U.S. wildlife officials have proposed federal protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act for the first time. According to environmentalists, habitat loss and climate change-driven drought are causing alarming population declines for the African mammals.
The allegedly drunken driver who killed two men and hurt three others after smashing onto a crowded sidewalk was just two blocks from home when the crash occurred, police said....
Protesters gathered outside The New York Times building demanding the retraction of Nicholas Kristof's article alleging Israeli sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees....