A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, leaving one dead and seriously injuring the other, was captured on Thursday, ending a seven-week manhunt for him, authorities said.
Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, defied her state-ordered quarantine by going for a bike ride with her boyfriend.
Maine nurse defies state Ebola quarantine, leaves home The nurse in Maine vowing not to be bullied by politicians and threatening to sue the state over an Ebola quarantine she calls unscientifically… sound defied the order and left her home for a bike ride on Thursday, according to media reports.
Fifteen years before a black kid from Hawaii with a funny name rejuvenated the Democratic Party, an Italian kid from Readville who had a hard time pronouncing names reimagined it.
Thomas Michael Menino, who insisted a mayor doesn’t need a grand vision to lead, then went on to shepherd Boston’s economy and shape the skyline and the very identity of the city he loved through an u…nprecedented five consecutive terms in City Hall, died Thursday. He was 71 and was diagnosed with advanced cancer not long after leaving office at the beginning of this year.
NEW YORK -- Beginning with Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning waving grandeur 39 years ago, penultimate games have encroached on the territory that once was the exclusive property of Game 7s.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook just made a public statement about being gay and it was perfect. This is huge for business, tech, and anyone with a life that might be touched by his positive example. "…...If hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privac...
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A car burns outside the parliament building in Burkina Faso as people protest against their longtime president Blaise Compaore who is seeking another term in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.
The contested Temple Mount and Al Aqsa mosque compound was closed to worshipers and visitors Thursday after back-to-back shootings incited fresh riots - a reflection of the deep passions aroused by the site, among the holiest places for both Jews and ...
Israel took the unusual step of closing Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound to all visitors following the shooting of a Jewish ultranationalist. The compound houses Islam's third holiest site,… known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary, but is also the most sacred shrine for Jews who refer to it as the Temple Mount. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the move as a "declaration of war."
Moscow and Kiev on Thursday clinched a deal that will guarantee that Russian gas exports flows into Ukraine throughout the winter despite their intense rivalry over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
A flap over an American official's reported use of a barnyard epithet to describe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu illustrates a more serious debate over whether the country's ties with the United States have been irretrievably damaged by a string of ...
Emergency crews battled a fire Thursday at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport after a small plane crashed into the building. Emergency crews battled a fire Thursday at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport after a small plane crashed into the building.
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Stockton, California, employees breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as a judge ruled the city could exit bankruptcy, leaving benefits administered by public pension giant Calpers untouched.
In a final-week burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama sought to mobilize Democratic voters Thursday in the race for governor in Maine while keeping his distance from the state's bubbling controversy over its Ebola policies and the nurse who has ...
advertisement | advertise on newsday. The floor of the New York Stock Exchange. advertisement | advertise on newsday. The floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 on Wall Street.
The U.S. economy expanded at a healthy pace during the third quarter, a sign of sustained growth fueled by government spending and a narrower trade deficit despite mounting concerns about the health of overseas economies.
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a Swedish hacker and the creator of file-sharing website Pirate Bay, was pronounced guilty of hacking crimes in Denmark on Thursday.
Ferrari is making its foray into the US stock exchange and possibly in Europe. It is for the first time that Fiat is pushing forth its premium and rare Ferrari into the car market.
While some people had nice things to say about Ashton Kutcher's work as Steve Jobs in "Jobs," I thought it was a terrible fit between actor and material, and the film itself was so poorly made that I had a hard time taking any of it seriously.
Welcome to New York, Taylor Swift! The locals are kvetching about you already. Swift's new gig as New York City's global tourism ambassador is getting a Bronx cheer (not that she knows what that is) from locals who questioned her street cred and mocked ...
So we already knew Charlie Sheen is looking to get back on Two and a Half Men. And it appears he hasn't given up hope - in fact, he claims it's thisclose to happening.
To trace the history of Orson Welles's final film for her front-page article on Wednesday, a picture that Hollywood buffs consider the most famous movie never released, Doreen Carvajal interviewed the many interested parties, including the movie's actors and ...
Orson Welles’s unfinished final film, “The Other Side of the Wind,” may finally see release next year for the centenary of his birth. “The main character’s life has echoes in Hemingway’s: his father’s… suicide, the day of his death, his love of Spain … Welles explores the last day of the fictional director’s life before he dies in a car crash that could be an accident or a suicide.” For more of this morning’s roundup, click here: http://bit.ly/1yJtSAO
CLEVELAND (AP) - LeBron James huddles with teammates before each game, pulling them close to deliver a message. In a new TV commercial, James does the same to bring an entire city together.
After Tony Romo went down with an injury during the third quarter of the Cowboys game with the Redskins on Monday, Jerry Jones decided to make the move from his owner's box to the Cowboys sideline.
Entering his seventh season in the NBA, Marc Gasol has never played for any team other than the Memphis Grizzlies. But if the Grizz are unwilling to give their 2013 Defensive Player of the Year a max contract next summer, his brother Pau Gasol believes the ...
Opener big success for Derrick Rose, Bulls "I wouldn't say my rust is knocked off, but it's getting there," Derrick Rose said. "I can't be content with how I'm perform…ing. I have to put it behind me whether it's good or bad and make sure I stay consistent with my workouts. Physically, I feel good." Story by + K.C. Johnson
A fire salamander showing signs of fungal infection through skin lesions. A study suggests that the fungus, called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, may have reached Europe through the pet trade from Asia.
OXFORD, Pa. (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia group trying to solve the Amelia Earhart mystery has new reason to think a piece of aluminum found on a Pacific atoll came from her lost plane.
Instead of arriving later by comet impact, Earth's waters have likely existed since our planet's birth. This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows.
New study finds oceans arrived early to Earth - Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet's surface and are home to the world's gr…eatest diversity of life. While water is essential for life on the planet, the answers to two key questions have eluded us: where did Earth's water come from and when? http://ow.ly/2PVnrU
Doctors and other care providers from almost all major Bay Area health institutions are on the ground, or about to be, in West Africa to battle the Ebola epidemic at its source.
The debate continues. With public health experts and doctors saying a forced quarantine of medical workers isn't necessary, a majority of the American public supports it. How do you think we shoul…d balance civil liberties with protecting the public from Ebola? Are you a medical professional that has been discouraged to join the Ebola response effort due to the quarantine debate? If so, we want to hear from you. #Ebola#PublicHealth#Debate#Politics
Researchers have found dozens of new genes that may play a role in causing autism, according to two studies published Wednesday in the medical journal Nature.
