How ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi became a feared preacher of hate
A preacher of hate. The instigator and inspirer of some of the most hideous acts of violence ever put to video. An elusive fugitive, hunted by…
Continue ReadingA preacher of hate. The instigator and inspirer of some of the most hideous acts of violence ever put to video. An elusive fugitive, hunted by…
Continue ReadingSome things are very clear to Joe Charny — remembering the dead is the right thing to do. Other things are not so clear — why a gunman…
Continue ReadingDaylight filters through a large gap at the back of an abandoned cinema in central Beirut. The silhouetted figures of protesters gather on the steps…
Continue ReadingThe family of a missing 21-year-old British woman who disappeared after a beach party on a Cambodian island are traveling there to assist in the…
Continue ReadingFor most of the summer, 25-year-old Jose was an ardent supporter of the protests raging in Hong Kong. Even when demonstrations became increasingly…
Continue ReadingDuring a sermon inside a New York synagogue last month, Rabbi Joshua Davidson recounted all the ways his synagogue has changed since last October.…
Continue ReadingNFL Sunday brings 13 new matchups you won’t want to miss, including a showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs. So grab a…
Continue ReadingNearly a million homes and businesses in California were slowly going dark Saturday as the state’s largest utility shut off power in an attempt…
Continue ReadingBlack cats get a bad rap, especially during Halloween season, when they’re associated with witches and other scary things that go bump in the…
Continue ReadingKelly Bachman, the comedian who called out Harvey Weinstein at a New York bar this week, says she hopes she “said enough.” The comic was…
Continue ReadingNguyen Thi Phong and Pham Van Thin live in a small house in Nghen, a town in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province. It has a corrugated metal roof,…
Continue ReadingAfter crossing the finish line, a high school athlete’s runner’s high soon turned into a broken heart. Noor Alexandria Abukaram was…
Continue ReadingA 25-pound cat from Washington has won over the internet with her purrfect workout routine. Videos of Cinderblock, a gray domestic shorthair,…
Continue ReadingTwo Dallas sports team owners announced Saturday donations of $1 million apiece to help the city’s schools recover from last week’s…
Continue ReadingCatholic bishops approved a proposal Saturday allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region. The proposal, which must be…
Continue ReadingKurt Cobain’s vintage, olive-green cardigan is not only legendary, it’s now record-breaking. At a two-day music auction this weekend, the…
Continue ReadingA Minnesota museum is getting visitors into the Halloween spirit in what’s probably the spookiest way possible — a creepy doll competition.…
Continue ReadingAt least 63 people have died as protests intensify in Iraq, with security forces using tear gas and live bullets to repel demonstrators Saturday, a…
Continue ReadingIn the words of Cookie Monster: “Home is where heart is. Heart where cookie is. Math clear: Home is cookie.” For a Pennsylvania…
Continue ReadingDr. Anisa Ibrahim was 5 years old when her life was uprooted by the grisly consequences of a gruesome civil war. Fleeing Somalia in 1992 with her…
Continue ReadingA suspect is in custody after a hit-and-run wreck killed two horses. The incident happened Friday at 9:25 pm PT in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood…
Continue ReadingTwo men who were stopped in a truck containing 420 pounds of marijuana are under arrest, thanks to Connecticut State Troopers and a K9 unit…
Continue ReadingAt least 67 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in protests in Ethiopia over the last few days, the police commissioner for the Oromia…
Continue ReadingChilean President Sebastian Piñera has asked all of his ministers to resign so he may reshuffle his Cabinet. Piñera made the announcement in a…
Continue ReadingEven as power was fully restored late Saturday morning at New Orleans’ main airport, nearly 84,000 customers in the region were still without…
Continue ReadingIt’s enough to raise eyebrows and pop your eyes out. Yes, the unlikely duo of Rudy Giuliani and the Joker have descended upon one Ohio porch in…
Continue ReadingA New Jersey school district has become a lightning rod for criticism because of a policy that would allow school administrators to ban students from…
Continue ReadingNASA will send a mobile robot to the South Pole of the Moon to hunt for water, the US space agency has announced. The rover — the Volatiles…
Continue ReadingFormer NBC News employees who signed nondisclosure agreements can come forward with their stories of sexual harassment at the network, NBCUniversal…
Continue ReadingSeven children between the ages of 1 and 10 have been taken into protective custody by the South Carolina Department of Social Services after…
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