BERKELEY, Calif. – For the second time in less than a year, prosecutors are gearing up to try three men accused of killing Gwen Araujo (search), a 17-year-old one-time friend who they later discovered was biologically male. Last year, a jury deadlocked on whether Araujo was murdered, as prosecutors argued, …
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NEW YORK – A federal judge has approved a $21.9 million award to heirs of two wealthy families victimized by the Holocaust, more than 65 years after a Swiss bank passed their fortune to the Nazis. The award was by far the largest single claim paid thus far in a …
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NEW YORK – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are reviving their efforts to create a national sex offender database after a recent spate of child kidnappings. Cases such as those of Jessica Lunsford (search), Jetseta Gage (search) and Dru Sjodin (search) caused outcries in communities whose residents said they needed ways …
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NEW YORK – Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (search ) said Thursday that he has not ruled out running for governor or president, but he offered no specifics on what his political future might hold. “I haven’t ruled it out and I haven’t ruled it in,” a relaxed-looking Giuliani said Thursday …
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A South African farmer and one of his employees were found guilty of murder Thursday for attacking a farm worker with machetes (search) and throwing him into a lion enclosure, bringing to climax a case that rattled a country long accustomed to violence and crime. …
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Almost 11 million children in developing countries die each year before the age of 5, most of them from causes that are preventable in wealthier countries, the World Bank said in a report released Sunday. The causes include acute respiratory infection, diarrhea, measles and malaria, which together account for 48 …
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A look at the protocol of a papal funeral. — The funeral and burial must be held between the fourth and sixth day after the pope’s death except for unspecified “special reasons,” according to rules established by Pope John Paul II (search) in 1996. The College of Cardinals is to …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Prisoners at Iraq’s largest detention facility protested the transfer of several detainees deemed “unruly” by authorities, throwing rocks and setting tents on fire in a disturbance that injured four guards and 12 detainees, the military said Monday. Friday’s protest was the first of at least three violent …
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WASHINGTON – A contract for a presidential helicopter fleet prompted a heated turf fight on the Senate floor Wednesday, stalling a major spending bill in what one lawmaker called “a sneak attack” by a fellow Democrat. The surprise move by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., sent New York Sens. Hillary Rodham …
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NEW DELHI – India and China, the world’s two most populous countries, agreed Monday to form a strategic partnership to end a border dispute and boost trade in a deal marking a major shift in relations between the Asian giants. The agreement, signed by both premiers, eases decades of mutual …
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