Boko Haram militants conduct more deadly raids in Nigeria
For two weeks, Boko Haram gunmen have sacked dozens of villages in Michika district, close to the border with Cameroon, slaughtering male residents and abducting others. “They move house to…
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Court Upholds Conviction In Murder Of Famed Auto Racer Mickey Thompson And His Wife
An appeals court upheld convictions Monday in the murders of auto racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife. A three-judge panel on the 2nd District Court of Appeal unanimously rejected…
Police And Protesters Clash In Egypt On Anniversary Of Uprising
Egyptian security officials say clashes between police and Islamist protesters in an eastern Cairo district have left nine demonstrators dead. They say the Sunday clashes in the Matariyah area also…
Illinois Is Not Actually Requiring Students To Hand Over Their Facebook Passwords
A barrage of news reports over the last week reported that Illinois students are now required to give schools the passwords to their social media accounts because of a new…
Tsarnaev opening statements delayed
Monday “is not realistic” as a start date, and the court expects to announce a new date next week, said Ginny Hurley, spokeswoman for the U.S. District Court in Boston.
Fire Island’s Renowned Gay Mecca Goes To Auction
When three local residents bought up the commercial district along the harbor in Fire Island Pines almost five years ago, they planned to transform the renowned yet rundown gay mecca…
Judge: McDonnell to prison Feb. 9
U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer, who last week sentenced McDonnell to two years in prison, two years of supervision after his release and a $1,100 fine, issued his order…
Illicitly brewed liquor kills at least 25 in India
Thirteen of the patients are on life-support, said S.N.S. Yadav, the chief medical officer for the district of Lucknow. – Authorities have ordered an investigation into the incident.
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…
School days: Teens need to start later (Opinion)
Sleep deprivation in children is also what the Academy of Pediatrics calls “one of the most commonand easily fixablepublic health issues in the U.S. today.” Turning science into policy that…