Tension Over a Soccer Match Was the Spark That Set Odessa Blaze
KIEV (Reuters) - Passions ran high in Odessa before local soccer team Chornomorets was due to play Kharkiv's Metalist.Fans who joined together to sing support for Ukraine's new leaders knew they might...
View ArticleWatch: Obama Jokes About Low Approval Ratings, Do-Nothing Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama poked fun at himself and what he called a hard year but aimed his most caustic humor at Washington gridlock on Saturday when the political and media elites...
View ArticleA 1972 Murder Case Reopened and a Peace Deal in Danger in N. Ireland
BELFAST (Reuters) - Major cracks are appearing in the deal that brought peace to Northern Ireland, and there appears to be no easy fix.Police investigating an unsolved 1972 murder on Wednesday arrested...
View Article'It Sounded Like a Bomb': Survivor of Deadly Afghan Landslide Speaks
AAB BAREEK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbor's simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village...
View ArticleIn Eastern Ukraine, the Mob Rules
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - His mistake was to run from the advancing mob, and that was enough for the men and women carrying clubs, knives and swords through Donetsk's Lenin district.They set upon...
View ArticleChina Wants Better Military Ties to Iran
BEIJING (Reuters) - China wants deeper defense ties with Iran, Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan told his Iranian counterpart on Monday, according to Chinese state media, as Beijing moves to...
View ArticleWomen Come to Power in the Vatican
When she was 13 years old in 1960, Marie Collins underwent treatment for a bone infection in a Dublin hospital. In the privacy of a ward cubicle, she was raped by the hospital chaplain, Father Paul...
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More Skyscrapers Come to London, but It May Not Serve the City
“Earth has not anything to show more fair,” William Wordsworth said of the view from Westminster Bridge down the river Thames. That was in September 1802. These days, he might change his tune a...
View ArticleNigeria's Boko Haram Says It Will Sell Kidnapped Schoolgirls
ABUJA (Reuters) - The Islamist militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility on Monday for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls during a raid in the village of Chibok in northeast Nigeria last...
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Starting 5: Floyd Mayweather, Troy Tulowitzki, and Some Scared Mad Men Not...
1. California Chrome No, it's not a search engine; it's a Kentucky Derby winner.2. Holding Court It took seven games, but but both No. 1 seeds, San Antonio and Indiana, as well as the West's No. 2 and...
View ArticleVideo Shows Horrifying Accident that Left Two Acrobats in Critical Condition
(Reuters) - Two circus acrobats were in critical condition on Monday a day after the rigging that suspended them by their hair collapsed during a performance in Providence, Rhode Island, badly injuring...
View ArticleRepublican Establishment Jumps Into North Carolina Primary to Stop Fringe...
Republicans may have finally learned the meaning of the saying, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” After not one, not two, but many unelectable Tea Party–style candidates have...
View ArticleCoke to Remove Flame-Retardant Chemical From All Its Drinks
Coca-Cola is in the process of removing brominated vegetable oil from its entire line of beverages, including Powerade, Fanta Orange and Fresca, a representative for the company confirmed to Newsweek...
View ArticleMeet the First Food Truck That Can Legally Get You Stoned
Some weeks ago, Slate declared food trucks awesome and pitched ideas for other things that should be made into trucks.That list didn’t include a truck that dispenses food infused with weed, but...
View ArticleSupreme Court Says Prayers Before Town Meetings Are OK
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of government entities across the United States to allow sectarian prayers prior to public meetings.The court said on a 5-4 vote that the...
View ArticleBanks Could Face Criminal Cases Soon, Attorney General Says
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing criminal investigations of financial institutions that could result in action in the coming weeks and months, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said...
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Today in Tabs: I Apologize for Nothing
A Princeton freshman named Tal Fortgang wrote a very freshman-boy essay for the conservative Princeton (but I repeat myself!) blog The Princeton Tory about how being told to check his privilege denies...
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Ukraine Moves Special Forces to Odessa, Helicopter Downed in East
ODESSA/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian rebels shot down a Ukrainian helicopter in fierce fighting near the eastern town of Slaviansk on Monday, and Kiev drafted police special forces to the...
View ArticleObama Makes a Real Move Toward ‘Pacific Rebalancing’
In an otherwise disappointing late-April trip to Asia, President Barack Obama scored big in the Philippines, signing an agreement designed to boost America’s military presence in an increasingly...
View Article'Party Monster' Michael Alig Leaves Jail After Sentence for Killing Drug Dealer
New York City Club Kid Michael Alig, who spent 17 years in jail for killing a drug dealer over a debt and reportedly injecting him with Drano, was freed from jail on conditional release Monday...
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