Wave of car bombs, shooting in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad kill 21, officials say
BAGHDAD — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed.

Obama honors officer who died in motorcade, other fallen police
Speaking at the 32nd annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Wednesday, President Barack Obama publicly honored, among others, officer Bruce St. Laurent, who died last year assisting Obama's motorcade in Florida. Laurent, a husband and father of ...

As Larger British Rivals Perk Up, a Heralded Small Bank Stumbles
He mentioned the Co-operative Bank by name, saying Britain had started to make some headway but that he wanted to see “more banks on the high ... to improve its capital position, mainly through selling businesses and loan portfolios.

Burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Virginia
FOR ALMOST A WEEK, the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers, remained at a funeral home in Massachusetts because no cemetery or community would accept it. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) was right when he ...

3D Printing Might Make Gun Regulation RIAA vs. NRA
In the 3D-printed future, politicians who oppose the NRA might do best by aligning themselves with the RIAA if the YouTube takedown of a video of Defense Distributed's Cody Wilson successfully firing the first all-3D-printed gun is a harbinger. The visual ...

Cate Blanchett to Star in David Mamet’s JFK Assassination Thriller ‘Blackbird’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Cate Blanchett will star in helmer-scribe David Mamet’s “Blackbird,” a present-day Hitchcockian nailbiter turning on a secret explanation for the 1963 assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Blanchett plays Janet, who travels to ...