1 of 3. A journalist reads a local paper with a photograph of fellow journalist Alfredo Villatoro outside a funeral home where a wake for Villatoro was taking place in Tegucigalpa May 16, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Cabrera … [Read more...]

It was May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia. Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. and his platoon were ambushed by a large enemy force. The 22-year-old riflemen from Ellwood City, Pa., charged the enemy position, killing several soldiers, and then attacked an enemy flanking force, drawing fire away from his comrades. As the enemy retreated, a grenade landed near Sabo and a wounded American soldier. Sabo picked it up and threw it, while shielding his comrade with his own body. The grenade blast badly injured Sabo, but he continued to charge the bunker. Crawling towards the enemy stronghold he was shot multiple … [Read more...]

The sexual orientation of a new pastor in a Missouri church softball league has put his team on the bench. Rev. James Semmelroth Darnell, the 27-year-old pastor of St. John United Church of Christ in Saint Clair, told FoxNews.com that pastors of three other churches in a local church softball league said their teams would no longer take the field against St. John after hearing rumors questioning Darnell’s sexuality. Rather than force the issue, St. John pulled out of the league. “Three teams had issue with that and no longer wanted to play against our team since I am an out bisexual … [Read more...]

Members of the United Nations observers mission in Syria wait at a hotel lobby in Damascus, before heading to areas where protests against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been taking place, May 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri … [Read more...]

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a hoagie sandwich after he meets with small business owners to discuss income tax credits during a roundtable discussion in Taylor Gourmet restaurant in Washington, May 16, 2012. Second from left is Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing WASHINGTON/PARIS | Wed May 16, 2012 4:54pm EDT WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will seek support to tap emergency oil reserves from other Group of Eight leaders at a summit this weekend before the European Union's July embargo of Iranian crude, … [Read more...]

Former U.S. Senator John Edwards, 58, walks to the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., May 7, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Davis Turner By Colleen Jenkins GREENSBORO, NC | Wed May 16, 2012 9:39am EDT GREENSBORO, NC (Reuters) - Former Senator John Edwards, his ex-mistress and his oldest daughter may take the witness stand on Wednesday to offer a last word in his defense at his federal campaign finance trial, Edwards' lawyer said. A final defense witness list included Edwards and Rielle Hunter, the woman with whom he had an affair and fathered a child during his 2008 presidential bid, as … [Read more...]

Protesters take part in a rally against the NYPD's stop and frisk policy in the Bronx borough of New York May 13, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Keith Bedford By Basil Katz Wed May 16, 2012 2:32pm EDT (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk." District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan said that the lawsuit, filed in 2008 by four black men claiming they were improperly targeted by police because of their race, had established their cases were emblematic of … [Read more...]

The Obama White House is drawing ridicule for appending the official online biographies of nearly every president over the last century in order to link President Obama's accomplishments to the former commanders in chief.  The Obama team went into the pages of U.S. presidents dating back to Calvin Coolidge to add friendly looking "Did you know?" fact boxes to the end of their bios. Those additions were used to plug a host of Obama administration initiatives, ranging from the health care overhaul to the so-called "Buffett Rule" to his green-energy policies.  For instance, the following line … [Read more...]

1 of 16. France's new President Francois Hollande (C) stands in the rain as he attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe after his investiture ceremony in Paris May 15, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Regis Duvignau By Daniel Flynn and Brian Love PARIS | Wed May 16, 2012 4:42am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is to unveil his government on Wednesday, likely to opt for moderate social democrats in the key posts of finance and foreign affairs and put a more old school Socialist in charge of a new super ministry for youth and education. The cabinet, due to be announced in … [Read more...]

1 of 2. Leader of the Independent Greeks party Panos Kammenos (2nd from R) accompanied by party officials, arrives at the Presidential palace for a meeting with other political leaders and the Greek President in Athens May 15, 2012. Credit: Reuters/John Kolesidis By Ingrid Melander ATHENS | Wed May 16, 2012 1:22am EDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government that will lead the country into its second election in just over a month, with Greece's euro membership at stake in a mounting crisis rocking world markets. Parties deeply divided … [Read more...]