Charming and Erratic, a Notorious Afghan Speaks
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — One of Afghanistan’s most notorious serial killers lives in a dank prison cell in Jalalabad, sharing bunk beds, meals and blankets with fellow inmates. But the guards…
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan — One of Afghanistan’s most notorious serial killers lives in a dank prison cell in Jalalabad, sharing bunk beds, meals and blankets with fellow inmates. But the guards…
NATIONAL HARBOR, MARYLAND — Typically, when a politician meets a reporter for an interview, decorum dictates that said politician offer up a bland pleasantry to break the ice. “Thanks for…
The game was 25 minutes old and the relegation threatened-side, ironically and lovingly nicknamed the Blue Brazil by Scottish football fans, had managed to shut-out their hosts and in-form opponents….
While orbiting around Earth on the International Space Station, American astronaut Terry Virts took a minute to pay fitting tribute to Leonard Nimoy, who died on Friday at 83. The…
The closely watched survey of conference attendees represents a small but vocal faction of the Republican party, and the voters tend to be younger and libertarian leaning as many college…
Leonardo DiCaprio could play 24 different personalities in the upcoming film “The Crowded Room.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way and New Regency are coming together…
(Refiled for wider distribution) CARACAS, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had captured American citizens involved in “espionage activities,” and said U.S. citizens…
Sanaa is Yemen’s capital, but Houthi rebels have controlled the city for months. Hadi escaped a week ago after being under house arrest for a month following his resignation under…
How does one break into Hollywood? For buzzy star Margot Robbie, it’s by slapping one of the world’s most famous celebrities. – H/T Celebuzz
CARACAS, Venezuela — Four American missionaries who were held for three days and questioned by Venezuelan authorities were on their way home on Saturday. Bruce Dick, the pastor of the…
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) won the straw poll vote at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday. – Paul delivered a speech at CPAC on Friday, taking jabs at…
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu took his campaign against a nuclear deal with Iran to Jerusalem’s sacred Western Wall on Saturday, on the…
Close allies of Speaker John Boehner are worried that his conservative rivals could move to oust him as soon as next week. Read the whole story at Politico
The co-founder of a Mormon women’s group who was excommunicated last year has lost her final appeal to regain membership in the Utah-based church. Kate Kelly of Ordain Women said…
LONDON — When Mohammed Emwazi went to the mosque, a short walk north from Notting Hill and its millionaire mansions, he would sometimes run into another young Muslim from the…
A California man is guilty of murder in a bizarre case wherein the suspect claimed he was a werewolf who killed a vampire. Atascadero man Mark Andrews, 51, went to…
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In Moscow on February 27, 2015, a lone gunman killed Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and a powerful and charismatic opposition leader who stood as an alternative to…
By Andy Sullivan NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Feb 28 (Reuters) – If this week was any indication, Republicans could spend much of the 2016 presidential election attacking Democrats as weak on…
On a summer evening in Sydney in January, two former Grand Slam champions, John McEnroe and Patrick Rafter, played an abbreviated version of tennis. Rafter won the exhibition match by…
MOSCOW — About two weeks before he was shot and killed in the highest-profile political assassination in Russia in a decade, Boris Y. Nemtsov met with an old friend to…
This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St. While the United States was founded on the principle of equality for all people, the 50 states are decidedly unequal in…
LONDON — The British government on Saturday hardened its resistance to the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s attempt to buy the energy subsidiary of the German utility RWE. Mr. Fridman’s company,…
By Brendan O’Brien MADISON, Wis., Feb 28 (Reuters) – Wisconsin unions bussed in thousands of workers from around the state on Saturday to demonstrate against the impending adoption of a…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Four Thai fishermen held captive by Somali pirates for nearly five years, longer than any other hostages seized off the Somali coast, have been released after intensive…
William Shatner took to Twitter on Saturday to express his regret over having to miss Leonard Nimoy’s funeral. Though the two “Star Trek” actors were very close friends, Shatner explained…
William Shatner took to Twitter on Saturday to express his regret over having to miss Leonard Nimoy’s funeral. Though the two “Star Trek” actors were very close friends, Shatner explained…
When my two eldest girls went off to college, I began to look for a part-time job. Through the grapevine, I heard of an opening for a part-time substitute teacher…
On Friday evening, Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition leader and former first deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, went on a prominent Moscow radio station to exhort his fellow citizens…