NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Connecticut police say they’re looking for a burglar who goes by the name Bob. Police say a woman reported a break-in at about 2:30 a.m. Monday at her home in New Haven. The woman told police she asked who was in her hallway and the man …

WASHINGTON – Defeating President Bush in 2004 has becomea central focus in the life of billionaireGeorge Soros (search), and he’s ready to put his money where his mouth is. Soros has pledged $15 million of his personal wealth to activists working to undo Bush’s presidency. Meanwhile, television sitcom granddaddy Norman …

Michael Jackson | Rosie’s Publisher | Britney Spears Legal Secretary in Old Case SaysJackson Was Framed A legal secretary who was peripherally involved in the first child molestation case concerning Michael Jackson says he was framed. Geraldine Hughes worked for attorney Barry Rothman in 1993. Rothman represented dentistEvan Chandler (search)in …

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Matt Grzelcyk’s second goal of the contest, coming at the 51-second mark of overtime, gave Boston University a long awaited city crown with a 4-3 victory over Northeastern in the 63rd annual Beanpot championship from TD Garden. Only nine seconds into the extra session, Northeastern’s Matt …

MEXICO CITY – Mexican environmental authorities say they have filed an animal cruelty complaint over a ceremony practiced by a Mayan community in Yucatan state that includes ripping the head off a live duck. The ceremony is known in the Mayan language as “Kots Kaal Pato,” which roughly translates as …

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish officials say two construction workers are trapped under debris after a landslide at a dam construction site in northeast Turkey. Adil Sabanci, a regional hydraulic works official, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that two other workers were rescued Friday from the landslide at the Hamzadere Dam …

Taliban gunmen have surrounded a police compound in the volatile southern province of Helmand after killing 19 policemen and seven soldiers in an ongoing siege, a senior police officer said on Monday from inside the compound. Napas Khan, the police chief in the Naw Zad district, told The Associated Press …

JERUSALEM – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday stepped down as the international community’s Mideast envoy, leaving a post that began with great promise but which struggled to deliver dramatic changes in its quest to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The departure reflected the dire state …

The Tehran regime and the North Korean government have been engaged in extensive exchange of information and visits by experts on nuclear weapons and nuclear warhead design as recently as April 2015, reliable and detailed information obtained by network of the Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) inside Iran …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Islamic State supporters in Gaza have given the ruling Hamas movement a 48-hour deadline to halt its crackdown on them. A statement sent to media on Monday did not say what the IS supporters would do if the crackdown continued. It included a claim of …