'Vive Francois Hollande!' France's President Visits Mali
The security situation in Northern Mali has improved with the arrival of the French military last month, so French president Francois Hollande traveled there Saturday for a one-day visit.
View ArticleYes, He Did: Obama Shoots Skeet
The White House has released proof that President Obama really did shoot skeet — at least once — at the Maryland presidential retreat, last summer.There'd been some disbelief among gun rights...
View ArticlePowerful Quake Rocks Northern Japan; No Reported Damage
The Japanese Meteorological Agency says an extremely strong earthquake rattled the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Saturday. The magnitude was 6.4. The U.S. Geological Survey's report puts the...
View ArticleDirect Talks With Iran? Biden Says It's Possible
Vice President Joe Biden says the United States is ready to hold direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program — provided that the country's top leader is serious about such discussions.Biden,...
View ArticleU.S. Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Crashes In Austrian Event
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association says that American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed during the women's world Super-G competition in Austria today and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Reports...
View ArticleNuclear Waste Seeping From Container In Hazardous Wash. State Facility
They thought they'd managed this problem a few years ago. But Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee got a disturbing call Friday from Energy Secretary Steven Chu: Nuclear waste is leaking out of a tank in...
View ArticleHuge Bomb In Pakistani Market Kills Dozens
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View ArticleFlorida's Great Python Challenge Is Over; Not Many Are Caught
After all the hoopla and news of people buying tools to catch Burmese pythons invading Florida, the state's monthlong hunt for them is over. Hunters caught 68 pythons.
View ArticleFlorida Sinkhole So Dangerous Rescuers Can't Search For Missing Man
Update at 6:53 p.m. ET Rescuers End Search:Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill says efforts to find Jeffrey Bush, who disappeared in a sinkhole, have been discontinued. He says that the...
View ArticleConstruction Crews May Have Found 'Black Plague' Victims In Britain
What can you find underneath a British railroad or parking lot? These days it could be skeletons, and probably a lot of them. Last month, researchers announced the bones of a man discovered underneath...
View ArticleTop Stories: Gay Marriage At The Supreme Court; Kerry Visits Afghanistan
Good morning.Our early headlines:-- 'Monumental' Gay-Marriage Cases Could Set Law For Centuries-- In Afghanistan: Kerry Wraps Up Trip; Police, U.K.
View ArticleHow To Hit A Big Dunk: Griner Tweets A Prediction As Women's Sweet 16 Is Set
There's nothing like encouragement to help you succeed. Or maybe you can just create it for yourself. Baylor's Brittney Griner had both Tuesday night as her top-seeded team blew past Florida State...
View ArticlePowerball Winner Owes Thousands In Child Support Payments
Now he can catch up with his bills. Pedro Quezada of New Jersey claimed the fourth-largest jackpot in the history of the Powerball multistate lottery on Tuesday.
View ArticleMortar Hits Syrian University; Turkey Denies It Deported Refugees
A mortar shell hit part of Damascus University in Syria's capital on Thursday, killing at least 10 students and wounding a number of others, according to the official Syrian news agency, which says the...
View ArticleOklahoma Dentist May Have Exposed Thousands To Disease
Oklahoma's health department is contacting some 7,000 patients of Tulsa-area dentist Dr. W. Scott Harrington to warn them they may have been exposed to "blood-borne viruses."Officials are urging former...
View ArticleChristians Trace The Steps Of Jesus As They Mark Good Friday
It's Good Friday, one of the holiest days of the Christian year, when tradition holds that Jesus was crucified and died.Pope Francis is marking the day at the Vatican by reciting the story of the hours...
View ArticleHours After Expulsion, Ex-Nevada Lawmaker Forcibly Arrested In California
Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks is jailed in San Bernadino County, Calif., following a high-speed freeway chase with Barstow police and members of the California Highway Patrol.
View ArticleSecond Rape Case To Draw Social Media Buzz Will Be Reviewed
A few days after Rehtaeh Parsons' mother turned off the hospital life support systems and allowed her daughter to die, computer activists claiming to be affiliated with the hacker group Anonymous are...
View ArticleHonoring Film Critic Roger Ebert — With A Conga Line
It's not been a full month since Roger Ebert passed away, but his annual Ebertfest continued this month in Illinois with screenings, lectures and guest visits by artists.The big hit was actress Tilda...
View ArticleSeveral Arrests In Deadly Bangladesh Factory Collapse
Bangladeshi authorities have arrested at least seven people in connection with this week's deadly building collapse outside Dhaka, the capital. Several garment factories, shops and a bank were housed...
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