• Photos claim IS beheadings of homosexuals in northern Iraq

    The Islamic State group has publicly beheaded three men in northern Iraq, two of them for allegedly engaging in homosexual acts, according to photos shared by sympathisers on social media Tuesday. The jihadist group, which controls swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has carried out hundreds of…

    AFP
  • Chicago police: Infant dead after throat cut with power saw

    CHICAGO (AP) — A 9-month-old girl is dead after a relative cut her throat with a power saw, a Chicago police official with knowledge of the investigation said Monday.

    Associated Press
  • Let me sleep: Georgia trash man gets 30 days in jail for 5 a.m. pick up

    If he keeps his nose clean, sanitation worker Kevin McGill of Sandy Springs, Ga., might just make it through his 30-day sentence (to be served on consecutive weekends) for disturbing wealthy residents by picking up the trash too early in the morning – just in time to celebrate National Garbage Man…

    Christian Science Monitor
  • Montana killer bride in cliff case appeals, cites blindfold claim

    A Montana bride appealing a murder conviction for pushing her new husband off a cliff said on Monday her life sentence should be overturned partly because prosecutors claimed she blindfolded her mate before he plunged to his death but failed to prove it. In court documents filed on Monday with a…

    Reuters
  • Chad, Niger soldiers killed as Boko Haram loses Nigerian towns

    By Abdoulaye Massalaki and Madjiasra Nako NIAMEY/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - About 15 soldiers from Chad and Niger died in fighting to take control of two towns in northern Nigeria from Boko Haram, the first gains against the militants in a joint offensive launched at the weekend, military sources said…

    Reuters
  • 'Michelangelo of buttocks injections' convicted of murder

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former madam who bragged of doing black-market "body sculpting" on thousands of women was convicted on Monday of murder in the death of a dancer whose heart stopped after nearly half a gallon of silicone was injected into her buttocks.

    Associated Press
  • Constitution Check: Is an old doctrine of separating government powers getting new life?

    Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center's constitutional literacy adviser, looks at Monday’s Supreme Court Amtrak decision as a sign that a constitutional separation-of-powers argument from the 1930s could be back in play.

    National Constitution Center55 mins ago
  • Man killed skydiving into Idaho canyon from 500-foot bridge

    By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A 32-year-old Canadian man was killed on Monday when his parachute failed to open during a skydiving jump from a bridge into a canyon 500 feet below in southern Idaho, authorities said.   Bryan Turner, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was one of a group…

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    New Boston bombing video

    Surveillance video emerges showing Dzokhar Tsarnaev at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing. Natasha Howitt reports.

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  • Mother killed in Australia while on phone to husband in India

    Prabha Arun Kumar, a 41-year-old IT professional, was taking a shortcut through Parramatta Park in the city's west at around 9.30pm (1030 GMT) on Saturday when she was killed. Family members told Indian media that the woman was speaking with her husband, G. Arun Kumar, at the time and he heard her…

    AFP
  • Apple reveals the prices for every model of the Apple Watch

    Over an hour into Apple’s big spring event and we’re finally getting some news about the Apple Watch. Before that, we saw a new price for the Apple TV and a new MacBook model (along with updated MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models). Now we are finally learning the prices for each of the models of…

    BGR News
  • Image Captured Boston Marathon Bombing Victim’s Last Panicked Moments

    Just before she was struck down by the second explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon, 23-year-old Lingzi Lu’s terror-stricken face was captured in a photograph shown in court today, a friend of Lu’s testified. “The first bomb just happened and she’s looking panic,” Danling Zhou, Lu’s friend, told…

    ABC News
  • Secret Hideout Helped Penguins Survive the Ice Age

    Earth's last ice age was so cold that even Antarctica's emperor penguins had trouble with the chill, a new study finds. Just three populations of emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) likely survived the last ice age, which occurred from about 19,500 to 16,000 years ago, with one such population…

    LiveScience.com
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    Reality show helicopters crash during filming in Argentina killing 10 including French sports stars (7 photos)

    Two helicopters carrying passengers filming a popular European reality show crashed Monday in a remote area of northwest Argentina, killing eight French citizens and two Argentines, authorities said. The helicopters crashed while flying near Villa Castelli in La Rioja province, about 730 miles…

    Yahoo News
  • Dr. Phil: Bobbi Kristina partner 'volatile' in TV taping

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Gordon was "volatile" and emotionally distraught over hospitalized girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown during the taping of a "Dr. Phil" episode, series host Phil McGraw said.

    Associated Press43 mins ago
  • Persistent Israeli ethnic divide may split vote for Netanyahu

    By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - In the past, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party could count on Israelis like 50-year-old shopkeeper Yossi Levy when it came to election day. Levy, who describes himself as a lifelong Likud voter, is a member of Israel's Sephardic…

    Reuters49 mins ago
  • Filipino beheaded in Saudi for killing boss

    Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a Filipino convicted of murdering his boss, bringing to 40 the number of executions this year. In just over two months, Saudi Arabia has beheaded almost half the number of foreigners and Saudis executed during all of 2014, according to AFP tallies. Joven Esteva was…

    AFP
  • Prosecutors: Girl forced to run 3 hours carrying firewood

    GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman charged with capital murder in the death of her granddaughter forced the girl to run for more than three hours carrying sticks and firewood as a punishment for lying, prosecutors said Monday.

    Associated Press