A series of small explosions killed one person and injured eight others outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Communist Party in Taiyuan, a city in Northern China, officials said. State media said the blasts, which occurred on Wednesday at about 7:40 a.m. were caused by homemade bombs
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul answered claims that he plagiarized material in his speeches, a book and an opinion article for The Washington Times, admitting that "mistakes were made," The New York Times reported. His office also announced "that he had been instituting safeguards at his office to prevent further breaches from happening again,"
The U.S. authorities have placed a new bounty for the capture of accused Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, months after a ruling from a judge in Mexico's Jalisco state overturned his conviction which made him a free man.
Democrat Bill de Blasio was elected the new mayor of New York City, scoring an overwhelming victory over Republican Joe Lhota on Tuesday night. De Blasio secured 73 percent of the vote while Lhota mustered 24 percent
