1. The European Space Agency says it has succeeded in landing a space craft on a comet for the first time in history. The Agency says it has received the signal from the 220-pound Philae lander after it touched down on the comets icy surface which is...
Family members of the victims who died when the ferry Sewol sank nearly 7 months ago received a long awaited verdict Tuesday. A South Korean court handed a 36 year prison sentence to the captain who abandoned his passengers during the April disaster...
1. President Barack Obama is in Beijing for the APEC CEO leaders meet, putting a bright face on ties with China. He announced the two countries would grant visas to travellers good for up to a decade. Thorny issues continued to complicate face to fac...
1. Chinese President Xi Jinping is hosting the Pacific regions economical leaders this week. The gathering of the Asia-Pacific Economical Cooperation leaders is scheduled for tomorrow and Tuesday. President Obama will attend. 2. In Berlin, European l...
1. Authorities say a woman snatched off the street of Philadelphia was rescued with the help of a GPS tracking device that had been installed on the suspects vehicle by the used car dealership that sold to him. 2. House Speaker John Boehner sketched...
President Barack Obama held a conciliatory news conference in the east end of the White House today a day after Senate Democrats loss at the poll. The president congratulated Republicans on gaining the majority in the Senate, and he vowed to work wit...
Political change has swept the nation. Republicans took control of the Senate on election day and solidified their majority in the House. The GOP picked up at least 7 Senate seats. Republicans also had a strong showing in the races for governor, winn...
1. Voting is underway across the US as Republicans make one last push for at least 6 new Senate seats while Democrats try and hold on their Senate majority. The mid-term election has been casted as a referendum on President Barack Obama. 2. Family me...
It's election day in the U.S. The big prize is control of the U.S. Senate which Republicans win if they pick up a total of 6 seats from Democrats. The entire House of Representatives is up for election. And many states are picking governors. Federal...
1. An emotional milestone for New York City, today marks the first day of business for one World Trade Centre, the original site of 9-11 attacks. Thirteen years after the deadly terrorist attacks, staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working...
1. Air traffic control recordings raising concerns in Ferguson, Missouri. The Associated Press obtained exclusive audio between controllers and police who asked officials to block air traffics from news helicopters over the city. The recordings raise...
1. Bostons longest serving mayor has died. Thomas Menino served for more than 20 years, first elected in 1993. He left office in February, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 71 years old. 2. A deadly plane crash in Kansas, Officials say a smal...
1. President Barack Obama is praising Health-Care workers battling Ebola in Africa. Doctor Kent Brantly who was infected while working in Liberia was among those Obama recognized Wednesday at White House. Obama says he doesn't want such workers to di...
Syrian and Kurdish sources say a small group of Syrian rebels entered the besieged town of Kobani to fight Islamic State extremists there. Kurdish forces are also on their way in. Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed an empty shed. A two-stor...
1. A Dallas nurse who tested positive for Ebola has officially been cleared the deadly disease. Amber Vinson left Emory University Hospital following treatment for Ebola after caring for one of the 1st patients diagnosed in the US. Vinson was given a...
