Rise of the female jihadists
The hunt is on for Hayat Boumeddiene, the 26-year-old woman wanted over Thursday’s fatal shooting of a French policewoman. Early reports suggested she might have escaped Friday from a kosher…
La Liga: Rodriguez and Bale strike as Real Madrid return to winning ways
But first half goals from James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale put Real well on the road to recovery. Portuguese full-back Fabio Coentrao was sent off for Los Blancos at the…
Oscar and Diego Costa star as Chelsea go clear at top of EPL
Yet although the London club were ultimately triumphant, they didn’t have it all their own way at Stamford Bridge. Newcastle had the best of the first half chances, with Remy…
Barbara Boxer’s retirement sets off wild scramble
Top Democratic contenders weigh California Senate run “There’s an entire generation of Democratic politicians who have been waiting for an opportunity like this one,” said Dan Schnur, executive director of…
Massive search for woman linked to Paris hostage-taker
Now the 26-year-old Boumeddiene is the subject of a massive hunt after Coulibalysaid to be linked to two brothers accused in Wednesday’s massacre at the offices of a Parisian satirical…
Tiffany jewelry ad campaign features first same-sex couple
One scene shows a same-sex couple about to commit to marriage, while another shows a couple getting married with their child at their side. The photos are a celebration of…
Free speech comes with responsibilities
In the aftermath of the heinous attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in France, many are tweeting and writing in solidarity: Je suis Charlie. But I’m not. Because I…
Lowdown on College Football Playoff National Championship game
Here is the what-you-need-to-know information about this game and how the teams got there. 1. This game is historic for college football For the first time ever, the highest level…
Roger Federer closes in on career victory 1,000 at Brisbane International
The big-serving Canadian defeated Kei Nishikori 7-6 6-7 7-6 in the day’s other semi-final. If Federer triumphs Sunday, he will chalk up his 83rd career title and become only the…
Injured Marin Cilic pulls out of Australian Open
However, a post on the player’s Facebook page Saturday confirmed the 26-year-old Croat will not recover in time. “(The) right shoulder injury, that hampers me for some time now ……
Comet Lovejoy visible over U.S.
Sodo I chat with the man who found a new comet late last year, or do I go outside to see the comet? If you’re a space rock lover, you…
No ‘clash of civilizations’ in Paris attacks
Tensions are running high following the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday, and that is exactly how it should be. The correct, human response to…
Detroit Auto Show: GM to unveil Chevrolet Bolt electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge
Earlier this week, GM (GM) briefly revealed its next-generation Chevrolet Volt plug-in car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the…
George Zimmerman arrested on domestic violence with a weapon charge
In addition to domestic violence, Zimmerman faces a charge of aggravated assault, reports the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, which operates the Polk Correctional Facility.
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…
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…
Retailers walk line with ‘Je Suis Charlie’ merchandise
Just days after the Boston Marathon bombing, official jackets, medals, and even items used by participants were available for sale online. Ebay took most of them down, citing violation of…
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…