The controversial Keystone XL pipeline met with another hurdle Wednesday when a Nebraska judge ruled that a state law granting approval to a proposed route was unconstitutional, court records showed. The decision came as US President Barack Obama was set
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Olivier Hanlan and Patrick Heckmann hit 3-pointers in overtime, Lonnie Jackson made four straight free throws in the final 26.2 seconds, and lowly Boston College stunned top-ranked Syracuse 62-59 on Wednesday night, ending the Orange’s unbeaten
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that it would be a good start for the federal health care law if 5 million to 6 million people sign up by the end of March, an acknowledgement that enrollments
Hollywood’s progressive bona fides took another hit this week courtesy of a new study detailing how poorly women fare in the entertainment industry. In their third annual Status of Women in the U.S. Media, 2014, the Women’s Media Center revealed that
MARTINSVILLE, N.J. (AP) — More than 300 NFL hopefuls will be poked, prodded and tested perhaps more than any other job applicant at the annual scouting combine in Indianapolis this week. One result can make all the difference. A slower-than-expected
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge cited Alabama’s “stand your ground” law Wednesday in throwing out a lawsuit against University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban’s daughter, who was being sued by her sorority sister over a fight. Tuscaloosa County
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition. The world’s biggest social networking company said Wednesday that it is paying $12 billion
DENVER (AP) — Colorado’s legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations, according to a budget proposal released Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – The Ukraine’s fundamentalproblem is that it suffers from an economic crisis and thecountry should ask the International Monetary Fund for help,U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Wednesday.
A US judge on Wednesday delayed by one week until March 3 the New York terror trial of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law and former Al-Qaeda spokesman, Suleiman Abu Ghaith. The delay is to allow the defense time to collect testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has bequeathed all of his personal property to the mother of his three children. His will was made public Wednesday. It names Marianne “Mimi” O’Donnell as the sole beneficiary and identifies her
NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of building homemade bombs to wage holy war in New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge less than a week before his scheduled trial in a rare state-level terrorism case.
Pandora knows your musical tastes and something else, too. The music service boasts that it can predict its users’ political preferences, and it will share that information with the two political parties as we march toward the 2014 elections. How
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) — President Barack Obama says “there will be consequences” for violence in Ukraine if people step over the line. He says that includes making sure that the military doesn’t step into a situation that civilians should resolve.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — As protesters die in the streets of Kiev, Ukrainians living in the United States and Canada are voicing anger and calling for a stronger response by the U.S. and the European Union. In the Pittsburgh area, Ukrainian
Ukraine’s team at the Winter Olympics in Sochi said on Wednesday said they were shocked by the violence rocking the country and vowed to do everything to bring back medals for their nation. The team, in a joint statement published
BRUSSELS (AP) — The deadly clashes in Ukraine’s capital have drawn sharp reactions from Washington, generated talk of possible European Union sanctions and led to a Kremlin statement blaming Europe and the West. A roundup of some of the international
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — A U.S. bobsledder who was not chosen for the Sochi Games calls the selection process “corrupt” and questions why Lolo Jones received a spot on the women’s Olympic roster. Chuck Berkeley, who made the 2010
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Bode Miller tweaked his surgically repaired left knee during the first run of Wednesday’s Olympic giant slalom and is out of the slalom race this weekend. .@MillerBode says he will not race this week’s #slalom
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — Ted Ligety has created his own, unique way of skiing. And now, he’s in pretty elite company. Carving turns like nobody else, Ligety established a huge first-run lead and then comfortably held on to win
European Union funding is supporting radical non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that are bastions of anti-Israeli political warfare under the guise of promoting peace, human rights and democracy, says Prof. Gerald Steinberg. Steinberg is the President of NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based independent
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s High Court has quashed a legal challenge against the detention under anti-terrorism laws of the partner of Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who brought leaks from former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to world attention. David
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the United States, Syria’s civil war is threatening to start hitting closer to home. Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition are faltering. President Bashar Assad’s military is on the offensive and the rebels are
NEW YORK (AP) — One of three works by the elusive British street artist Banksy offered Tuesday at a Miami auction sold for $575,000. An anonymous buyer purchased “Kissing Coppers,” spray-painted in 2005 on the Prince Albert Pub in Brighton,
LONDON (AP) — Almost four months into her trial, Rebekah Brooks is finally getting her day in court. After watching in silence from the dock as her alleged crimes were dissected, the 45-year-old former newspaper editor, once Rupert Murdoch’s top
