Obama Meets Privately With Mandela Family
JOHANNESBURG — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are meeting privately with the family of Nelson Mandela. The meeting is taking place at the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, which...
View ArticleTunisia Puts Off Vote to Ban Ex-Regime Figures
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian lawmakers have postponed debate on a bill that would ban from office ex-members of the North African country's former dictatorship. The controversial bill would prevent...
View ArticleRoberts Says High Court Asks Too Many Questions
WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts says he and his colleagues have become too aggressive in questioning lawyers who argue before the Supreme Court. Roberts says the justices "overdo it a bit" in...
View ArticlePope Warns Church Leaders Against Seeking Power
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has told churchmen to shun the "logic of human power" as he tries to rid the Vatican's power structures of corruption and other wrongdoing. Francis in a homily Saturday in...
View ArticleDream Final: Host Brazil vs World Champion Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Confederations Cup has the final many wanted: a long-awaited matchup between world champion Spain and host Brazil. League Scoreboards Major League Soccer English Premier League...
View ArticleLuiten Leads Irish Open by 1 Shot After 3 Rounds
MAYNOOTH, Ireland — Dutch golfer Joost Luiten will take a one-shot lead into the final round at the Irish Open on Sunday with a chance at his for a second victory this month. Luiten moved to 13 under...
View ArticleMichelle Schiff, Chris Buddy
Michelle Emily Schiff and Christopher Kramer Buddy were married Saturday at the Peaks Resort in Telluride, Colo. William Weiss, a friend of the bride’s family who became a Universal Life minister for...
View ArticlePrison for 2 Egyptians Over Train Crash Killing 52
ASSUIT, Egypt — An Egyptian court has sentenced two railway workers to ten years in prison over a train crash that killed 52 people when a bus full of schoolchildren was hit last year. The court, in...
View ArticleAtheists Unveil Monument by Ten Commandments
STARKE, Fla. — A monument to atheism now sits near a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments outside a courthouse in a conservative north Florida town. The New Jersey-based group American...
View ArticlePolice: 4 Killed in Swiss Helicopter Crash
BERLIN — Four men including the 62-year-old pilot have died in a helicopter crash in southern Switzerland. Police in the Italian-speaking canton (state) of Ticino said the helicopter with six people...
View ArticleTurner Pitches Marlins Past Padres, 7-1
MIAMI — Jacob Turner pitched a seven-hitter Saturday for his first complete game in 19 career starts, helping the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 7-1. Keep up with the latest news on The...
View ArticleUSVI to Reinstate Govt Wages After 8 Percent Cut
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — A U.S. Virgin Islands senator says government employees will have their original salaries reinstated next week following an 8 percent reduction approved two...
View ArticleGolovkin Stops Macklin in 3rd Round
LEDYARD, Conn. — Undefeated German middleweight Gennady Golovkin stopped English challenger Matthew Macklin in the third round Saturday night to successfully defend his WBA and IBO titles. Golovkin...
View ArticleNascar Postpones Sprint Cup Race at Kentucky Speedway
Rain forced Nascar to postpone the Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta until Sunday. The 400-mile event was rescheduled to begin at noon Eastern. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start on the pole...
View ArticleSteller Sea Lion Has First Captive Birth in Years
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Steller sea lion pup has been born at the Alaska SeaLife Center, and officials there are saying is the first such birth in captivity in North America in decades. The female pup...
View ArticleVanderbilt Drops Four Players
Vanderbilt dismissed four football players from the team and kicked them off campus while the Nashville police investigate if a sex crime occurred in a campus dormitory. A version of this brief...
View ArticleArgentina Takes Down Columbus Statue From Pedestal
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Workers with cranes have taken down a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus in Argentina's capital for restoration. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for...
View ArticleTimberwolves’ Kirilenko Opts Out of Contract
Andrei Kirilenko has opted out of the final year of his contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves and will become a free agent. Kirilenko is declining the year and $10 million left on his deal in an...
View ArticleWanted: New Presidents at Ohio St, Penn St, Mich.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Job descriptions for new leaders at Ohio State, Penn State and elsewhere reflect the challenges of running a major university today. University presidents must oversee...
View ArticleMore Proof of a Revival After a Victory in Moscow
Boris Gelfand continued his career renaissance with a first-place finish at the Tal Memorial tournament last week. Gelfand, an Israeli who turned 45 on Monday, has had a remarkable couple of years at...
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