Police say human remains found Saturday in Virginia could be those of missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham - who was last seen on Sept.
ABUJA, Nigeri - There's no dancing in the streets, but people in the hometown of more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are cautiously optimistic about news of a cease-fire with the Islamic extremists who abducted their daughters six months ago.
The Dallas nurses who contracted Ebola while treating a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital have been moved from the building, but patients are still steering clear of the once-bustling hospital.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States but more than 100 people being monitored in case they contract the disease, President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday not to give in to "hysteria" about the ...
Obama urges Americans not to give in to hysteria over Ebola With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States but dozens of people being monitored in case they contract the illness, President… Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday not to give in to "hysteria" about the spread of the virus.
DEPRIVED of sleep and armed with only a Kalashnikov, Avshin Kobane knows each day could be her last. But she is not afraid to fight on the front line, defending the Syrian town from which she takes her nom de guerre against one of the most violent terrorist ...
Jacqueline Jolles. A large number of people were seen on Blake Street in Keene, N.H., this afternoon. KEENE, N.H. - Disturbances are continuing late into the night after parties at Keene State College spun out of control earlier Saturday.
Catholic gay rights groups say the rejection by bishops of proposals for wider acceptance of gay people, backed by Pope Francis, is "very disappointing".
Hurricane Gonzalo is expected to track southeast of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula on Sunday morning, although it will dump a fair bit of rain over the island.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent coastguard vessels to disputed waters in the East China Sea after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angered Beijing by sending a ritual offering to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead from Japan's wars.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Violent clashes erupted early on Sunday in a Hong Kong protest hotspot as unarmed pro-democracy activists once again confronted riot police despite the confirmation of talks between protest leaders and officials early this week.
Hurricane Ana remains a category 1 hurricane, has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and is moving 8 mph in a northwest direction according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
An enraged Brooklyn man beat a helpless 3-year-old girl to death Saturday after she accidentally went to the bathroom in her pants while he was babysitting, police sources said.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Morgan Stanley reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Friday. Here are five key things that are important to investors: Equity trading a standout: The bank reported higher revenues from equity trading than its ...
Sprint Corp. (S) said its previously announced job cuts will include 452 positions in Overland Park, Kansas, where the company is headquartered, according to a filing yesterday with the Kansas Department of Commerce.
Anonabox planned to provide users an easy way to encrypt their internet traffic with a small device that would use the Tor service to provide for anonymity.
The October 16 Apple Keynote event was foreshadowed by hypes and leaks tirelessly circulating the net. Like Us on Facebook. For one it introduced some of the most leapfrogging technology in the digital world.
With the launch of OS X Yosemite this week, Apple has delivered a new operating system that is rich with new features that can make any Apple user's life easier, especially if you own an iOS device.
OS X Yosemite Download Via Torrent + Mac App Store OS X Yosemite Downloading .... Are you ready for next level of OS X? Apple has been released new OS X 10.10 Yosemite for all, who want new OS for …his Mac. If you have iMac (Mid 2007 or newer), MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer), Ma...
Do you think Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) can re-establish a strong presence in Punjab? Yes. No. Don't know. Do you think Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) can re-establish a strong presence in Punjab?
Ohio State is on an historic roll and quarterback J.T. Barrett is leading the way. Loading… Post to Facebook. Ohio State stays on a roll, steamrolls Rutgers Ohio State is on an historic roll and quarterback J.T.
TUSCALOOSA, AL - OCTOBER 18: Ryan Anderson #7 of the Alabama Crimson Tide tackles Kenny Hill #7 of the Texas A&M Aggies at Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 18, 2014 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Photo: Bo Rader / McClatchy-Tribune News Service Kansas State players celebrate after a 31-30 win at Oklahoma. The Sooners drove to the Wildcats' 1-yard line in the final minutes, but Michael Hunnicutt missed a field-goal attempt.
A league source confirmed that the Seahawks will receive a 2015 draft pick for Harvin - a sixth-rounder if he is cut by the Jets after the season, a fourth-rounder if he remains on the roster.
Photo: Stephen Lam / Special To The Chronicle Travis Ishikawa takes batting practice at AT&T Park. Ishikawa says he can no longer walk anonymously around San Francisco since his dramatic home run.
Saturn's icy moon Mimas may hide a 'fossil' core or an ocean. A new study focused on the interior of Mimas suggests its cratered surface hides one of two intriguing possibilities: Either… the moon's frozen core is shaped something like a football, or the satellite contains a liquid water ocean: http://buff.ly/1zecS9Q
Scientists should get a grandstand view of a comet on Sunday when it makes a dramatic flyby of Mars. The icy object, known as Siding Spring, will miss the Red Planet by what is - in astronomical terms - just a hair's breadth, or 139,500km (87,000 miles).
On Oct. 19, Comet Siding Spring will pass within 88,000 miles of Mars – just one third of the distance from the Earth to the Moon! Traveling at 33 miles per second and weighing as much as a small moun…tain, the comet hails from the outer fringes of our solar system, originating in a region of icy debris known as the Oort cloud. Watch how we're observing the event.
A new study has found that there is a link between mitochondria and parasitic bacteria. The researchers from the University of Virginia said that these two things are linked even though their roles are completely opposite.
Are Ebola travel ban proponents unmoved, engaging in magical thinking, or both? I just heard an especially apt word used to describe the reaction of many of those advocating a travel ban to hearing …the objections of epidemiologists: "unmoved". If you can look at what the likely results of a travel ban would be and continue to think it's the right thing to do, the only explanation I can come up with is that you're unmoved at th...
Ebola fears strike Dallas again Dallas local media reported a woman fell ill at a Dallas transit station. Those reports were quickly downplayed by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, who said the woman was n…ot on any Ebola watchlist. The woman had a low-grade fever at a station in Northeast Dallas, WFAA-Channel 8 said, quoting a DART spokesman. DART closed White Rock Station, and Dallas hazardous materials teams were dispatched there, it said.
