Qatar's Al Jazeera Files $150 Million Damages Claim With Egypt
LONDON (Reuters) - The Qatar-based satellite network Al Jazeera served Egypt with a $150 million compensation claim on Monday for what it said was damage to its media business inflicted by Cairo's...
View ArticleUganda Drafts New Anti-Gay Law Targeting NGOs
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has drafted a new law that would bar non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from promoting homosexuality, tightening rules further after anti-gay legislation in February was...
View ArticleCosts Soaring, Air Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Ends, but Undersea...
With the cost for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 soaring into the tens of millions, flights looking for the wreckage have been suspended, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on...
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U.S. Slams Russia With More Sanctions Targeting Banking, Aviation, Oil
Calling Russia’s role in the latest rounds of violence in eastern Ukraine “indisputable,” the White House unleashed its toughest raft of sanctions yet on Monday, targeting the country's banking,...
View ArticleIndicted Republican Grimm to Leave House Financial Services Panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Michael Grimm, who was indicted Monday on fraud charges, said he was stepping down from the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee.In a...
View ArticleBig Boy Toys: The Samsung Galaxy S5 Is Calling Me
Calling the Samsung Galaxy S5 a phone is like referring to a Ferrari Testarossa as a horseless carriage. Sure, you can ring up a hardware store with it and ask if they carry stud finders, but you can...
View ArticleAssassination Attempt in Ukraine
(Reuters) - The mayor of Ukraine's second biggest city was shot in the back on Monday, the highest profile assassination attempt in eastern Ukraine since a standoff between Moscow and Kiev began two...
View ArticleOne in 25 Sentenced to Death in the U.S. Is Innocent, Study Claims
How many are sentenced to death in the United States for crimes they did not commit? A new study believes the figure is 1 in every 25—or 4.1 percent.The study, released Monday in the Proceedings of the...
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Boycott Game 5! Smack Donald Sterling With the Greatest Protest in Sports...
If you have a ticket to Game 5 of the Golden State Warriors-Los Angeles Clippers NBA playoff series Tuesday night in L.A.’s Staples Center, stay home. Make your presence felt by your absence. I know it...
View ArticlePaul Simon and Wife Edie Brickell Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
Paul Simon and his wife, singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges over the weekend at their Connecticut home.According to New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski,...
View ArticleDeadly Storm System Threatens Millions
(Reuters) - A ferocious storm system threatened tens of millions of people across the U.S. Southeast on Monday, a day after it spawned a series of tornadoes that killed 16 people, injured more than 100...
View ArticleTwenty Years Ago, NPR Tried to Explain Something Called ‘Internet’ to Its Staff
Twenty years ago today, NPR staff member Dennis Fuze excitedly introduced his colleagues to something called “Internet” in a memo that seems far more comical today than he could have imagined then....
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In Syria, Reporters Are Targets for Kidnapping
On April 19, four underfed men were found in a field in a no man’s land on the Turkish border with Syria. They were blindfolded and handcuffed, and one had a long gray beard. It was quickly discovered...
View ArticleConscious Uncoupling, Balkan-Style
Milorad Dodik, the former basketball player who is president of the Republika Srpska—the Bosnian Serb Republic—is thinking about divorce. Living in a fragile, post-Balkan shotgun marriage of rival...
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U.S. Storms Kills 21, Tornado Roars Through Mississippi City
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - On a second day of ferocious storms that have claimed at least 21 lives in the southern United States, a tornado tore through the Mississippi town of Tupelo on Monday...
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More Charges in Erwiana Sulistyaningsih Abuse Case That Shocked Hong Kong
KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong woman charged with assaulting her domestic helper was charged on Tuesday with failing to pay wages and not granting public holiday leave in a case that has triggered...
View ArticleIsraeli Forces Demolish West Bank Mosque as Peace Talks Deadline Passes
KHIRBET AL-TAWEEL, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces demolished several structures, including a mosque, in a Palestinian village on Tuesday, the day a deadline for a deal in now-frozen peace talks...
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New York City ‘Vape-In’ Protests Just-Enacted E-Cig Ban
“Look at this. Look at this!” a young man in a suit shouted to the bathroom line, pointing to the mirrored door of a just-vacated stall. As the previous occupant walked back toward the bar, the man...
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Starting Five for Tuesday: Pacers Flop, Oakland's Ace and Heat Sweep
1. Gentlemen, Start Your Summers?Indiana, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, trailed by 30 points at home in the third quarter to 8-seed Atlanta and dropped Game 5. The Pacers, as TNT's Kenny...
View ArticleWhat Did Obama Accomplish in Asia?
(Reuters) - From the elaborate details of a Japanese state visit to the more mundane question of how much face-time to give each of his Asian hosts, President Barack Obama's aides spent months...
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