ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Ukrainian man who allegedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound commercial flight and divert it to Sochi on the day of the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony wanted to press for the release of anti-government protesters in
Negotiators for the Pakistani Taliban on Saturday arrived in the capital of restive North Waziristan to brief the Pakistani Taliban about the preliminary round of peace talks held with government representatives, an official said. Professor Ibrahim Khan and Sayed Yousef
PARIS (AP) — An enormous boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured. The force of
SAO PAULO (AP) — Workers at a World Cup stadium in the jungle city of Manaus are threatening to go on strike to demand better conditions following the most recent death at the venue. The strike could delay the completion
PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Princess Cristina testified Saturday in a historic judicial hearing aimed at helping determine whether she and her husband illegally used company funds for personal expenses, including lavish parties at their modernist Barcelona mansion.
FALL RIVER, Massachusetts (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge on Friday denied a request by prosecutors for recordings of phone calls made from prison by former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, who is awaiting trial on a 2013 murder.
Woody Allen denies molesting adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in a just-released op-ed printed in The New York Times, calling the notion he would touch her in such a way impossible for any sane soul to believe. The Oscar-winning director spends
The US Treasury said Friday it was launching “extraordinary” money management procedures to keep paying its bills as its ability to borrow to finance the country’s deficit was capped. The official debt ceiling was to be reinstated late Friday at
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California football player Ted Agu died Friday morning at age 21 after collapsing during a training run with his teammates. “This is one of those tragedies that no one can understand and comprehend,” an emotional coach
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Rodriguez ended his extended and acrimonious fight with Major League Baseball on Friday, withdrawing a pair of lawsuits and accepting a season-long suspension that marks the longest penalty in the sport’s history related to performance-enhancing
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Anti-government protesters stormed into the Bosnian presidency and another government building in Sarajevo and set them ablaze Friday as riot police fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to stop them. Smoke was rising from several
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Postal Service lost $354 million over the last three months, and officials warned that mounting losses could lead to cash flow problems for the rest of the year, the agency said Friday. The loss was far
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s governor picked Lt. Gov. John Walsh on Friday to be interim U.S. senator, an appointment that could kick-start Walsh’s election campaign as Democrats seek to keep the seat — and control of the U.S. Senate
Philip Seymour Hoffman did not finish filming the last two installments in the blockbuster “Hunger Games” series before his death — but digital technology may help filmmakers complete the job. Computer effects and camera tricks could be used to insert
Journalist Maureen Orth wrote two exhaustive articles about Woody Allen in relation to his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, and her charges that he sexually molested her. Now, Orth has put forth a new feature for Vanity Fair dispelling what she
NEW YORK (AP)–Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Ethan Hawke, Brian Dennehey, Amy Adams and Ellen Burstyn were among the stars who paid their respects Friday at a private funeral for Philip Seymour Hoffman that combined sadness and humor to honor an
It’s a curious state of modern pop culture. Making a sex tape is one way to get noticed. Just ask Kim Kardashian. Of course, not every sex tape star ends up commandeering a million dollar career and transitioning to mainstream
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Smoke and mirrors? Russian state television aired footage Friday of five floating snowflakes turning into the Olympic rings and bursting into pyrotechnics at the Sochi Games opening ceremony. Problem is, that didn’t happen. The opening ceremony
Rosie O’Donnell got a lesson in what makes America such a special country from her own 18-year-old son. The combative liberal returned to The View today after last appearing on the show as a co-host in 2007. During her return,
NEW YORK (AP) — A Minnesota woman has gone on television in Russia with an emotional appeal for an exception to be made to that nation’s year-old ban on adoptions by Americans. She and her husband adopted a boy from
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Ukrainian passenger on an Istanbul-bound flight claimed Friday there was a bomb on board and tried to hijack the plane to Sochi, Russia, where the Winter Olympics are kicking off, an official said. An F-16
Actress Dakota Johnson enjoys getting into character, particularly when the character in question is part of a widely popular sex novel. Johnson, the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, stars as Ana in next year’s film adaptation of
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Fast five, Friday edition: Things you’ll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics. ___ NO YOGURT: Chobani is the U.S. Olympic team’s official yogurt. It’s also hard to find here in Sochi. And therein lies
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most highly anticipated U.S. jobs reports in months might also prove to be among the most puzzling. Friday’s report on hiring during January follows signs of economic weakness in the United States and overseas
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A rare and powerful snowstorm hammered parts of the Pacific Northwest on Thursday, dropping more than a foot of snow in parts of western Oregon and southwest Washington. Part two of the storm was expected to
