Enlarge image i Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the Loya Jirga on Sunday. Karzai expressed anger at an airstrike Thursday that killed a child, saying it could imperil a security agreement with the U.S. The U.S.-led international force apologized on Friday for the killing. Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the Loya Jirga […]
Enlarge image i Chuck Shelton in the cold room at Albemarle CiderWorks in Virginia, which makes sparkling alcoholic cider with some of the same apple varieties used by Thomas Jefferson. Meredith Rizzo/NPR Chuck Shelton in the cold room at Albemarle CiderWorks in Virginia, which makes sparkling alcoholic cider with some of the same apple varieties
Enlarge image i Firefighters work on the scene of a helicopter crash at The Clutha Bar in Glasgow, Scotland. Andrew Milligan/PA Photos /Landov Firefighters work on the scene of a helicopter crash at The Clutha Bar in Glasgow, Scotland. Andrew Milligan/PA Photos /Landov A police helicopter slammed late Friday night into a popular pub in
Enlarge image i Turkey of Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan. Patricia Cullinane Turkey of Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan. Patricia Cullinane Thanksgiving — like the universe — is expanding. Traditionally a time for Americans to pause and give thanks to a Supreme Being — for health or harvest or happenstance, Thanksgiving is evolving before our very eyes into a
NASA/YouTube Watch Comet ISON’s approach to the sun (NASA Video). Updated 11:30 p.m. ET: ‘My Best Guess … There Is Something Left’ Scientists Thursday said that ISON, a comet formed at the birth of the solar system, apparently did not survive its encounter with the sun. Hours later, they weren’t so sure. At midday, NASA
Enlarge image i Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visits navigators helping enroll people on HealthCare.gov. Lynne Sladky/AP Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visits navigators helping enroll people on HealthCare.gov. Lynne Sladky/AP Besides movie theaters and Wal-Mart, one place that will stay open this Thanksgiving is the new HealthCare.gov “exchange operations center.”
Enlarge image i A Welsh man has realized that he threw out a stash of Bitcoins along with an old computer hard drive. At an exchange rate hit today, they would be worth around $7.5 million. Here, a photo of tokens representing Bitcoins. Rick Bowmer/ASP A Welsh man has realized that he threw out a
Enlarge image i Concerns over China’s air defense claims led Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to call Japan’s defense minister Wednesday. Here, a man makes a call near a replica of a Chinese fighter jet displayed in Beijing Wednesday. Ng Han Guan/AP Concerns over China’s air defense claims led Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to
Enlarge image i Sonic the Hedgehog balloon is inflated Wednesday in New York. The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, which began in 1924, features giant balloons of characters from popular culture floating above the streets of Manhattan. But high winds could ground Sonic and others on Thursday. Peter Foley/EPA /Landov Sonic the Hedgehog balloon is
By the World Health Organization’s official tally, the flu pandemic of 2009-10 killed 18,449 people around the world. Those are deaths of people who had laboratory-confirmed cases of the so-called swine flu. But a fresh analysis says the real toll was 10 times higher — up to 203,000 deaths. And maybe it was twice that,
Enlarge image i Voters in SeaTac, Wash., have narrowly approved a measure raising the minimum wage at its international airport, officials say. But the initiative faces several challenges, including a recount. Elaine Thompson/AP Voters in SeaTac, Wash., have narrowly approved a measure raising the minimum wage at its international airport, officials say. But the initiative
Enlarge image i Mohamed Osman Mohamud, then 19, is shown after his arrest on Nov. 26, 2010, in Portland Ore. Mohamud was convicted of planning to detonate a bomb during a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, but his sentencing is on hold after revelations that investigators relied to some degree on NSA surveillance. Getty Images Mohamed Osman