Monthly Archive: April 2015
A white South Carolina police officer has been charged with murder for killing an apparently unarmed black man. The charges were filed after cell phone video of the shooting was published by the New...
A European journalist went on trial in Turkey Wednesday for allegedly running afoul of the country’s anti-terror laws by sharing pictures and articles on social media. But the prosecutor now says the indictment lacks...
More than two thousand sick and starving baby seals and sea lions have washed up on California shores without their mothers since the start of the year. The precise cause is unclear. Rescue centers...
Editor’s note: Just after reporter Karin Argoud completed this story on baby seal and sea lion beachings along the California coast, she herself witnessed a seal beaching while visiting family in San Diego. She...
Thailand’s military-led government moved to reassure foreign diplomats about new laws after ending martial law last week. But rights activists are concerned the law giving the Prime Minister considerable power has potential for abuse...
Kenyan military officials say fighter jets carried out cross-border bombing raids into Somalia in response to last week’s deadly attack on a university in Garissa. In an April 2nd seige, militants killed 148 people,...
Pakistan hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world, and more than 1.5 million of those refugees are from neighboring Afghanistan. Many refugees first arrived decades ago during the Soviet invasion of...
Framework agreement reached on Iran’s nuclear program and UN sanctions Nigerian presidential election results deliver historic shakeup Al Shabab attack kills 147 at Kenyan university Transparency activists want to shine a light on ‘dark...
Al Shabab militants laid siege to a university campus in Kenya Thursday, killing 147 people. Dozens more survived with gunshot wounds. The death toll may rise. Download Audio Masked gunmen stormed the Garissa University...
Protesters took to the White House Thursday to demand greater accountability in campaign financing in this era of Citizens United — the Supreme Court case that provided the legal pathway for unlimited campaign contributions...