CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s central leadership broke off ties with one of the most powerful militant groups in Syria, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and distanced itself from the rebel infighting in that country’s civil
A newly discovered audio tape of a June 3, 1964 speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Arizona State University, reveals the work he had to do to overcome the Democratic Party’s filibuster of the 1964 Civil Rights Act led
The Associated Press reports that Punxsatawney Phil has seen his shadow, meaning six more weeks of brutally cold winter for the eastern half of the country, and crippling drought in the west. Also, he picked the Broncos over the Seahawks,
NEW YORK (AP) — The hang time is over for Ray Guy. The longtime punter for the Oakland Raiders is all by himself once again. After waiting 23 years, Guy is the first punter elected to the Pro Football Hall
NEW YORK (AP) — Peyton Manning made his fifth MVP award a family affair. Manning’s record-setting season earned him The Associated Press NFL MVP award Saturday night in a landslide. No other player has won more than three. Denver’s record-setting
CAIRO (AP) — The trial of Egypt’s ousted president and 14 others also accused of inciting the killing of protesters resumed on Saturday, Egypt’s official news agency reported. The agency’s report gave no details on the proceedings, held amid tight
MOUNT SINABUNG, Indonesia (AP) — A rumbling volcano in western Indonesia on Saturday unleashed fresh clouds of searing gas that killed at least 14 people and injured three, only a day after villagers who fled earlier eruptions returned home thinking
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian opposition activist who went missing last week says he was kidnapped and tortured, the latest in a string of mysterious attacks on anti-government protesters in the two-month-long political crisis. Dmytro Bulatov, 35, a member
BANGKOK (AP) — The protest leader, a monk in flowing orange robes, sat sternly at the head of a long hardwood table, his newfound authority in this patch of Bangkok plain for all to see. Before him, three high-level Thai
On Monday, the FBI and federal prosecutors were still reviewing the case against Vladislav Miftakhov, the 19-year old Russian national who was arrested Friday in Pennsylvania and charged with “possessing a weapon of mass destruction,” according to the Associated Press. Miftakhov
The NHL may “reconsider” sending hockey players to the Winter Olympics if a “significant” occurrence occurs before the Games begin. “As of now, we do not doubt that all necessary steps are being taken by the Sochi Organizing Committee, the
MEXICO CITY (AP) — “Self-defense” groups confronting a drug cartel in the western state of Michoacan have agreed to join government law enforcement forces after months of firefights with gang members, many times as federal police and troops stood by.
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An international journalism watchdog on Tuesday criticized Russian authorities for restricting news coverage of preparations for the Sochi Olympics. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists detailed in a report how Russian and international journalists have
MADRID (AP) — It was a short story, then a Hollywood movie. Now the tragic tale of cowboys in love is being reinvented again: Brokeback Mountain — the opera. Ahead of its world premiere in Madrid, author Annie Proulx told
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of
A Texas woman who was pregnant and said to be brain-dead was removed from life support at a Fort Worth hospital Sunday in accordance with an order from a Tarrant County district court. According to the Associated Press, Marlise Munoz
GENEVA (AP) — Syrians on opposite sides of their country’s civil war tried again Sunday to find common ground, but a morning session focusing on the release of prisoners and an aid convoy to a besieged central city failed to
BANGKOK (AP) — Anti-government demonstrators trying to derail a contentious general election scheduled next week in Thailand swarmed dozens of polling stations Sunday, chaining doors and gates shut and blocking hundreds of thousands of voters from casting advance ballots in
President Obama has already changed his vernacular concerning his second term focus of “income inequality.” He is now calling it “ladders of opportunity.” In an apparent effort to blunt criticism over his intent to engage in full-blown class warfare during
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,
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.
Over the last year or so, George Zimmerman has been trying his hand as an artist after he was acquitted of murder in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin and went into hiding. However, his newest painting has drawn complaints
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
On Wednesday, the Virginia legislature passed a bill making the electric chair a go-to method of execution for death row inmates. Since 1995, electrocution has been employed in Virginia but only if requested by the sentenced prisoner. In that time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it is conducting new studies of the safety of caramel coloring in soft drinks and other foods, even though previous research has shown no identifiable health risk. The agency’s announcement comes
