Yemen’s president became the fourth Arab leader forced from power this year when he signed a deal Wednesday aimed at ending his country’s months-long political crisis.
…to convicted child predator. ”This is one of the most aggravating circumstances and crimes that I’ve ever seen. This, I must say, is the most depraved I have had for some time,” said Linda Reade before the sentencing. Really Linda!? Was Sholom Rubashkin‘s case that long ago? after all, he must have been equally evil, having received an (almost) equal sentence.
The world’s largest known yellow diamond has been sold at auction for almost $11 million.
New research into human perceptions has discovered that revealing more skin can significantly change the way we think – about both men and women.
A new, simple way to detect Down syndrome in a fetus means the condition will be virtually extinct—but not without a great deal of controversy, experts say.
Astronomers are tracking an asteroid about the size of an aircraft carrier that on Tuesday will pass by Earth, within the moon’s orbit, in the closest approach of such an object in a generation.
Every hour, car crashes kill an average of four people on America’s roads.
Last week Yeshivas Beis Menachem of Wilkes-Barre was all suited up and decorated. The black tie event was in honor of the Yeshiva’s 13th anniversary and the birthday of the founder/Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Urie Perelman.
Sharp increases in peanut butter prices have begun going into effect following one of the worst peanut harvests in decades.
With the world’s population projected to top 7 billion today, Oct. 31, the United Nations launched a global initiative – 7 Billion Actions – bringing together governments, businesses, the media and individuals to confront the challenges and seize the opportunities offered by the milestone.
Bank of America Corp., after receiving heavy public criticism for a planned $5-per-month debit card fee, is likely to give customers more ways to avoid the fee, a person familiar with the bank’s plans said Friday.
A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, collapsing dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete. Desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured. State-run television reported that 45 people were killed and 150 others injured in the eastern town of Ercis, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could already be dead, due to low housing standards in the area and the size of the quake.
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s last moments Thursday were as violent as the uprising that overthrew him.
The days of the surprise $2,000 cell phone roaming bill will soon be over.
Montreal Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Bernath built an eco-friendly sukkah on the corner of Monkland Boulevard. He made the walls from recyclable pieces of cardboard and each and single piece of packaging material contains a peace slogan.
To the snatch-and-grab robbers who prowl the city’s streets and subways, the iPhone is an attractive target: ubiquitous, expensive and easily recognizable from across the street.
Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56.
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