Unflappable Ananya Vinay wins National Spelling Bee Ananya Vinay never looked all that impressed by any of the words she was given in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 12-year-old from Fresno, California, showed little emotion and didn’t take much time as she plowed through word after […]
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Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied up by passengers, police said Thursday. The 25-year-old Sri Lankan man had […]
Philippine Military Kills 10 of Its Soldiers in Errant Airstrike An airstrike by the Philippine military killed 10 of the country’s own soldiers and injured eight others as the government struggled to take back the southern city of Marawi from insurgents loyal to the Islamic State, officials said on Thursday. […]
Noose found at exhibit in African American Smithsonian museum A noose was found Wednesday in a public gallery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture museum, the second such incident on Smithsonian grounds in less than a week, officials said. David J. Skorton, secretary of the Smithsonian […]
Pro-Paris agreement protest planned outside the White House Thursday A Washington, D.C. environmental group is calling a last-minute protest on Thursday to oppose President Trump's expected withdrawal from the Paris climate deal. The protest, organized by 350 DC, was announced on Wednesday and is set to follow Trump's announcement on […]
Kabul Bombing Kills at Least 80, Shaking City Center A truck bombing near the Afghan presidential palace early Wednesday killed at least 80 people and wounded hundreds, officials said. The death toll seemed certain to rise, and the attack appeared to be one of the bloodiest of the long Afghan […]
Supreme Court tightens rules on where companies can be sued The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tightened rules on where injury lawsuits may be filed, handing a victory to corporations by undercutting the ability of plaintiffs to bring claims in friendly courts in a case involving Texas-based BNSF Railway Co. […]
Philippines vows to save hostages as fight corners militants Philippine authorities have reached out to parties who may be able to talk with Muslim militants in a bid to secure the freedom of hostages in a southern city where a week of fighting has killed 129 people, officials said Wednesday. […]
Pentagon missile defense program scores a win The Pentagon’s oft-criticized missile defense program has scored a triumph, destroying a mock warhead over the Pacific Ocean with an interceptor that is key to protecting U.S. territory from a North Korean attack. Vice Adm. Jim Syring, director of the Pentagon agency in […]
80 killed in blast near diplomatic area in Afghanistan A huge explosion hit near the German Embassy in Kabul during rush hour Wednesday morning, killing at least 80 people and injuring 300 others close to a highly secure diplomatic area. Video from the scene showed a towering plume of black […]
