Stephanie Reinhart says she just wanted a “short and sweet ceremony.” Mark Jockel wanted a big wedding surrounded by friends and family. The 35-year-old Reinhart and 46-year-old Jockel compromised, marrying
A lawyer representing more than three dozen families whose loved ones were lost in the Germanwings plane crash in March says his clients want to sue for compensation in the
Princeton University’s Angus Deaton has won the Nobel prize in economics for “his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said yesterday. Deaton, 69, was born
CHINA Two senior Chinese officials — one who led the country’s biggest petroleum company and the other a deputy party chief in populous Sichuan province— are convicted of corruption and
When the Democratic candidates for president take the stage for their first debate this week in Nevada, they’ll do so in a state that serves as a reminder of why
Turkish investigators were close to identifying one of two suicide bombers in the country’s deadliest attacks in years, the prime minister said yesterday, adding that the Islamic State group was
The President of the Board of Trade, Michael Heseltine, has announced up to 31 out of 50 remaining deep mines face closure. Mr Heseltine promised an extra £1bn from the Treasury
The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson reported Sunday (bit.ly/1OuM1M5) that Experience Hendrix LLC, the company that runs Hendrix’s estate, wants a Pima County Superior Court judge to order the guitar
Officials from the U.S.-led coalition bombing the IS group in Iraq and Syria could not immediately be reached for comment. Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool says the military
The carrier said in a statement that the nose gear of an Airbus A330-300 “retracted while the aircraft was undergoing a landing gear system check.” “There were no passengers or crew
CHINA A Japanese woman in her 50s has been detained in Shanghai since June over her suspected involvement in spying activities, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. It’s the fourth Japanese
Nearly simultaneous explosions targeted a Turkish peace rally in Ankara, killing at least 95 people and wounding hundreds in Turkey’s deadliest attack in years — one that threatens to inflame
Former British Treasury chief Geoffrey Howe, a prominent figure in Margaret Thatcher’s government who helped bring about her downfall after they parted ways over policy toward Europe, has died at
The two men came close to striking a radical arms reduction deal after a weekend of lengthy negotiations at Hofdi House in the Icelandic capital. But the talks finally stalled over
Remnants of Pacific Hurricane Oho battered Alaska’s southeast coast on Friday, the latest unusual weather event to hit a state that so far this year has dealt with a lack
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5 million euros for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate
Julio Iglesias has jumped into the U.S. political debate, calling Donald Trump “a clown” over the Republican presidential candidate’s derogatory comments about Mexican migrants. The singer says he will no longer
Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize in literature yesterday for works that chronicled the great tragedies of the Soviet Union and those that followed in the wake of its 1991
CHINA Tourism officials have closed a newly opened glass walkway in a central China tourism spot after cracks appeared in the structure at the height of the weeklong National Day
Hillary Rodham Clinton declared her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord yesterday, her most significant break with President Barack Obama since launching her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I
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