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Car repair shops say auto insurance companies are coercing them to use cheap parts and sometimes dangerous practices to fix vehicles involved in accidents. Headlights held together by glue, dented…
Weiss, the head of investment banking at Lazard and President Barack Obama’s pick for a top spot at the Treasury Department, was forced to withdraw his nomination last month after…
The man was Omar Shahwan of Vallejo, California, according to the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Authorities are still investigating the cause and manner of death, according…
An unimposing brick building sits at 8-12 Welbeck Way in a narrow alley near Oxford Street. The Oracle Capital Group’s London headquarters is hardly impressive, boasting neither glittering glass facades…
Petrobras said that six of the 74 workers who were on the platform remain missing. The explosion happened off the state of Espirito Santo. The cause was not immediately clear.
I was on the phone with a friend in his junior year at my alma mater, UNC Chapel Hill, discussing his campus work and future goals, when his roommates relayed…
ROME — An Italian court convicted Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner that capsized in 2012 and left 32 people dead, on Wednesday and sentenced him to just…
This discovery surprised people, but it shouldn’t have. The things around us are increasingly computerized, and increasingly connected to the Internet. And most of them are listening. Our smartphones and…
Deryl Paul Dedmon, now 22, was sentenced to 50 years in prison; John Aaron Rice, 21, to more than 18 years; and Dylan Wade Butler, 23, to seven years, federal…
President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Congress requesting a resolution that will grant him authority to use military force against ISIS. In an effort to placate opponents of…
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northeastern Chile on Wednesday, very close to the border with Argentina, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported…
Costa Concordia captain sentenced to just over 16 years in prison.
A year and a half ago, I talked to Alberto Nisman, the Argentine special prosecutor whose mysterious death has made international headlines. I didn’t know Nisman, but I knew the…
When former Marine Joe Bonfiglio starts thrashing in his sleep, his pit bull service dog jumps on the bed, climbs on top of him and wakes him up to end…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy in Washington released its annual list Sunday of the top 50 American donors to nonprofit organizations in 2014. Here are five things to know about their…
Two major trials kicking off 2015 feature defendants invoking the insanity defense. For many, this adds to the myth that insanity is commonly used and frequently successful. But in fact,…
A woman’s simple invention could help reduce school drop-out rates in India. – Saha told the outlet that she hopes with more contributions, her invention can spread to rural India,…
The fatal shooting of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Tuesday afternoon has prompted uproar around the world, particularly from Muslims in the Middle East who say U.S….
Donations are pouring in to honor three Muslim students who were the victims of a shooting in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife, Yusor Mohammad, 23,…
BRUSSELS — In a case seen as a test of Europe’s ability to combat Islamic extremism through the courts, a Belgian judge on Wednesday ruled that Sharia4Belgium, a group accused…
Intelligence suggests Mueller may have been given to an ISIS fighter as a sort of bride, one U.S. government official said. Mueller’s parents announced Tuesday that it had received confirmation…
NEW YORK (AP) — In an effort to reduce the number of people locked up in local jails around the U.S., the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced…
SANAA, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the ambassador and diplomats left the country on Wednesday, local members of…
I’ll give you two hints: Younger than George W. Bush. Older than Justin Bieber. Forty-ish, you say? Forty-five, maybe? Nope, 52. And isn’t it incredible that someone that age —…
A prison program is providing inmates with a business education that will help them get a fresh start. Some inmates at the Cleveland Correctional Facility in Texas participate in MBA-level…
ROME — An estimated 300 migrants were reported dead on Wednesday as survivors recounted harrowing tales of small boats being overwhelmed by waves, throwing scores of victims into deadly cold…
A Mideast sandstorm roared into Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday, causing the worst Israeli air pollution in years and sending powerful waves tearing into Beirut’s famed corniche along the Mediterranean…
They call him “52,” which isn’t as much a name as much as a measurement, since that’s the frequency, in hertz, of his bleating, electric call. He’s said to have…
Six inmates took prison staff including the warden hostage, seized guns and ammunition, and demanded safe exit from a prison in southern Taiwan on Wednesday, authorities said. Taiwan’s Ministry of…
KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor V. Medvedchuk often turns up in places where only buddies of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia get to go, like the V.I.P. section at a…