Sterling slams Magic Johnson in interview
The disgraced Clippers owner says the Lakers great "should be ashamed of himself."Read More ...
Woman's family files new suit against GM
Parents who settled claims last year say GM hid critical evidence on faulty ignitions.Read More ...
Police: Officer involved in shooting, explosion at N.H. home
BRENTWOOD,
N.H. (AP) — A police officer was involved in a shooting at a home in
New Hampshire just before a fire and explosion destroyed the house
Monday afternoon, authorities said.Read More ...
White House: No, #BringBackOurGirls won’t sway kidnappers
The
White House on Monday defended the #BringBackOurGirls social media
campaign as a valuable part of the global response to the abduction of
more than 200 Nigerian girls. But spokesman Jay Carney dismissed
suggestions that hashtag activism would lead Boko Haram kidnappers to
free their hostages.Read More ...
Orphan is first Haitian to be fitted with 3-D prosthesis
By
Amelie Baron PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A 12-year-old orphan boy
handicapped from birth became the first recipient of a 3-D printer
prosthesis in Haiti last month, thanks to a British-born software
engineer in California. Born without fingers on either hand, Stevenson
Joseph had little hope of treatment in a country where programs for the
disabled are rare apart from a handful of charities. In 2010, Stevenson
was brought to Bernard Mevs hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince,
where an orthopedic team was working to fit prosthetic limbs after a
devastating earthquake caused injuries that required amputations. \"We
couldn’t do anything for him here,\" recalled Thomas Iwalla, a Kenyan
orthopedic technician at hospital.Read More ...
N.C. entrepreneur in primary battle with singer Clay Aiken dies
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Iranian press: Drone replica proves 'nightmare has become reality'
Iran
has unveiled its own copy of an American stealth drone it captured in
late 2011, claiming to have cracked the “secrets” of the bat-wing craft
and added weapons capabilities. Today, Fars News Agency reported that
while Iran’s duplicate of the US RQ-170 Sentinel drone was smaller, it
also had a “bombing capability to attack the US warships in any possible
battle.” The story in Persian was headlined: “America’s nightmare has
become reality.” State television showed footage on Sunday it said was
of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf filmed by an Iranian drone.
The drone replica was unveiled at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) exhibition on Sunday, where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
was briefed on how the drone, its systems, and structure had been
reverse-engineered. Aerospace chief Amir Ali Hajijadeh said today that
they are working on two more models of the replica drone.Read More ...
Texas lawmakers tour embattled California hot sauce plant
The
maker of the popular hot sauce Sriracha said Monday that he has no
plans to move his contested plant out of California but would consider
expanding into Texas if the Lone Star State can produce peppers ...Read More ...
Studies: Antarctic ice sheet at point of no return
Melt seen as outpacing predictions, crossing threshold that sets up domino-like process.Read More ...
Independence declared in eastern Ukraine
News in Donetsk, Luhansk follows vote that Ukraine and the West have deemed a sham.Read More ...
Mannequins banned from shops in Syrian jihadist stronghold
Syria's
most extreme jihadist faction issued a ban Monday on mannequins in shop
displays and the sale of women's underwear to male customers, a
monitoring group said. The decision by the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) in their northern stronghold of Raqa also bans men and
women shopping together unless he is her husband, father or brother, the
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Observatory also said
ISIL has decided that traditional garments on sale must be neither
\"tight, transparent or ornate\". Raqa is the only provincial capital in
Syria to have fallen from the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's
regime, and it is now completely under ISIL control.Read More ...
NYPD to stop seizing suspected sex workers' condoms
NEW
YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department will no longer confiscate
unused condoms from suspected sex workers to be used as evidence of
prostitution, ending a longstanding practice that had been criticized by
civil rights groups for undermining efforts to combat AIDS and other
sexually transmitted infections.Read More ...
Photos: Spring storms in the Midwest and Rockies
Snow
covers spring flowers in Denver on Monday, May 12, 2014. A spring storm
that has brought over a foot of snow to parts of Colorado, Wyoming and
Nebraska and thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest was slowing down
travelers and left some without power Monday morning. (AP Photo/Ed
Andrieski)Read More ...
15 facts you may not know about the Washington Monument
In
honor of the 130-year-old monument's post-earthquake restoration, here
are some things you may or may not know about the symbolic structure.Read More ...
Same-sex couples head to Arkansas capital to marry
Dozens of gay couples in Arkansas received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday.Read More ...
U.S. reports second case of MERS virus
A
second case of the dangerous Middle East respiratory virus, called
MERS, has been found in the United States, health authorities said
Monday.Read More ...
Boko Haram video shows abducted schoolgirls praying
A
new video from Nigeria's rebel terrorist network purports to show
dozens of kidnapped schoolgirls, covered in hijab and praying in Arabic.Read More ...
Libya rescues 450 migrants on Europe-bound boats
A
Libyan naval forces rescued 450 migrants off its coastline who were
aboard a vessel making an illegal journey to Europe on Monday, a naval
official said.Read More ...
Three S. Korean ferry crew members named martyrs
Three
crew members on the doomed South Korean ferry were designated as
martyrs on Monday for giving their lives to save others as the ship was
sinking nearly a month ago.Read More ...
Pilot, coaches remembered after Virginia balloon crash
The
two University of Richmond basketball coaches killed in a hot-air
balloon crash were a beloved long-time assistant who was part of one of
the most revered moments in the program's history, and a woman who was
hardly out of college and always cheerful and willing to help.Read More ...
Taliban kill 21 at start of Afghan spring fighting
Marking the start of their spring offensive, the Taliban began a wave of attacks Monday.Read More ...
Company offers flight-tracking solution after Malaysian loss
Inmarsat
Plc, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services,
said it will offer free basic tracking services for planes flying over
oceans in the hope of preventing another incident such as the loss of
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.Read More ...
Boko Haram offers to swap girls for prisoners
The rebels who abducted more than 200 girls made the proposal in a new video.Read More ...
At least 15 dead in Congo soccer stadium stampede
At least 15 people were killed in a stampede at a soccer stadium in Congo, government officials said.Read More ...
Pistorius has anxiety disorder, psychiatrist tells court
Oscar
Pistorius has an anxiety disorder brought on by an unstable childhood
and the "traumatic assault" of having his lower legs amputated as a
baby, a psychologist told the court hearing the South African track
star's murder trial on Monday.Read More ...
Spring snows hit Rockies as plains face high winds
Dozens
of snowplows were taking to the slush-covered streets of Denver early
Monday, after a powerful spring storm dropped heavy snow across parts of
Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska, even as stormy weather moved into the
plains states and drew warnings about conditions ripe for severe
thunderstorm and tornadoes.Read More ...
Kremlin pushes for dialogue after Ukraine vote
The
Kremlin made it clear Monday that it has no intention to try to annex
Ukraine's eastern provinces after the controversial referendums where
the majority of voters allegedly said they backed sovereignty for their
regions.Read More ...
Pedophile teacher abused dozens as clues missed
He
was one of the most beloved teachers in the small world of
international schools that serve the children of diplomats, well-off
American expatriates and local elites. He was often the first to arrive
in the morning, and the last to leave each day. He led students on class
trips to exotic places, treating them to cookies and milk at bedtime.Read More ...
Glance at pedophile teacher's career
A look at the career of teacher William Vahey, regarded by the FBI as one of the most prolific pedophiles in memory:Read More ...
EU adds 13 people, 2 firms to Ukraine list
BRUSSELS
(AP) — European Union foreign ministers added 13 people Monday to their
visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine's crisis but are not
expected to decide whether to impose tough economic measures on Russia
before Ukraine's May 25 elections, officials said.Read More ...
Boko Haram demands release of fighters for girls
LAGOS,
Nigeria (AP) — Under the guns of their captors, dozens of barefoot
girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted
Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had
converted to Islam.Read More ...
Authorities: New Hampshire officer shot to death
BRENTWOOD,
N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire police officer was shot to death after he
responded to a domestic disturbance at a home that later exploded and
burned, authorities said Monday.Read More ...
Gay couples marry in Arkansas, most clerks sit out
LITTLE
ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More than 200 gay couples obtained Arkansas marriage
licenses Monday after a judge tossed out the state's 10-year-old
same-sex marriage ban, but only at a handful of courthouses as an
overwhelming majority of county clerks in this part of the Bible Belt
said they first wanted the state Supreme Court to weigh in.Read More ...
FCC revising Internet rules after public backlash
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is
broadening the scope of his proposed open Internet rules and suggesting
tougher standards for Internet providers who wish to create paid
priority fast lanes on their networks.Read More ...
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