HICKSVILLE, NY (AP):A group of sophisticated burglars penetrated a vault at an armoured car company on Long Island and nearly made off with US$1.8 million, but their escape was foiled by an alert policeman on patrol near the remote office park,...
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP):Tropical Storm Erika pounded the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica yesterday, unleashing flooding and mudslides that killed at least four people and knocked out power and water supplies.The storm, which was forecast to reach...
HONG KONG (AP):Hong Kong police charged teenage student leader Joshua Wong yesterday for his role last year in storming government headquarters, which helped trigger 79 days of pro-democracy street occupations that gripped the Asian financial centre...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP):A Maine man whose phony mayday call led to a seven-hour search by the US Coastguard was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison, and federal prosecutors said they hoped the penalty sends a message to other potential pranksters....
WASHINGTON (AP):Sweeping into office in 2009, President Barack Obama captured near rock-star status around the world among millions who saw him as the embodiment of a new sense of social purpose. Now, that baton has largely been passed to Pope...
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A suspected Taliban militant blew himself up during a police raid in central Pakistan on Thursday, killing his own wife and two children, police said.The counter terrorism raid on the house in the town of Pir Mahal triggered...
JERUSALEM (AP):The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired at Israel.The military said it hit a Hamas weapon manufacturing facility early yesterday. It said the rocket launched earlier caused no...
MONETA, Virginia (AP):A TV reporter and cameraman were shot to death, during a live television interview yesterday, by a gunman who recorded himself carrying out the killings and posted the video on social media after fleeing the scene.Authorities...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP):The Mormon church announced yesterday that it will maintain its longtime affiliation with Boy Scouts despite the decision to allow gay troop leaders, preventing what would have been a thundering blow to the organisation.The...
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP):Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the 1965 'Bloody Sunday' voting rights march and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died early yesterday at age 104, her son, Bruce...
A United States law enforcement official says the suspect in the on-air shooting of two TV station employees died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Franklin County Sheriff W.Q. 'Bill' Overton Jr. gave that detail Wednesday during a news...
MONETA, Virginia (AP): A television reporter and cameraman were shot to death on the air during a live broadcast this morning from a shopping center in Virginia. Jeffrey A. Marks, general manager of WDBJ-TV, identified the two killed as...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla (AP):A man suspected of killing his wife 22 years ago is under arrest after the skeletal remains of his spouse were unearthed at their former Jacksonville home.Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Director Mike Bruno said 49-year-old...
UNITED NATIONS (AP):A United Nations (UN) panel of experts said that a major Chinese state-owned arms supplier sold more than US$20 million worth of weapons to South Sudan's government last year, several months into the country's deadly internal...
HONOLULU (AP):Most of the famed beach fronting Waikiki was closed after heavy rains triggered a half-million-gallon sewage spill near Hawaii's world-famous tourist district, officials said.The beach area was closed Monday after storm water flowed...
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP):An Italy-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs, and helped open New Mexico territory hospitals and schools, faced her first test for the long road to sainthood yesterday.Supporters and researchers presented...
BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP):An Ohio woman accused of killing her three sons over a 13-month period, out of jealousy at the attention her husband paid them, has been indicted on aggravated murder charges and could face the death penalty.Aggravated...
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP):A national right-to-die group was fined $30,000 yesterday for assisting in a Minnesota woman's suicide in 2007.Final Exit Network Inc was convicted in May of assisting the suicide of Doreen Dunn, 57, of Apple Valley, who lived...
BERLIN (AP):Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday condemned the neo-Nazi riots outside a refugee shelter in eastern Germany over the weekend, calling the attacks and those Germans who stood by watching them "shameful".Dozens of police were injured when...
BEIRUT (AP):An ancient temple in the Syrian town of Palmyra was reduced to rubble by Islamic State militants, a witness said yesterday, confirming the complete destruction of the ancient monument in what UNESCO said was a "war crime".The United...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP):Hundreds of women prepared to brave yesterday's brisk winds and the risk of arrest by going topless in a downtown Minneapolis park, a gathering meant to say: If men can do it, why can't we?The event in Gold Medal Park yesterday...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP):Hundreds of women prepared to brave yesterday's brisk winds and the risk of arrest by going topless in a downtown Minneapolis park, a gathering meant to say: If men can do it, why can't we?The event in Gold Medal Park yesterday...
PRAGUE (AP):French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says his country's company will consider participating in developing the Czech Republic's nuclear program.The Czech government has recently approved a long-term plan to increase the country's...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP):Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran yesterday in a sign of newly thawed relations in the wake of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond attended the reopening ceremony and...
ALASKAANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Two men died Saturday night when a small plane crashed on the Kenai Peninsula, said Alaska State Troopers.Troopers identified the men Sunday as pilot Brian Nolan, 69, and his Peter Lahndt, 57, both of Kasilof. The...
