Penn State University trustees said Monday they fired legendary gridiron coach Joe Paterno for “failure of leadership” after child abuse accusations against an assistant.
The statement from the school's board of trustees comes after months of (...)
Penn State has hired New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien as its head coach, the first change in leadership for the storied football program in nearly a half-century.
The announcement caps a turbulent two-month period that began (...)
Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday on new sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, the state attorney general's office said.
The charges were brought after new accusers were questioned by a grand jury (...)
Penn State's football team came up short Saturday minus Joe Paterno, losing an emotionally-charged first game since a shocking child sex-abuse scandal engulfed the college campus.
In a hushed Beaver Stadium prior to Penn State's final home game of (...)
run TV says the prime minister has formed a new cabinet. President Bashar Al-Assad sacked his cabinet two weeks ago in one of a series of concessions in the face of anti-government protests. Assad appointed Prime Minister Adel Safar, who formed the (...)
The producer of “Pimp My Ride” and formerly of “Survivor” is barred from leaving Mexico while authorities investigate the death of his wife whose body was found in the sewer of a Cancun resort, a state official said Friday.
Bruce Beresford-Redman (...)
The producer of “Pimp My Ride” and formerly of “Survivor” is barred from leaving Mexico while authorities investigate the death of his wife whose body was found in the sewer of a Cancun resort, a state official said Friday.
Bruce Beresford-Redman (...)
Dwight Howard scored 22 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, passing Wilt Chamberlain as the youngest NBA player to reach the 5,000-board mark as the Magic kept their grip on the No. 2 spot in the Eastern Conference by beating the Heat 101-95 on Monday (...)
owned Kuwait National Petroleum Co. says it has suspended all oil exports for a second time this month because of bad weather.
KNPC spokesman Ahmed Al-Mezaiel said Sunday's delay because of a sandstorm was “normal,” and would not affect Kuwait's (...)
run news agency says a Turkish man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for insulting Islam, but pardoned by the King, has returned home. The Anatolia news agency says a large crowd welcomed 30-year-old barber Sabri Bogdan back to his hometown of (...)
Large crowds voted in several towns in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, while separatists in other areas boycotted the polls and clashed with government forces in the fourth phase of state elections in the disputed Himalayan region.
Muslim separatist (...)
fired a sea-to-sea missile during a six-day
naval maneuver.
Sunday's report quotes the maneuver's spokesman Adm.
Ghasem Rostamabadi. He says the mid-range missile was
launched from a battleship late Saturday in the waters off
the port town of (...)
owned bus swerved off a mountain road and fell into a deep gorge Wednesday, killing 16 people near Pithorgarh, in north Indian state of Uttaranchal, a police official said.
Fifteen other people were in the accident when the bus they were traveling (...)