LONDON – British rocker Pete Doherty was released on bail Sunday by police investigating tabloid newspaper photos that showed him injecting himself and a woman with drugs, a police official said. The Babyshambles singer was detained Saturday morning on suspicion of recklessly administering a noxious substance, the official said, speaking …
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Some incidents of violence inside the Capitol and its office buildings: — 1835: President Andrew Jackson barely escaped assassination outside the Capitol Rotunda. — 1915: A Harvard professor disturbed by U.S. policy toward Germany destroyed two Senate rooms with a bomb. — 1954: Four Puerto Rican nationalists fired from the …
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PORTLAND, Ore. – Clumsy but lovable as a single mom on the TV hit “Desperate Housewives,” Teri Hatcher has signed on to play quite a different kind of mother in the first feature film from Nike chairman Phil Knight’s Portland animation studio. The Oregonian reported in its Tuesday edition that …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The chief judge formally charged Saddam Hussein on Monday with crimes against humanity, including torture of women and children, murder and the illegal arrest of 399 people in a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s. A defiant Saddam refused to enter a plea. Saddam, who was alone …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen seized a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates late Tuesday after shooting a security guard, police said. Police Lt. Thair Mohammed said the diplomat was abducted in the city’s Mansour district about 10 p.m. He added that a Sudanese security guard, Bedawi Ahmed Ibrahim, was shot …
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WASHINGTON – Under intense bipartisan fire from Capitol Hill, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Wednesday he was outraged by his agency’s decision to keep the theft of veterans’ personal data quiet for two weeks. “I will not tolerate inaction and poor judgment when it comes to protecting our veterans,” …
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TOKYO – Japan agreed Wednesday to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports, pending planned inspections of U.S. meat processing plants, the agriculture ministry said. The Asian nation imposed the ban over concerns about mad cow disease. The breakthrough resolves a thorny, long-running trade dispute between the allies, and gives …
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The silence from the human rights groups is grotesque. Two American soldiers are captured. Time for the insurgency to prove they can abide the Geneva Accords, or any standard of decency. Or time for them to prove they can confine their barbarity to simple aggressive interrogation techniques. Or time for …
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LONDON – British and U.S. authorities are investigating alleged price-fixing in passenger fares and fuel surcharges by British Airways PLC and other airlines, the carrier said Thursday, and two senior executives have been placed on leave. BA said it was assisting the Office of Fair Trading and the U.S. Department …
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NEW YORK – Retirees with company-sponsored medical benefits face higher costs, more restrictions and different plan options as their former employers move to curb their spending on such perks, a new study said. The good news is the majority of companies currently offering retiree medical benefits have no plans to …
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