News aggregator
VIDEO: New cruise route to North Korea
Chinese tourists are replacing South Koreans in a resort which once symbolised the reconciliation of the two Koreas.
Categories: BBC World News
Quotations of the day
"Plaza (Towers Elementary School) did the best they could. That's all they have. I'm big on the schools need shelters. They need storm cellars, something where these kids can go and we're not picking through rubble to try and find our kids." — Mikki Davis, mother of 8-year-old Oklahoma tornado victim Kyle Davis.
Categories: Yahoo! National News
Padres' rally fizzles in 5-3 loss to Cardinals
Burch Smith's first stint in the major leagues was a short one.
Categories: Sports Center
Pacers see chance slip in Game 1 of East finals
Paul George did all he could.
Categories: Sports Center
LeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1
LeBron James caught the inbounds pass, changed direction and immediately attacked the rim.
Categories: Sports Center
Oil falls below $93 as China manufacturing weakens
The price of oil fell below $93 per barrel Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Oil falls below $93 as China manufacturing weakens
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell below $93 per barrel Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading.
Categories: Yahoo! National News
10 of popular culture's best Machiavellian characters
Ten great villains modelled on Machiavelli
Categories: BBC World News
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Man shot by FBI had spoken with bombing suspect
A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to that of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the time.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Constable masterpiece bought by Tate
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, one of Constable's "most important paintings", is bought by the Tate for a "bargain" £23.1m.
Categories: BBC World News
Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.
Categories: Yahoo! National News
Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98, its worst drop since the 2011 tsunami.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Japan stocks dive as benchmark bond yield spikes
BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98, its worst drop since the 2011 tsunami.
Categories: Yahoo! National News
More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) — A school bus slammed into the back of another one, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured.
Categories: Yahoo! National News
Germany tops BBC country image poll
A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world.
Categories: BBC World News
UK emergency committee meets after attack
The British government's emergency committee is set to meet Thursday after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.
Categories: Seattle Times Headlines
Trans-US solar plane sets new record
The Solar Impulse plane sets a new record for distance flown by a solar-powered craft as it completes the second leg of a bid to cross the US.
Categories: BBC World News
Some funeral homes choose fun 'life celebrations'
Using props to highlight the departed's interests and hobbies is key part of new approach.
Categories: USAToday.com Top Headlines