GENEVA – The campaign posters are inflammatory: Minarets rising like missiles from the national flag. A proposal championed by right-wing parties to ban minarets in Switzerland goes to a nationwide vote on Sunday in a referendum that has set off an emotional debate about national identity and stirred fears of …

TAMPA, Fla. — Wildlife officials say they spent hours searching for a monkey on the lam in the Tampa area and couldn’t locate the animal. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the monkey was first spotted in a tree in a residential area late Wednesday morning. Investigators …

It’s the news all chocolate lovers have been waiting for — a type of chocolate that helps you lose weight is about to go on sale. The new variety — called Lola chocs — is 100 percent natural and tastes exactly like normal chocolate. But the big difference, according to …

WASHINGTON — Astronomer and long time science advocate Carl Sagan once said that he was “not very good at singing songs.” But on Nov. 9 in Washington D.C., his voice could be heard singing about the wonders of universe — 13 years after his death. “A Glorious Dawn” is a …

Authorities have arrested a man in the killing of one of six women found murdered in recent years in a poor, rural North Carolina county. Antwan Maurice Pittman, 31, was charged with murder in the death of 28-year-old Taraha Senice Nicholson, according to WRAL. He was last known to have …

Iran is at a crossroads and has “decisions to make” over its pursuit of nuclear technology, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday. Gibbs was responding to concerns about the disclosure last week of a secret Iranian nuclear facility — ahead of a highly anticipated meeting that will address …

India’s government is warning its citizens in Canada on Wednesday to “exercise utmost caution” as tensions escalate between the two countries after the murder of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil in June. The declaration comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Canadian intelligence agencies are investigating allegations …

If a pesky mosquito bite just doesn’t seem to go away, it could be something else — namely, skeeter syndrome. Skeeter syndrome, according to the Cleveland Clinic, is “a large local allergic reaction to mosquito bites marked by significant inflammation.” The syndrome can be described as a severe allergic reaction …

The Miami Marlins are going to have to fight for a postseason spot without the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner. The team shut down Sandy Alcantara for the rest of the season as he suffered a setback in his rehab from a forearm injury. The right-hander experienced forearm tightness …

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Brett Gardner hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth and finished with three RBI as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Fenway Park. Stephen Drew drove in four runs against his old …