NBA player makes historic announcement

NBA player makes historic announcement
Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008
Explosion shakes Prague
Syrian prime minister survives Damascus bombing
Mississippi man makes court appearance in ricin case
Piece of 9/11 plane was from wing
Christie: Obama kept every Sandy promise
Court: UK mother forced teen daughter to inseminate herself
Pa. abortion clinic no 'house of horrors,' says defense attorney
High school student shoots himself in classroom
Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at DC museum
Supreme Court won't lift block on Alabama immigration law
Israel lawmaker claims Hezbollah getting chemicals from Syria
'Misha', blamed for radicalizing Boston bomber, says he's innocent
Honda recalls almost 46,000 Fit cars in U.S., Canada
Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products
The good news from Afghanistan
Preschools funding plummets
Court seeks 'Stand Your Ground' answer from Goerge Zimmerman
Ohio girl gets kidney donation from teacher
No more survivors likely in Bangladesh tragedy
Tense Calif. town hunts man who killed girl, 8

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:15 AM PDT

Jason Collins shares his secret after the recent Supreme Court hearings.

Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:17 AM PDT

That the CIA gave him millions is a weird blend of shocking and entirely unsurprising.

Explosion shakes Prague

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:31 AM PDT

Paramedics help injured people after an explosion in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 29, 2013. Police said a powerful explosion has damaged a building in the center of the Czech capital and they believe some people are buried in the rubble. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Syrian prime minister survives Damascus bombing

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:08 AM PDT

Six others died in the rebel attack in the heart of President Bashar al-Assad's capital.

Mississippi man makes court appearance in ricin case

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:32 AM PDT

James Everett Dutschke made poison sent to President Obama, authorities say.

Piece of 9/11 plane was from wing

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:31 AM PDT

Authorities initially thought the 5-foot piece was landing gear from one of the jetliners.

Christie: Obama kept every Sandy promise

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:30 AM PDT

But the N.J. governor has had his political disagreements with the president.

Court: UK mother forced teen daughter to inseminate herself

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:26 AM PDT

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A mother who persuaded her adopted teenage daughter to become pregnant by artificial insemination because she wanted a baby for herself has been jailed for five years in Britain, in a case that raises concern over how easily donor sperm can be obtained. Previously secret court documents showed that the daughter, a virgin, was made to inseminate herself alone in her bedroom seven times over a two-year period starting in 2008 when she was 14, using syringes of semen bought online by the mother from sperm bank Cryos in Denmark. ...

Pa. abortion clinic no 'house of horrors,' says defense attorney

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:29 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The description of a shuttered abortion clinic as a "house of horrors" is a "political press fabrication," a lawyer for a doctor charged with killing four babies allegedly born alive there said Monday.

High school student shoots himself in classroom

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:45 AM PDT

The youth is taken to a hospital, and there appeared to be no threat to other students.

Holocaust survivors, veterans gather at DC museum

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:50 AM PDT

It could be the last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Supreme Court won't lift block on Alabama immigration law

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:14 AM PDT

The law made it a crime to harbor illegal immigrants.

Israel lawmaker claims Hezbollah getting chemicals from Syria

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:08 AM PDT

The retired general also said he "has no doubt" that Assad has already used W.M.D.

'Misha', blamed for radicalizing Boston bomber, says he's innocent

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:25 AM PDT

Mikhail Allakhverdov says he's no Svengali.

Honda recalls almost 46,000 Fit cars in U.S., Canada

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:41 AM PDT

The cars may tilt too far during sharp turns, possibly leading to loss of tire traction.

Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 05:01 AM PDT

Solutions include robots that emit ultraviolet light or hydrogen peroxide.

The good news from Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:16 AM PDT

Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams says Afghans are rejecting the Taliban.

Preschools funding plummets

Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:04 AM PDT

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enrollment in preschools stalled over the past year as states recovering from the recent recession struggle to fund early education for the nation's youngest students, researchers said. In a report to be released later on Monday, education experts pointed to a record drop in state funding to serve the nation's 3- and 4-year-olds, citing a drop of more than half a billion dollars in the 2011-2012 school year from the year before. Although a record high 1. ...