GM recall: Why were so many victims young?
DETROIT (AP) — As the deaths are tallied from General Motors’ delayed recall of compact cars, one thing is becoming clear: Of those killed, the majority were young. In a... Read more »
View ArticleSupremacist ID’d as Kansas shootings suspect
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and Jewish retirement complex near Kansas City is a well-known white... Read more »
View ArticlePope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Marking Christianity’s most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks... Read more »
View ArticlePoet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty... Read more »
View ArticleWHO: Ebola now a global emergency
Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help... Read more »
View ArticleIslamic State: Enslaving women, children justified
ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) – The Islamic State group said it enslaved families from the minority Yazidi sect after overrunning their villages in northwestern Iraq, in what it praised as the... Read more »
View ArticleUnity and defiance: Thousands to converge on Paris in rally
PARIS (AP) — A rally of defiance and sorrow, protected by an unparalleled level of security, on Sunday will honor the 17 victims of three days of bloodshed in Paris... Read more »
View ArticlePolice: 1 of gunmen in attack that killed 148 was Kenyan
GARISSA, Kenya (AP) — The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the gunmen who attacked a Kenyan college where 148 people were killed, authorities said Sunday. Abdirahim... Read more »
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