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Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90

Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90


Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 11:58 PM PDT

A mainstay player on 10 Yankee championship teams who as a manager led the Yankees and Mets to the World Series, Berra may have been better known for his bumbling yet wise way with words.









Two Activists Visiting U.S. Call for Rights in Hong Kong

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 08:51 PM PDT

Joshua Wong, 18, and Martin Lee, 77, said in an interview that President Obama should press their cause when meeting his Chinese counterpart this week.









At Least Five Chinese Police Said to Be Killed in Xinjiang Knife Attack

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 07:48 PM PDT

At least five police officers have been stabbed to death by separatists in a knife attack at a coal mine in China's violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, U.S.-based Radio Free Asia reported on Wednesday.









Xi Jinping Pledges to Work With U.S. to Stop Cybercrimes

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 07:45 PM PDT

The president faced a crowd concerned over China's barriers to market access, rampant commercial cybertheft and the imposition of intrusive security measures.









Investigators Find Emails Hillary Clinton Said Were Erased

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 07:43 PM PDT

The F.B.I. recovered work-related and personal emails from the server Hillary Rodham Clinton used as secretary of state, two officials said, but it was not clear if all 60,000 emails were found.









American Is Extradited to South Korea for Trial in 1997 Murder

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 07:26 PM PDT

Arthur John Patterson, 35, denied killing a 22-year-old South Korean college student, a crime that a friend of his had been convicted and then acquitted of.









Plan on Migrants Strains the Limits of Europe’s Unity

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 05:56 PM PDT

Gathering for their second such session in eight days, the ministers haggled over a proposal to resettle an additional 120,000 people across the European Union.









Volkswagen’s Chief in the Vortex of the Storm

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 05:43 PM PDT

Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen's chief executive, faces mounting scrutiny in the widening scandal over the carmaker's faked diesel emissions testing.









Volkswagen Says 11 Million Cars Worldwide Are Affected in Diesel Deception

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 05:23 PM PDT

The company did not provide information on where the affected cars are, but the overwhelming majority are probably in Europe, where the company dominates the market.









Alexis Tsipras Appoints New Greek Cabinet Much Like the Old

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 04:55 PM PDT

Mr. Tsipras, under pressure from the country's bailout partners to begin work on economic reforms, kept his core economic team nearly intact.









Libya Memo: As Frustrations Build in Libya, So Do Calls for Help

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 03:40 PM PDT

Many Libyans doubt that the country's warring factions will end their power struggle, even if a United Nations-sponsored peace agreement is signed soon.









Saudi Held at Guantánamo Is Repatriated, Reducing Number of Detainees to 114

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 01:36 PM PDT

The United States held the man as a wartime prisoner for more than 13 years, government files show. President Obama seeks to close the wartime prison by the time he leaves office.









India Withdraws Social Media Data Proposal After Outcry

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 01:18 PM PDT

A policy requiring that plain-text versions of messages be saved for 90 days for possible police inspection was condemned as draconian and impractical.









Pope Francis Arrives in First U.S. Visit

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 01:17 PM PDT

President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden personally welcomed the pontiff at Joint Base Andrews after his four-day visit to Cuba.









Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Deposed President, Returns to Yemen

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 12:58 PM PDT

It was unclear how long Mr. Hadi, who was pushed out by Houthi rebels, intended to stay in Aden, where he arrived on Tuesday.









Is Bridge a Sport? The High Court Will Decide

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 12:15 PM PDT

When Sport England, which promotes and finances sports in the country, ruled that bridge was an activity, not a sport, the English Bridge Union sued.









2 Are Killed in West Bank as Jewish and Muslim Holidays Approach

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 11:52 AM PDT

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in Hebron on Tuesday, and a Palestinian man was killed by an explosion that the Israeli military described as an accident.









Palestinian Woman Is First to Oversee Muslim Wedding Vows

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 11:33 AM PDT

Tahrir Hammad, 36, is conducting Palestinian weddings traditionally overseen by men as some jurists there try to get more women working in the legal system.









Letter From Europe: As Germany Takes In Refugees, It Also Rehabilitates Its Image

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 11:24 AM PDT

Europe is once again wary of Germany, which, in stark contrast to its World War II legacy, is trying to position itself as "a country of hope."









The Wrath of Volkswagen’s Drivers

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:27 AM PDT

With its admission of fraud in its diesel emissions testing, Volkswagen stands to lose drivers' trust and the sales comeback it has sought in the United States.









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