Authorities are investigating whether one of China’s top film directors fathered seven children in violation of the country’s strict family planning laws…
US man arraigned on rape, kidnap charges
Thu May 09, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A man suspected of raping and kidnapping three women who had been missing for about a decade and were found alive at his home made his first court appearance
OPD chief on medical leave
Wed May 08, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I am on medical leave and taking steps toward medical retirement.”
Amanda Berry’s sister offers thanks, seeks privacy
Wed May 08, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Immigration bill’s family visa changes would hurt Asian Americans
Wed May 08, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Immigration bill’s family visa changes would hurt Asian Americans…
Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers
Wed May 08, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The U.S. Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control, and, if necessary, launch nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings…
Images of tiger abuse at China zoos upset public
Tue May 07, 2013 By 1 Comment
A video and photos of tigers being abused in a pair of incidents during China’s May Day holiday have caused public condemnation, prompting apologies and promises that such incidents…
Minn. hiker found dead at cliff bottom in Yosemite
Tue May 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Authorities say a missing hiker has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff in Yosemite National Park…
Republicans question security in immigration bill
Tue May 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Republican senators criticized border security provisions in an ambitious bipartisan immigration bill Tuesday…
Frantic call leads to 3 missing women in US
Tue May 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Three women who went missing separately about a decade ago were found in a home in the Midwestern U.S. city of Cleveland and likely had been tied up during years of captivity…
China denies renewed US cyberattack claims
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Internet sales tax bill faces tough sell in House
Tue May 07, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet…
Infographic: 2012 US legal permanent residents
Fri May 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Infographic: 2012 US legal permanent residents
Largest of Northern Calif. fires continues to grow
Fri May 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Latest China food scandal: Rat meat sold as lamb
Fri May 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Chinese police have broken up a criminal ring accused of taking meat from rats and foxes and selling it as lamb in the country’s latest food safety scandal.
China indicts official in sex tape with corruption
Fri May 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Chinese prosecutors have filed corruption charges against a former city official at the center of a sex tape scandal in which developers allegedly hired women to sleep with officials…
Strong US jobs report triggers stock market rally
Fri May 03, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Stock markets rallied on Friday, with both the Dow and S&P hitting new highs, after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report…
China says no foreign link in Xinjiang violence
Thu May 02, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Investigators found no foreign links to extremist violence in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region last week in which 25 people died…
City College teachers file complaint
Thu May 02, 2013 By Leave a Comment
City College of San Francisco’s teachers have filed a complaint against the accrediting commission that placed sanctions on the school last year…
13-year-old arrested over bomb threat
Thu May 02, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with using the social media service Instagram to make threats to a student…
US: Mexican women forced into sex 25 times a day
Wed May 01, 2013 By Leave a Comment
U.S. authorities say young Mexican women were driven to rural New Jersey and forced to have sex with 25 farmworkers a day…
Child shoots, kills sister with gift rifle
Wed May 01, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Authorities say a 5-year-old child in Kentucky shot and killed his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he got as a gift…
Boston police: Three additional suspects taken into custody
Wed May 01, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Three more suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings were taken into custody, city police said Wednesday…
US woman disfigured in attack reveals new face
Wed May 01, 2013 By Leave a Comment
NJ teacher to appeal firing for urinating in class
Tue Apr 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
China says suspects met to study Quran
Tue Apr 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The perpetrators of deadly violence last week in China’s Xinjiang region held secret Quran study sessions and possessed extremist religious literature…
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Tue Apr 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A spaceship bankrolled by British tycoon Sir Richard Branson made its first engine-powered flight…
Obama: Boston review designed to prevent attacks
Tue Apr 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama says a national security review following the Boston Marathon bombings will look at whether there is more the government can do to stop…
Boston Globe reporter on Boston bombing carjacking victim
Sat Apr 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Tamerlan says you answer, and you say a word in Chinese, because he knows if he’s speaking in Chinese he might rat them out, he says I’ll kill you and don’t be stupid….
Congress votes to end air traffic furloughs
Fri Apr 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment