WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning all liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, ABC News reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senior American diplomats, thinking their conversation about the Ukraine was secure and private, were caught disparaging the European Union in a phone call that was apparently bugged, and U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of
Actor Tom Sizemore, the man who reportedly described a year-long affair between President Bill Clinton and actress Elizabeth Hurley during a taped audio conversation, now says he has no knowledge of such a coupling. Sizemore has battled addiction issues for
Millions of Americans will say goodbye to Jay Leno this evening as he signs off from The Tonight Show for the last time. What audiences might not realize is that Leno isn’t leaving alone, and those joining him don’t have
Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, is finally talking about the uproar caused by her public letter accusing Allen of sexually molesting her as a girl. She opened up to People magazine this week regarding
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily confirmed longtime Sen. Max Baucus on Thursday to become ambassador to China, handing the job to a lawmaker well-versed in U.S. trade policy but with little expertise about military and other issues that have
After nearly four years of work in an “of counsel” position, Wendy Davis, Texas Democratic candidate for governor, is leaving her position with law firm Cantey Hanger. Davis has come under fire in the past for allegations of unethical behavior regarding
The United States said Thursday that Iceland was violating an international agreement through its whaling, opening the possibility of economic sanctions over the controversial hunt. The Department of the Interior, in a decision it is required to take under US
Washington’s new top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, apologized Thursday to EU counterparts after she was caught cursing about the European response to the crisis in Ukraine in a bugged phone call. US officials, while not denying such a conversation
Comedian Russell Brand is getting a reputation for his serious dissertations on politics, the gap between the rich and poor and now, in the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s passing, addiction. Brand is a recovering addict, and he leans on
Arturo has been in mourning since the death of his companion in 2012. It is summer now in Argentina, and he is exhausted from the heat. A trip to cool Canada might brighten his mood. Such is life for an
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The U.S. speedskating team’s best Olympic performances have come on home ice. Now, in the faraway Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, the Americans think they have a shot at matching their biggest medal haul. “Oh,
Ukraine’s embattled president, Viktor Yanukovych, found himself squeezed between mounting pressure by the United States and Russia on Thursday as the former cold war superpowers sought to influence a political crisis wracking his ex-Soviet satellite state. Yanukovych late Thursday was
Though her mother participated in one, Queen Elizabeth’s daughter thinks the opening ceremonies at the Olympics have become too excessive and flamboyant and may be taking away from the spirit of the Games by not focusing on the athletes. According
The Taliban say they have captured a dog belonging to the US military following a raid in eastern Afghanistan late last year. A video posted on the insurgents’ website on Wednesday and later on Facebook shows the animal, named by
(Reuters) – Flower power may have meant the difference between life and death for some of the extinct giants of the Ice Age, including the mighty woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros. Scientists who studied DNA preserved in Arctic permafrost sediments
A Harley-Davidson motorbike that briefly belonged to Pope Francis was sold for 241,500 euros ($326,000), 16 times its highest original valuation, at an auction in Paris on Thursday. The US motorbike maker gave the 1,585cc Dyna Super Glide to the
An Indiana priest who gained fame when he performed exorcisms on a local family has signed a movie deal that will tell the story on screen. Reverend Michael Maginot of St. Stephen Martyr parish in Merrillville did not disclose the
PARIS (AP) — The latest Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie sequel is being described as powerful and elegant with a “mouthwatering finish.” These raves don’t appear in movie publications — they’re from Decanter magazine’s review of the celebrity couple’s second vintage of
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Wild West tradition of openly carrying your six-shooter on the street has long been banned by many cities in Texas. But the state’s next governor could change that. Rising Democratic star and gubernatorial candidate Wendy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal health official said Wednesday that West Virginians can use tap water however they choose after last month’s chemical spill contaminated it for days. Still, public skepticism remains over its safety and some local doctors
WILLITS, Calif. (AP) — In this small logging town in Northern California’s redwood country, small blue signs urging water conservation are almost everywhere you look. Just south of Willits, in one of the state’s most verdant corners, crows and other
An elderly lady lay dead in her inner city home for nearly eight years before her skeletal remains were found, an inquest heard Thursday, in a case dubbed “the woman Sydney forgot” by local media. Natalie Wood was discovered by
More than a million homes and businesses were left in darkness and cold Wednesday after snow, sleet and freezing rain moved into the Northeast. The region’s second winter storm of the week canceled classes, closed government and business offices and
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Look up at the wall and you can see Yugoslavia’s late autocratic leader Josip Broz Tito drowning in red fiery waves of hell — along with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of the 1848 Communist
