Authorities: Explosion near NAACP office targeted accountant
By SADIE GURMAN A judge has ordered the man accused of setting off a small explosion last month near a Colorado NAACP office held without bond pending a hearing next…
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As ravaged Ukraine town regains peace, fear of war remains
By PETER LEONARD Almost every building was gravely damaged, nearly every window smashed in this Ukrainian town left unrecognizable by months of relentless shelling. Children played in the rubble where…
Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and SETH BORENSTEIN Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents.…
Snowden leak: NSA helped British steal cell phone codes
By KEN DILANIAN Britain’s electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments…
Debaltseve under rebel control, Cossack fighters celebrate
By PETER LEONARD and DALTON BENNETT Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town.…
W.Va. oil train derailment was 1 of 3 with safer tank cars
By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that…
Drone on: US proposes rules for the era of drones
By JOAN LOWY Drone on, the government says.Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way…
Denmark on edge as 2nd shooting within hours rocks capital
By JAN M. OLSEN and KARL RITTER Police say one of three people shot outside a synagogue in Copenhagen has died in the second of two shootings within hours that…