Report: UN workers exploited Haitian women
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Members of a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission engaged in “transactional sex” with more than 225 Haitian women who said...
Bomb threat: White House briefing room briefly evacuated
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secret Service agents interrupted a live, televised White House press briefing Tuesday to evacuate journalists after a bomb threat was called...
Denied under Nazis, 102-year-old Jewish woman gets doctorate
BERLIN (AP) — Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport wasn't allowed to defend her doctoral thesis in 1938 under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish. Nearly eight decades...
Video of officer who drew gun on black teens raises tension
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - A black teenager in a swimsuit repeatedly cried out, "Call my momma!" as a white police officer pinned her to...
Ruling party leads, 1st independent wins in Mexico elections
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican voters elected their first independent gubernatorial candidate, seen as a protest against party politics, while giving the ruling party...
Answers sought in NY Shawshank Redemption-style escape
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Two murderers who escaped from a prison by cutting through steel walls and pipes remain on the loose as authorities...