Boy, 7, killed during violent July 4 celebrations in Chicago
Authorities say a 7-year-old boy who was celebrating the Fourth of July with his family was among three people who were shot and killed overnight in Chicago.
Authorities say a 7-year-old boy who was celebrating the Fourth of July with his family was among three people who were shot and killed overnight in Chicago.
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SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Sunday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg finishing second.
Malaysia's prime minister is facing the risk of criminal charges over allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars were funneled from an indebted state fund to his personal bank accounts, the first time a Malaysian...
Workers cleaning up after the flood that destroyed the zoo in Georgia's capital found the carcass of the last missing tiger on the grounds of a swimming complex.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - NASA scientists were working on Sunday to revive the New Horizons spacecraft after it suffered a computer malfunction just nine days before it was due to fly past Pluto.
A 22-year-old man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, killing him instantly, authorities said Sunday.
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W’s digital assistant is lusting after Raymond Pettibon’s new book.
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The federal government is, in some ways, much like the shipping industry’s new supersized breed of cargo vessels: large and powerful, but not exactly nimble.
Ukraine says five of its soldiers were killed and three wounded when a land mine exploded in the east of the country, where government troops are fighting Russia-backed separatists.
Egypt's central bank says the Egyptian pound has fallen to a new low against the dollar, its second such drop since Thursday.
State media says Syrian forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters have entered a rebel-held mountain resort near the border with Lebanon, a day after launching a major offensive to capture the town.
Spanish police have arrested three suspects who allegedly committed 26 burglaries in the southern city of Malaga after posing as telephone engineers to study their targets.
Israel's prime minister says each day that passes brings greater Western concessions toward Iran in talks over its nuclear program.
An unmanned Russian cargo ship has docked successfully at the International Space Station, where it was anxiously awaited by the U.S.-Russian crew after the successive failures of two previous supply missions.
Malacañang has cautioned the public against fake rice that may be sold in the local market as it assured that efforts are underway to clamp down at the possible dangerous synthetic commodity. “Nananawagan po tayo sa mga mamamayan na maging maingat at bumili lamang ng bigas mula sa mga accredited at reliable na nagbebenta nito, ‘yun […]
Beijing, China | AFP –Eleven people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported Sunday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued. More than 50 workers were in the building in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province when it came down on Saturday afternoon, state-run China Central Television (CCTV) […]
The government has mobilized its resources to attain the goal of “zero casualty” in dealing with the latest tropical storm “Egay.” Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said President Aquino and the rest of the government are closely monitoring the storm movement to ensure the safety and protection of communities on the path of the […]
In the years after the collapse of the Taliban regime, following the resolution of a conflict between rival factions of Afghanistan's former Northern Alliance, "relatively calm" was commonly used to describe the situation in the country's north. The label no longer fits, however, as widespread fighting and an influx of foreign militants have drastically altered the scene. A number of factors have contributed to the new reality in the north, but one of the biggest is the security vacuum caused by... Читать дальше...
A wildfire that has burned more than 320 acres is threatening homes in a Northern California city.
After four home-grown suicide bombers killed 52 London commuters on July 7, 2005, Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed that Britain would stop at nothing to defeat terrorism. "Let no one be in any doubt," he said. "The rules of...
History's first Latin American pope returns to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time on Sunday, bringing a message of solidarity with the region's poor, who are expected to turn out in droves to welcome...
The latest from the referendum in Greece (all times local):
Manila, Philippines | AFP – Floods inundated towns in the northern Philippines as Tropical Storm Linfa struck the northern edge of the archipelago, where relief agencies were braced for disaster on Sunday. The region’s civil defence chief Chito Castro said that at least 11 coastal towns had been affected by floodwaters and swelling rivers as Linfa passed over the […]
Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America: