Syrian woman: I had to marry an ISIS police chief to save my father’s life
Hanan is not the woman’s real name. Though now in Turkey, not her native Syria, the 26-year-old is still so terrified and traumatized that she has not left her relatives’…
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Single dad creates salon-worthy braids
Single dad Greg Wickherst could barely contain Izzy’s hair in a simple ponytail. – Wickherst says all parents should try to break stereotypes with their children. “I think dads should…
Train crash shows killing zones drivers face
The Irish writer James Joyce once said an excellent puzzle would be to try to cross Dublin without walking past a pub. A similar challenge for many cities in the…
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste arrives in Australia after being held in Egypt
Greste, whom Egypt released and deported over the weekend, landed in Brisbane early Thursday morning. – Inside the airport Thursday, Greste, wearing a checkered shirt and jeans, was cheered by…
Arundhati Bhattacharya: India’s banking titan shakes up 200 years of tradition
Gaze across the painted portraits adorning the walls of India’s biggest bank, and you’ll find row after row of menwith one exception. Arundhati Bhattacharya is the first woman to head…
Jeb Bush heads to Iowa next month
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and real estate titan Donald Trump are also confirmed for…
Past Bush immigration remarks shock conservatives
Then, the former Florida governor was speaking to a friendly audience of establishment Republicans, after re-inserting himself in the immigration reform with the release of a controversial book on the…
Krishna Poonia: Star of India – and champion of a new society
It’s a story that could have borrowed some of its plot from a Bollywood movie, but audiences might have scoffed at the improbable ending Krishna Poonia achieved in real life….
McCain vows to help Jordan secure advanced weapons
McCain and other senators met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Tuesday, just as ISIS released a video of the Jordanian pilot’s brutal execution. McCain said he would get to…
Russian lesbians photobomb anti-gay lawmaker
Milonov was the driving force behind a law that bans “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.” As a lawmaker with the ruling United Russia party, he ensured the legislation…
Top Republican takes aim at Secret Service reform
The agency lacks leadership and proper training. The No. 2 in command — one of the only senior leaders left after a series of scandals and mistakes led to major…
Obama’s defense secretary nominee faces Congress
Carter, who served as deputy defense secretary until December 2013, will likely face questions from the Senate panel on everything from the U.S. fight against ISIS to the planned military…
Minister: Knife attack suspect known to French intelligence
A man arrested after a knife attack on two soldiers on the streets of Nice in southern France was already known to intelligence services as having been radicalized, French Interior…
‘Sister Wives’ star divorces one wife, marries another
Legally, Brown can be married to only one woman. – Church: Mormon founder Joseph Smith wed 40 wives
Shape-shifting sculptures explore the fourth dimension
For most sculptors, a stable work of art is something of a priority. Not so for kinetic artist and designer Ralfonso. – Watch the video above to find out more.
Shelling kills 4 at Ukraine hospital
The four deaths happened at a hospital in Kirov district in Donetsk, the city council there said. – This assistance would come in the form of so-called defensive lethal aid,…
Florida manatees crowd out humans
The warm waters of Three Sisters Springs, part of Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, allow manatees to live safely during the winter months, when the open waters can get dangerously…
I am Italian-American
In 1920, a group of men meeting in downtown Canton founded the National Football League. What’s more American than that? In that same year, the number of Italian immigrants living…
Rory McIlroy reaches out of court settlement
McIlroy had labeled the contract he had signed with Horizon as “unconscionable.” “The legal dispute between Rory McIlroy and Horizon Sports Management has been settled to the satisfaction of both…
Champagne on ice at ‘Wimbledon of snow polo’
Below the pistes, it’s time for snow polo. Winter in the Swiss resort sees a group of dedicated players transform a frozen lake into a battlefield of hooves and mallets….
Expect scrutiny for Defense Secretary nominee on ISIS questionnaire answers
The nominee, Ashton Carter, submitted more than 300 written answers to a questionnaire requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee in advance of the hearing. Asked what the president means…
Attorney: We’re investigating what happened to Bobbi Kristina Brown
Bobbi Kristina Brown was found facedown in a bathtub over the weekend. Her family has been tight-lipped about her condition, but her R&B singer father issued a statement through his…
O’Reilly slams Rand Paul for ‘naive’ foreign policy, measles stance
“That’s not unusual for me disagreeing with Mr. Paul,” O’Reilly said. – O’Reilly also suggested that Paul’s father, former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, is becoming “increasingly radical.”
AC Milan unveils grand plans for new stadium
In the style capital of the world, AC Milan is looking to make a $340 million statement The famed football club, seven-time champions of Europe and 18-time Italian champions, has…
The NASA diet: It’s food, but not as we know it
Since the first crew arrived in November 2000, more than 200 astronauts from 15 different countries have visited the ISS. At its core, it’s a floating lab, where for six…
Open letter to parents: Why you should vaccinate your children
To any parents who are anti-vaccineor perhaps better described as vaccine-hesitantlet me say first that I can relate. When I had my first daughter nearly nine years ago, like probably…
The desert sands are shifting but can booming Dubai avoid property bust?
A little more than 20 years ago, Dubai was an arid desert outpost on the shores of the Persian Gulf. Today, world famous architecture rises high above the city’s streets,…
5 questions for Ash Carter’s confirmation hearing
But the tougher challenge for President Barack Obama’s nominee to helm the Pentagon will likely be fielding questions about anything and everything related to Obama’s handling of foreign policyespecially the…
5 myths surrounding vaccines — and the reality
These myths may be keeping parents from protecting their children from dangerous diseases, when there’s every reason to get them vaccinated. Vaccines prevents six million deaths worldwide every year, CNN’s…
Anger boils in Jordan over ISIS killing of pilot: What comes next?
Jordan already carried out one act of retaliation, executing two terrorist prisoners with ties to al Qaeda in Iraq. One of them was Sajida al-Rishawi, the would-be suicide bomber whose…