14-year-old Avonte Oquendo, an autistic boy from Queens, New York, has not seen or heard from since October 4 when he walked out of his school in Long Island City, and his missing status has prompted a city-wide search
A bomb in a mosque killed Governor Arsallah Jamal of eastern Logar province in Afghanistan as he was delivering a speech at the main mosque in the provincial capital of Puli Alam to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
34-year-old William Swenson, a former U.S. Army captain whose actions in a deadly battle during the War in Afghanistan, received the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, Sky News reported. President Barack Obama honored Capt. Swenson for his brave actions in a lengthy battle against the Taliban in the Ganjgal valley near the Pakistan border on September 8, 2009.
Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner pleaded guilty to a felony criminal charge for false imprisonment and two misdemeanor counts of battery after an ongoing probe conducted by the State Attorney General's office.
