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Mother, son both die of apparent overdose
nowBuzz up!A woman and her adult son were pronounced dead tonight of apparent drug overdoses at the same home in Louisa County where another son overdosed recently, authorities said.A family friend...
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German lawyer: 115 claim sex abuse by Jesuits
ERLIN – The number of students who claim they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests at schools across Germany has jumped to 115, a lawyer said Thursday.Ursula Raue, an attorney appointed by the order...
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Rain and mud pours over Haiti's quake homeless
ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A heavy downpour sent the throngs living beside Haiti's shattered national palace cowering under tarps Thursday as the rush of water made much of the camp of earthquake victims...
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Voodooists attacked at ceremony for Haiti victims
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Angry crowds in a seaside slum attacked a group of Voodoo practitioners Tuesday, pelting them with rocks and halting a ceremony meant to honor victims of last month's deadly...
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Civil rights leader Dorothy Height dies at 98
ashington (CNN) -- Dorothy Height, a leading civil rights pioneer of the 1960s, died Tuesday at age 98, Howard University Hospital confirmed. Height died at 3:41 a.m., said hospital spokesman Ron...
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In S. Mexico, Giving Birth Is Too Often Deadly
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico (April 20) -- Among dozens of other brightly dressed women, Eugenia Urbina has been waiting on the stairs of the main hospital in this central Chiapas town for nearly...
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Thai Army Ready to Fire Live Bullets at Protesters
(April 20) -- Thailand's army announced today that it was ready to use live ammunition against anti-government protesters, prompting the Red Shirt demonstrators to cancel a march into Bangkok's...
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Graham Booted From Pentagon Prayer Event
WASHINGTON (April 22) -- The Pentagon disinvited evangelist Franklin Graham from a prayer service next month after facing pressure from a group representing angry Muslim military personnel who...
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Cruise Passengers Injured in Ship-Tip Incident
Sixty passengers aboard a Carnival cruise ship sustained minor injuries when the boat leaned suddenly as it dodged a large buoy submerged in the waters off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.The Carnival...
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7 elephants killed in India by speeding train
NEW DELHI – India's environment minister pressed railway authorities Friday to ensure the safety of elephants after seven pachyderms were mowed down by a speeding train in eastern India.The herd was...
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