(AFP) An Israeli air strike on Gaza City killed one person and wounded another on Tuesday, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said. It was the first deadly Israeli air strike since an Egyptian-brokered truce went into force on November 21. The
By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESMichael Jackson’s struggle against drug addiction was put on display Monday during opening statements at his mother’s wrongful death case against concert giant AEG Live. Competing portraits of Jackson emerged during the first hours of
(AP) Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10By RIAZ KHANAssociated PressPESHAWAR, Pakistan A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official involved in peace negotiations
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said Monday on MSNBC that if only Congress approved universal background checks, the massive shootout between Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and police could have been prevented. “Tamerlan, as we know now, was on
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDYAssociated PressATLANTAThe British film studio that’s home to the James Bond movie franchise announced plans Monday for its first U.S. film production facility, at a site near Atlanta. The large-scale film complex will be called Pinewood Atlanta,
Two weeks after the devastating Boston Marathon bombings, the UK Telegraph now reports that the CIA is seeking the editor of Al-Qaeda’s English-language Inspire magazine, the source from which the Tsarnaev brothers apparently learned how to build pressure cooker bombs.
First Lady Michelle Obama may want Americans to move, but more and more of them are apparently opting instead for surgery to correct their aesthetic shortcomings. According to experts, arm lifts – a surgery in which the skin on the
According to a report from the New York Times on Monday, President Obama’s economic recovery – the weakest recovery on record – is creating more of a wealth gap between blacks and Hispanics on the one hand and whites on
Comedian Tracy Morgan isn’t satisfied with legislation that will strengthen current gun control laws. He wants them banned entirely. The former 30 Rock star, who visited D.C. over the weekend for the White House Correspondents Dinner bash, told PJ Media
(AP) – Medical reinforcements have arrived at Guantanamo Bay to help deal with a hunger strike among prisoners at the U.S. base in Cuba. Lt. Col. Samuel House said Monday that the roughly 40 nurses and other specialists arrived over
(AP) – The White House is commending NBA veteran Jason Collins for becoming the first active male player in the four major American professional sports to come out as gay. White House spokesman Jay Carney called that decision courageous and
(AP) Russia caught bomb suspect on wiretapBy EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZOAssociated PressWASHINGTONRussian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday, days after
The Go-Go’s broke down barriers for aspiring female rockers, but lead singer Belinda Carlisle says her band partied like her male peers. That led to raucous nights as well as a chronic drug habit that consumed 30 years of her
(AP) Economic gains may not help Democrats much in 2014By TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now. He and his allies in Congress have “walked the economy
(AFP) Attacks by the Pakistani Taliban are forcing the main party in the country’s restive northwest, an important battleground in the upcoming general election, to campaign in the shadows. The Awami National Party (ANP) ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for the
A huge shake-up of Britain’s welfare system aimed at streamlining benefits gets under way Monday with jobcentre staff expected to stage angry protests. People living in Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, can apply for the new Universal Credit from today in
(AP) Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in DamascusBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaSyria’s prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb went off near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, the latest attack targeting a top official in
(AFP) A Saudi court jailed seven people convicted of supporting Al-Qaeda to between two and eight years in prison, state news agency SPA reported. Another defendant was jailed for four months after he was convicted of “attempting suicide several times”
(AP) Powerful blast injures up to 40 in PraguePRAGUEA powerful explosion damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital, Prague, Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe some people are buried in the rubble. It is
(AP) 4 killed as bridge collapses in central ThailandBANGKOKPolice say at least four people were killed when a small bridge collapsed near Thailand’s ancient capital of Ayutthaya. Police Col. Jitkasem Sonkham says several motorcycle drivers and their vehicles fell into
(AP) Curry leads Warriors past Denver 115-101 in Game 4By ANTONIO GONZALEZAP Sports WriterOAKLAND, Calif.Stephen Curry shook off a sore left ankle to score 22 of his 31 points in the third quarter, leading the Golden State Warriors past the
(AP) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end. Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says Lawrence Capener jumped over several pews at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church
(AP) Celts top Knicks 97-90 in OT, avoid playoff sweepBy HOWARD ULMANAP Sports WriterBOSTONJason Terry scored Boston’s last nine points as the Celtics weathered a strong comeback by the New York Knicks and avoided being swept with a 97-90 overtime
CBS’s long-running sitcom Two and a Half Men will return for an 11th season, but it won’t be just like old times. Young co-star Angus T. Jones’ role on the show likely will be reduced, a possible by-product of the
Police near Mount Everest are investigating reports of a fight on the upper reaches of the world’s highest mountain between two foreign climbers and their Nepalese guides, officials said Sunday. He said that one of the clients, a Swiss national,
