SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
BAGHDAD — A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country’s powerful army.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators have indefinitely delayed a decision on the proposed restart of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, raising new questions Monday about whether the twin reactors will produce electricity...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at two hospitals said they’ve been treating more than 140 patients, including about 70 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.
LONDON — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a...
BOSTON — Cardinal Sean O’Malley skipped Boston College’s commencement on Monday because of the involvement of Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who supports a bill in his country that would allow abortion.
PHOENIX — The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial wrapped up for the day on Monday after a series of legal arguments in which her defense lawyers asked for a mistrial and to withdraw from the case.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Connecticut commuters endured slow trips to work on Monday following last week’s train collision that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City.
A fourth person has been detained in connection with a narcotics investigation that netted three arrests last week, according to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
Thanks in part to the black and yellow clothing he wore while breaking into a home, a Wagener man will spend the next 12 years in a green jumpsuit after he was convicted of burglary last week.
A 58-year-old Warrenville man was detained on multiple charges, including driving under the influence and illegal carrying of a pistol, after he was pulled over for a traffic stop on Sunday, according to the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office.
