SANAA (Reuters) – An Iranian embassy official who was kidnapped in Sanaa in July was found beheaded in central Yemen on Saturday, an official of the local administration said. But Iran’s Student News Agency (ISNA) quoted an Iranian embassy official
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in New Delhi Saturday to push for closer commercial and strategic ties with India, as Tokyo seeks to offset Beijing’s growing regional might. Since coming to power in 2012 Abe has trotted the globe,
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s union membership held steady at 11.3 percent last year, but losses among state and government workers suggest an ominous trend for the future of organized labor. In a turnabout, there are now slightly more union
Fear is back in the market. Investors are worried about slower economic growth in China, a gloomier outlook for U.S. corporate profits and an end to easy money policies in the United States and Europe. They’re also fretting over country-specific
CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s leader says that Egypt’s majority Muslims should not fight their Christian compatriots, even though the head of their church supported a military coup that deposed the Islamist president. In an audio message posted on militant websites
Massachusetts teenager Phillip Chism was indicted Friday on a second charge of aggravated rape in the case where he also stands accused of murdering a 24-year-old teacher and posing her dead body with a tree branch inserted into her genitals.
Well, here we go again. Get ready for a Super Bowl week filled with more of the inevitable comparisons between Peyton Manning and Richard Sherman. There’s no better headlines: Good vs. evil. Humble vs. loudmouthed. The well-groomed quarterback vs. the
With the news that America’s largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy. The former secretary of state who once occupied the White
A former aide to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander hanged himself in his parents’ basement in Maryland as he awaited trial on child pornography charges, officials said Friday. Ryan Loskarn, 35, was pronounced dead in Sykesville, Md., just after noon Thursday,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Christie may have been nearly 200 miles away, but his struggles in New Jersey buzzed through the hallways of a Washington hotel this week as hundreds of Republican officials gathered to debate the GOP’s future. Party
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge on Friday ordered a Texas hospital to remove life support for a pregnant, brain-dead woman whose family had argued that she would not want to be kept in that condition. Judge R. H.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Twitter posting by Courtney Love suggesting that one of her attorneys had been “bought off” wasn’t defamatory, a jury decided Friday. The verdict came after roughly three hours of deliberation in a case that spanned
Taiwan stepped up security measures Saturday after a driver rammed a huge truck through a bullet-proof screen and into the main gate of the presidential office, apparently intentionally, officials said. A man identified only by his family name Chang drove
From CNS News: Speaking at the United States Conference of Mayors on Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the approximately 11 million people who are in the country illegally have “earned the right to be citizens.” “An earned path
The View co-host Sherri Shepherd knows how Phil Robertson feels. Shepherd served up an apology this week on her syndicated talk show after comments she made about homosexuality offended some people. My interview was misrepresented, and only a portion of
RENO, Nev. (AP) A former lover of Liberace who was the subject of an HBO film on the pianist’s life has been sentenced to eight to 20 years in a Nevada prison for failing another court-ordered drug test while on
On Friday, Politico was set to release a puff piece on Michael Savage, the polarizing host tapped by Cumulus to replace iconic talker Sean Hannity on its affiliates. In the process of putting together that puff piece, Politico contacted Hannity
HBO won’t be producing a pilot connected to two of the biggest comedy names in Hollywood–Saturday Night Live mastermind Lorne Michaels and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. People in New Jersey was to star Topher Grace and Sarah Silverman as siblings
Snoop Dogg may have set off a smoke detector or two in his day given his affection for pot, but he made a few new fans when his hotel’s alarm brought the local fire fighters into his room. An Australian
PHOENIX (AP) – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio raised $3.5 million in campaign contributions over the last year. Most of the contributions were made by out-of-state donors at a time when Arpaio critics tried unsuccessfully to force a recall election
Election Day is almost nine months off. But right now Republicans seem almost certain to hold the House of Representatives and are likely to take the Senate. Which raises the inevitable question: How might the GOP seize defeat from the
Representative Louie Gohmert says bringing Sean Hannity to the State of the Union could give the Fox News host a preview of what life might be like after he runs for office in Texas. “Inviting Sean Hannity first of all
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, have been released on their own recognizance in their federal corruption case. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Novak on Friday also ordered the McDonnells not to leave the
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie’s re-election campaign and the New Jersey Republican Party have less than two weeks to comply with subpoenas from federal prosecutors investigating allegations of political payback. Subpoenas to the Christie for Governor organization and
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife are scheduled to make their first court appearances on federal bribery charges on Friday. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were charged this week in a 14-count indictment with
