ZURICH (AP) — A day after announcing his decision to resign, Sepp Blatter was back at work at FIFA headquarters on Wednesday as the worst corruption crisis in the governing body’s 111-year history continued to unfold.
A Massachusetts man arrested late Tuesday as part of a terrorism investigation will face charges in federal court on Wednesday, the day after another suspect in the probe was shot dead, according to prosecutors. Police arrested the man, named as David Wright by a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz, in Everett, outside Boston. Officers working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force had earlier shot and killed Usaamah
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One of the longest-serving inmates on Texas’ busy death row was set to be executed on Wednesday, more than three decades after being convicted of fatally shooting four people in 1983. Lawyers for Lester Bower filed a last-minute appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court last week that faults the sentencing, seeking to prevent the execution by lethal injection scheduled for 6 p.m. at
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it is recalling some Beats Pill XL portable wireless speakers due to a fire hazard caused by overheating batteries. The iPhone maker will recall about 222,000 speakers in the United States and about 11,000 in Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Wednesday. Apple has received eight reports of overheating speakers, the CPSC said in a statement.
Buzz Bissinger and stylist Jessica Diehl share the story behind Caitlyn Jenner’s debut.
The bill revives and remakes a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program two days after letting it temporarily expire.
Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s long-time president, announced on Tuesday that he will be resigning as soon as an extraordinary FIFA congress has elected a successor.
By Joseph D’Urso LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Melinda Gates announced on Thursday that her and husband Bill’s foundation will spend $776 million tackling hunger over the next six years, doubling existing commitments. Gates made the announcement in Brussels, where she urged European leaders to make the nutrition of women and children a priority. The huge pledge also unlocks $180 million in matched funding from Britain’s Department for International Development.
CHICAGO (AP) — Alcohol problems affect almost 33 million adults and most have never sought treatment. That’s according to a government survey indicating that rates have increased in recent years.
The lungs of Trish Dillon’s oldest son benefitted a man battling cystic fibrosis.
