DUBLIN (AP) — A family planning charity plans to open the first abortion clinic in Ireland, challenging decades of legal confusion over the extremely limited access to pregnancy terminations in both...
CHUQUICAMATA, Chile (AP) — From above, it looks like a colossal amphitheater carved from rock, or the vast crater from a meteorite that crashed into Chile’s Atacama desert ages ago.
Inside...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The opening has been delayed for a New Orleans skate park launched by Lil Wayne and corporate sponsors.
Ward McLendon, who manages the Lower 9th Ward facility where the Trukstop...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State transportation officials say the White Castle ferry has resumed service.
The ferry had been out of service since June to allow crews to make repairs to the ferry’s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under a billion-dollar...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three former dairy workers with Idaho’s largest dairy operation have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after undercover video shot by an animal rights group showed...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Farmers in a stretch of Illinois where most of the nation’s pumpkins are grown say their crop looks relatively smashing and is likely to be one of the few successes in a year...
MADRID (AP) — The Spanish Red Cross on Wednesday launched its first-ever campaign for donations to help Spaniards hit by economic crisis, in a sign of how needy this nation has become.
The Red...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s Film and Publication Board Wednesday declassified a painting showing the genitals of President Jacob Zuma.
The board’s spokesman, Prince Mlimandlela...
MOSCOW (AP) — One jailed member of the punk band Pussy Riot unexpectedly walked free from a Moscow courtroom, but the other two now head toward a harsh punishment for their irreverent protest...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and reduced penalties...
THIBODAUX (AP) — Authorities evacuated the Lafourche Parish Courthouse, closed schools early in Thibodaux and put schools in the rest of the parish on lockdown because vague threats were phoned in...
