World Apr 30 Thousands of protesters break into Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone Iraqi officials have declared a state of emergency in Baghdad today as teargas is being fired at thousands of protesters who climbed over the blast walls of the capital’s fortified international government center and broke into parliament. The protest was…
Nation Apr 24 Contesting bail to take on racial disparities in San Francisco jails San Francisco's Public Defender has assembled a team to help contest the bail of nearly every client in the system.
Arts Apr 23 Celebrations across the globe honor Shakespeare 400 years after his death Four hundred years after his death, which occurred on this day in 1616, fans of William Shakespeare are finding myriad ways to be or not to be celebrating his life.
World Apr 17 UN: Thousands face starvation risk at Palestinian refugee camp in Syria The United Nations has warned that as many as 10,000 civilians at a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Syria’s capital are starving and in a dire state as extremists continue to fight for territory there.
World Apr 16 Pope Francis takes three Syrian refugee families back to Vatican Pope Francis ended an emotional and symbolic trip to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday by taking three refugee families back with him to the Vatican in Rome.
World Apr 10 Fireworks explosion in India kills more than 100 attending religious festival More than 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured in Kerala, India on Sunday morning from a blaze that swept through a Hindu temple during an unauthorized fireworks show for a local new year festival.
World Apr 09 Thousands of protesters call on Cameron to resign over offshore funds Thousands of people gathered outside U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s headquarters in London on Saturday, calling for his resignation after the Panama Papers, a massive data leak, revealed his connection to offshore funds.
World Apr 03 What you need to know about the #PanamaPapers investigation Eleven million leaked documents published on Sunday reveal how a secretive law firm based in Panama may have helped world leaders such as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak move money.
Nation Apr 03 Two killed after Amtrak train derails south of Philadelphia Two people were killed and dozens more were injured after an Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment and derailed south of Philadelphia early this morning.
World Apr 02 Three face murder charges for Kolkata overpass collapse As the death toll from the collapse of a highway overpass in Kolkata, India, rose to 26 on Saturday, three employees of the Indian construction company that was building it appeared in court, facing charges of murder.