Third-year law student Justin Williams loves his home state of South Carolina. It was that love that prompted him to file suit against Governor Mark Sanford. “I love the state of South Carolina. I love it dearly,” said Williams, a former USC student body president. “In my travels, I’ve always …
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RANGOON, Burma – Burma’s highest court said Wednesday it will allow a final appeal by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s defense lawyers for the reinstatement of two key witnesses at her trial, her lawyer said. Defense lawyer Nyan Win called the ruling “good news” and said the High Court …
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BAGHDAD – The government Saturday blamed Al Qaeda in Iraq for killing a prominent Sunni lawmaker as leaders across the sectarian divide rallied together, deploring the murder and pledging to prevent a new wave of religious violence that once plunged the country to the brink of civil war. Harith al-Obeidi, …
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British police have released a shocking picture of a “good Samaritan” who was beaten up while trying to stop a group of youths from stealing a bike. Andrew Folan was left with a heavily bruised eye and swelling to his head after challenging the mob of five or six teenagers. …
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GULF SHORES, Ala. – Forecasters say Ida has weakened to a tropical depression and is heading east toward the Florida Panhandle with winds near 35 mph. Ida was a tropical storm with winds near 45 mph when it came ashore near Mobile Bay in southern Alabama on Tuesday morning. The …
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KABUL – A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has disappeared in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday. The Supreme Global Service Solutions helicopter has been missing since late Tuesday, said NATO spokesman Maj. Steven Coll. Supreme provides food and logistics services to military bases across Afghanistan. A Kabul representative for …
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MADRID – A Spanish judge has indicted seven people for allegedly helping the suspected Madrid train bombers flee after the 2004 terror attacks. National Court Judge Eloy Velasco is charging six of the seven with belonging to a terrorist group, while one is accused of collaboration. Velasco says the seven …
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs. The USDA said it discovered four tissue samples that tested positive for the virus …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Radovan Karadzic appeared at his U.N. war crimes trial on Tuesday for the first time since it began last week, claiming his “fundamental rights have been violated” by judges who started without him. The former Bosnian Serb leader, accused of masterminding Serb atrocities throughout the 1992-1995 …
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A Chicago fire chief was suspended for 15-days after sleeping on the job during a South Side blaze. The incident took place in June after a fire bomb was allegedly thrown into a house, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Alarms sounded at Chief DeKalb Walcott’s engine company, but when the remainder …
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