ISLAMABAD Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai today said she was excited to be back in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot in 2012 by Taliban militants angered at her championing of education for girls. Yousafzai said in a brief speech at a ceremony at Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s office that […]

NORRISTOWN, PA. Bill Cosby’s lawyers are expected to make a last-ditch effort today to postpone the comedian’s sexual assault retrial by pressuring the judge to step aside after losing their bid to overturn his ruling allowing up to five additional accusers to testify. The defense first demanded Judge Steven O’Neill recuse himself last week, arguing […]

LONDON Britain’s exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it’s more like trying to separate the fluoride from the paste: complicated and messy. Today marks 365 days until Britain officially leaves the EU. The March 29, 2019, departure will end a 46-year marriage that has entwined […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. California’s capital city is on edge for the funeral of a 22-year-old unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police in his grandparents’ backyard. The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to give the eulogy for Stephon Clark at today’s funeral at Bayside of South Sacramento church. He previously called it “an atrocity” that shows the […]

WASHINGTON Armed security officers are becoming more prevalent at America’s schools, according to a federal study released today amid a heated debate over whether teachers and other school officials should carry guns. Armed officers were present at least once a week in 43 percent of all public schools during the 2015-16 school year, compared with […]

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Wednesday and nominated White House doctor Ronny Jackson to replace him in the wake of a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebellion within the agency. A Navy rear admiral, Jackson is a surprise choice to succeed Shulkin, a former Obama administration official and […]

WASHINGTON Ronny Jackson passed his screen test with President Donald Trump before casting even began. Jackson, the president’s personal physician and surprise choice to lead the massive Department of Veterans Affairs, stood before the White House press corps in January to announce the results of the president’s first physical in a performance that showed he […]

PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jaein at a border village on April 27, the South announced today, for a rare summit that could prove significant in global efforts to resolve the decades-long standoff over the North’s nuclear program. The announcement was made after […]

VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — Distraught families are clamoring for information about detained relatives following a fire that Venezuela’s chief prosecutor says killed 68 people when it swept through the cells of the state police station. Angry relatives fought with police outside the facility Wednesday after being unable to get any information on casualties from Wednesday’s […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. and Mexican governments are sparring over immigration and trade, but the two countries are joining forces on the high seas like never before to go after drug smugglers. The United States, Mexico and Colombia will target drug smugglers off South America’s Pacific coast in an operation that is scheduled […]