Waitress says co-worker owes her half of $300K lottery winnings
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Al Franken Makes First Public Speech Since Announcing His Resignation
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Trump Says Postal Service Should Charge Amazon More: Here's Why He's Wrong
USPS has its problems, but Amazon isn't one of them.
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Battle Over Contested Virginia House Of Delegates Seat Will Drag On
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Turkey detains 75 Islamic State suspects: police, media
Turkish police detained 75 suspected Islamic State members in two operations on Friday, state media and police said, after arresting about 120 such suspects across Turkey a day earlier, tightening security ahead of the New Year. Some 500 police officers took part in simultaneous raids across Ankara, and many of those detained were foreign nationals, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Materials seized in the raids indicated some of the suspects had made preparations for an attack over New Year, it added.
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Iran warns protesters will 'pay the price' as unrest turns deadly
Iran warned on Sunday that protesters will "pay the price" after a third night of unrest saw mass demonstrations across the country in which two people were killed and dozens arrested. As videos on social media showed thousands marching across the country, an official in the small western town of Dorud confirmed two people had been killed during protests, but denied security forces had fired on the crowd. "A number of people took to the streets responding to calls from hostile groups," Lorestan province deputy governor Habibollah Khojastehpour told state television.
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Road rage finally puts alleged 'Goodfellas' mobster, 82, behind bars
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Model Lauren Wasser on Second Leg Amputation: 'It’s a Hard Decision, But My Only Way to Freedom
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Save the bees: Inside a bee sanctuary's fight to save colonies – and the world's food supply – from collapse
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16 December Wedding Pics With Plenty Of Love To Keep You Warm
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Russia sentences financier, Magnitsky advocate to prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Friday sentenced the financier who has advocated for a U.S. law targeting Russian officials over human rights abuses to nine years in prison in absentia over tax evasion and funneling money overseas.
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San Juan Mayor Says Trump Lacks 'Good-Hearted' American Values
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Ukraine kidnappers free bitcoin analyst after $1 mln ransom paid
By Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Ukraine have released an employee at a United Kingdom-registered cryptocurrency exchange after getting more than $1 million in bitcoins as ransom, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister told Reuters on Friday. Pavel Lerner, a leading analyst and blockchain expert, was abducted by unknown masked people on Dec. 26, according to a statement by his company, EXMO Finance, on its website. "This is the first such case in Ukraine linked to bitcoins," Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said in a phone text message.
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Deadly Police Shooting May Have Been Result of Online Gaming Prank
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Keepers Wrangle Ally the Alligator So They Can Save Her Record-Breaking 60 Eggs
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Nepal bans solo climbers from Everest
Nepal has banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents, an official said Saturday. The cabinet late Thursday endorsed a revision to the Himalayan nation's mountaineering regulations, banning solo climbers from its mountains -- one of a string of measures being flagged ahead of the 2018 spring climbing season. "The changes have barred solo expeditions, which were allowed before," Maheshwor Neupane, secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, told AFP.
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Alleged 'Nigerian Prince' Email Scammer Arrested In Louisiana
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Some countries reverse free expression, seeing it as threat
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two Turkish journalists face possible life sentences on charges they sent "subliminal messages" on television encouraging a government coup. In Hungary, oligarchs loyal to the prime minister have gained control of much of the media after the leading independent newspaper was shut down. And in Poland, a reporter is being threatened with a military trial for writing a book critical of the defense minister.
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Luann de Lesseps Checks Herself into Alcohol Treatment Center After Palm Beach Arrest
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Congo orders internet and SMS cut ahead of anti-government demonstrations
Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations. Grassroots Catholic activists have called for marches in major cities on Sunday to demand that President Joseph Kabila commit to not changing the constitution to stand for a third term and release political prisoners. Kabila was required by the constitution to step down in December last year when his mandate expired but an election to replace him has been repeatedly delayed and is now scheduled for December 2018.
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