German protests Russia's decision to turn away Merkel ally
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is protesting Russia’s decision to turn away an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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One year on, Prime Minister Modi courts India's poor
By Rupam Jain Nair NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi told thousands of supporters his government was devoted to the poor on Monday, directly tackling criticism he has governed for the rich and failed farmers in his first year in office. On the eve of the government’s first anniversary Modi traveled south from New Delhi to a region hard hit by crop losses and bad weather to
3 killed, homes washed away in Texas, Okla. floods
Record rainfall wreaked havoc across a swath of the Plains and Midwest on Sunday.
America celebrates Memorial Day weekend
Army veteran Bernie Klemanek, of Mineral, Va., stops to salute his fallen comrades on Memorial Day during an early morning visit to “The Wall” at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, Monday, May 25, 2015. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Police: Pressure cooker from suspicious DC vehicle destroyed
A bomb squad safely destroyed a pressure cooker found in a “suspicious” vehicle left unattended Sunday afternoon on the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol building and the vehicle’s owner was located and arrested, a U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman said.
Candlelight vigil marks 1 month since deadly Nepal quake
Hundreds of people held a candlelight vigil in Nepal’s capital Monday evening to mark one month since the earthquake that killed thousands of people and affected millions.
Thousands of bikers gather in Washington to honor vets
One week after a gathering of biker gangs in Texas that resulted in nine deaths and 170 arrests, thousands of motorcycle riders roared into the nation’s capital Sunday to honor military veterans, prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
Two dead as south-central U.S. storms force evacuations
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Two people were killed in flash flooding and severe storms in Texas and Oklahoma that forced evacuations and rooftop rescues and left thousands without power, officials said on Sunday. The National Weather Service reported river flooding across southern Oklahoma and central Texas, where 6 to 9 inches of rain fell overnight. Flash flooding remained a threat on Sunday from central Iowa into southern
Mathematician John Nash, who inspired 'A Beautiful Mind,' killed in car crash
(Reuters) – Mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Prize winner whose longtime struggle with mental illness inspired the movie “A Beautiful Mind”, was killed in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey, state police said on Sunday. The couple were in a taxi cab when the driver lost control and crashed into a guard rail on Saturday afternoon while driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, said Sgt. Gregory
Authorities detonate suspicious device near U.S. Capitol
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Sunday blew up a pressure cooker found in a vehicle parked near the U.S. Capitol and later arrested the vehicle’s owner. Pressure cooker bombs were used to kill three people and injured more than 250 others at the Boston Marathon in April 2013. U.S. Capitol Police officers on routine patrol found the suspicious vehicle on 3rd Street across from the Capitol’s west lawn, spokeswoman Lt.