“To serve (birthday cake) and protect” is not the motto for the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. But after their heroic rescue of a birthday party for a boy…
And maybe that’s what the reclusive leader of North Korea was going for when he modified his almost boyish over-the-top-flop to a higher, angular, more severe cut. The look first…
The end of “Mad Men” looms closer, meaning its time to speculate about the fate of our favorite Sterling Cooper characters. The final seven episodes of AMC’s series kick off…
She is a student at the famous Henan Shaolin Martial Arts School. In recent years, their gravity-defying brand of kung fu has become a staple of the annual televised Lunar…
Opposition National Congress Party lawmaker Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote an opinion piece claiming the magazine was “virtually inviting a reaction week after week.” Kiran Bedi, a politician and former senior…
“We loved her and we are very sad. She was an incredibly powerful, incredibly beautiful talent,” he said. According to People magazine, the cause of death was cancer. Gore, born…
ISIS CHRISTIANS Egypt retaliates: The Egyptian military said Monday it has bombed ISIS targets in Libya after the militant group released a video that appeared to show the beheadings of…
WASHINGTON — The House speaker, John A. Boehner, said Sunday that he was “certainly” prepared to allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse, raising the possibility that…
1. A 2016 Huntsman run in Utah? Mike Lee was proof in 2010 that the tea party movement was growing from protest movement to political force. Lee stunned the GOP…
It’s that time of the year again. Tonight one of our favorite queer parties will return to transport us away from the icy terrain of New York City to a…
BEIJING — As President Xi Jinping accelerated his sweeping campaign against government corruption, political enemies and Western influences in China, he deployed the Communist Party’s most powerful propaganda tool, the…
From Greece and France to Sweden and Denmark, Europe’s far-right parties have taken the spotlight in recent months. Trading on sometimes vitriolic anti-euro, anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as renewed security…
HONG KONG — He was as obstinate as a Hunan mule, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. China’s reformist officials and liberal intellectuals came to detest him, and he often…
WASHINGTON — Art Pope, the wealthy owner of a chain of dollar stores, became a pioneer in the use of big money to seize power at the state level in…
READ: Bobby Jindal, the right’s unlikely Common Core hero – That decision has reignited the gay marriage debate within the Republican Party. While conservatives like Cruz, who’s considered a likely…
LATE one Friday afternoon at a leading consulting firm, a last-minute request came in from a client. A female manager was the first to volunteer her time. She had already…
But go beyond the banks and boutiques and Milan offers a world of subterranean secrets, surreal meals andwhen its party scene gets too muchsilence. Above all, Milan offers an experience…
I am a Congressional staff member. I’m not going to tell you from where, or from which party. But I serve, and I am honored to serve. I serve with…
An upstart anti-corruption party has won a smashing victory in elections to install a state government in India’s capital, officials said Tuesday, dealing a huge blow to Prime Minister Narendra…
NEW DELHI — Less than a year after Narendra Modi won a historic victory to become India’s new prime minister, a smaller political earthquake struck the capital on Tuesday, as…
Since winning a broad mandate in national elections last May, and then repeating the feat in state elections across the country, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a…
The opposition Labour Party is focusing on what it calls a “cost of living crisis,” and says working people are now £1,600 a year worse off than they were in…
The New York Working Families Party is calling on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to run for president in 2016. – “It’s a vote in the context of two undeclared candidates…
The secret ballot vote was conducted in the Parliament of Australia by members of Abbott’s ruling Liberal Party in Canberra on Monday morning. “That seems to me to resolve the…
SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia has fought off a challenge to his leadership after lawmakers from his conservative Liberal Party voted Monday against a motion to…
CANBERRA, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a challenge to his leadership after his ruling Liberal Party on Monday voted down an attempt to unseat him…
Authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and another 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according to an…
BEIJING — The authorities in southern China have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper and 20,000 packages of tissues containing unflattering images of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive, according…
Western Australian lawmaker Luke Simpkins says Australians have stopped listening to Abbott and if no one’s listening, Abbott can’t lead the party. If Tuesday’s vote is successful, then a call…
Both were comrades-in-arms some four years ago when a massive anti-graft movement swept the country. They also share a common background as civil servants. Now, the two stand as rivals…