Daily Archives: September 18, 2017

Citing the threat to the student body’s “physical and mental safety,” 177 professors at the University of California, Berkeley, have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the campus’ so-called “Free Speech Week. Continue reading →

Police say a 68-year-old Californian retired teacher has been fatally stabbed in Jamaica. Continue reading →

The Latest on the violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh (all times local): 10:30 a.m. Continue reading →

New Zealand’s lawmakers and public employees have been told to cancel all nonessential flights to Auckland as a fuel shortage at the nation’s largest airport continues to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of people. Continue reading →

Hurricane Maria swept over the small island of Dominica with catastrophic Category 5 winds overnight, starting a charge into the eastern Caribbean that threatens islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma and holds the possibility of a direct hit on … Continue reading →

An Army veteran who fended off a mentally ill man who tried to attack a chess class the veteran was teaching at an Illinois public library is among 18 people being honored with Carnegie medals for heroism. Continue reading →

Islands devastated by Irma just a few weeks ago are now bracing for Hurricane Maria as it bears down on the northern Caribbean. Continue reading →

Violent protests broke out on the Georgia Tech campus Monday night, with one police car set on fire, according to reports. Continue reading →

Hillary Clinton brought her promotional book tour to Washington, D.C. on Monday night. Continue reading →

A mob opposed to public discussion of Indonesia’s 1965 massacre of communists tried to force its way into a Jakarta building where they believed communists were meeting, injuring five policemen. Continue reading →

For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Continue reading →

Hurricane Maria quickly strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm on Monday evening, hours after it had formed into a Category 3 earlier in the day. Continue reading →

A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of them is Jewish and the other is Indian. Continue reading →

Former chairman of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort, was surveilled by the U.S. government both before and after the 2016 presidential election, according to a report. Continue reading →

Hurricane Maria quickly strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm on Monday evening, hours after it had formed into a Category 3 earlier in the day. Continue reading →

Hurricane Maria quickly strengthened into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm on Monday evening, hours after it had formed into a Category 3 earlier in the day. Continue reading →

Questions over the University of Rochester’s handling of sexual misconduct accusations against a professor have sparked protests, calls for the resignation of top administrators, vows by alumni to stop donations and even a hunger strike by one student … Continue reading →

Convicted killer Dylann Roof has requested that new lawyers be appointed for his federal appeals case, saying the races of his current ones make them his “political and biological enemies.” Continue reading →

International opinion hardened against Myanmar on Monday as the U.S., Britain and other powers renewed calls for an end to violence against Rohingya Muslims, whose plight is overshadowing the Southeast Asian nation’s historic transition to democracy. Continue reading →