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House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security

House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security


House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 07:45 PM PST

The agreement was reached after a setback for Speaker John A. Boehner and his team earlier Friday, when the House voted against their original plan to extend funding for the department for three weeks.






American Missionaries Are Detained in Venezuela

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 07:38 PM PST

The four missionaries, affiliated with a church in North Dakota, were involved in a medical assistance program when they were detained by the Venezuelan authorities this week.

Diamond Thief Gets 15 Years in Paris Heist

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 07:19 PM PST

A French court concluded that Daoudi Yahiaoui, a convicted drug trafficker, was the brain behind a $100 million diamond heist at a Harry Winston jewelry store in 2008.






News Analysis: New Party in Charge, Same Challenges

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 06:12 PM PST

Congress is stalled in a tense meltdown that threatens funding of the Department of Homeland Security.

Boris Nemtsov, Putin Foe, Is Shot Dead in Shadow of Kremlin

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 05:59 PM PST

Boris Y. Nemtsov, a former first deputy prime minister of Russia, was killed in central Moscow in the highest-profile assassination in Russia during the tenure of President Vladimir V. Putin.

Destruction of Antiquities by ISIS Militants Is Denounced

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 05:46 PM PST

The sculptures, statues and reliefs that were smashed by ISIS were crucial in the formation of early Arab identity, experts said.

Cuba’s Designation as a Sponsor of Terrorism Snarls Negotiations With U.S.

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 05:19 PM PST

Some Republicans openly oppose the removal of the island nation from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, while Cuban officials demand it as a prerequisite for ties.

Lawmakers (Just Not Greece’s) Approve a Bailout Extension

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 05:00 PM PST

Approvals of the bailout extension underscored how the political structure of Europe remains a work in progress.

What’s an Economist’s Nobel Medal Worth? $390,848

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:47 PM PST

The medal awarded to the economist Simon Kuznets in 1971 was sold to an unidentified bidder for $390,848, one of only a few such medals ever to have been sold.

Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:07 PM PST

Mr. Nimoy won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-Vulcan first officer in the television and movie juggernaut "Star Trek."






Not the Usual College Party (This One’s Sober)

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:04 PM PST

To try to keep students sober, universities is part of what is now 135 Collegiate Recovery communities on campuses across the country.

White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu’s Speech

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 04:02 PM PST

The Obama administration said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to present a feasible alternative to American proposals for curbing Iran's nuclear program.

India Prepares a Budget, Surrounded by Secrecy and Big Expectations

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 03:08 PM PST

An army of workers has been holed up for days in a subterranean space, proofreading and preparing to print 10,000 copies of what many hope will be a momentous and politically risky plan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mutual Suspicion Mars Tech Trade With China

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 01:48 PM PST

With China and the United States wary of the other's digital espionage, American tech companies are caught in the middle.






Russia and Ukraine Move Toward Resolution of Feud Over Natural Gas Payments

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 01:40 PM PST

A payment dispute that had been casting a shadow over European energy markets appeared to be winding down on Friday, as both countries agreed to European-brokered negotiations.

Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American Writer, Is Killed by Machete-Wielding Assailants

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 01:22 PM PST

Avijit Roy was leaving a book fair in the Bangladeshi capital when he was attacked, the police said. His wife was in critical condition from a blow to the head.






‘Jihadi John’ Stirs Britain to Defend Spy Agencies

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 01:02 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron spoke after disclosures that a man who posed in ISIS videos of the murder of Western hostages was known to British intelligence.

Servando Gómez, Mexican Drug Lord Known as La Tuta, Is Captured

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 12:45 PM PST

Mr. Gómez, who led the Knights Templar gang, vowed in taunting videos not to be taken alive. He was arrested at a hot dog stand, news reports said.






Pakistani Officials Issue Arrest Warrants Over Refusals of Polio Vaccine

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 12:16 PM PST

Police officials in the northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said they had issued hundreds of arrest warrants for parents who have refused to vaccinate their children.

A White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress Melts the Internet

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 11:46 AM PST

White and gold, or blue and black? The debate over the colors of a dress set off a social-media conflagration that few were able to resist.

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