World/Local News

A Virginia woman was sentenced Friday to 35 years for throwing her 2-year-old granddaughter off a walkway at a busy shopping mall, a murder the judge called “almost beyond comprehension.” Carmela dela Rosa, 51, offered […] […]

Casey Anthony’s parents said they’re concerned that a purported video diary of their daughter circulating online could put her in harm’s way. George and Cindy Anthony said in a statement provided by their attorney that […] […]

A MALE nurse has been arrested by police investigating the poisoning of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, northwest England. The 46-year-old suspect was arrested at his home in Stockport Thursday (local time). The […] […]

A UK man who microwaved a pet cat to death in a friend’s apartment was jailed for six months for what the judge called a “despicable” crime. Paul Owen Henry, 45, was also banned from […] […]

ARMED men seized a Red Cross worker from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta today, police and the organization said. Local police officer Nazir Ahmed Kurd said his initial information was that the man was […] […]

SYRIA’S state-run TV says authorities have released 552 prisoners who were involved in anti-regime activities during the nine-month uprising against President Bashar Assad. It is the second group of prisoners to be released in a […] […]

A CANADIAN man who realised he had forgotten his passport as he approached the US border found a new way to gain entry – his iPad. Martin Reisch said today that a slightly annoyed US […] […]

A BRITISH judge has jailed two white men for a minimum of 14 years and 15 years for the “evil” murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993, one of the country’s worst racist crimes. […] […]

BEIJING—A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China on Wednesday, killing at least 16 people, state media reported. About 50 people were aboard the bus when it crashed […] […]