A Russian judge refused to release American Paul Whelan on bail, ruling his arrest last monthin a Moscow hotel room on charges of spying was legal.
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10 percent of TSA workers call in sick as government shutdown drags on
The slowly growing wave of sickouts among TSA workers reached 10 percentas the government shutdown entered its second month.
Oklahoma sorority sister booted for ‘senseless act of racism’ after blackface video
An University ofOklahoma sorority said it has ousted a member who filmed a blackface video that outraged students across the school’s sprawling campus.
Two feet of snow, -40 degrees possible as storm roars East
A blast of winter that dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest grew more angry as it roared east on Sunday.
40 mph mudslides, floods, blizzards, 6 feet of snow, 110 mph winds: California nightmare
Mudslides and flooding were closing roads in California as heavy rains and snow were forecast deep into the week.
Fierce winter storm slams East with ice, snow; more could be coming
A brutal winter storm that dumped up to 20 inches of snow in the Midwest last week roared east, slamming some areas with up to a half-inch of ice.
American teen accused of fighting for ISIS in Syria
An American teen was among eight Islamic State militants captured in Syria by U.S.-backed Kurds during a militaryoperation.
The buoyant life and tragic death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes – her funeral is today
The second-grader died in a shooting investigated as a possible hate crime before investigators concluded her death was a case of mistaken identity.
Welcome to New York. Baby girl born in the back seat of a Yellow cab
New York’s rush hour was even crazier than usual Tuesday for a33-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl in the back seat of a yellow cab, police said.
Boston Marathon bombing amputee Adrianne Haslet hit by car: ‘I’m completely broken’
A dancer who lost part of a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings but returned to dancing and running was recovering after being hit by a car.