World Oct 27 Pro-Europe parties in the lead in Ukraine’s parliamentary vote Two parties considered pro-European were in the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine, according to partial tallies on Monday.
Nation Oct 23 Meet Hurricane and Jordan, the dogs injured in White House jumper incident The United States Secret Service Thursday tweeted out photos of the two dogs that sustained minor injuries from Wednesday's White House fence jumper.
World Oct 23 Only one gunman in Ottawa attack, Canadian police confirm A gunman shot a Canadian soldier standing at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, according to witnesses and police. More shots were fired inside the parliament building.
Nation Oct 22 Leaked autopsy on Michael Brown shooting refutes earlier report An autopsy report leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests Michael Brown -- the Ferguson, Missouri, teen who was killed by police officer Darren Wilson -- was shot in the hand at close range and might have been reaching for…
Nation Oct 19 Could comet Siding Spring’s tail hit one of NASA’s Mars orbiters? Miles O'brien spoke with Rich Zurek, chief scientist of Mars Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory, about particles in Comet Siding Spring's tail that could collide with NASA's Mars orbiters. The tiny tail particles, about a millimeter in size,…
World Oct 17 How peacekeepers are trying to stop a genocide in the Central African Republic When Christian militias began murdering their Muslim neighbors in the Central African Republic, a small group of peacekeepers kept the killing at bay. But the country remains a tinderbox -- with half a million refugees -- while both sides are…
Economy Oct 15 Stock market shows massive losses The stock market declined sharply Wednesday afternoon, with all three major indexes now experiencing dips that put them into negative territory for the year.
Nation Oct 15 Poll: Tell us which National Book Award finalists you have read Today, the National Book Award finalist list was cut in half with the announcement of the short lists for awards in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature. The list includes such recognized writers as Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time…
Health Oct 15 Second Texas hospital worker tests positive for Ebola, flew on airplane A second hospital worker who had been caring for the first diagnosed Ebola patient in the United States has tested positive for the virus. She flew on Frontier Airlines the day before she reported symptoms, and passengers on the flight…
World Oct 15 Police clash with protesters at disputed underpass in Hong Kong Hong Kong police armed with riot shields and pepper spray battled pro-democracy activists for control of an underpass overnight Wednesday, sparking the worst violence yet in the two-week protests.