Shinzo Abe, Japanese Premier, Sends Gift to Contentious Yasukuni Shrine

Shinzo Abe, Japanese Premier, Sends Gift to Contentious Yasukuni Shrine
New Genetic Tests for Breast Cancer Hold Promise
Cuomo Stays Optimistic After Seeing the Challenges of Doing Business in Cuba
On One Point Voters Agree: Barcelona Election Has Intrigue
Actors’ Equity Pushes for Minimum Wage, but Not All Members Want It
Warning Iran, U.S. Sends Two More Ships to Yemen
Europe Is Expected to Bring Antitrust Charges Against Gazprom
Charges Against Jason Rezaian, Washington Post Reporter Held in Iran, Include Espionage
6 Minnesotans Held in Plot to Join ISIS
Dr. Oz to Respond on Show to Criticism by Physicians
Anxiety in Missoula Over Book About Campus Assaults
Zulu King Tries to Calm Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa
At Least 25 Die as Airstrike Sets Off Huge Blast in Yemen
U.S. Expresses Concern About Dismissal of Haiti Kidnapping Case
Empty Nest? In Slovakia, It May Begin When the Child Is 35
Lelisa Desisa and Caroline Rotich Win Boston Marathon
W.H.O. Promises Reform After Criticism Over Ebola Response
Raw Data: Dark Matter’s Deep Reach
Coordinates: Silicon Valley’s Water Conservation Conundrum
Lens Blog: Scenes From the Ebola Crisis Earn Photography Pulitzer

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:55 PM PDT

The gesture could anger China and South Korea, which see the Yasukuni Shrine as a symbol of Japan's inability to fully come to terms with its wartime past.

New Genetic Tests for Breast Cancer Hold Promise

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 09:01 PM PDT

Two advances in tests for the genes that carry an added risk of breast cancer promise to make the process less expensive and more precise.

Cuomo Stays Optimistic After Seeing the Challenges of Doing Business in Cuba

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 07:44 PM PDT

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's enthusiasm was hard to miss, but the obstacles of abject poverty and a poorly developed infrastructure were equally apparent.

On One Point Voters Agree: Barcelona Election Has Intrigue

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 06:57 PM PDT

Unlike other major sports teams, Barça has its members — about 160,000 of them — vote for its president, with paper ballots. They will have to consider charges of corruption and other hard issues.

Actors’ Equity Pushes for Minimum Wage, but Not All Members Want It

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 06:29 PM PDT

The willingness of Los Angeles actors to perform for a pittance is at the heart of a rift in the Actors' Equity union, which represents theater actors.

Warning Iran, U.S. Sends Two More Ships to Yemen

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 06:12 PM PDT

The Obama administration cast the deployment on Monday as primarily a show of force to discourage Iran's shipments of weapons to rebels.

Europe Is Expected to Bring Antitrust Charges Against Gazprom

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 06:06 PM PDT

Gazprom is expected to be accused of abusing its dominance in natural gas markets, and countries like Lithuania and the United States have been pushing for a crackdown.

Charges Against Jason Rezaian, Washington Post Reporter Held in Iran, Include Espionage

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 06:00 PM PDT

The charges against the reporter, Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post, are believed to carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

6 Minnesotans Held in Plot to Join ISIS

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 05:55 PM PDT

Federal authorities said a circle of friends in Minneapolis's Somali community had acted as recruiters for each other and had hoped to travel to Syria.

Dr. Oz to Respond on Show to Criticism by Physicians

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 05:48 PM PDT

Dr. Mehmet Oz will question the credibility of critics who sought to have him removed from his position at Columbia in a segment on his show on Thursday, a spokesman for the show said.

Anxiety in Missoula Over Book About Campus Assaults

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 05:33 PM PDT

"Missoula" offers a searing view into campus sexual assaults, some by football players from the University of Montana's beloved Grizzlies, and how victims were treated by the local justice system.

Zulu King Tries to Calm Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 05:19 PM PDT

The influential king of the Zulus sought to distance himself on Monday from anti-foreigner comments he made three weeks ago, which the authorities there have called the catalyst for a wave of xenophobic violence.

At Least 25 Die as Airstrike Sets Off Huge Blast in Yemen

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 05:05 PM PDT

An assault, apparently by a Saudi-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels, set off an explosion that flattened homes in Sana.

U.S. Expresses Concern About Dismissal of Haiti Kidnapping Case

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:55 PM PDT

A man who has ties to President Michel Martelly was accused in an indictment on charges of masterminding a host of violent crimes.

Empty Nest? In Slovakia, It May Begin When the Child Is 35

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 04:31 PM PDT

The former Communist states in Europe have seen a sharp rise in adult children living at home, but nothing like in Slovakia, where three out of four 18- to 34-year-olds live with their parents.

Lelisa Desisa and Caroline Rotich Win Boston Marathon

Posted: 20 Apr 2015 03:39 PM PDT

Desisa of Ethiopia won the men's race for the second time in three years while Rotich, a Kenyan, edged Mare Dibaba of Ethiopia in the final stretch to win the women's race.