"총격범, 아베가 어머니 빠진 종교에 보낸 영상 보고 범행 결심""어머니가 종교단체에 기부 후 파산"…경영하던 건설회사도 문 닫아제압당하는 아베 전 총리 저격 용의자(나라 로이터=연합뉴스) 8일 일본 나라현 나라시 야마토사이다이지역 앞에서 참의원 선거 유세활동을...
아베, 유세 중 총맞고 심폐정지…"용의자, 전직 자위대원" 8일 참의원 선거를 앞두고 지원 유세 중 피격된 아베 신조(67) 전 총리는 일본 우익의 상징적인 정치인이다. 총리 재임 기간 A급 전범이 합사된 야스쿠니신사를 참배해 파문을 일으켰으며 한국 법원의 일제 강...
Chris Delaney typically unwinds from his job at Discovery Communications by taking leisurely weekend drives or flipping through stacks of vinyl at used record stores. But on a recent midweek afternoon, the broadcast ingest operator was releasing his stress - right there at work - by stroking a beard
Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera apologized Wednesday night for a series of tweets that appeared to defend former "Today" host Matt Lauer and referred to the news industry as a "flirty business." In his tweets, from which Fox officials quickly distanced themselves, Rivera said Lauer
A closer look at Pyongyang’s propaganda provides clues to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear strategy A new assessment by U.S. and East Asian intelligence officials concludes North Korea will be capable of launching a nuclear-capable, intercontinental ballistic missile as early as next year. The new conclusio
It wasn’t a big surprise, but it was a big deal — so much so that North Korea issued commemorative stamps. Two successful missile launches in July almost certainly proved that the country had produced an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the United States. A Nov. 29 test t
Coram the grizzly bear developed a bad habit as a youngster of raiding trash cans, ripping into dog food bags and stealing bread from pickup trucks. Now he's a 600-pound adult who puts these refined scavenging skills to use as a professional product tester. Along with five other grizzlies
When Washington's grand Haft mansion near Embassy Row changed hands in 2006, it was one of the most expensive home sales in the history of the city - and one of its most mysterious. The 23,000-square-foot, seven-bedroom home - featuring Italian marble floors and a chandelier that had once
Ziggy Hood isn't flashy on the field. He wears generic black-and-white cleats and gloves for every game and burgundy arm sleeves to cover up the logo on his wrist straps so he won't get fined. "Just give me my standard-issued [gear], and let me just rock and roll," said the Redskins
When I told my roommate that I was headed to the world's smallest mollusk museum over Thanksgiving, she laughed out loud. "World's smallest?" she repeated. "I could put some shells in a shoe box, and then I'd have the smallest mollusk museum." Luckily for the museum's c
A woman who falsely claimed to The Washington Post that Roy Moore, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Alabama, impregnated her as a teenager appears to work with an organization that uses deceptive tactics to secretly record conversations in an effort to embarrass its targets. In a serie
Britain's Prince Harry is engaged to marry American actress Meghan Markle and will wed in spring 2018, the royal palace announced Monday morning, ending days of feverish speculation in the tabloids over when their nuptial plans would be revealed. The 33-year-old ginger-bearded prince is f
During the three months that Myanmar has been rocked by a refugee exodus the United States has now deemed "ethnic cleansing," de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has for the most part remained hunkered down in her office in this capital city, hewn out of the jungle just over a decade ago by the milit
President Donald Trump's company has agreed to remove the Trump name from its hotel in Lower Manhattan and give up management of the property, the most visible sign yet of the toll his presidency has taken on his brand. The decision, announced by the company Wednesday afternoon, follows s
Weeks ago, "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" booked Gayle King to chat about the holidays and her best friend Oprah's list of "favorite things" for 2017. Then, hours before King's appearance, her "CBS This Morning" co-anchor Charlie Rose was fired after an extensive Washington Post
Wild turkeys are causing troubles across the American suburbs. The birds of late have been accused of cracking roof tiles outside Sacramento, dangerously disrupting traffic in western New York and "terrorizing" residents near Akron, Ohio. Reports of turkey aggression in the Boston area have spi
A newly announced campaign of U.S. and Afghan airstrikes against Taliban-run narcotic centers was met with alarm and criticism Tuesday from political leaders in Helmand province - the heart of Afghanistan's huge opium trade - where officials said 10 such air attacks were carried out in the past
Mark Twain, when he traveled to California's Mono Lake almost 150 years ago, became enchanted by aquatic flies. Mono Lake is peculiar - it's three times saltier than the ocean and nearly as basic as ammonia. A thick black necklace of flies encircles the lake. The flies do not fear the alkali