7th Shark Attack Reported in North Carolina
A 68-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital via helicopter after he was attacked by a shark today off Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, officials said.
A 68-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital via helicopter after he was attacked by a shark today off Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, officials said.
Police are awaiting word from the city’s animal control officials about how the dogs died.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Johnny Cueto got a standing ovation from the crowd of 26,459 as he walked off the field after pitching the eighth inning, giving him what could be a final send-off.
Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday hit out against the BJP-led municipal corporation of Delhi, calling it a den of corruption that had frittered away public funds and failed in its duty of keeping the city clean.
A top secret draft of the official report into the cause of the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine was handed to the Australian government experts almost one month ago, it has emerged.
The Justice Department is investigating some U.S. airlines for potentially colluding on expansion plans.
Goldman Sachs analysts started coverage of the sector Wednesday with a positive outlook.
Goldman Sachs analysts started coverage of the sector Wednesday with a positive outlook.
Donald Trump says the golf industry supports him because "they know I'm right." Four leading golf organizations said he's wrong.
In pictures selected Wednesday by Wall Street Journal editors, a prospective plebe at the U.S. Naval Academy gets his head shaved, pensioners line up at an Athens bank, and more.
LOS ANGELES - The family of a California college student who died during a grueling fraternity hazing hike is suing the organization and the school, saying the young man's death was senseless and easily preventable.
The White House announced Wednesday the opening of a U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, which is seen as a key step toward more normal diplomatic ties with the Cold War foe.
Liberia has gone several months without a case of Ebola, but this week, health officials announced two new cases.
Under a new program started this year, children from Central America who fear for their lives in their home country and have a relative living legally in the U.S. can petition for refugee status. In part two of NPR's look at one family's attempt to reunite under the program, a story of two children in El Salvador who haven't seen their father in more than 16 years.
Two weeks after nine were killed in a church in Charleston, protesters and politicians are calling for a renewed focus on remedying racial disparities in the state and for discussions about race.
Kraft Foods Group shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the company’s sale to H.J. Heinz, a deal that brings together two storied packaged-food companies vying for attention as consumers look for healthier, fresher fare. About two dozen shareholders attended a 14-minute meeting Wednesday in Chicago, and an overwhelming majority of shares voted in favor of the merger, which is set to close Thursday afternoon and will almost certainly lead to major job cuts. Kraft Chairman and CEO John Cahill ended... Читать дальше...
Smith earned his entry into the Main Event a decade ago by winning a satellite event at Petaluma’s 101 Casino. In a departure from previous years, the Main Event will pay the top 1,000 players if 5,000 or more enter, a near certainty. Because of its size, the Main Event has three start dates: this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, July 5, 6 and 7. Antonio Esfandiari, a perennial contender who is among the game’s top money winners, offered tips about his favorite places in Vegas for those heading to the desert city. Читать дальше...
After last week's Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, events are being held across the country, including in Allentown, Penn., to decide the LGBT community's next public policy objective.
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Kareem Fahim, Middle East reporter for The New York Times, about the massive attack on Egyptian soldiers by militants in the Sinai Peninsula Wednesday.
Frontier Airlines is saying goodbye to New Castle Airport in Wilmington, Del. That makes the second-smallest state the only one in the country without access to commercial passenger flights.
Lawmakers want to probe the allegation that Gov. LePage threatened to withhold over $500,000 from a state charter school if it didn't remove a Democratic legislator.
Violent crime has ticked up in certain metro areas. Police are scrambling to hold the line while at the same time trying not to appear overzealous.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a response from the head of department, forensic department, AIIMS, Sudhir Gupta, on a plea by the institute seeking his replacement.
Washington voters will have an opportunity to slap on tough penalties for trafficking in parts and products of species threatened with extinction, thanks to an initiative campaign underwritten by Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The campaign for Initiative 1401 is turning in 348,627 signatures, far more than the 246,372 needed, to qualify the measure for the November ballot. Allen launched the campaign when the Legislature refused to act: The measure is focused on a list of 10 endangered animals... Читать дальше...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a California college student who died during a grueling fraternity hazing hike is suing the organization and the school, saying the young man's death was senseless and easily preventable. Nineteen-year-old Armando Villa, who attended California State University, Northridge, died a year ago Wednesday after he collapsed during an 18-mile hike organized by Pi Kappa Phi.