Love in limbo in rebel-held east Ukraine
When Alla Syrovatskaya's boyfriend of some two years proposed to her she immediately began planning her autumn wedding, the traditional ceremony she dreamt of and the dress she always wanted. Now, autumn has long come and gone and, like many others here, Syrovatskaya and her fiance Maxim Kondakov…
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A new site has made it easy to find out the truth about the people you already know and people you meet! Simply type in a name and select a state!
Migrant flow into US from Caribbean spikes
MIAMI (AP) — A recent spike in Cubans attempting to reach the United States by sea has generated headlines. But the numbers of Haitians and other Caribbean islanders making similar journeys are up even more. And while federal law grants legal residency to Cubans reaching U.S. soil, anyone else can…
Pope picks 15 new cardinals reflecting diversity
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar to reflect the diversity of the church and its growth in places like Asia and Africa compared to affluent regions.
New hope and old woes as Detroit exits bankruptcy
After the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history, Detroit hopes outsiders see its potential and not its history of racial conflict, financial crisis and dramatic population loss. The city, founded as a small French fort on the Detroit River that grew to be a hub of the global auto industry,…
Idaho earthquake causes rock slides, damages property
By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake rattled a broad swath of Idaho early on Saturday, damaging property and triggering rock slides near its epicenter in Challis, a city that has endured hundreds of slight to moderate temblors over the last 10 months, authorities said.…
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Report: Meth seizures at US-Mexico border soar in 2014
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Seizures of methamphetamine soared at the US-Mexico border during fiscal year 2014, accelerating a trend that began several years ago as new laws that limited access to the drug's chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the U.S.
Last of Nepal's car porters recalls life without roads
At 92, Dhan Bahadur Gole is the last known survivor of a generation of porters who carried luxury cars on foot across steep mountain passes to Nepal's rulers in Kathmandu. His father was a farmer and collected taxes on behalf of the Ranas, who ruled Nepal until 1951 as hereditary prime ministers.…
Friend turned foe - the challenger for Sri Lanka's presidency
By Shihar Aneez COLOMBO (Reuters) - Over a dinner of rice-flour pancakes with his trusted health minister one evening in November, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa observed with a grin that there would be no serious candidate to challenge him in the coming presidential election. Little did…
‘You have not been helpful’: Monk loses temper dealing with United Airlines customer service
Brother Noah of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in New Mexico says he was so frustrated with customer service for United Airlines that he did not stay peaceful in his own eyes.
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Egypt disputes Amal Clooney arrest warning claim
Egypt disputed Sunday a claim by British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney that she had been warned she risked arrest last year if she released a report in Cairo critical of the judiciary. Clooney, a rights lawyer who married Hollywood star George Clooney in a lavish Venice ceremony last year, told…
Obama tests his sway against a GOP-run Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama this week will test whether he still has the sway to keep Washington focused on his own priorities, even as a new Republican-run Congress descends on the Capitol eager to take him on.
List of new cardinals named by Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The following is the list of new cardinals named by Pope Francis on Feb. 15 to be formally installed in the position on Feb. 14.
Italy 'ghost ship' migrants paid up to $8,000 each to traffickers
Corigliano (Italy) (AFP) - Italian authorities disembarked 360 cold and hungry migrants Saturday from a ship left adrift by its crew off the country's coast, with some having paid up to $8,000 to traffickers for the perilous journey.
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Shipping container home readying for Detroit debut
DETROIT (AP) — An unusual home taking shape inside General Motors' sprawling Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant is intended to be part of a movement to rebuild the city's economy and deteriorating, disappearing housing stock.
Former pro-independence Taiwan president released on medical parole
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was released from prison on Monday on a one-month parole for medical treatment, amid pressure from pro-independence opposition leaders newly emboldened by victory in local elections six weeks ago. The temporary release comes less than…
AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes in the Java Sea (63 photos)
Bad weather forced divers trying to identify sunken wreckage from a crashed AirAsia passenger jet to abort their mission on Sunday and Indonesian officials said they had not yet picked up any signals from the lost plane's "black box". Indonesia's meteorological agency has said seasonal tropical…
FBI workers with foreign ties face unfair security checks: NY Times
By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of employees with foreign ties working for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation are subjected to what they say are unfair aggressive background checks that have forced some to cut contact with family members abroad, the New York Times reported…
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Plane Crash Leaves Girl Who Survived With No Family
ABC News' Linzie Janis reports the latest on the Kentucky plane crash and other top news stories of the day.
Venezuela's Maduro heads to China to seek financial aid
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a trip to China and OPEC member countries late Sunday in search of financial support as his country reels from falling oil prices and a tattered economy. The South American oil giant confirmed Tuesday that it has entered recession, while annual inflation…
5 things to know: GOP in charge, Congress to challenge Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new Congress convenes Tuesday with Republicans in control of the House and Senate as a formidable counterpoint to President Barack Obama in his final two years in office.
