The eldest of eight children, the Malawian entrepreneur had a typical upbringing in the southern town of Zomba. One night, sitting out on his parents’ veranda, he spotted a mysterious…
But a noise made Lin uneasy, and shortly before take-off, he asked cabin staff if they could take an empty row on the rear right hand side of the plane,…
Walmart heiress Paige Laurie filed for divorce from her husband of six years, Patrick Bode Dubbert, last March. Eleven months later, he’s reportedly decided Laurie should pay him $400,000 a…
See you later, man accused of killing alligator. – Nixie was released from jail after posting $500 bail. He is charged with possession and taking alligators without a proper tag.
Abortion opponents are prepared to forge ahead with their goal to criminalize later abortions. Although a proposed 20-week abortion ban didn’t come up for a vote in Congress last month,…
Juror 96 was dismissed as one of 18 potential jurors and alternates on the panel after Garsh had earlier ordered the public out of the Massachusetts courtroom for a hearing…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Princeton Review for the first time stripped a college of its rankings Monday after learning that the University of Missouri-Kansas City knowingly submitted false…
My one and only liaison in the oil fields of western North Dakota was with a 23-year-old truck driver. Like most such encounters in the oil patch, ours originated on…
The pioneering Kenyan doctor was just nine years old when a girl was rushed across the border from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. A few years his senior, she was…
Nicholas Guido was showing off his new car outside his mother’s home on Christmas Day 1986 when he was gunned down because he’d been mistaken for a mobster with the…
That is the dilemma for 12 jurors and six alternates in the Massachusetts murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez when the region’s beloved Patriots play in…
Hillary Clinton, expecting no major challenge for the Democratic nomination, is strongly considering delaying the formal launch of her presidential campaign until July, three months later than originally planned, top…
“We learn something new each day. I had no idea a gift like this could be seen as anything other than positive: In the UK a watch is precious –…
A college grad who took an unconventional approach to getting a job is now back, months later, to show how it paid off. Alfred Ajani, 22, graduated from Coventry University…
“The governor had been suffering from the effects of a cold for a couple of days,” Branstad’s spokesman Jimmy Centers said, adding in a later release “During the transport, paramedics…
Brian says he has been living a parent’s worst nightmare since last July, when his teenage daughters, Sydney, 15, and Danielle, 14, vanished while visiting their mother, Michelle, for the…
For students who love video games, life can be a constant battle between making it to the next level and doing something more productive. At least that’s what it was…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From her hometown in India in 2010, Bhanu Challa said she had no reason to doubt that Tri-Valley University was a legitimate American school where she…
Times have changed, and the terror landscape has changed with it. Public Enemy No. 1, Osama bin Laden, is gone, killed by U.S. commandos in a 2011 Pakistan raid. The…
The titles of his best-known songs went go along with his white-hot stage presence. Among the most memorable were “Great Balls of Fire,” “Breathless” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.”…
For one 15-year-old, a trip to Mozambique sparked an idea that has impacted children across the developing world. In 2009, Ethan King and his father Brian took a trip to…
Technology executive Don Pyle, his wife and four grandchildren are feared dead in the fire. Officials said the two bodies have not been identified. For the first time since the…
Yes, the Internet has a solution for everything, and Invisible Boyfriend (or Girlfriend, they’re not fussy) can take care of those pesky privacy-invading questions by supplying an actual person to…
Cats against humanity. After just 20 minutes on Kickstarter, a card game known as “Exploding Kittens” had been reached its $10,000 goal. Within an hour, its backing was at 1000…
The 23-year-old Palestinian from Tulkarem was later shot in the leg by police when he got off the bus. He is under arrest. One of the victims was seriously wounded,…
When Karla Dunston learned there was a tumor growing behind her breastbone, the 38-year-old emergency room doctor from Illinois knew she had little time to act. Chemotherapy would have to…
Anthony Mendez knows a thing or two about defeating the odds. The 19-year-old’s best friend was shot and killed during a neighborhood feud in 2011, according to the New York…
Age Friendly Yes, these towns can get (very) cold, but two of the best places to spend your later years are Madison, Wis., and Iowa City, Iowa. Those are among…
On Sunday morning, the militants targeted the villages of Mabass and Makxy in the Mayo-Tsanaga division of Cameroon’s Far North Region, razing more than 80 houses and taking captives. Three…
Get ready for Amazon-made movies. Amazon Studios, the same division behind shows like “Transparent,” will “begin to produce and acquire original movies for theatrical release and early window distribution on…