MOSCOW (AP) — A judge found three members of the provocative punk band Pussy Riot guilty of hooliganism today, in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation as an emblem of Russia’s intolerance of dissent. The judge said the three band members “committed hooliganism driven by religious hatred” and offended religious believers. The three […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of China’s most visible stars wants his countrymen to know that their rising appetite for ivory is resulting in dead elephants across Africa. The former NBA star Yao Ming on Thursday ended a weeklong trip to Kenya where he mingled among elephants and walked with indigenous tribes. The trip is […]

TORONTO (AP) — A severed human head and foot have been discovered in a park near Toronto, police in Canada said Thursday. Peel police Acting Insp. Randy Cowan said officers discovered the head Thursday morning in the Credit River in Mississauga. Cowan said it’s not clear whether the foot belongs to a man or a […]

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park officials say a man is dead and a woman is recovering after contracting a rare rodent-borne disease in a popular lodging area. Park officials said Thursday that tests confirmed the man died from hantavirus in late July. Both victims had been staying in tent cabins in […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal weather forecasters say the drought appears to be leveling off, although it is likely to continue at least through November. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center Forecasters previously had predicted the drought would linger through October. But the center said Thursday it appears the drought isn’t getting […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian forces battled rebels near the airport in war-battered Aleppo, Syria’s state media said today, in the first official acknowledgment that fighting has reached the doorstep of the strategic site in the country’s largest city. In Damascus, activists reported heavy shelling and clashes in many areas, including western districts believed to have […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone 729-3311. A story on page A1 in the Aug. 15 edition about the grand opening of Harvey Metals, Inc. in Lisbon should have specified that the town’s transfer station staff […]