Suspect in custody in shooting of ex-Red Sox slugger David Ortiz: police
Santo Domingo police on Monday were investigating why one of two men on a motorcycle shot and wounded former Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi”...
Report: Pelicans to name Cash to key front-office role
Former WNBA star Swin Cash will assume a prominent role in the front office of the New Orleans Pelicans, ESPN reported Monday....
CEOs say abortion restrictions ‘bad for business’
Scores of technology, media and fashion executives took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times on Monday to denounce restricting access to abortion...
Sleeping with lights or TV on tied to obesity
(Reuters Health) – For middle-aged and older women, sleeping with the television or lights on has been linked with higher odds of becoming obese, in...
Rapper Bushwick Bill dies at 52 after four-month battle with cancer
Rapper Bushwick Bill, best known for his work with the Houston-based trio Geto Boys, has died after a four-month battle with pancreatic cancer, Billboard magazine...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear BP unit’s dispute over Montana Superfund site
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to a hear a bid by a unit of British oil major BP Plc to avoid a lawsuit...
Semenya, Van Niekerk named in S Africa world championship team
Double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya has been included in South Africa’s preliminary team for this year’s world championships in Doha, though it is...
Add Canada to Formula One’s list of classic controversies
If Formula One shot itself in the foot in Canada on Sunday, as some said after the race, then a cynic might suggest it was...
U.S. measles outbreak spreads to Idaho and Virginia, hits 1,022 cases
The United States’ worst measles outbreak in a quarter-century spread to Idaho and Virginia last week as public health authorities on Monday reported 41 new...
Once popular Weah battles mass protests in Liberia
Liberia’s president, the former soccer player George Weah, is facing large-scale demonstrations against his government over corruption and economic woes. Serena Chaudhry reports....