Coming days feared to be decisive for Ukraine
Surge in violence changes tone of international diplomacy, with talk of war on the rise.Read More ...
Ex-mortician who killed rich Texas widow gets early release
CARTHAGE,
Texas (AP) — A former mortician whose killing of a rich widow shook an
East Texas town and later inspired a movie was released on bond Tuesday
after the district attorney who prosecuted him agreed to let him out of a
life sentence.Read More ...
Photos compare school lunches around the world
SEATTLE
(AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to make American
school lunches healthier by replacing greasy pizza and french fries with
whole grains, low fat protein, fresh fruit and vegetables.Read More ...
Federal report: Warming disrupts Americans' lives
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Most Americans are already feeling man-made global warming, from
heat waves to wild storms to longer allergy seasons. And it is likely
to get worse and more expensive, says a new federal report that is
heating up political debate along with the temperature.Read More ...
NC lawmaker wins GOP Senate nomination
WASHINGTON
(AP) — North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis captured the Republican
nomination to oppose imperiled Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan Tuesday night,
overcoming anti-establishment rivals by a comfortable margin in the
first of a springtime spate of primaries testing the strength of a tea
party movement that first rocked the GOP four years ago.Read More ...
Circus acrobat wants to return to ring after fall
PROVIDENCE,
R.I. (AP) — One of eight circus acrobats who plummeted about 20 feet to
the ground during a hair-hanging stunt says she's thankful she's alive
and wants to return to the ring.Read More ...
Vatican: 848 priests defrocked for abuse since '04
GENEVA
(AP) — The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has
defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanctioned
another 2,572 with lesser penalties, providing the first ever breakdown
of how it handled the more than 3,400 cases of abuse reported to the
Holy See since 2004.Read More ...
China's Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US
SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is
dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in U.S.
history.Read More ...
Ukraine tightens cordon around rebellious city
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A pro-Russia militia holding an eastern Ukrainian city came under further pressure Tuesday from advancing government troops, but militants acted with impunity elsewhere in the turbulent region.
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Monica Lewinsky speaks out on affair with Clinton
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Hemingway pic a rare Hollywood moment in Cuba
HAVANA
(AP) — Rebels allied with a young Fidel Castro burst into the street
outside Havana's Government Palace as soldiers loyal to strongman
Fulgencio Batista rain gunfire from above. Steps away, Ernest Hemingway
and a young journalist friend dive for cover behind a parked car.Read More ...
Warriors fire coach Mark Jackson after 3 seasons
OAKLAND,
Calif. (AP) — Mark Jackson came to the Golden State Warriors talking
big and brash. He promised playoff appearances and championships, and he
delivered plenty of wins along the way.Read More ...
Gov't: UPS 'misdelivered' $350,000 drone to college student
A
package that contained a $350,000 government drone sent from an Air
Force base in Tampa, Fla., was "misdelivered" by UPS to a college
student. Reddit user Seventy_Seven, who has declined to release his real
name, discovered the box on his doorstep. The college student lives
somewhere in the northern U.S. "I had ordered a weightlifting bench
(which I received) and this came with it," he wrote with photos of the
item. "Both boxes has UPS labels with my name and address."Read More ...
U.S. team to help Nigeria search for girls
Sec. of State Kerry urged Nigerian president to step up hunt for more than 200 kidnapped girls.Read More ...
Pot burglars may have set off man accused in exchange student's death
MISSOULA,
Montana (AP) — Police in Montana received a judge's permission to test
whether a homeowner was drunk or high when he shot and killed a
17-year-old German exchange student in his garage, a newly published
court document reveals.Read More ...
Shipwreck hunters and scientists at odds over Lake Michigan find
TRAVERSE
CITY, Mich. (AP) — Excited shipwreck hunters and scientists assembled
in a Lake Michigan fishing village last June, hoping to solve a mystery
dating back more than three centuries: the fate of a ship sailed by the
17th century French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle,
during a voyage of discovery extending from the Great Lakes to the Gulf
of Mexico.Read More ...
Illegal home-brewed liquor kills at least 50 in Kenya
At
least 50 people in Kenya have died this week from drinking illegal
liquor, local media and officials said on Tuesday. Television footage
showed victims writhing in pain in hospitals in the eastern and central
counties of Embu, Kitui and Kiambu. In Kiambu County, where 11 people
died, Police Commander James Mugera said authorities were looking out
for more victims. Embu Police Commander William Okello said at least 24
people died while 77 were in hospital after consuming the brew.Read More ...
Will Lewinsky essay bring back politics of the '90s?
Monica
Lewinsky is breaking her silence. After decades of maintaining a low
profile in the wake of her affair with then-President Bill Clinton, Ms.
Lewinsky has written a piece for Vanity Fair that recounts her side of
the story and some of the difficulties she’s faced since due to her
notoriety. Happened,” writes Lewinsky in excerpts from the upcoming
piece released Tuesday. For instance, she insists that her affair with
Mr. Clinton was “one between two consenting adults.”Read More ...
Missouri enacts first income tax cut in almost a century
Missouri's
Republican-led Legislature enacted the state's first income tax rate
reduction in almost a century Tuesday by overriding the veto of
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, who has denounced it as a reckless.Read More ...
Illegal alcohol kills at least 33 people in Kenya
At
least 33 people in Kenya died on Monday night and Tuesday from drinking
illegal liquor, local media and government officials said on Tuesday.
In Kiambu County, where nine people died, Police Commander James Mugera
said authorities were still looking for more victims. The spirits
probably all originated from one batch, John Mututho, chairman of the
state-run National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug
Abuse, said on Citizen Television. Drinking dens selling illicit
homemade brews from jerry cans are common in the back streets of many
towns and villages in Kenya.Read More ...
Keystone bid stalls as Senate prepares for energy debate
The
U.S. Senate agreed on Tuesday to begin debate on a bipartisan energy
efficiency bill, but seems unlikely to pass it unless lawmakers agree on
how to proceed with the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline project.Read More ...
San Diego burn unit treats Chinese fishermen
SAN
DIEGO (AP) — Two badly burned Chinese fishermen rescued from the
Pacific were being treated Tuesday at a San Diego hospital, three days
after a Venezuelan fishing boat spotted them and nine of their crew
members floating in a life raft more than 1,000 miles off Mexico.Read More ...
Report: Global warming disrupts lives
Climate change is detrimental to weather, health and safety conditions, a new federal report finds.Read More ...
Mystery of Toronto mayor's whereabouts deepens
The
mystery of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's whereabouts has deepened, following
reports that Ford did not enter the United States via Chicago last
week, as expected.Read More ...
Pistorius's housekeeper was also inside home
Frank Chiziweni was asleep at the athlete's home the night he killed Reeva Steenkamp.Read More ...
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