Rand Paul defends shushing interview
Talking to CNBC’s Kelly Evans on Monday, Evans started to follow up with a question about tax repatriation for corporations overseas while Paul was still talking, and the senator started…
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Why scientists are studying germ universe in N.Y. subway
Some DNA samples on subway surfaces matched no known organisms studied before, while others were fragments associated with anthrax and the bubonic plague. In some cases, the germs reflected the…
Nigeria vote delayed, ‘security concerns’ cited in wake of Boko Haram attacks
The Islamist terror group Boko Haram has increased its attacks against troops and civilians in the weeks leading up to the elections. – CNN’s Lillian Leposo and Christian Purefoy reported…
Ruling raises possibility of new trial for convicted killer in ‘Serial’
Lee and Syed were seniors at Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County when she disappeared in January 1999. Her body was discovered in a city forest three weeks later. Throughout…
Bruce Jenner involved in car accident; 1 dead
One person was killed in the wreck at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Corral Canyon Road, Dunn said, but no information about the deceased was immediately available. It…
Valentine’s Day Fast Facts
School children exchange cards and often have classroom parties. There are several different theories about the origins of Valentine’s Day. – Timeline:496 A.D. – Pope Gelasius I names February 14…
UVA rape case: What we do and don’t know
There are few details about this newest case. A statement sent to students on Thursday said police were notified by the Dean of Students “about a sexual assault incident reported…
Chris Paul fined $25,000 by NBA for comment about female ref
The NBA said Paul was being fined for “public criticism of officiating.” The league’s statement announcing the fine didn’t mention the official’s gender. Paul said her call during a Los…
Had enough snow Boston? Here’s some more
The National Weather Service predicts between 1 to 2 feet of snow to fall in northeastern Massachusetts through Monday night. – CNN’s Sean Morris and Ed Payne contributed to this…
Jordan’s royal couple: 5 things to know
Such words could have come straight from the mouth of the King himselfa former major general in the Jordanian army. Queen Rania consoled the grieving wife of the pilot who…
Real humbled in Madrid derby rout
Although there was little Casillias could do about Saul Niguez’s stunning overhead kick that gave Atletico a 2-0 halftime lead. The visitors had hoped to cement their strong position in…
Blatter and Hayatou slam western media over AFCoN violence
According to eye witnesses the security situation was sufficiently dire that a helicopter was deployed to hover low over the stadium and scatter the rioting fans. There were reports of…
Tape of beating leads to charges against Philadelphia officers
This week, the tables turned when a surveillance video from a nearby store led to charges of aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy, and filing false reports against Philadelphia police officers Sean…
Measles cases at Chicago-area day care center rise to 5
Health officials had said earlier in the week that two children under age 1 who attended the KinderCare Learning Center in Palatine, Illinois, tested positive for the measles, and tests…
Kashkari rules out California Senate run
READ: Fiorina says it’s looking more likely she will run for president – But while Kashkari called his ascendance to the upper echelon of California Republican politics a “transformational moment,”…
Time to close HIV’s racial disparities
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, being marked Saturday, is a good moment to reignite the conversation over a crisis that should have ended years ago. Despite representing only 13% of…
Biden to Putin: Get out of Ukraine
READ: Merkel says Ukraine peace ‘uncertain’ after talks with Putin – Merkel is scheduled to visit Washington on Monday. The White House said she will meet with President Barack Obama…
Kane double as Spurs beat Arsenal
Coach Arsene Wenger had raised the possibility that key striker Alexis Sanchez might recover from a hamstring injury in time. Sanchez didn’t make it but former Real Madrid star Mesut…
Soldier killed, 6 hurt in training accident on U.S. Army base
All of the injured, including one in critical condition, were medically evacuated. The military hasn’t identified them or the soldier killed, waiting on next-of-kin notification. “Our thoughts and prayers are…
Zuckerberg, wife give $75 million to San Francisco General Hospital
It’s not just a substantial gift, but a personal one. Chan worked for years at the facilitythe Bay Area city’s lone trauma centerduring her pediatric residency. She came away struck…
Kurds say ISIS destroyed key Iraq bridge; airstrikes pound jihadist targets
About 30 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, ISIS late Friday blew up a bridge that helps connect an ISIS-held area to the city, said Saman Jabari, a senior Kurdish political leader…
Wild West weather: Filthy, ashy rain and mountain ‘hurricane’
Mysterious filth rained down on Walla Walla, Washington. Gales knocked trees downand power outin Northern California. And then they whirred over Nevada’s mountains with hurricane force. More rain is on…
Merkel: Ukraine peace ‘uncertain’ after talks with Putin, but worth trying
Merkel and French President Francois Hollande met with the Russian President in Moscow on Friday. On Saturday, at the annual Munich Security Conference, she said it is uncertain whether their…
Mystery ash covers parts of Washington, Oregon states
The volcano, located on the Kamchatka peninsula in extreme northeast Russia, “spewed an ash plume to about the 20,000-foot level in late January,” the agency says. “It has been deposited…
Florida woman gives birth to 14.1-pound baby boy
But that didn’t stop little Avery Ford from coming into the world at a whopping 14.1 pounds. “When I felt his head come out, I knew he was bigger than…
TransAsia plane had engine trouble before crash; death toll rises to 38
Five others remain unaccounted for, while 15 people survived, authorities said. As crews search for the missing, more revelations emerged on what led to the tragedy. Pilots grappled with engine…
Kayla Mueller’s parents appeal to ISIS: ‘We are still hopeful’
Until now, they said, they have not talked to the media as ISIS warned them not to. The terror group captured Mueller, an Arizona native, in 2013. It said Friday…
Rosie O’Donnell leaving ‘The View’ after split from her wife
She’s leaving the show to focus on her family after she split from her wife, Michelle Rounds, in November, her publicist said in a statement Friday. – CNN’s Tony Marco…
Investigators focusing on Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend, source says
Bobbi Kristina, 21, was found facedown in a bathtub full of water in her Atlanta area home on January 31. She was “unresponsive, meaning not breathing, no heartbeat,” a Roswell…
Harvard tells professors: No more sex with undergrads
Harvard released a statement saying a specially appointed committee “determined that the existing language on relationships of unequal status did not explicitly reflect the faculty’s expectations of what constituted an…