Obama Denounces Attempts to Derail Nuclear Deal With Iran

Obama Denounces Attempts to Derail Nuclear Deal With Iran
For Drinking Water in Drought, California Looks Warily to Sea
Obama Meets Raúl Castro, Making History
On Baseball: For the Closest Observers, 19 Innings Is Just as Long
Jordan Spieth Ready for a Roaring Good Time at the Masters
U.S. Capitol Locked Down After Shots Are Fired in Apparent Suicide
A Top Islamist Is Executed by Bangladesh
Legacy of a South Korean Ferry Sinking
Empty Ebola Clinics in Liberia Are Seen as Misstep in U.S. Relief Effort
Maoist Rebels Kill at Least 7 Police Officers in India
With Rebound of Top League, Chinese Soccer Kicks Into High Gear
Pastor Denounces Racism at Walter Scott’s Funeral One Week After Police Shooting
Separatists Claim Attack That Killed 20 in Pakistan
U.N. Official Visits Syria to Press Urgency of Besieged Refuge Camp
Applied Science: God Can Help Companies Turn Customers Into Daredevils
From A to Z (Asteroids to Zombies), the British Just Want the Facts
Police Report Shots Fired on West Front of US Capitol
New China-Led Bank Pledges to Fend Off Graft
Hillary Clinton Weighs How to Recast Ties to Obama
Egyptian Court Sentences U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:38 PM PDT

President Obama criticized Republican lawmakers who, he said, were trying to prevent the United States and Iran from finalizing a nuclear weapons agreement.

For Drinking Water in Drought, California Looks Warily to Sea

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:36 PM PDT

To ease its drought woes, the booming San Diego County is hoping to turn the Pacific Ocean into an everyday source of drinking water with a $1 billion desalination plant.

Obama Meets Raúl Castro, Making History

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:06 PM PDT

President Obama came to the Summit of the Americas in Panama determined to defuse a generations-old regional dispute over Cuba's exclusion from the meeting.

On Baseball: For the Closest Observers, 19 Innings Is Just as Long

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:01 PM PDT

When a game goes late into the night, and into the morning, as the Yankees' 628-pitch game against the Red Sox did Friday, baseball can lose some of its romance.

Jordan Spieth Ready for a Roaring Good Time at the Masters

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 05:42 PM PDT

At 16 under par, Spieth is four strokes ahead of Justin Rose and five ahead of Phil Mickelson entering the final round.

U.S. Capitol Locked Down After Shots Are Fired in Apparent Suicide

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:57 PM PDT

The Capitol Police in Washington said a person had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound outside the west front of the building.

A Top Islamist Is Executed by Bangladesh

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:24 PM PDT

Bangladesh on Saturday executed a senior Islamist party official convicted of crimes against humanity during the country's 1971 independence war with Pakistan, two officials and two television stations said.

Legacy of a South Korean Ferry Sinking

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:14 PM PDT

A year after a South Korean ferry sank, killing more than 300 people, numerous government regulatory changes are taking effect — and drawing some criticism.

Empty Ebola Clinics in Liberia Are Seen as Misstep in U.S. Relief Effort

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:11 PM PDT

After the U.S. spent hundreds of millions of dollars and deployed nearly 3,000 troops, only 28 Ebola patients have been treated at the 11 centers built by the American military in Liberia.

Maoist Rebels Kill at Least 7 Police Officers in India

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 03:20 PM PDT

Gunmen ambushed a unit of police officers who were conducting a mission in Chhattisgarh State.

With Rebound of Top League, Chinese Soccer Kicks Into High Gear

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 02:40 PM PDT

A cleaned-up Chinese Super League has inspired a sports revolution that has trickled down to youth teams.

Pastor Denounces Racism at Walter Scott’s Funeral One Week After Police Shooting

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 01:16 PM PDT

Mourners lined up at the church in South Carolina on Saturday, including many who had never met Mr. Scott, and heard a pastor denounce racism.

Separatists Claim Attack That Killed 20 in Pakistan

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 12:29 PM PDT

Separatists claimed responsibility for an attack on construction workers in Baluchistan Province, which has simmered with an insurgency for decades.

U.N. Official Visits Syria to Press Urgency of Besieged Refuge Camp

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:27 AM PDT

The "urgent mission" by Pierre Krähenbühl was intended to call attention to what is seen as impending calamity at the Yarmouk camp, where some 18,000 Palestinian and Syrian civilians are trapped.

Applied Science: God Can Help Companies Turn Customers Into Daredevils

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:27 AM PDT

A study by researchers from Stanford found that when the concept of the divine was used in advertising, consumers' appetite for risk-taking increased.

From A to Z (Asteroids to Zombies), the British Just Want the Facts

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:20 AM PDT

A decade ago, the doors were swung wide open to allow public scrutiny into agencies, bureaus and councils, and the result has been both gratifying and slightly alarming.

Police Report Shots Fired on West Front of US Capitol

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:14 AM PDT

Police report shots fired on the west front of the Capitol in Washington and say the building has been locked down as a precaution.

New China-Led Bank Pledges to Fend Off Graft

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:03 AM PDT

China's new development bank will strive to be corruption free, maintain environmentally sound policies and work with a streamlined bureaucracy, the interim head of the institution said.

Hillary Clinton Weighs How to Recast Ties to Obama

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 09:35 AM PDT

As Mrs. Clinton approaches her 2016 presidential campaign, she and her advisers are trying to determine the risks of aligning too closely with President Obama, and of keeping him at a distance.

Egyptian Court Sentences U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:43 AM PDT

Mohamed Soltan was sentenced to life imprisonment for supporting an Islamist protest against the military ouster of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.