Philippines bars Chris Brown from leaving over concert row
American hip-hop star Chris Brown was barred Wednesday from leaving the Philippines after a prominent religious group alleged he reneged on an agreement to perform at a 2014 concert. The 25-year-old Grammy-winning R&B artist, who performed in Manila on Tuesday, must satisfy the government there is…
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Wife Learns Man Was Seeking More Than Exercise At The Gym
DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 10 years. We were married six months ago. Before the wedding, we had some breakups. During one of them, he dated another woman briefly. The encounter led to her becoming pregnant, and she gave birth to a boy who is now a year old. I learned about her and…
Conservative news anchor’s message to Obama goes viral
A conservative news anchor has some words for President Obama. Tomi Lahren, an anchor at One American News Network, slammed President Obama on his “half-way, half-baked, tip-toe, be-friendly-to-jihadis mentality.”
After escape, Mexico cartel boss faces altered drug business
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has a lot to catch up on as he returns to a drug-trafficking landscape that has shifted considerably during his 17 months behind bars.
Iran rejects sanctions extension beyond 10 years
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin Nouri DUBAI, (Reuters) - Iran will not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, an official said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist government to sell a nuclear deal with world powers to skeptical hardliners. Abbas Araqchi, one of several deputy…
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Terrifying: Hackers take over a Jeep driving down the highway at 70 mph
Driverless cars promise to be safer than cars driven by humans… but that’s assuming they don’t get hacked by malicious actors. Hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek recently used Wired’s Andy Greenberg as a human guinea pig for their latest experiment that involved taking over his car while it…
Van Gaal fury over 'very bad' United
San José (United States) (AFP) - Louis van Gaal criticized new signing Bastian Schweinsteiger and his Manchester United team mates after the Premier League giants eased to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes. United recorded a second straight victory on their US tour and never really looked…
In wake of riots and crime spike, Baltimore mayor under fire
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake climbed onto the deck of an abandoned row house in Tuesday's sweltering summer heat and promised that "better is coming" as she promoted the restoration of a blighted block not far from where riots broke out earlier this year.
Photos of the day - July 21, 2015 (27 photos)
A stuntman shows tricks on an inflatable tube during a press preview of the Zwarte Cross (Black Cross) festival in Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands, Gov. John Kasich gives his speech announcing his 2016 Presidential candidacy at the Ohio Student Union, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio,…
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Charred Remains of 1,500-Year-Old Hebrew Scroll Deciphered
A burned 1,500-year-old Hebrew scroll found on the shore of the Dead Sea was recently deciphered, 45 years after archaeologists discovered it, researchers in Israel have announced. "The deciphering of the scroll, which was a puzzle for us for 45 years, is very exciting," Sefi Porath, the…
Man dies after police hogtie him at Mississippi concert
Troy Goode, 30, a chemical engineer from Memphis, died Saturday at a hospital two hours after police arrested him in a parking lot at a concert by the band Widespread Panic in Southaven, about 15 miles south of Memphis, said attorney Tim Edwards. Goode had ingested the psychotropic drug LSD and was…
Cops Race Against the Clock to Save Kids From Hot, Locked Car in Pennsylvania
Police officers came to the rescue near Philadelphia Monday when two children were locked inside an SUV on a hot, summer day. Witness Jason Graham, who shot video of the incident, told ABC News he was sitting in his car outside a community college building when he saw officers from the Upper Darby,…
Unruly Crowds Force Shutdown Of Neighborhood Swimming Pool
On Tuesday afternoon, a wading pool and splash pad sat empty at the Shippensburg Township Park in Pennsylvania.
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Utah teenager charged with aggravated murder in girl's death
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old neighbor girl out of her Utah home by asking for help looking for his lost cat, then strangled her and left her body in a field with a shirt around her neck, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Brigitte Bardot slams Australia's plan to kill 2 million feral cats
French actress Brigitte Bardot has condemned an Australian plan to cull two million feral cats to stop them harming native animals, a proposal animal rights groups said Wednesday was unlikely to be successful. Feral cats have been identified as the main culprit behind Australia's high rate of…
Swift, Minaj tweet over rapper's MTV Video Music Awards snub
NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj traded words on Twitter after the rapper said she was upset she didn't earn a nomination for video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Kerry says Iran vow to defy U.S. is 'very disturbing'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday vowing to defy American policies in the region despite a deal with world powers over Tehran's nuclear program was "very disturbing". Ayatollah Khamenei told supporters on Saturday that U.S. policies…
Abandoned Sea Forts Now Turning Into (What?!)
Back in the 19th century,sea forts were created for protection during war.Now, over 150 years later, they're being turned into luxury island retreats?
Gun-firing 'drone' built by US teen under investigation
New York (AFP) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it was investigating a viral Internet video showing a home-made "drone" firing a handgun in the Connecticut countryside.
After labelling, EU think-tank proposes banking steps on Israel
It had to go further to distinguish its dealings with Israel from Israel's activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which it has occupied since 1967. European diplomats have long said that labelling - to make clear the goods originate in settlements - is only the first in a series of steps…
Sandra Bland and the Long History of Racism in Waller County, Texas
Waller County, Texas, has had a complicated racial history since the days when it was a part of Mexico. At one of its first settlements, Bernardo Plantation, about 100 slaves grew cotton on a large farm on the banks of the Brazos. Yet in the years before Texas fought Mexico for its independence,…
