KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament Monday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers... READ MORE »
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Four Roman Catholic shrines, including one featuring the glass-enclosed body of a saint wearing his bishop's vestments and a wax mask so lifelike he appears ready to... READ MORE »
BEIJING (AP) — Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town held an annual dog meat festival Monday despite international criticism of the event as cruel and unhygienic.
The Yulin government... READ MORE »
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A woman charged with stabbing her husband to death told investigators she had worked as a butcher in Russia and killed him "professionally," just like she would have... READ MORE »
NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. (AP) — A rapper's use of a West Virginia courtroom to film a vigilante-themed music video using fake guns has not made a fan of at least one local official.
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Fatherhood has been exhilarating for Weston Clark, who put aside a teaching career to be a stay-at-home dad for a 4-year-old son and 17-month-old daughter adopted by him and his husband.... READ MORE »
ISTANBUL (AP) — WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency website said Friday, a move that echoes its famous... READ MORE »
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One Utah university is giving students glued to their cellphones a place to call their own: a designated lane for texting while walking.
The neon green lanes painted... READ MORE »
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter's Hero Dog award has gone to a cat.
In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his... READ MORE »
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police are investigating a Facebook video that appears to show a young boy driving a semitrailer on a highway.
Authorities are trying to determine if the boy was... READ MORE »
