Happy Lotto Day: Banana, Turtle, and Dead PM
BANGKOK — It’s the end of the month, so lottery gamblers are going bananas over strange occurrences that could portend winning numbers.
Bernie Sanders Defends His Support for Clinton in 2016
HENDERSON, Nevada — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Thursday defended his efforts to support his party's presidential nominee in 2016 and said he...
Tiananmen Veterans Look Back on Movement’s Mistakes, Passion
BEIJING — Wu'er Kaixi was among the most outspoken of the student leaders during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, famously reproaching then-Premier Li...
D-Day Still Takes an Emotional Toll on Vets, 75 Years On
SOUTHWICK, England — Leonard "Ted" Emmings has had a mission for 75 years.
The night before the D-Day landings, Emmings and his shipmates on a...
Truck-Smashing Aunties Get Lenient Sentence
BANGKOK — A court on Thursday handed down probation to two women whose axe attack on a pickup truck blocking their mansion won widespread sympathy.
Central Will Only Give Plastic Bags When Asked
BANGKOK — Blessed are the meek, who will have a hard time attaining plastic bags when staff refuse to give them automatically at Central Department stores starting this June.
Ex-Monk Acquitted of Lese Majeste for Royal Forgery
BANGKOK — A former monk accused of fabricating ties to the monarchy was on Wednesday convicted of fraud but acquitted of royal defamation.
Girl Believed to Be Tiniest Newborn Weighed as Much as Apple
SAN DIEGO — When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple.
A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the...
Deadly Knife Attack on Schoolgirls Startles Japan
TOKYO — In a country considered among the safest in the world, a deadly knife attack near Tokyo on a group of schoolgirls has...
Singer From Nazi Shirt Scandal Now Educating Fans on Holocaust
BANGKOK — An idol singer who provoked international outrage by wearing a shirt emblazoned with the Nazi flag onstage says the scandal taught her an invaluable lesson about world history.
