Father Arrested After Baby Left Alone in Car
ORLANDO, Fla. — A father faces felony child neglect charges after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper spotted a baby left alone in a car outside a Best Buy store. The incident happened about 5:30 p.m....
View ArticleJohansen Leads Blue Jackets to 4-2 Win Over Oilers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist for his third multipoint game this season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Friday night. Artem Anisimov, Nick...
View ArticleInjuries Reported in 'Minor' NJ Ferry Accident
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Authorities say a ferry boat hit a pier in Jersey City and four people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Ferry operator New York Waterway says several people fell...
View ArticleAutopsy Planned in Shooting of Alzheimer's Patient
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — An autopsy has been scheduled for a 72-year-old Alzheimer's patient who was shot after authorities say he wandered into a darkened yard in Georgia. Sheriff's officials say Ronald...
View ArticlePower Claims in the East China Sea
China, Japan and South Korea test each other. Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for The International New York Times. View more of his work, visit his Web site or follow him on Twitter....
View ArticleVenezuela Caps Prices for Commercial Leases
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is capping rental prices for commercial real estate as he steps up a campaign against businesses he accuses of trying to sabotage the economy...
View ArticleProtests as France Debates Bill on Prostitution
PARIS — Protesters both for and against an anti-prostitution bill that would decriminalize prostitutes but fine their customers have demonstrated outside France's National Assembly as lawmakers began...
View ArticleSkeleton Victory Is Erased for Pikus-Pace
Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States was disqualified from her victory in the season-opening women’s World Cup skeleton event in Calgary, Alberta, after her sled failed a post-race inspection. A...
View ArticleMideast Tensions Alarm U.N. Chief
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, expressed alarm on Friday about what he called the “increasingly dangerous situation on the ground” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fearful that...
View ArticleLara Gut Wins Season-Opening World Cup Downhill
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Lara Gut of Switzerland won her second World Cup event of the season, taking the season-opening downhill Friday in a race Lindsey Vonn skipped to rehab her right knee. Gut was...
View ArticleObama Visits Activists Fasting for Immigration
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has visited the activists who are fasting to protest House inaction on immigration legislation. On the day after Thanksgiving Obama stopped by a white tent on the...
View ArticleSaab to Resume Auto Production in Sweden
National Electric Vehicle Sweden, which bought the Swedish carmaker Saab last year, will restart production of the Saab 9-3 sedan on Monday at the Trollhattan factory in Sweden, a company spokesman...
View ArticleMissouri: Governor Wants Action on Boeing
Gov. Jay Nixon wants lawmakers back at the Capitol next week in hopes of persuading Boeing to locate its new 777X jet plant in Missouri. Mr. Nixon on Friday called a special legislative session to...
View ArticleGold Rises on Tensions Over East China Sea
NEW YORK — Gold is logging its biggest gain in two weeks as tensions rise between China and Japan. China launched two fighter planes Friday to investigate flights by U.S. and Japanese reconnaissance...
View ArticleFirst Lady Welcomes White House Christmas Tree
WASHINGTON — Christmas has come to the White House. Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha and the family's two dogs have accepted an 18-and-a-half-foot Douglas fir as the official White House...
View ArticleThousands in Haiti March in Parallel Protests
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Several thousand Haitians are marching in parallel protests in the Caribbean nation's capital. One group that numbered about 600 was heading Friday to the U.S. Embassy to decry...
View ArticleShrunken Head? Ripley's NY to Shoppers: Believe It
NEW YORK — Where's a Black Friday shopper to turn for a 19th century vampire-killing kit? Believe it or not, the item is part of the Black Friday madness at the Ripley's Times Square Odditorium. It...
View ArticleBlackhawks Top Stars 2-1 in 11th Round of Shootout
DALLAS — Ben Smith scored in the 11th round of a wild shootout and the Chicago Blackhawks finally beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 Friday night for their fifth straight victory. Chicago's Patrick Sharp and...
View ArticleUS: Tough Sanctions on Iran Remain Despite Deal
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it is maintaining tough oil-related sanctions against Iran even though the U.S. and five other world powers signed an initial deal earlier this week to curb...
View ArticleRetrial to Begin in Deadly Katrina Police Shooting
NEW ORLEANS — Three years after his manslaughter conviction, a former New Orleans police officer is getting a second chance to persuade a jury that he was justified in fatally shooting a 31-year-old...
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