New York Knicks guard Jason Kidd announced in a statement on Monday that he plans to retire from professional basketball after 19 years. Kidd, 40, is a 10-time NBA all-star and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. NBC New York
Discovery struck gold with the new Animal Planet special “Mermaids: The New Evidence,” a follow-up to last year’s “Mermaids: The Body Found,” which was also a hit – but not even close as big as this one. Broadcasting Cable…
Jodi Arias juror number 6 sits down for one-on-one conversation with Chris Williams.
Just one day after the White House admitted to killing four Americans through targeted drone strikes, President Obama plans to announce new restrictions on the use of the unmanned aircrafts. The president’s counterterrorism speech—the first to date in his second…
An 80-year-old Japanese man who underwent heart surgery in January reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world’s highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura and his party, including his second son Gouta, arrived at…
At least six people were killed Wednesday as a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people. The worst-hit city Wednesday was Granbury, where authorities say a deadly tornado…
Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just begun. The powerful gun rights lobby gathers in Houston this weekend for its annual convention…
Tens of thousands of low-paid workers took to the streets on May Day to demand higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions a week after a building collapse in Bangladesh became a grim reminder of the dangers of lax…
Uranium mining on the doorstep of the Grand Canyon national park is set to go ahead in 2015 despite a ban imposed last year by Barack Obama. Energy Fuels Resources has been given federal approval to reopen its old Canyon…
Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones, a master of sad country ballads whose voice held the bracing power, the sweetness and the burn of an evening’s final pull from a bourbon bottle, has died after an illness that hosptialized…
The Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed the body of a man pulled from the Providence River is that of missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi. The medical examiner said the cause of Tripathi’s death is still under investigation but…
Microsoft Slammed With $731M Fine – Once Again Hit with Anti-Trust Over Internet Explorer Microsoft did not hold up its end of a 2009 bargain with European Union regulators to give its users the option to use Web browsers other…
The body of a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale, Miss., was found about 15 miles west of town Wednesday, and a person was in custody, sheriff’s officials said. Authorities had been searching for Marco McMillian, 34, since Tuesday morning, when…
Lindsey Vonn was taken to a hospital by helicopter Tuesday after crashing and apparently hurting her right knee in the super-G race at the world ski championships.
Vonn, a four-time overall World Cup champion, lost balance on her right leg while landing after a jump. Her ski came off immediately, and Vonn slid off course and hit a gate before coming to a halt.
The American received medical treatment on the slope for 12 minutes before being taken to the hospital.
The second photo is probably the most telling: Slovenia’s Tina Maze reacts to watching the crash.
Only hours after having surgery to have her skull reconstructed and hearing restored, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai released an optimistic video statement. Though her upper lip was stiff, the young Pakistani spoke clearly, saying that she was “getting better, day by day.” Malala was shot by the Taliban in October for being outspoken on girls’ education and “Western thinking.
Obama: Scouting Should Be Open to Gay Members – VIDEO –
Power Outage Stops Game at Super Bowl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4IDn3ZT9Ks&feature=youtube_gdata
Prime Minister Nuri-Al Malaki sent an urgent message to President Barack Obama earlier this week, pleading him to prevent oil giant Exxon-Mobil from signing an oil deal with the Iraqi province, Kurdistan. The U.S. has yet to issue a response…
The recent release of 120 CIA documents by the National Security Archives (NSA) reveals new details about Osama Bin Laden, al-Qaida and the terrorist attacks of 9/11, which clearly show that the CIA had been tracking Bin Laden a full…
The indefinite detention of American citizens without charge, a particularly contentious provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge this week. Responding to an inquiry made by the Obama administration, Judge Katherine B.…
