WASHINGTON – Researchers have a new clue to the collapse of honey bee colonies across the U.S. — damage to the bees’ internal “factories” that produce proteins. Theories about the cause of bee colony collapse have included viruses, mites, pesticides and fungi. The new study of sick bees disclosed fragments …
Read More »French Woman Freed From Iranian Jail
PARIS – The French academic who is part of a mass trial in Iran has been freed from prison and turned over to the French embassy, but still faces charges, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday. Sarkozy said “that nothing can justify” the case against Clotilde Reiss, 24, and an …
Read More »Iraqi Lawmakers Seek Review of Security Forces Following Deadly Bombings
BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers called Friday for a review to find and fix acknowledged shortcomings in the country’s U.S.-trained security forces that were revealed by a wave of bombings this week, including attacks on government buildings in Baghdad. Lawmakers also called for an emergency session of parliament to address the …
Read More »New Jersey Police Officer Shot in Gunbattle With Robbery Suspects Dies
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A city police officer who was critically wounded in a shootout with two armed robbery suspects last week died Tuesday, one day before his 38th birthday and the same day police engaged in another gun battle nearby. Detective Marc A. DiNardo, a 10-year veteran who had …
Read More »Formula One Driver in 'Life-Threatening' Condition After Surgery for Fractured Skull
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hospital officials say Felipe Massa is in “life-threatening” condition after undergoing emergency surgery on a skull fracture following a violent crash in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. Officials at AEK military hospital said Massa will be kept sedated on a respirator overnight in the intensive care …
Read More »Former Clinton Advisor to Help Afghan Challenger to President Karzai
KABUL – A Democratic Party strategist who helped Bill Clinton get into the White House is now assisting a former Afghan finance minister in his campaign to unseat President Hamid Karzai in upcoming elections. James Carville said he joined the team of Ashraf Ghani, also a former World Bank official, …
Read More »U.S. Terror Arrests Pose a Growing Concern for Law Enforcement Officials
WASHINGTON – Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years. Federal authorities have issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies around the country on the heels of the arrest Monday in North Carolina …
Read More »Mystery Surrounds Michael Jackson's Burial
Michael Jackson’s body left the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a funeral motorcade Tuesday after a star-studded public memorial service for the singer, but it wasn’t immediately clear where the King of Pop’s body was headed. Los Angeles police told FOX News that the hearse carrying Jackson’s golden casket …
Read More »NYC Team Announces Program to Combat Sex Abuse Among Orthodox Jewish
NEW YORK – Prosecutors, counselors and religious leaders on Wednesday announced a program to combat sexual abuse among members of the insular world of Brooklyn’s ultra-Orthodox Jews — a problem one lawmaker says extends beyond New York. The centerpiece of the outreach program, announced by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes …
Read More »Al Qaeda Militants Release One Red Cross Hostage in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Al Qaeda-linked militants released one of three Red Cross hostages, a Filipino woman, on Thursday after 10 weeks in jungle captivity on a southern island, officials said. Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said on nationwide television that Mary Jean Lacaba, 37, was safe in the hands of a …
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