Woman, 9-year-old daughter found hanged in Massachusetts
BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman and her 9-year-old daughter were found hanged Friday in the basement of their home by police officers who later discovered what authorities called "written information" that's being reviewed to see it if sheds light on what happened.
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Russian-backed rebels massing to attack key Ukrainian towns: Kiev
By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists have intensified shelling of government forces on all front lines and appear to be amassing forces for new offensives on the key railway town of Debaltseve and the coastal city of Mariupol, Ukraine's military said on Saturday. Five…
Warmth gives ugly invasive fish brief reprieve from anglers
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Warm weather has helped grant a reprieve this year to a homely, eel-like and especially slimy invasive fish pursued by anglers as they compete for big money in two ice-fishing tournaments on the Wyoming-Utah line.
Accusations mount against US anchor over war 'lie'
One of America's most prominent TV anchors, Brian Williams, faced calls for his resignation Friday for embellishing an Iraq war story from 2003. Williams, 55, who reportedly earns $10 million a year and is watched by an estimated nine million Americans a night, admitted that a story he often…
Divers may have found crashed AirAsia co-pilot's body
Indonesian divers have found a body believed to be the French co-pilot who was steering an AirAsia plane when it crashed in December with 162 people onboard, an official said Saturday. Coordinator of the search and rescue effort S.B. Supriyadi said the body was retrieved from the front part of the…
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Over the past 20 years, it is estimated that somewhere in the region of 25,000 migrants and refugees have lost their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach the shores of Europe. In 2014, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), about 200,000 people, including…
Fugitive Couple, 7 Kids Caught After Tourist IDs Them, Feds Say
A couple and their seven children are now in the custody of the FBI in Miami after they were spotted in the Bahamas and recognized as fugitives facing charges in a years-old wire-fraud case, federal authorities said. Donald and Karlien Winberg were charged last year with 15 counts, each relating to…
Ex-soldier gets life sentence in 5-year-old daughter's death
HONOLULU (AP) — Calling it a sentence "cast in stone," a federal judge on Friday made it official that a former Hawaii-based soldier who avoided execution in his 5-year-old daughter's beating death must spend the rest of his life in prison.
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Barber considered slitting Auschwitz commandant's throat
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Through much of World War II, Jozef Paczynski cut the hair of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess, one of the most cold-blooded and sadistic mass murders in Adolf Hitler's regime.
Massachusetts toddler dies after lice treatment goes awry
A western Massachusetts toddler died over the weekend after suffocating while undergoing a home treatment for head lice involving mayonnaise and a plastic bag, police said on Thursday. Police in Springfield, about 90 miles west of Boston, responded to the 18-month-old girl's home at about 3 p.m. on…
Professor among two dead in University of South Carolina shooting
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A University of South Carolina professor died of multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body after being shot in an apparent murder-suicide in a campus building in downtown Columbia, a coroner said on Friday. Dr. Raja Fayad, 45, appeared to be the victim…
Photographer Lynsey Addario: 'It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War' (39 photos)
Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist based in London who photographs for The New York Times, National Geographic and Time Magazine. Addario is the author of “It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War,” which has just been published by Penguin Press . “It’s What I Do”…
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Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner has Americans' rapt attention once again amid talk that he is soon to come out as transgender. People magazine, a trusted conduit for Hollywood publicists, reported this week that Jenner, 65, would open up in a forthcoming interview with ABC…
5 Things Scientists (Not Celebs) Say May Cause Autism
The public has blamed celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, Rob Schneider, and Kristin Cavallari. After all, they’ve irresponsibly used their influence to speak out about a link between vaccines and autism (a myth that can be traced to a discredited 1998 study whose author's medical license had since…
'109 Boko Haram fighters dead' after first attack on Niger
Boko Haram launched its first major attack in Niger on Friday, triggering a forceful response from regional troops who claimed to have killed more than a hundred of the Islamists. The clashes in Bosso and Diffa, along the border with Nigeria, marked yet another expansion of violence attributed to…
Experts: Pilot video shows militants are raising stakes
BEIRUT (AP) — A video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death was exceptional in its brutality, even for the Islamic State group, and also was a sign that the militants intend to raise the stakes in their propaganda efforts, experts say.
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Oregon judge: taking photos up girl's skirt not illegal
By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - An Oregon judge has acquitted a 61-year-old man who admitted taking photographs up the skirt of a 13-year-old girl as she shopped at a Target store in suburban Portland, lawyers in the case said Friday. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Eric…
APNewsBreak: Journey guitarist suing over wedding charges
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The lead guitarist and founder of the iconic San Francisco rock band Journey sued the city Friday over a $240,000 fee to use a city landmark for his lavish wedding to a former reality television star.
How one retired janitor became a multi-millionaire
When elderly Ronald Read died last year, he was a retired janitor and gas station attendant. "You'd never know the man was a millionaire," Read’s attorney, Laurie Rowell, told Reuters. He spent his days dressed in well-worn flannels and a baseball cap, and was “an ardent outdoorsman” who cut and…
