Tejas Muthusamy of Glen Allen, Va., reacts after spelling "llanero" correctly during the semifinal round of the National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)The Associated Press.

Tejas Muthusamy of Glen Allen, Va., reacts after spelling "llanero" correctly during the semifinal round of the National Spelling Bee, Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)The Associated Press.

Petro Poroshenko Ukrainian presidential candidate and businessman Petro Poroshenko briefs the media after a meeting with Germany's Christian Union's faction law makers in Berlin on May 7, 2014. Markus Schreiber—AP ...

Petro Poroshenko Ukrainian presidential candidate and businessman Petro Poroshenko briefs the media after a meeting with Germany's Christian Union's faction law makers in Berlin on May 7, 2014. Markus Schreiber—AP ...

RATING: 3 stars (out of 4). Fractured fairy tales are big business these days. When every story possible has been adapted for the big screen, I guess it's not the worst idea in the world to tell the oldest ones possible from a different angle. Over the past decade ...

Mohammad Iqbal sitting beside the body of his wife Farzana Iqbal after she was killed by her family for marrying against their wishes. Photograph: EPA. Topics: News · World · Asia-Pacific · Bari Farzana · Iqbal Farzana · Pakistan; More Topics. Thu, May 29 ...

The spike is being fuelled by unvaccinated travellers returning from abroad with the highly contagious respiratory disease. 9:05pm UK, Thursday 29 May 2014. Child with measles. Homegrown measles cases were declared eliminated in the US in 2000.

Twelve young spellers have made the championship finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a group that surprisingly includes only one repeat finalist. By BEN NUCKOLS. Associated Press. PREV of NEXT. Téa Freedman-Susskind of Redmond, Wash., ...

The death of American poet Maya Angelou has been greeted with both grief and accolades for her contributions to the American literary canon. But it also has stirred memories of her early support for a controversial man, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence ...

[WASHINGTON] The US economy contracted for the first time in three years from January through March as companies added to inventories at a slower pace and curtailed investment. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell at a one per cent annualised rate in the ...

WASHINGTON — After months of hesitation, Ukraine is now pressing a military offensive against pro-Russian militias operating in the east, intensifying the bloodshed in a risky gambit to quickly crush the revolt. On Thursday rebels struck back, downing a ...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN—The husband of a woman stoned to death by her family earlier this week was arrested for killing his first wife, though the case against him was withdrawn, a senior police official in Pakistan says. Mohammed Iqbal was arrested after the ...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN—The husband of a woman stoned to death by her family earlier this week was arrested for killing his first wife, though the case against him was withdrawn, a senior police official in Pakistan says. Mohammed Iqbal was arrested after the ...

The African National Congress confirms that Comrade Max Sisulu has resigned from Parliament by submitting a notice to the Chief Whip of the ANC, Comrade Stone Sizani. According to the letter no substantive reasons have been given for his resignation.

The African National Congress confirms that Comrade Max Sisulu has resigned from Parliament by submitting a notice to the Chief Whip of the ANC, Comrade Stone Sizani. According to the letter no substantive reasons have been given for his resignation.

Rafael Nadal passed his French Open second-round test with flying colours on Thursday, showing flashes of his intimidating best in a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win over talented Austrian youngster Dominic Thiem. The eight-time champion from Spain applauded his ...

Twelve youngsters are just one word away from V-I-C-T-O-R-Y in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. A dozen spellers, ranging in age from 11 to 15 and from hometowns from California to Jamaica, advanced to the championship finals on Thursday. Only one ...

... * Thin Treasury yields seen as drag on dollar. * Traders look beyond worse than forecast GDP data. * Aussie jumps on brighter business-spending outlook (Adds late prices and comments). By Michael Connor. NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - The dollar ...

Google released diversity data this week, and the takeaway has largely been that the company is mostly white men — its workforce is 70 percent men and 61 percent white. In tech jobs, the gender balance is much more uneven, with women make up only 17 ...

Brad Pitt isn't the first celebrity to be ambushed in public. Here are 9 more examples. On Wednesday night, Brad Pitt was accosted at the glitzy premiere of "Maleficent," allegedly by the notorious red-carpet attacker Vitalii Sediuk. Pitt wasn't hurt in the incident ...