US Navy sailors released unharmed by Iran in less than a day
By ADAM SCHRECK and ALI AKBAR DAREINI It turned out to be the international crisis that wasn’t. Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were detained in Iran…
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Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down
By DAVID BAUDER The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business…
Legendary musician David Bowie dies of cancer at 69
By MESFIN FEKADU David Bowie, the chameleon-like star who transformed the sound — and the look — of rock with his audacious creativity and his sexually ambiguous makeup and costumes,…
Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN Mexican officials say Sean Penn’s contacts with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman helped them track the fugitive down — even if he…
Kendrick the King: Rapper leads Grammys with 11 nominations
By MESFIN FEKADU Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for “To…
Elder Bush criticizes Cheney, Rumsfeld in new biography
By NANCY BENAC In a blistering critique, former President George H.W. Bush says onetime Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when George W. Bush was in the White…
Former Sen. Fred Thompson, had TV and film roles, dead at 73
Fred Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on “Law & Order,” died Sunday, his family said. He…
Suge Knight, Katt Williams plead not guilty in robbery case
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight and comedian Katt Williams have pleaded not guilty to robbery charges filed against them after a celebrity photographer accused them of…