Stifling heat has killed more than 1,100 people in India in less than one week. The worst-hit area is the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, where authorities say 852 people have died in the heat wave. Another 266 have died in the neighboring state of Telangana. India...
Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner whose longtime struggle with mental illness inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey, state police said on Sunday. The couple were in a taxi when the driver...
Los Angeles County authorities were in a stand-off early on Friday with an elderly woman who fired at a police robot and barricaded herself inside a mobile home in the Topanga Canyon outside the city, officials said. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the incident...
[caption id="attachment_5629" align="alignleft" width="300"] British Prime Minister - David Cameron[/caption] LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron will propose new laws to control immigration in a speech Thursday, including giving police the power to seize wages earned by illegal immigrants. In his first speech...
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Cuba has established a banking relationship in the United States, clearing another major obstacle to the countries re-establishing diplomatic relations, a senior State Department official said Tuesday. The official refused to identify the bank, though news reports had suggested Cuba was...