Yesterday in one sentence: I'm glad I write for an American newspaper and not a British one, because with the controversial Luis Suarez causing the inevitable downfall of the disappointing English national team, I don't think I'd sleep until Tuesday. What's on ...

Andy Murray trained with Amelie Mauresmo on Friday morning as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title. Practising his shot, the 27-year-old and his new coach seemed to be in a fairly laid-back mood ahead of the competition which starts on Monday.

Hebron: Israeli soldiers have killed a 15-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank as they pressed a crackdown on the Hamas in their search for three missing teenagers. Troops also wounded two Palestinians in a refugee camp just outside Jerusalem, ...

U.S. stock futures rose after the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index closed at a record yesterday as Federal Reserve comments spurred optimism that the economic recovery will accelerate. CarMax Inc. jumped 15 percent as quarterly results topped ...

The new Western-backed Ukrainian president has released a peace plan designed to end a separatist uprising in the east. Russia, meanwhile, has rejected criticism of a troop deployment to its shared border with Ukraine. Ostukraine Krise 19.06.2014 ...

With Wimbledon 2014 starting on Monday, the draw has ignited excitement among tennis fans. For Germany, the 2013 women's finalist Sabine Lisicki will be hoping to go one better this year. Wimbledon-Finale in London Sabine Lisicki Marion Bartoli. After the ...

France will not consider a military option to stop insurgents' offensive in Iraq until it receives the UN green light, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday. Asked by the news channel BFMTV about a possible French military intervention in the ...

Group E: Honduras vs. Ecuador. 6 p.m. ET, Friday, June 20; CBC TV, cbc.ca/fifaworldcup. What's at stake. Each team here needs full points if they have any hope of moving past the group stage. Wilson Palacios, a star player for Honduras, will miss this match.

Group E: Honduras vs. Ecuador. 6 p.m. ET, Friday, June 20; CBC TV, cbc.ca/fifaworldcup. What's at stake. Each team here needs full points if they have any hope of moving past the group stage. Wilson Palacios, a star player for Honduras, will miss this match.

A smooth criminal has managed to steal the hearts of women across the world after police posted his mugshot on Facebook and it got liked almost 40,000 times. Dashing Jeremy Meeks became the target of affection for thousands of women after a photo of ...

A smooth criminal has managed to steal the hearts of women across the world after police posted his mugshot on Facebook and it got liked almost 40,000 times. Dashing Jeremy Meeks became the target of affection for thousands of women after a photo of ...

Volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants, carry weapons and a portrait of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a parade in the streets in Baghdad's Sadr city June 14, 2014. (Reuters). Tweet. Text size A A A.

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly to Brazil next month for the final game of the football World Cup, the Kremlin confirmed on Friday. "The president is scheduled to attend the final match of the World Cup as Russia is the host of the next world ...

A girl places a candle during a memorial ceremony for the people killed when a Ukrainian military plane was shot by pro-Russian armed separatist militants on June 14, 2014, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. © AFP. Tweet. SEE ALSO. Putin to attend ...

Russia-backed rebels walk outside a local branch of the National Bank of Ukraine after seizing the building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 16, 2014. © AFP. Tweet. SEE ALSO. CNN: Ukraine military has closed off border with Russia, speaker says.

Russia-backed rebels walk outside a local branch of the National Bank of Ukraine after seizing the building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on June 16, 2014. © AFP. Tweet. SEE ALSO. CNN: Ukraine military has closed off border with Russia, speaker says.

The Amazon "Fire," Amazon's first smartphone. And it looks like the company might even make some money off it. Rachel Lerman: Staff Writer- Puget Sound Business Journal: Email | Twitter. Amazon's newly unveiled Fire Phone, which starts at $199, ...

Read this. Fire smartphone: Building a device for Prime · Shaking up iOS/Android duopoly · Success depends on developers · Hits, misses, and takeaways · First look at Fire (pictures) · Will hardware, service plan pricing keep customers away? T-Mobile CEO ...

The Dublin-based drugmaker Shire said Friday it has rejected an unsolicited 27 billion-pound ($46.2 billion) offer from AbbVie Inc., arguing that it fundamentally undervalues the company and its prospects. The company said in a statement Friday that ...

Fans explode with excitement at Play Sports Bar in Annadale as the U.S.team scores its second goal against Ghana on Monday in the World Cup. (Advance photo: Bill Lyons). Print · Staten Island Advance Editorial By Staten Island Advance Editorial Staten ...