Astronomers Glimpse Distant Planetary Nursery
Astronomers have long theorized that planetary systems, including our own, are formed by spinning discs of dust and gas that slowly coalesce. Now, by combining input from an array of radio telescopes...
View ArticleChina, Japan Agree To Disagree On Disputed Islands
Beijing and Tokyo have jointly acknowledged their competing claims over the sovereignty of an uninhabited island chain, effectively setting aside a contentious dispute and paving the way to renew...
View ArticleFederal Court Rules Against Missouri's Gay Marriage Ban
A federal judge in Missouri has ruled that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution, adding to an already confusing mix of contradictory...
View ArticleJudge Approves Detroit's Plan To Exit Bankruptcy
Updated at 1:15 p.m. ETA federal judge today gave the OK to a bankruptcy exit strategy proposed by Detroit nearly 16 months after the city asked for protection from its creditors.At a 1 p.m. ET...
View ArticleSuspect Arrested In 2010 Murder Of McStay Family In California
Police in San Diego today announced their arrest of a suspect in the murder of Joseph McStay, his wife and two young sons, whose bodies were found in shallow graves in the California desert in 2013,...
View ArticleMexican Authorities: Drug Traffickers Confess To Killing 43 Students
Mexican authorities says drug gang members have confessed to killing 43 students from a teachers college in the country's south and described a grisly disposal of the bodies — burning them on a pyre...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Nations Agree To Go After Corruption
Nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing have agreed to cooperate on the extradition of corrupt officials, a move backed by the U.S.
View ArticleTwo Americans Held In North Korea Are Released
Updated at 4:10 p.m. ETAmericans Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, held for months in North Korea, have been freed, U.S.
View Article5th Teen Dies From Injuries In Oct. 24 Wash. School Shooting
A fifth teenager has died from wounds sustained in a Washington state school shooting two weeks ago.Andrew Fryberg, 15, died Friday, according to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he has been...
View ArticleGermany's Merkel: Fall Of Berlin Wall Shows Dreams Come True
A quarter-century after the Berlin Wall that split East and West Germany came down, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said its destruction shows that dreams can come true and "nothing has to stay as it...
View ArticleBinding Or Not, Catalans Express Themselves In Referendum Vote
Hundreds of thousands of Catalans cast ballots Sunday in a non-binding referendum on whether to split with Spain – a move opposed by Madrid, which fears that even an informal vote could stoke desires...
View ArticleDespite Truce, Heavy Shelling Resumes In Donetsk
The fiercest fighting in weeks has broken in eastern Ukraine, in a clear violation of a Sept. 5 ceasefire deal, as artillery and rocket fire rained down in and around the airport in the contested city...
View ArticleMaine Nurse To Move Out Of State Following Ebola Quarantine Row
The boyfriend of Kaci Hickox, the nurse who defiantly refused to self-quarantine after she returned from West Africa, says the couple will move out of Maine this week after a state court order...
View ArticleAtlanta Symphony Orchestra Reaches Labor Deal With Musicians
Musicians and management at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra have reached agreement on a new labor contract after months of negotiations and a lockout, setting the stage for the ensemble's 70th...
View ArticleG20 Leaders Pledge Growth, Threaten More Sanctions On Russia
President Obama departed the venue of the annual G20 summit in Australia today, declaring it had been a "strong week for American leadership."The gathering wrapped up by promising to fight climate...
View ArticleFemale Afghan Lawmaker Survives Suicide Bomb Attack
Updated at 10 a.m. ETAn outspoken female Afghan lawmaker was wounded in a suicide bomb attack on her vehicle in the capital, Kabul, that killed three bystanders and hurt more than 10 others.Member of...
View ArticleNigerian Army Retakes Chibok, Home Of Kidnapped Schoolgirls
Nigeria's army says it has recaptured the northeastern town of Chibok from Boko Haram militants who claimed to have seized it the day before, six months after the rebels abducted hundreds of...
View ArticleClearing Of MH17 Debris Begins In Eastern Ukraine
Dutch investigators have begun clearing the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, four months after the Boeing 777 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 289 aboard in an incident that...
View ArticleProducer Of 'Knight Rider' And 'Battlestar Galactica' Dies At 77
Glen A. Larson, who produced some of the most iconic television shows of the '70s and '80s – including the Six Million Dollar Man, Battlestar Galactica, Magnum, P.I.
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