Moore, Oklahoma, Begins to Recover from Deadly Tornado The tornado cut a wide path of destruction through Moore, taking away in an instant the comfortable lives people had built here. But many survivors are just happy to be alive. I feel lucky; I fee...
Thai Same-Sex Marriage Bill Not Without Controversy This is a traditional Thai wedding, except there is no groom. There are two brides. This ceremony is only symbolic because Thailand, like all of Asia, does not recognize same sex marriage. But a dra...
US Oil Surge Could Impact Mideast Geopolitics The IEA report describes a 'supply shock' from the United States rippling through world oil markets. The key to it is the resurgence of shale development in the United States, John Mitchell, an oil market...
Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some observers be...
Valley Fever Raises Concerns in California, Arizona Dale Pulde is selling his California home because he's unable to meet his payments. The motorcycle mechanic and drag car racer was infected with Valley Fever in California's Central Valley and has m...
Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. Iran has r...
Oklahoma Tornado Victims Share Stories of Survival Among the countless buildings struck by the three-kilometer-wide tornado were two elementary schools - hit just as students were about to be released for the day. Sherry Biddle, a teacher at Briarwoo...
Emergency Response Grows in Chad Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudans Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there....
Scientists Ponder 'Epoch' of Damage to Global Water System Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glacier...
Syrian Rebels Suffer Setbacks From Fighting in Town Near Lebanon Border Eighteen year-old Obeida Abdel Nabi is recovering from a shrapnel wound to his lower abdomen. He was hurt several days ago in Qusair near Syria's border with northern Lebanon, wh...
Kerry to Mideast for Syria Talks The latest effort to end Syrian violence aims to bring together for the first time envoys from President Assad's government and its opponents. Though Washington and Moscow back different sides in the conflict, Secreta...
Boston Bomber Spent 6 Months in Russias Most Violent Republic MAKHACHKALA, RUSSIAN REPUBLIC OF DAGESTAN The news of the Boston Marathon bombings circled the globe, and resonated here in Dagestan, a majority Muslim republic in Russia, on the shores of...
Washington Week: Focus on Burma, US Government Scandals Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. A dict...
Annual Event Helps Torture Treatment Center For 26 years Rossana Perez has spent her free time running in a park near downtown Los Angeles. It really clears my thoughts and helps me to release stress, Perez said. Much of that stress comes from memori...
Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by more than 25 percent over the past decade. But now, in parts of Southeast Asia, this drug no longer works. And the World Health O...
