Egypt Agrees To Deport U.S. Citizen Sentenced For Protests
In April, Mohamed Soltan, 27, was sentenced to life in prison for his ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. He had been on a more than year-long hunger strike.
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Death Toll In Texas, Oklahoma Floods At 28
The region is expecting more rain and officials warn that the Colorado River at Wharton could crest today, causing even more flooding in what has been the wettest May on record for the state.
Obama Signs Texas Disaster Declaration As Death Toll In Flooding Rises
"There has been enough rain across Texas during May to cover the entire state nearly 8 inches deep," says the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
U.S. Defense Secretary: Militarization of South China Sea Is Unacceptable
The concern follows reports that China has placed mobile artillery on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands chain, where Beijing is in the midst of unilateral land reclamation and construction.
Texas Politicians And Businesses Feud Over Medicaid Expansion
Texas has turned down federal funds to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Hospitals and some business owners want the money, but it's a tough sell in Republican-dominated state politics.
FIFA Scandal Has Echoes Of Salt Lake Olympics Corruption Crisis
Officials of both organizations were accused of taking bribes. Leaders of both said they couldn't watch subordinates' behavior. Persistent outsiders found evidence of misconduct.
Anthrax Was Accidentally Sent To 11 States, 2 Countries, Pentagon Now Says
The numbers are more than the Pentagon's Thursday estimate of nine states and a U.S. Air Force base in South Korea. News organizations named Australia as the other country that received the samples.
The Windshield-Pitting Mystery Of 1954
For some strange reason, people across America began to notice that thousands of automobile windshields were dotted with teeny-tiny pockmarks.
First-Quarter Revision Puts GDP In The Red
A harsh winter and burgeoning trade deficit forced the economy to contract by 0.7 percent in the January-March period.
Why A Journalist Scammed The Media Into Spreading Bad Chocolate Science
A lot of junk nutrition science gets reported in the media. It's a big problem. But did a science journalist's elaborate hoax to expose the crisis go too far?