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US military postpones trial for accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
July selection was set to begin Monday, but trial judge is trying to decide if Hasan's beard should be forcibly shavedA military appeals court on Friday postponed the court-martial for accused Fort...
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Texas will spray for West Nile virus despite fears of insecticide risks
Amid worst West Nile outbreak of the year, health officials near Dallas are hoping for clear, dry weather to help aerial sprayAerial spraying to combat the West Nile virus will continue Friday night...
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Mitt Romney's tax returns: the 'voter fraud' theory | MS Bellows Jr
There has been much speculation about why Romney refuses to disclose earlier tax returns. Could it be as simple as an address?Friday's exchange of letters between the election campaigns of Barack Obama...
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Madonna sued over gay rights stance by Russian campaigners
Anti-gay activists say criticism of law banning 'homosexual propaganda' may lead to Russia being unable to defend bordersA group of Russian anti-gay activists are suing American pop star Madonna for...
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June Fourth Elegies by Liu Xiaobo – review
Paul Batchelor on a powerful commemoration of the 1989 massacreIn 1989, Liu Xiaobo joined the peaceful protest movement centred on Tiananmen Square, and his life changed for ever. On 4 June, the...
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Experience: I crash-landed in the Hudson
'I could hear people screaming and one instinct took over: I need to get out'I've never been anxious about flying. I'm Australian and I've always travelled widely, so I was completely relaxed when I...
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Pussy Riot supporters around the world protest against prison sentence - in...
A protest of many colours as demonstrators around the world wore bright balaclavas in support of jailed band
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California's gradual retreat from capital punishment | Sadhbh Walshe
It's a sign that California is having second thoughts that a former prison warden is leading the campaign against the death penaltyDuring her tenure as warden of San Quentin prison, Jeanne Woodford...
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The Saturday interview: Harvard biologist Edward Wilson
Edward Wilson's radical paper on how insect and human societies work had the likes of Richard Dawkins lining up to shoot him down. Here he defends his long careerIt's not every day, or even every few...
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Chinese to become biggest spenders as record numbers head overseas
Expanding middle class fuels boom, with growing demand for scenery and culture on itineraries as well as shopsThe Chinese are on the verge of leapfrogging the Germans and Americans to become the nation...
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Miners' wives rage at South African police brutality after 'massacre'
Women performing apartheid-era toyi-toyi dance condemn mine company as they wait for news of victims of police shootingsNosisieko Jali's husband is missing. She has heard a rumour that a bullet hit him...
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Pussy Riot sentenced to two years in prison colony for hooliganism
Punk band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich jailed amid global protestsThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism...
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Obama calls for funds to stop teacher layoffs as student-to-teacher ratios rise
A White House report finds 300,000 teaching positions have been lost since 2009, sending student-to-teacher ratios up 4.6%President Barack Obama has called on Congress to release billions of dollars in...
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In the town Picasso made a symbol of destruction, creativity is booming again
A film about the painter's vision of a key event in Spain's civil war sheds light on a community finally overcoming the tragic scars of the pastA large cannon fires into the town square of the Basque...
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Paul Ryan and his mother tout Medicare plans at Florida event
The VP hopeful took to the offensive, seeking to reassure a large senior population about Republican plans for Medicare reformRepublican vice presidential pick Paul Ryan sought to reassure Floridians...
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'Will you marry me?' Please RT: tips for getting in on the public proposal craze
Proposing marriage was once a rite of quiet dignity between two people. Among viral videos and flash mobs, no more!First the New York Times reports on the new trend of proposing marriage by flash mob,...
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Julian Assange case: Ecuador pushes for neighbours' support
Quito insists embassy is inviolable as Hague says WikiLeaks founder will not be allowed safe passage out of countryThe international diplomatic row over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – who is...
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Chavis Carter footage released amid questions in alleged police car suicide
Additional video reveals some circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a handcuffed suspect, but questions remainPolice footage taken from the night officers say a suspect in Arkansas managed to...
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Deutsche Bank among those investigated for Iran-linked business
Several global banks are facing scrutiny from New York and federal regulators for alleged business with sanctioned IranUS prosecutors are investigating Deutsche Bank and several other global banks over...
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Strange but true: science's most improbable research
Science isn't always about the big questions. Marc Abrahams spends his time studying research that seeks the answers to more unlikely problems – little conundrums that others dare not tackleWhy do...
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