(AP) ST. PAUL, Minn.–Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer. A statement from Flynn’s publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said he died Wednesday. Flynn self-published his
Since the defeat of Senator Joe Manchin’s gun control bill in the Senate on April 17, the Senator has avoided a debate with Breitbart News’ AWR Hawkins and is now going after the NRA. During an April 28 appearance on
Rep. Steve King is holding a six-hour press conference on immigration on the east lawn of the Capitol. Despite the early start on a day in the middle of the week, a couple hundred activists attended the beginning of the
A high-ranking North Korean official with long experience as his country’s international nuclear negotiator held talks Wednesday with Chinese officials, Beijing’s foreign ministry announced. North Korean first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan and Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui co-chaired
A loud explosion followed by heavy shooting was heard close to the main United Nations compound in the Somali capital Wednesday, an AFP reporter and UN sources said. The explosion was heard outside the UN compound — including both residential
(AP) A year on, Assange stays put in Ecuadorean EmbassyBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONA year ago, Julian Assange skipped out on a date with Swedish justice. Rather than comply with a British order that he go to the Scandinavian country for
(AP) Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban moveBy DAVID RISING and AMIR SHAHAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanThe Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left
By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentBERLINPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world’s nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. Obama will make his case
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESAward-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. Hastings, who was 33, was described by many of his colleagues as an
Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan’s Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban. The deaths were caused by insurgent “indirect fire,” either mortars
(AP) LOS ANGELES–Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren’t life-threatening. Lt. Craig Valenzuela says Bieber’s car collided with the person at 11:45
I was reading John Hayward’s article on Beauty Queen Conventional Wisdom and it suggested something I’ve been thinking about for a while. I will probably rock no one’s world with this, because it’s so obvious, but sometimes very obvious things
On Monday’s Morning Joe (MSNBC), guest Russell Brand dropped a sexual reference on co-host Mika Brzezinksi after she and panelists Katty Kay and Brian Schachtman began mocking him. After the cast members began discussing him in the third person, Brand
Clearly skimping on cost during a taxpayer-funded trip to Ireland, Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia lunched with Bono after visiting the ruins of an Irish monastery. The lunch menu included dish choices ranging from Dalkey Lobster and Crab
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKFollowing crowd-funding campaigns from “Veronica Mars” and Zach Braff, James Franco is trying to raise $500,000 to bankroll a trilogy of movies. Franco on Monday night started a campaign on Indiegogo, a crowd-funding alternative to
(AP) 100K protesters flood Brazilian streets in protestBy BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated PressSAO PAULOSome of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services,
US President Barack Obama said that Iran’s election result showed the country’s people wanted to back away from confrontation with the outside world but ruled out for the moment lifting economic sanctions on Tehran. But the United States would have
The Pentagon released the names of Guantanamo Bay’s 46 “indefinite detainees,” terror suspects considered too dangerous to transfer from the prison and who cannot be tried in court. The 15-page list, unveiling details about the prisoners for the first time,
President Barack Obama expressed skepticism that setting up a no-fly zone in Syria or other major US military action could save lives or tip the balance against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Speaking to PBS television, Obama said critics urging bold
A prominent Afghan lawmaker escaped a suicide attack on Tuesday, aides said, on the day that the handover of security from NATO to Afghan forces was to be announced. An AFP photographer reported there were casualties at the scene. The
US Secretary of State John Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said on Tuesday. The Pakistani foreign ministry said last week that Kerry would arrive in the
Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said on Tuesday that former UBS trader Tom Hayes had become the first person to be charged in its probe into the Libor rate-rigging scandal that has rocked the banking sector.
(AP) Turkey vows to strengthen police powersANKARA, TurkeyTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will increase police powers following a wave of anti-government protests. The announcement came Tuesday as police carried out raids and detained dozens of people suspected
(AP) Greece: TV screens still blank amid disputeATHENS, GreeceState TV signals remain blank in Greece as parties in the governing coalition were still at odds over what to do with public broadcaster ERT. Conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras averted the
(AP) G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodgingBy SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated PressENNISKILLEN, Northern IrelandLeaders from eight of the world’s wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer
