Spanish princess may face 'unprecedented' trial

Spanish princess may face 'unprecedented' trial
Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison
Midterm Mixer: Live election coverage with Yahoo News
China masters laser technology to shoot down drones
Violence erupts in Benghazi
3-year-old Ohio girl shot by 4-year-old brother, police say
State, nurse who treated Ebola patients reach accord
Chicago suburban police shoot and kill man who draws gun at hospital
Rocket plane's tail activated prematurely in fatal crash
Thieves steal 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate from Dachau death camp
Gun-toting security guard who rode elevator with Obama says firing unjust
After more reports of mass killings, Iraq on high alert for IS attacks
Record snow in Maine, and power outages
Branson fights back on safety warnings claim
'Death with dignity' advocate Brittany Maynard, 29, ends her life
Tiny drones make mysterious, illegal flights over French nuclear plants
With Senate at stake, candidates clash over Obama
Virgin Galactic spaceship insured for $40-50 million
23 feared dead in suicide bombing in N. Nigeria
Political ad blizzard traumatizes Arkansas
What Ebola has taught us about handling Mars soil samples
Seven rescued, 24 drown as migrant boat capsizes off Istanbul
Wallenda completes Chicago skyscraper wire walks
With Obama largely sidelined, Democrats turned to Biden
Obama makes final campaign push, hoping to avert electoral rout
Ga. GOP tries to rally behind Perdue
Maine nurse sees Ebola quarantines as 'abundance of politics'
Virgin Galactic CEO sees new spacecraft ready next year

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:51 AM PST

Cristina de Bourbon is caught in a scandal involving 16 others, including her husband.

Dutch killer van der Sloot stabbed in prison

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 09:34 AM PST

LIMA (Reuters) - The lawyer of convicted killer Joran van der Sloot said on Monday that the Dutch citizen had been stabbed repeatedly in a Peruvian prison in recent days, but local penitentiary authorities deny the attacks took place. Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, was stabbed three times on Oct. 27 and then again in his kidney on Sunday in the Challapalca prison, his lawyer Maximo Altez told Reuters by telephone, without giving further details. ...

Midterm Mixer: Live election coverage with Yahoo News

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 08:54 PM PDT

Yahoo News will host a special midterm elections digital event, kicking off Nov. 4 at 5 p.m. ET with a live blog covering all key races and culminating in an hourlong post-election livestream led by Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric.

China masters laser technology to shoot down drones

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:46 AM PST

China has developed and successfully tested technology to shoot down drones with lasers, according to state media.

Violence erupts in Benghazi

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:20 AM PST

Battle explodes between pro-government forces and Islamist militias.

3-year-old Ohio girl shot by 4-year-old brother, police say

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 08:38 AM PST

LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old Ohio girl is in critical condition after being shot in the head by her 4-year-old brother, who found a gun in a dresser.

State, nurse who treated Ebola patients reach accord

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:05 AM PST

Kaci Hickox will be allowed to travel freely in public but required to report any symptoms.

Chicago suburban police shoot and kill man who draws gun at hospital

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:22 AM PST

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago suburban police shot and killed a car accident victim who drew a gun at a hospital and then refused commands to drop it, police said on Monday. Late Sunday night, Illinois State Police responded to a car accident and arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence, said police in Highland Park, 27 miles north of Chicago. A 27-year-old man was a passenger in the vehicle, along with a minor. Both were taken to Highland Park Hospital, police said in a statement. ...

Rocket plane's tail activated prematurely in fatal crash

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST

By Irene Klotz MOJAVE Calif. (Reuters) - A team investigating the fatal test-flight crash of a Virgin Galactic passenger spaceship found that its rotating tail, designed to ease reentry into the atmosphere, was activated prematurely, and said pilot error could not be ruled out. The preliminary findings of the National Transportation Safety Board were disclosed late Sunday by its acting chairman, Christopher Hart, but he said it was too soon to know whether the untimely unlocking of the tail mechanism caused Friday's accident. ...

Thieves steal 'Arbeit Macht Frei' gate from Dachau death camp

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:18 AM PST

Thieves have stolen the iron gate to Dachau concentration camp bearing the Nazi slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free), the director of the memorial site in southern Germany and local police said on Monday. "It is the central symbol of the prisoners' suffering at Dachau concentration camp and therefore has hit the memorial at its heart," said Gabriele Hammermann, director of the memorial. The Nazis set up the camp in Dachau, near Munich, in 1933, only weeks after Adolf Hitler took power. Initially meant to detain political rivals, it became the prototype for a network of concentration camps where 6 million Jews were murdered, as well as Roma, Russians, Poles and homosexuals.

Gun-toting security guard who rode elevator with Obama says firing unjust

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 06:37 AM PST

Kenneth Tate, who was fired after accompanying President Obama in an elevator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta while carrying a gun, says his firing was "unjust."

After more reports of mass killings, Iraq on high alert for IS attacks

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:09 AM PST

Iraq boosted security Monday amid fears of the Islamic State group launching major attacks on Shiite pilgrims flocking to the shrine city of Karbala as further reports emerged of mass killings. The pilgrims are prime targets for the IS jihadists, who have carried out a series of mass executions in recent days, killing scores of members of a tribe in Iraq's western Anbar province. A police officer and an official gave figures of more than 200 to 258 people killed, while Iraq's human rights ministry put the toll at 322 and a tribal leader said 381 were executed. The mass killings appear aimed at discouraging resistance from powerful local tribes in Anbar, where IS overran large areas in June as pro-government forces suffered a string of setbacks.

Record snow in Maine, and power outages

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 07:40 AM PST

By Dave Sherwood BRUNSWICK Maine (Reuters) - A rare early season snowstorm brought 50-miles-per-hour (80-kph) winds and record-breaking snowfall to parts of Maine overnight, leaving more than 140,000 homes and businesses without power on Monday. Governor Paul LePage declared a limited state of emergency as slippery driving conditions, downed trees and white-out conditions led to a spike in accidents and shut down many local roads. ...

Branson fights back on safety warnings claim

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 10:38 AM PST

Following spacecraft crash, Virgin Galactic boss takes issue with "self-proclaimed experts" after scientist said company ignored safety warnings.

'Death with dignity' advocate Brittany Maynard, 29, ends her life

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 06:12 AM PST

Terminally ill Brittany Maynard, 29, took advantage of Oregon's assisted suicide law.

Tiny drones make mysterious, illegal flights over French nuclear plants

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:06 AM PST

PARIS (AP) — French security officials are investigating a spate of mysterious and illegal flights by drone aircraft over more than a dozen nuclear power stations in France, raising security concerns in a country that largely lives off atomic energy.

With Senate at stake, candidates clash over Obama

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 09:37 AM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of an election that will decide the Senate majority, it's time for closing arguments and an all-out effort to motivate people to vote.

Virgin Galactic spaceship insured for $40-50 million

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST

By Carolyn Cohn and Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) - The Virgin Galactic spaceship which crashed on Friday was insured against losses totaling around $40-50 million and the lead underwriter was AIG , insurance sources said on Monday. AIG declined to comment. British insurance and brokerage services provider Jardine Lloyd Thompson confirmed that it was the broker on the deal. "We act on behalf of Virgin Galactic and are providing every assistance, as is appropriate in these tragic circumstances," JLT said in a statement. ...

23 feared dead in suicide bombing in N. Nigeria

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 07:24 AM PST

By Joe Hemba YOBE Nigeria (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people in a procession of Shi'ite Muslims marking the ritual of Ashoura in northeast Nigeria's Yobe state on Monday, witnesses said. In a separate incident overnight in central Kogi state, gunmen using explosives blew their way into a prison in the city of Lokoja, killing one person and freeing 144 inmates, Adams Omale, prisons coordinator for the state, told Reuters. ...

Political ad blizzard traumatizes Arkansas

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 05:11 AM PST

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — No, dear voter, it wasn't a dream. If you were watching television this weekend in Arkansas, you really did see that many political ads.

What Ebola has taught us about handling Mars soil samples

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 04:48 AM PST

Measures taken in the current Ebola outbreak may hold some clues for how to handle samples brought back to Earth from Mars, a place that could potentially host extraterrestrial microbes. Based on a novel by Michael Crichton, the film depicts the spread of an alien germ brought back to Earth by a satellite. NASA officials have wanted to build and launch a robotic lander that scoops up some Martian samples and returns them to Earth. Hauling back Martian samples means potentially dealing with biological "hot property," as well as public concern about creepy crawlers from Mars eating away at Earth's biosphere.

Seven rescued, 24 drown as migrant boat capsizes off Istanbul

Posted: 03 Nov 2014 07:53 AM PST

At least 21 people, including children, drowned and a dozen were missing on Monday when an overloaded boat taking migrants towards EU waters sank in the Black Sea just off Istanbul, Turkish officials said.

Wallenda completes Chicago skyscraper wire walks

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 08:46 PM PST

CHICAGO (AP) — Daredevil Nik Wallenda wowed Chicago and the world Sunday with two hair-raising skyscraper crossings on high wires without a safety net or a harness, and performing one blindfolded.

With Obama largely sidelined, Democrats turned to Biden

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:10 AM PST

VIce President Joe Biden has campaigned hard for struggling Democrats, who have kept their distance from President Barack Obama and his toxic approval ratings. Will it pay off?

Obama makes final campaign push, hoping to avert electoral rout

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 05:03 PM PST

By Jeff Mason BRIDGEPORT Conn. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a final push on Sunday to help struggling Democrats before this week's midterm elections, making campaign stops in Connecticut and Pennsylvania to try to avert a "shellacking" at the polls like the one in 2010. After a 2014 political season spent mostly behind the scenes at high-dollar fundraisers, Obama spent the past several days on the road, making appearances in states where his low popularity ratings are seen as less of an albatross to Democrats running for office than in other close races across the country. ...

Ga. GOP tries to rally behind Perdue

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 10:13 AM PST

Senate primary weakened David Perdue, who is facing a surprisingly strong Democrat.

Maine nurse sees Ebola quarantines as 'abundance of politics'

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:14 AM PST

(Reuters) - A U.S. nurse who challenged quarantines of health care workers returning from treating West African Ebola patients said on Sunday she thought "an abundance of politics" lurked behind them. Kaci Hickox has fought a heated public battle over what she considers draconian measures to isolate her for 21 days after her return from Sierra Leone, in a case that highlights the dilemma over how to balance public health needs and personal liberty. In some U.S. ...

Virgin Galactic CEO sees new spacecraft ready next year

Posted: 02 Nov 2014 11:55 AM PST

Virgin Galactic could have a new spacecraft ready to fly by next year, the chief executive of Richard Branson's space tourism company said in an interview published on Sunday, reacting to concerns about the safety of technology used in the Virgin craft that crashed last week.