US military looks for the elusive mothership
It's a Hollywood sci-fi fantasy that has long eluded the Pentagon: a flying "mothership" that launches smaller aircraft. The Pentagon's research agency put out a request to industry this month to outline how a large cargo plane could release drones to spy on or attack an enemy and then return to…
13 Fanboy Franchises With Disappointing Films
Hollywood loves to take franchises with devoted fans and turn them into live action movies. However, most of the time Hollywood completely . . .
Man who died from Ebola endured treatment delays
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone did not receive aggressive treatment until nearly two weeks after he first started showing symptoms — a delay that doctors said probably made it impossible for anyone to save his life.
AP Exclusive: Charles Manson gets marriage license
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who left her Midwestern home and spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.
Switzerland landslide (12 photos)
At least four people were killed as landslides triggered by torrential rain slammed into houses and buildings on either side of the Swiss Italian border, police and media said. In the rain-drenched southern Ticino region of Switzerland, two people died and four were injured when a mudslide slammed…
Family make tearful plea for abducted Miss Honduras
The family of the reigning Miss Honduras pleaded with police to find their teenage daughter, who was abducted just days before she was set to fly to London for the Miss World contest. Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and sister Sofia Trinidad have not been heard from since they vanished Thursday outside…
Europeans have prominent role in beheading video
PARIS (AP) — The cold-eyed militants lined up behind their victims in the latest Islamic State video appear to come from outside the Middle East, including one from France and possibly two from Britain, as the extremist group tries to show a global reach.
Life sentence in Chinese students' slayings
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man convicted of killing two Chinese graduate students was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to multiple life terms in prison by a judge who denounced him for showing no remorse and smiling while a grief-stricken victim's father spoke in court.
100 Amazing Free eBooks for a Limited Time
View the best 100 free books in over 20 genres, from both top-tier publishers and critically-acclaimed independent authors. Updated daily, read now!
The army of housewives saving Nepal's newborns
On a wet and windy morning, Nepalese housewife Bhumisara Upadhyay is out visiting pregnant women, on a mission to slash newborn deaths in the Himalayan nation with a simple tube of gel. Health experts attribute Nepal's newborn mortality rate to infections contracted through the umbilical stump,…
Turkish teen arrested for 'burying sister's boyfriend alive'
Akin Tokdenir, 18, was arrested along with his father Ahmet on suspicion of the murder of 16-year-old Onur Sandal, whose body was found in a forest earlier this month. Akin Tokdenir turned himself to police and immediately confessed to the murder, the reports said.
Palestinians kill four in Jerusalem synagogue attack
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city amid a surge in religious conflict. Israeli Prime Minister…
NATO warns of 'very serious' Russian military build-up in Ukraine
Kiev (AFP) - NATO warned on Tuesday of a "very serious" build-up of Russian soldiers and weapons inside Ukraine and on the border, as Germany's foreign minister urged Kiev and Moscow to respect a tattered peace plan.
Keystone Senate vote hangs in balance after Obama remarks
By Timothy Gardner and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. Senate scrambled on Monday to gather one last vote to pass a bill that authorizes the project that would help send Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf, a task that became harder after President…
American questioned for shipping human body parts
BANGKOK (AP) — A parcel delivery company in Bangkok put three packages bound for the United States through a routine X-ray and made a startling discovery: preserved human parts, including an infant's head, a baby's foot and an adult heart.
Gold Tungsten Rings - $50 - Christmas Is Coming!
Free Shipping - Great Selection
AdChoicesTungsten Fashions.comSponsoredDogs found to have killed woman on Wyoming Indian reservation
By Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) - A woman found dead from an animal attack on a Wyoming Indian reservation last week, prompting authorities to warn that dangerous wildlife might be on the prowl, appears to have been the victim of a dog mauling, officials said on Monday. Preliminary autopsy findings…
Islamic State beheading videos might now be backfiring
Beyond its barbarity, the latest beheading video from the Islamic State offers hints of an organization in transition and perhaps under duress.
China's $350M bridge gets scant N. Korean welcome
TOKYO (AP) — The bridge was supposed to be a key link for trade and travel between China's underdeveloped northeast provinces and a much-touted special economic zone in North Korea — so key that Beijing sank more than $350 million into it.
New details in teen's death at Raleigh hotel
As a man charged with the involuntary manslaughter of a 13-year-old boy faced a Wake County judge on Monday, ABC11 learned more about the night Nathan Clark was killed.
Bill Cosby hunkers down as scandal rages
NEW YORK (AP) — After Bill Cosby settled a civil lawsuit in 2006 alleging that he'd repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman, his image as America's dad may have been temporarily tarnished, but was far from destroyed.
Woman wears colander for driver's license photo
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman says she encountered only brief resistance when she recently had her driver's license photo taken while wearing a colander on her head as a religious statement.
Mother's tears interrupt murder trial
The mother of a man on trial for murder interrupted the case Monday with tears and an accusation.
