Society

China Limits Government Office Sizes in Latest Corruption Crackdown

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 26, 2015 02:51 AM EST

China's provincial governors and ministers will be limited to no bigger than 54 square meters of office space, the nation's anti-graft body ordered over the weekend. read more

Drug Dealing Continues in China Despite Crackdown

Geann Pineda   | Jan 26, 2015 02:47 AM EST

Drug dealing continues to flourish in China despite the country's massive crackdown on illegal drugs. read more

China President Tells Cadres to Stick to Marxist ‘Dialectical Materialism’

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 26, 2015 01:09 AM EST

China's President Xi Jinping is tightening ideological control of the Communist Party of China (CPC) by emphasizing Marxist thought on "dialectical materialism" as a way of carrying out more national reforms. read more

Surveillance Video Shows Baby Boarding Bus Alone

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 26, 2015 02:03 AM EST

A surveillance video showed a Chinese baby boarding the bus alone. The incident involved a one-year-old boy who crawled into a public bus unaccompanied in Changsha City in central China. The bus surveillance video footage, aired by China Central Television, ran for one minute and three seconds. read more

Apparent Murder-Suicide At NYC Home Depot Leaves 2 Dead

Geann Pineda   | Jan 26, 2015 12:32 AM EST

New York police said a male employee shot and killed a co-worker following a heated argument before turning the gun on himself in an apparent suicide. read more

Chinese Mother Pretends Baby Died, Sells Infant for US$7,000

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 26, 2015 12:14 AM EST

A Chinese woman with a troubled marriage told her family that her baby died upon birth. In reality, she sold the infant for about US$7,000. read more

Historic Blizzard Threatening to Cripple U.S. East Coast

Geann Pineda   | Jan 26, 2015 12:09 AM EST

A historic blizzard is threatening to cripple New York, dumping what could be up to three feet of snow. read more

2 Marine Pilots Die in Chopper Crash During Training in Southern California Desert

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 11:58 PM EST

A Marine training exercise in the Southern California desert turned out to be a fatal one for two pilots who died when their helicopter crashed on Friday. read more

Pet Ferrets Attack Month-Old Baby, Maul Infant’s Face

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 25, 2015 09:19 PM EST

Three pet ferrets chewed away up to a fourth of a baby's face after her parents left her alone in their dining room at a home in Pennsylvania, U.S. authorities said on Sunday. read more

China Wants More Baby Girls, Discourages Gender Testing

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 08:30 AM EST

To reduce the big gap between the number of males and females in China, Beijing has banned Chinese parents from having the gender of their forthcoming baby known ahead of the birth. read more

Supreme Court to Review Use of Lethal Injection Drug Midazolam

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 06:33 AM EST

A Supreme Court decision to hear the petition of three death row inmates questioning the use of the drug midazolam for lethal injection may result in the execution of the three being stayed until the court resolves the issue, said Dale Baich, one of the lawyers of the inmates. read more

Bomb-Threatened Flights Land Safely in Atlanta

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 04:30 AM EST

More bomb threats continue to hound flights bound for the U.S., with the latest made on Delta Air Lines Flight 1156 and Southwest Airlines Flight 2492. read more

Queens Dad Kills Daughter, Wife, in-Law, Then Self

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 12:08 AM EST

The NYPD is investigating the massacre of a Queens family on Saturday night in which the gunman is the head of the family. What is puzzling investigators is that the gunman, 34-year-old Jonathan Walker, told a friend that night he was going home to have some beer and watch Netflix with his family. read more

Third Victim of Omaha Gun Attack Dies, 5 Injured in Stable Condition

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 25, 2015 12:17 AM EST

A house party in Omaha, Nebraska, on Saturday turned into a tragedy after three people died and five others were hurt in a shooting incident. read more

TSA Deliberately Hid Airport Security Breaches

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 24, 2015 06:00 AM EST

Inspector General John Roth accused the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) of abusing its power to hide information. In a report released on Friday by the TSA internal auditor, Roth said that TSA declared a lot of the security problems at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York as "classified" data. read more

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