Army: Death of soldier who died during Skype session with wife is under investigation

The death of a U.S. Army captain who died while engaged in a video chat with his wife from Afghanistan remained under investigation Saturday, the family said. Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark was in Tarin Kowt, about 85 miles (140 kilometers) north of Kandahar, when he died during a Skype session with his wife. Clarence Davis, a spokesman for the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, where Clark was based,...

Lindsay Lohan Escapes Charges in Hit-and-Run Case

Lindsay Lohan is finally off the hook in her alleged hit-and-run incident. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced on Friday, May 4, just hours after the case was sent to them, that they won't be filing a charge against the "Freaky Friday" star because there was insufficient evidence to pursue a case. Deputy District Attorney John Gilligan wrote in his report, "There is no direct evidence to show...

Sept 11 case returns to Guantanamo, still haunted by claims of unfairness and brutality

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks, including the self-proclaimed mastermind, are headed back to a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday, more than three years after President Barack Obama put the case on hold in a failed effort to move the proceedings to a civilian court and close the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba. This time the defendants may...

British soldiers killed in mortar attack in Afghanistan

Two British soldiers have been killed in a mortar attack on an army base in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. The two men were members of the Royal Logistics Corps and were attached to the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh Battlegroup. Their families have been informed. The soldiers were in forward operating base Ouellette, in the northern part of Nahr-e Saraj district, in Helmand province, when it came under...

Yulia Tymoshenko examined by German doctors in Ukraine prison

German doctors travelled to Ukraine on Friday to examine former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko in prison, but a Ukrainian official said she would not be allowed to leave the country for treatment. The 51-year-old Tymoshenko is on a hunger strike in protest at the prison's alleged mistreatment of her as she serves a seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers when she was prime minister. Critics have described...