In many countries, tattoos are simple adornment, a small sign of unconventionality, of minor rebellion. In El Salvador, however, they are usually the mark of gang members who live -- and often die -- by codes of violence. Jose Antonio is one of them.
Читать дальше...A top bullfighter was gored to death in front of hundreds of horrified spectators Saturday in Spain.
Amid escalating tensions over upcoming international court’s ruling on the South China Sea disputed areas, Beijing has kicked off maritime drills in the contested waters.
In the aftermath of two highly publicized police shootings and the deaths of five Dallas police officers, scenes of protest and prayer have unfolded around the country. Here is a glimpse.
Sydney Schanberg, war reporter who covered ‘Killing Fields,’ dies NEW YORK — Sydney Schanberg, a former correspondent for the New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 — and whose story of the survival of his assistant inspired the film “The Killing Fields” — has died. When Communist guerrillas overran the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in the spring of 1975, the Times said, Mr. Schanberg and his assistant Dith Pran refused pleas by their editors to evacuate. Читать дальше...
Even with a $249 million payroll, L.A. suffers a drop-off after its ace.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is meeting with the family and friends of a black man police killed this week.
It was not the time to be asking Serena Williams about breaking Margaret Court's all-time grand slam singles record of 24, considering how much grief the soon-to-be-35-year-old had experienced just to reach Steffi Graf's Open-era benchmark of 22.
Yet to unleash a single moment of madness at EURO 2016, Pepe says he's fit to play in Sunday's final.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jhonny Peralta, Tommy Pham and Aledmys Diaz homered, helping Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 on Saturday.
Militants shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra in Syria, killing two Russian pilots on board, Interfax news agency said, quoting Russia’s defense ministry
The Tomah High School junior varsity boys golf team finished ninth out of 16 teams at the Stanley-Boyd Invitational May 14 at Whispering Pines Golf Course.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Dallas shooting that killed five officers has spurred an outpouring of support for police, not only in Texas but hundreds of miles away.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Dallas shooting that killed five officers has spurred an outpouring of support for police, not only in Texas but hundreds of miles away.
Two patrol cars serving as a memorial outside of police headquarters were adorned with flowers, signs and flags by some of the people pausing to pay their respects to the five officers killed and seven wounded. Abigail Bullard had similar thoughts while home with her 6- and 10-year-old sons in suburban Philadelphia, where the younger boy's fascination with emergency services personnel has developed into a friendship with a few Radnor Township officers. Bullard had observed the kinship within their... Читать дальше...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is set to visit Georgia in autumn this year, Georgian media reported.
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France — Defending champion Chris Froome took his rivals by surprise with a daring downhill attack that earned him the race leader’s yellow jersey at the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. Leading at the top of the final climb of the Tour’s second Pyrenean stage, a tough 114-mile ride from Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, he attacked when least expected on the grueling Col de Peyresourde. In his two wins at cycling’s biggest event, in 2013 and 2015, the 31-year-old Team... Читать дальше...
Claims from two Kenyan doctors that they supplied British athletes with banned drugs will be investigated by UK Anti-Doping.
TORONTO — The photo on Hirokazu Kore-eda’s cell phone isn’t of his own family but of a famous literary clan. A connoisseur of American cinema, the Japanese director chose this movie still from the 1933 version based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel starring Katharine Hepburn as the tomboy Jo (instead of the 1949 film with June Allyson in the role or the 1994 one with Winona Ryder). The photo reminds him of the intricate but usually enriching relationship that links sisters, the subject of his film... Читать дальше...
It was the second day of protesting in London.
ORLANDO — Bernie Sanders failed in his quest to include opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in a draft of the Democratic Party’s policy positions Saturday, where several amendments against the deal were voted down by Hillary Clinton supporters. During a combative meeting in a hotel ballroom, members of the Democratic National Convention’s full Platform Committee voted down amendments to explicitly oppose the deal and to oppose a vote on it in Congress. Sanders supporter Benjamin Jealous... Читать дальше...
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MILWAUKEE — Playing with a lineup depleted by injuries, St. Louis manager Mike Matheny enjoyed the Cardinals’ powerful finish. Jhonny Peralta, Tommy Pham and Aledmys Diaz homered, helping Carlos Martinez and the Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 on Saturday. Peralta hit a leadoff drive in the second off Chase Anderson (4-10). Pham connected for
