The daughter of President Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief’s […]
A Roman Catholic nun with an admitted gambling addiction faces up to six months in prison for stealing about $128,000 from two churches where she worked in western New York, prosecutors and her attorney said on Tuesday. Sister Mary Anne Rapp, 68, pleaded guilty on Monday to grand larceny in Orleans County, just west of
At least 14 people were injured during a mass stabbing at a Texas community college in the northwest Houston area Tuesday morning, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Four people were transported by emergency officials to local hospitals after the incident at 11 a.m. at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, the sheriff’s
Three people were killed by a powerful earthquake in southern Iran on Tuesday, close to the country’s only nuclear power station, state television reported. The magnitude 6.3 quake struck 55 miles southeast of the port city of Bushehr at 7:52 am EDT at a depth of 10 km, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. It
The Buddhist monk grabbed a young Muslim girl and put a knife to her neck. “If you follow us, I’ll kill her,” the monk taunted police, according to a witness, as a Buddhist mob armed with machetes and swords chased nearly 100 Muslims in this city in central Myanmar. It was Thursday, March 21.
Britain and admirers worldwide are mourning Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87, as the “Iron Lady” who rolled back the state and faced down her enemies during 11 years as Britain’s first woman prime minister. Her impact on the 1980s was such that opponents, including Labour’s Tony Blair and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,
Here are some quotes about former British Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who died on Monday at the age of 87: “She has the eyes of Caligula but the mouth of Marilyn Monroe.” – Former French President Francois Mitterrand. “The great She-Elephant—she has an impenetrably thick hide, she is liable to mount charges in
Pop superstar Lady Gaga rejected a $1 million offer to give U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney a big boost in the run-up to the election last year by performing at the Republican National Convention. Court documents unveiled this week reveal the “Poker Face” hitmaker had been approached by organizers of the Republican Party’s pre-election gathering
Free agent linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo said four National Football League (NFL) players were considering coming out as gay, the Baltimore Sun reported on Friday. Ayanbadejo, who was cut by the Baltimore Ravens earlier this week after winning the Super Bowl with the team in February, told the paper in an interview that the groundwork was
A former Catholic priest from Connecticut, arrested by federal authorities earlier this year on suspicion of dealing methamphetamine, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute the drug, according to court documents. Kevin Wallin, 61, of Waterbury, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge on Tuesday, court documents showed, just before a scheduled appearance in U.S. District
Clashes between rival ethnic groups in central Nigeria killed at least 27 people on Wednesday, witnesses said, in a region straddling the country’s largely Christian south and mostly Muslim north that is prone to civil unrest. Witnesses said armed Fulani herdsmen attacked the villages of Da Jak and Attakar in Plateau state in the early
For the second day running, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will confront the issue of gay marriage, hearing arguments on a U.S. law that denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. Almost two hours of oral argument before the court will focus on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), just a day after the
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