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North Korea to Release Detained N.Y.U. Student, South Says

North Korea to Release Detained N.Y.U. Student, South Says


North Korea to Release Detained N.Y.U. Student, South Says

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 11:38 PM PDT

Once returned to the South, the student, Joo Won-moon, will most likely face an interrogation on criminal charges of violating the law.









American Apparel Files for Bankruptcy

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 11:33 PM PDT

No layoffs were announced in the filing, which still requires approval by the bankruptcy court and is part of a deal that would let the clothing retailer keep most of its 130 U.S. stores open.









Highlights From Week 4 of the N.F.L.

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 10:57 PM PDT

Drew Brees threw the 400th touchdown pass of his career, leading the Saints over the Cowboys in overtime.









Seoul: N. Korea to Release Detained South Korean Student

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 10:57 PM PDT

North Korea will free a South Korean national who'd been attending New York University before his detention, Seoul officials said Monday, in a possible sign Pyongyang wants better ties with rival Seoul and may back away from a recent threat to launch a long-range rocket later this month.









Eye Treatment Closes In on Being First Gene Therapy Approved in U.S.

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 09:00 PM PDT

Spark Therapeutics said the treatment had allowed people with certain so-called inherited retinal dystrophies to maneuver in dimmer light than they could before.









Center-Right Coalition That Applied Austerity Measures Is Re-elected in Portugal

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 06:44 PM PDT

Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's two-party coalition won almost 39 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results, ahead of the main opposition Socialist party, which got 32 percent.









Hundreds Missing in Guatemala as Landslide Cleanup Begins

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 06:35 PM PDT

The death toll stood at 131, but officials estimated 300 people were missing after a mudslide engulfed a neighborhood, and by Sunday, little hope remained that anyone would be found alive.









U.S. Aims to Put More Pressure on ISIS in Syria

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 06:31 PM PDT

About 3,000 to 5,000 Arab fighters are to join more than 20,000 Kurdish combatants in an offensive backed by dozens of allied warplanes to pressure Raqqa, the Islamic State's main stronghold in Syria.









São Paulo Journal: Fighting Resistance, a Mayor Strives to Ease Gridlock in a Brazilian Megacity

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 06:26 PM PDT

Fernando Haddad's efforts have unleashed a fierce debate over mobility, the utilization of public spaces and the limits of political power in São Paulo.









Campuses Debate Rising Demands for ‘Comfort Animals’

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 06:18 PM PDT

Many colleges are figuring out how to field increasing requests from students with psychiatric diagnoses for so-called emotional support animals.









Doctors Without Borders Says It Is Leaving Kunduz After Strike on Hospital

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 05:50 PM PDT

The aid organization also raised the death toll in Saturday's airstrike, saying that three more patients had died, raising the total fatalities to 22 — 10 patients and 12 staff members.









Taliban’s New Leader Strengthens His Hold With Intrigue and Battlefield Victory

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 05:42 PM PDT

Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour has become central to the Taliban's revival as a powerful insurgency that poses a grave threat to the Afghan government.









Flooding Cripples South Carolina Where Some Areas See Over a Foot of Rain

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 05:29 PM PDT

Forecasters projected possible heavy storms through Sunday and warned that other sections of the Eastern Seaboard could be subject to flooding through the day.









Hundreds Missing in Guatemala as Landslide Cleanup Begins

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 05:22 PM PDT

Mote than 100 people were killed, but officials said about 300 were still missing after a mudslide engulfed a neighborhood.









Islamic State Militants Blow Up Ancient Arch of Triumph in Palmyra

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 04:15 PM PDT

Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a major monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra, Syria's antiquities chief said on Sunday, after they destroyed two ancient temples at the central Syrian site in recent months.









Engine Shortfall Pushed Volkswagen to Evade Emissions Testing

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:52 PM PDT

The carmaker installed emissions-cheating software in 2008 after realizing that a new diesel motor could not meet pollution standards, people familiar with an internal inquiry said.









Portugal Government Re-elected Despite Painful Austerity

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 03:18 PM PDT

Portugal's center-right coalition government earned another four-year term Sunday, winning a general election behind an improving economy that weathered the austerity measures contested across Europe, but falling short of a crucial outright majority in Parliament.









White House Letter: Malia Obama’s College Pick: Ivies, Liberal Arts or Public University?

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 12:47 PM PDT

The first daughter is in the middle of the pressure-filled process of writing personal essays, asking for teacher recommendations and narrowing her choices.









U.S. and 11 Nations Close to Accord on Trade Pact

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 12:23 PM PDT

Negotiators appeared close to accord on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would phase out thousands of import tariffs and non-tariff barriers.









Pope Francis Opens Vatican Synod on Family Issues

Posted: 04 Oct 2015 11:16 AM PDT

Francis told bishops that the church must stay true to its teachings on the "indissolubility" of marriage, while also calling on them to be sensitive to the complexity of modern society.









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