Israel and Hamas Settle Into Uneasy Truce but Diplomatic Stand-Off Continues
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel eased its assaults in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave declined sharply on Monday, the military said, with both the United States and United...
View ArticleAs U.S. Begins Crude Exports, It Faces Awkward Rivalry With Iran
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States faces an awkward rival in its first attempts in 40 years to export crude oil - Iran.Iran, whose economy has been throttled by Western sanctions that have halved...
View ArticleGazans Find Little Joy in Muslim Eid Holiday
GAZA (Reuters) - One of the most joyous days in the Muslim calendar, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr was marked on Monday by tears and sorrow in the Gaza Strip, left battered by three weeks of merciless...
View Article86.5% of Israelis Disagree with Ceasefire, Poll Finds
86.5% of Israelis oppose the ceasefire in the Gaza strip according to a poll sponsored by Roni Rimon, a former strategist of prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s party.The poll was conducted by pollster...
View ArticleCar Plows Through Crowd of 'Zombies' at Comic-Con
Life imitated art when, on Saturday, a car plowed through a group dressed as zombies from the popular AMC series The Walking Dead at San Diego Comic-Con, San Diego 6 reported. At least one person was...
View ArticleDollar Tree to Buy Family Dollar for Much More Than One Dollar
(Reuters) - Discount store chain Dollar Tree Inc said it would buy rival Family Dollar Stores Inc for about $8.5 billion, creating North America's biggest discount retailer.Shares of Family Dollar,...
View Article'Massive Explosive Decompression' Brought Down MH17, Ukraine Says
KIEV Ukraine (Reuters) - Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast and went down because of "massive...
View ArticleFragile Truce Between Israel and Hamas is Fraying
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A fragile truce in Gaza for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival was fraying on Monday as Israel's prime minister said United Nations calls for a long-term ceasefire ignored his...
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John Cheever’s Ossining House for Sale
Anyone who thinks American suburbia is boring doesn’t know the Westchester County of John Cheever. She does not know the mysteries of Shady Hill, nor the sorrows of gin. He has not gone swimming with...
View ArticleAs Ebola Outbreak Strikes Down Doctors, Local Residents Flee Health Workers
A leading Ebola virus doctor has died and two American health workers have been infected with the disease, as the latest outbreak in West Africa takes a disturbing turn. Dr. Samuel Brisbane is the...
View ArticleChristians Flee Syria as Religious Persecution Displaces Millions in 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More members of religious communities around the world were forced to flee their homes last year than at any time in recent memory, the United States said on Monday, in its...
View ArticlePalestinian Fighters Raid Israel on Gaza 'Truce' Day
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian fighters slipped into an Israeli village from the Gaza Strip and fought a gun battle with troops on Monday as an unofficial truce called for the Muslim Eid...
View ArticleSarah Palin Gets Her Own TV Channel
In the six years since Sen. John McCain hauled then-governor Sarah Palin in front of national audiences as part of his failed bid to become the President of the United States, Palin has rarely not been...
View ArticleAmerican Arms in Afghanistan Go Missing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has failed to effectively track many of the more than 465,000 light weapons it has supplied to Afghanistan's army and police, creating the risk that machine...
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On World War I Centenary, Chasing a Soldier's Memory
It’s a cold May morning at 6,000 feet in the Eastern Alps. Knee-deep in icy snow just below the summit of Mount Čukla, lost in the fog and clinging to wet rocks, I am standing on the site of one of the...
View ArticleU.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Virginia's Gay Marriage Ban
(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court struck down Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on Monday, the second appeals court to come out in favor of gay marriage.A three-judge panel of the 4th...
View ArticleKanye West Has Defeated the Kanye West-Themed Cryptocurrency
Remember Coinye? The Kanye West-themed alternative cryptocurrency popped up in January, back when creating alternative cryptocurrencies was the thing to do, but fell into uncertainty when West’s...
View ArticleOkCupid Co-Founder: 'We Experiment on Human Beings...That’s How Websites Work'
“We noticed recently that people didn’t like it when Facebook 'experimented' with their news feed. Even the FTC is getting involved. But guess what, everybody: If you use the Internet, you’re the...
View ArticleLibya Is Paying for Legal Defense of al Qaeda Suspect al-Liby: Filings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Libyan government is paying to defend alleged senior al Qaeda figure Anas al-Liby against U.S. terrorism charges, according to court filings unsealed on Monday.Al-Liby, whose...
View ArticleMother's Fears Are Passed to Children Through Smell, Study Suggests
Mothers can pass on specific fears to their days-old babies through smell, a new study published Monday suggests.The findings may help mental health experts better understand how a mother’s old...
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