Jury to take up Boston bomber's fate after lawyers' final statements
By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Boston Marathon bomber are set to make their final arguments on Wednesday on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of release for the 2013 attack. The two sides have painted sharply contrasting portraits of the convicted bomber, who has been a subdued, stoic presence in Boston’s federal courthouse since
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen on motorcycles boarded a bus and opened fire on commuters in Pakistan’s volatile southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing at least 43, police said, and militants affiliated with Islamic State claimed responsibility. Police Superintendent Najib Khan told Reuters there were six gunmen and that all the passengers were Ismailis, a minority Shi’ite Muslim sect. Pakistan is mostly Sunni. Militant group
Beat the midday slump with these caffeine free options.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama welcomed Saudi Arabian leaders to the White House for discussions on his overtures to Iran.
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and the nation’s spy chief this week urged a key Senate committee to amend federal law to allow a joint venture of the two largest U.S. arms makers to use more Russian RD-180 rocket engines. Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper urged Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, in a letter dated May 11, to change
Your immune system may change with the seasons, new research shows.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday expressed “serious concern” about reports that the U.S. is considering sending military ships and planes to challenge Chinese claims to islands it is building in the South China Sea, and said it would resolutely defend what it considered its sovereign territory.
Yahoo global anchor Katie Couric joins former news anchor Tom Brokaw to discuss his new book, his battle with cancer, and the changing landscape of journalism.
Sleepwalking, sleep-talking, sleep… sex? We do some pretty strange things in our sleep.
The former member of the U.S. Navy SEAL “Team Six” who says he killed Osama bin Laden has joined the chorus of critics refuting Seymour Hersh’s controversial report challenging the White House account of the 2011 operation.
