ATLANTA — Dr. Leila Denmark, the world’s oldest practicing physician when she retired at age 103, died Sunday in Athens, her family members said. She was 114. Denmark became the first resident physician at Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children in Atlanta when it opened in 1928, said her grandson, Steven Hutcherson of Atlanta. She also admitted […]

MEXICO CITY ( AP) — Sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, a U.S. expatriate renowned for her dignified portrayals of African-American and Mexican women and who was barred from her home country for political activism during the McCarthy era, has died. She was 96. Maria Antonieta Alvarez, Catlett’s daughter-in-law, said the artist died Monday in a […]

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — One of Pakistan’s most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country’s military headquarters today, a day after the U.S. slapped a $10 million bounty on him. “I am here, I am visible. America should give that reward money to me,” said Hafiz Mohammad […]

NEW YORK ( AP) — Authorities today were focusing on what caused a construction boom crane to crash to the ground at a Manhattan work site, killing one construction worker and seriously injuring another. The dead worker was identified by police as Michael Simmermeyer, 30, of Burlington, N.J. He was pronounced dead following Tuesday’s accident […]

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron today launched his Big Society Bank — a 600 million pound ($953 million) fund to support charities and social enterprises in the same way that venture capitalists back entrepreneurs. The bank, also known as Big Society Capital, is financed with 400 million pounds from unclaimed bank accounts […]