as CEO after protests of his support of a gay marriage ban in California. The Mountain View-based nonprofit maker of the Firefox browser had promoted him last week. At issue was Eich’s
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat says U.S. officials should do yoga and watch TV comedy series to ease what he calls their irrational fixation on punishing Russia over Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov’s comments to the Interfax
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people before committing suicide in an attack on the same Texas military base where more than a dozen people were slain in 2009 had shown no recent risks of violence,
The shooter who killed three people and injured 16 before killing himself at Fort Hood Wednesday apparently shared his love for the band Slipknot on his Facebook page. ABC News found a page under the name Ivan Slipknot–the shooter’s real
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Bakari Soumaoro carried his sick friend all the way to the hospital on his back, not realizing that the man’s fever and chills were caused by one of the deadliest diseases on Earth. A week after
NOVO SELO, Bulgaria (AP) — Lt. Col. Valeria Parada had a challenge. She and her team were responsible for rescuing people caught up in a dangerous situation around the Black Sea and making sure they received whatever humanitarian assistance they
The original scroll on which the Marquis de Sade wrote the draft of his novel on sexual depravity, murder and paedophilia “The 120 Days of Sodom” has been returned to France following years of legal wrangling. The parchment piece —
Turkey’s government on Thursday lifted a ban on Twitter in line with an order the previous day by the Constitutional Court, media reports said. Telecoms authority TIB removed court orders enforcing the Twitter ban from its website, a move which
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s largest newspaper says it is cutting about 170 jobs, including 25 percent of its newsroom positions, as it moves to consolidate operations and cut costs. The Star-Ledger reports on NJ.com that the cuts will
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Charles Koch explains his efforts to secure a free society for Americans against the forces of Big Government and collectivism: I have devoted most of my life to understanding the principles that
April 2 (UPI) — She probably cost herself a tip… An Idaho waitress was arrested and charged with felony battery on a police officer and misdemeanor resisting and obstructing an officer, after she fought with the cops following an alleged altercation
April 2 (UPI) — A Scottish woman has started using a variety of food products to call attention to some of her neighbors’ unappetizing habits of not picking up after their dogs. Theresa Ritchie has started decorating the left-behind dog poo
DENVER (AP) — A Wyoming college student visiting Denver on spring break jumped to his death after eating a marijuana cookie that his friend legally purchased in one of Colorado’s recreational pot shops, authorities said Wednesday. An autopsy report lists
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it was minded to force tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain standardized packaging and would hold a short consultation on the issue which could result in new regulations entering into force before May 2015.
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock has rocked Chile’s northern coast, which was hit by a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake Tuesday night. It caused buildings to shake in the port of Iquique, which saw
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA’s former deputy director said Wednesday he deleted references to terrorism warnings from widely disputed talking points on the deadly 2012 Benghazi attack to avoid the spy agency’s gloating at the expense of the State Department.
Miley Cyrus is few people’s idea of a role model, what with her overtly sexual stage show, infatuation with marijuana and willingness to take off her clothes when the mood–and camera–strikes. One reality show star thinks the erstwhile Hannah Montana
Triona Priestley passed away this week after a long struggle with cystic fibrosis, but in her last moments she was serenaded by her favorite pop star. A Twitter campaign to convince British singer Ed Sheeran to sing for the gravely
NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Brand’s next Booky Wook is for kids. The actor and comedian has a deal with Atria Books for a series called “Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales,” retellings of classic fairy tales. The publisher announced Wednesday that
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) — Authorities in northern Chile discovered surprisingly light damage and just six reported deaths Wednesday from a magnitude-8.2 quake — a remarkably low toll for such a powerful shift in the Earth’s crust. President Michelle Bachelet declared
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a group trying to unionize college athletes sought out potential congressional allies Wednesday as they braced for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate, is working on a project considered standard for national contenders: a book. Cruz’s literary agent, Keith Urbahn, said Wednesday that the tea party
(AFP)–The US Supreme Court on Wednesday removed the overall limit on contributions a donor can make to political candidates or campaign committees, in a rebuff to President Barack Obama. But the top court, in a ruling read by Chief Justice
