Massive chain-reaction accident closes I-94 in Michigan
The accident happened Friday morning on Interstate 94, west of Battle Creek. Police said weather played a role by causing whiteout conditions and a slippery roadway. Police said almost 200…
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Liftoff: SpaceX tries historic gentle landing of 14-story high booster
[Previous story, posted at 4:45 a.m. ET] (CNN) — Space X steps back up to the plate Saturday to take another crack at making history — not by what goes…
France: Heartbreak as deadly siege ends, search for suspect continues
Police killed three suspects during raids on Friday one wanted in the fatal shooting of a policewoman and four hostages, the other two in the massacre at the offices of…
Rescuers raise the tail of AirAsia Flight QZ8501
Divers had found the tail on Wednesday, and on Friday, divers investigated pings a search ship had detected. They lowered ropes and slings down to the tail and planned to…
Huge death toll in Boko Haram attacks?
Musa Bukar, chairman of Kukawa local government where Baga is located, claimed that more than 2,000 people were killed in the attacks, but he could not explain how he arrived…
Student sues University of Oregon, coach over alleged gang-rape
According to the suit, the woman, a university student, alleges that three Oregon men’s basketball players cornered her in a bathroom in March and gang-raped her multiple times. Prosecutors did…
U.S. official on terror attacks: ‘This isn’t going to stop’
The official says the attacks demonstrate how “the boundaries between all of these affiliates is seemingly breaking down and the threat is metastasizing and turning into a global network.” –
Watching ‘Selma’ with 103-year-old matriarch of the movement
A photograph immortalized the momenta black, middle-aged woman beaten unconscious by white state troopers in a 1965 civil rights march that became known as Bloody Sunday. Now, on this Sunday…
Beautiful NASA posters advertise out of this world vacations
OK, so a long weekend visiting a planet 1,200 trillion miles away, may not be a realistic prospect just yet, but that hasn’t stopped scientists at NASA from dreaming. To…
In Georgia gym mat death suit, 7 judges say they can’t be fair
Johnson’s parents, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson, said they never believed investigators’ conclusion that their 17-year-old son died while struggling to reach for a shoe at the center of the mat….
Is it OK for comedians to joke about religion?
“Would you tell a joke mocking the Prophet Mohammed?” Being a comedian who is Muslim, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked that question over the years….
When their hell becomes ours
“Pieces of flesh were plastered on the wall. There were children and women crying for help,” said one civil society activist who spoke with Reuters just after the suicide attack….
Two years of free community college makes sense
Before you dismiss President Obama’s proposal of two years of free community college as frivolous government spending, let me toss a number out at you: 500%. That’s roughly how much…
A timeline of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack
Wednesday morning About 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the French newspaper Le Monde, gunmen dressed in black and wearing bulletproof vests forced their way into a building two doors down…
Justice prosecutors recommend charges against Petraeus
The official says that the FBI has provided sufficient evidence to the Department of Justice to bring felony charges against David Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress…
Aaron Hernandez greets jury pool as selection process gets underway
Hernandez, former New England Patriot tight end, is indicted in the June 17, 2013, death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was shot seven times, prosecutors say, in an…
Can Obama’s community college plan get through Congress?
His plan is to partner with states and fund the first two years of community college for Americans “willing to work for it.” The White House will work to push…
Feel the vibration: The next phase in virtual reality
Most virtual reality hype has surrounded tools that create a visual experience, like the Oculus Rift goggles. Gadgets like this vest could provide an additional physical, tactile element to virtual…
Dog abandoned with suitcase at train station
The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information on Facebook after the male shar-pei crossbreed was discovered Friday night, tied to a railing outside the Ayr train station. Beside him was…
Put that iPhone down! And 14 other digital resolutions for 2015
I am one of “those” people who loves the new year, makes resolutions and normally fails to keep up with most of them by the end of January. But there…
How the Kouachi brothers turned to terrorism
On Friday, the two brothers were killed in a shootout with police, achieving their goal of a supposedly heroic “martyrdom.” Before they died, one of the brothers spoke on the…
Sanctions guru tapped for CIA job
As Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Treasury Department, Cohen played an important role in developing sanctions on a number of foreign governments, including Russia, Iran and North…
Romney tells donors he’s considering 2016 bid
The Wall Street Journal first reported the comments. Though his loyalists and supportive donors have floated his name as a potential candidate for the better part of a year, Romney…
House GOP plans immigration showdown
The emerging plan, worked out with GOP members Friday, would add several provisions that would roll back the executive order the President announced in November to a nearly $40 billion…
Ex-millionaire loses bid for new trial in Florida slayings
Krishna “Kris” Maharaj, 75, was not in court when Judge William Thomas said, “This court fully weighed the materiality, relevance and inconsistencies of the newly discovered evidence, and concludes that…
One person killed, several injured in 100-car pileup
One of the tractor-trailers involved in the wreck was carrying fireworks that can be seen on video detonating.
Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri sentenced to life in prison
“Abu Hamza’s blood-soaked journey from cleric to convict, from Imam to inmate, is now complete,” Preet Bharara, United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a…
Scary world could give GOP a foreign policy opening
Even before terrorists killed 12 people at a Paris magazine this week, Republicans were fine-tuning an assault on President Barack Obama’s foreign policy as timid and naive, and stumbling everywhere…
Beyonce, Taylor Swift, U2 big among Grammy nominees
The other record of the year nominees are “Fancy” by Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, “Chandelier” by Sia and “All About That Bass” by Meagan Trainor. Song of the year…
Teens on social media: ‘Like’ and ‘FOMO’ anxiety
The upside of selfies: Social media not all bad for kids Olivia, 12, said she sometimes feels that way, too. “If there’s an event that maybe I’m not at or…