All Stories from October 3, 2014 (Change date)
-
Celebrations held around the world as major Muslim, Jewish holidays coincideOct 05, 2014 10:18 am - Major holidays for both Muslims and Jews are both being marked this Saturday across the Middle East, the first time this has happened since 1981. The Muslim holiday of E...
-
Ebola casts pall over Eid holiday in West AfricaOct 04, 2014 9:04 am - CONAKRY, Guinea - The Ebola outbreak which has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa is casting a pall over the region's celebrations of Eid, one of Islam's most ...
-
Ukraine's truce in trouble amid airport battleOct 04, 2014 2:57 pm - DONETSK, Ukraine - A monthlong cease-fire in Donetsk looks like this: nine civilians killed on Wednesday, a Red Cross staffer killed Thursday, scores killed and wounded ...
-
Things to Know about the Vatican's family synodOct 04, 2014 2:57 pm - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Sunday opens a two-week meeting of bishops and cardinals from around the world aimed at making the church's teaching on family life - marr...
-
Theater events: Next Theatre begins new season with 'Luce'Oct 03, 2014 3:00 pm - 'Luce' at Next Adopted from his native Africa by an American couple, high school standout Luce seems to be living the American dream, until his parents disclose a secret...
-
The route to 'freedom' - from a slave's perspectiveOct 04, 2014 7:44 am - It can be difficult to watch Hollywood depictions of America's shameful history as a slave state. But watching movies like the Academy Award-winning "12 Years a Slave" -...
-
Dining events: Wheeling's Taste of Town offers a bountyOct 03, 2014 6:00 am - Taste of Town Enjoy the bounty of the harvest at Wheeling's Taste of Town from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. The evening includes food and drink tastings, live entertain...
-
Lena Dunham bares more in new memoirOct 04, 2014 7:43 am - In her new memoir, “Not That Kind of Girl,” Lena Dunham relays a charming story about meeting a new friend and fellow writer she admires in London, drinking too much win...
-
New Va. museum marks the 'Birthplace of Country Music'Oct 04, 2014 7:44 am - BRISTOL, Va. - The sounds of some of the earliest country music recordings are filling a new museum. But the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is not located in Nashvi...
-
'Frozen' characters, Ninja Turtles and zombies popular this HalloweenOct 04, 2014 10:28 am - The days of cutting holes in your mother's sheets and calling yourself a ghost are over. This Halloween, superheroes and characters from Disney's “Frozen” will most like...