American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains unbeaten in 48 professional bouts after earning a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines in their welterweight unification title fight, in what had been promoted as the latest “fight of the century.” The 38-year-old Mayweather, with his longer reach, started strong in Saturday’s fight at the MGM […]
The two leaders of the Bali Nine, who were convicted and sentenced to death in 2006, faced a firing squad shortly after midnight on the penitentiary island of Nusakambangan in Java. Two Australians, Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, joined six other drug offenders in front of a 12-man firing squad in a jungle […]
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the United States is providing an additional $9 million in aid for earthquake-ravaged Nepal. The added funding brings to $10 million dollars the total amount announced by the U.S. since Saturday’s quake, which has left more than 3,700 people dead. The U.S. Agency for International Development statement said […]
San Diego police say they have taken a man into custody after he attempted to steal a 79-year-old amputee’s wheelchair from him early Thursday morning. Police caught 54-year-old Stanley McQuery two blocks from where he had broke into the home of William Ballard, an amputee that needs his motorized wheelchair to get around. McQuery broke […]