1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (487+ words) HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court is set to sentence Friday three activists who for years organized vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in a case that is widely seen as a barometer of the city's freedoms as…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (443+ words) NEW YORK – Venezuela’s former first lady wants to be let out of jail while she and her husband await trial on U.S. drug trafficking charges. Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (114+ words) clickorlando.com Couple says ‘I do’ in Orlando hospital after groom is seriously injured on way to wedding Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks the judge to spare her a second trial for killing her children Appeals court cites detention of Japanese…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (313+ words) BUKAVU – A fire swept through two adjacent schools Thursday in the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens, the provincial government said. The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that 19 girls…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (376+ words) FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (369+ words) Jean-Yves Kamale And Mark Banchereau KINSHASA – The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa’s top health body said Thursday. In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (81+ words) WKMG Smithsonian marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 with a display of rare artifacts Snoop Dogg brings the VMAs back to Los Angeles as host for Sept. 27 show Soprano Brenda Rae flies in to replace Lauren Snouffer for Opera Philadelphia's opening night Appeals…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (132+ words) BEIJING – A cargo ship docked for repairs in a Chinese port caught fire, killing 25 people, Chinese state media reported Thursday. A total of 42 people had been on the vessel, and 12 of them were safely evacuated, Xinhua reported. Five were injured…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (254+ words) LONDON – The CEO of Ryanair on Thursday disputed that a passenger injured during a flight on one of its planes in July was partly sucked out a broken window. Ljubisa Karovic injured his neck and shoulder and had friction burns…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (366+ words) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research…...