Month: April 2010

An impromptu shrine with messages of grief line the street outside the Hackney shop where 16-year-old Agnes was shot A weary community mourns 16-year-old Agnes Sina-Inakoju, the latest victim of a seemingly unstoppable gun culture […] […]

Russia suspended all adoptions to U.S. families on Thursday until the two countries can agree on procedures, the Foreign Ministry said, a week after an American woman sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia […] […]

At least eight people were hurt when two bombs exploded at a cricket stadium in the Indian city of Bangalore, sparking panic among fans and stoking security fears ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The explosions, […] […]

A man has died and three other people, including a child, have been rescued after their boat sank in Sydney Harbour. A cruise ship called police after discovering three men and an eight-year-old boy in […] […]

A young man riding in a wheelie bin during some early morning high jinks with mates has died after being speared into a tree in NSW. The 22-year-old suffered head injuries after deciding to ride […] […]

Until Brian Betts mysteriously failed to appear at work Thursday morning, this is what his many admirers knew about him: He was the energetic new principal of a long-troubled urban school and, within a D.C. […] […]

A dark blue sport-utility vehicle that belonged to beloved D.C. schools Principal Brian Betts turned up Saturday, parked next to a church van and tucked behind a children’s ministry in Southeast Washington. The clean, apparently […] […]