Putin divorce sparks denial and disbelief in Moscow
Vladimir Putin and his wife had gone on national television to tell the world their marriage was over. Yet on the streets of Moscow today I found many Russians still refusing to believe that a Russian...
View ArticleGunman shoots at vehicles near Santa Monica college
Comments Santa Monica, Calif. — A shooting has been reported near the campus of Southern California's Santa Monica College. Santa Monica police Sgt. Rudy Flores said several victims are down and the...
View ArticleGunman shoots at vehicles near Santa Monica college; several people wounded
Tami Abdollah Associated Press Comments Santa Monica, Calif. — Someone fired gunshots near the campus of Santa Monica College shortly before noon Friday, police said, and several people were reported...
View ArticleDingell's record of service met with praise
Marisa Schultz and David Shepardson Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Washington — U.S. Rep. John Dingell marked his milestone as the longest-serving member of Congress Friday by sharing lessons...
View ArticleVladimir Putin and the Kremlin taboo: Russian President announces divorce...
In an awkward joint interview on state television, given after a rare public outing together, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced that they have separated. The couple were...
View ArticleObama, Chinese leader aim to build ties at Calif. estate
Julie Pace Associated Press Comments Palm Springs, Calif. — Opening a two-day summit, President Barack Obama drew attention to contentious economic and cybersecurity issues Friday night as he warmly...
View ArticleDoctor: 1 victim of Santa Monica shooting has died
Tami Abdollah Associated Press Comments Santa Monica, Calif. — Medical officials say a woman who was wounded at a shooting near Santa Monica College in California has died. Dr. Marshall Morgan, the...
View ArticleImmigrant health big issue
Erica Werner Associated Press Comments Washington — Health care coverage for newly legalized immigrants is emerging as a thorny issue in Congress' drive to remake the nation's immigration system,...
View ArticleVladimir Putin breaks Kremlin taboo by revealing break-up with wife
President Vladimir Putin's carefully stage-managed announcement that he and his wife of 30 years were divorcing came as a true shock in Russia. Vladimir Putin breaks Kremlin taboo by revealing...
View ArticleProbe examines IRS targeting
Stephen Ohlemacher Associated Press Comments Washington — Congressional investigators are starting to see cracks in the Internal Revenue Service argument that a small group of agents in the Cincinnati...
View ArticleGunman kills at least six in Santa Monica before he's shot by police
Tami Abdollah Associated Press Comments Santa Monica, Calif. — A man with a semi-automatic rifle killed at least six people and wounded several others Friday as he carried out a deadly rampage across...
View ArticleMetro Detroit students get taste of sweet success with Lemonade Day
The Detroit News Comments Purchase Image Sixth-grader Emma Zamora carries her sign advertising her stand for Lemonade Day, a national effort to teach students a variety of lessons in class work and...
View ArticleVladimir Putin’s Potemkin Love Life
MOSCOW – From Russia with love? Not in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In recent days, Putin decided to reaffirm the Russian-Syrian geopolitical marriage of convenience by following through on a sale of...
View ArticleBriefs: Texas actress charged in Obama ricin threat
Comments Mimi Leveque, a freelance conservator, cleans Padihershef, a 2,500-year-old mummy, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. (Gretchen Ertl / Associated Press) Nation Texarkana, Texas — A...
View ArticlePolice: Gunman killed 6 in Santa Monica shootings
Tami Abdollah Associated Press Comments Santa Monica, Calif. — Authorities say a gunman carrying an assault-style rifle killed at least six people in Santa Monica before police killed him during a...
View ArticleAir Force names woman to head sex assault office
Robert Burns Associated Press Comments Woodward ) Washington — The Air Force has put a female two-star general in charge of a beefed-up office responsible for sexual assault prevention and response,...
View ArticleProtests tarnish Turkey's image
Elena Becatoros and Suzan Fraser Associated Press Comments Demonstrators keep up their protests of Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan during a march Friday in Ankara, Turkey. (Marco Longari / Getty...
View ArticleCleveland man faces 329 charges in case of three missing women
Ann Sanner Associated Press Comments Columbus, Ohio — A man accused of holding three women captive in his run-down home in Cleveland for a decade and fathering a child with one of them has been...
View ArticlePlan to allow wolf hunting in Lower 48
Matthew Brown and John Flesher Associated Press Comments The gray wolf has rebounded from near-extermination, and protections have been lifted in many states, including Michigan. (Yellowstone National...
View ArticleAt least 6 dead in shooting rampage near California college
Tami Abdollah Associated Press Comments Los Angeles Police officers detain a man Friday near the shooting at Santa Monica College. Police said the guman, who they say began his spree at a home, acted...
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