Jessica Chasmar

Shoelaces used to restrain unruly airline passenger

A passenger on a commercial flight from Alaska to Oregon was arrested Monday after he reportedly tried to open the emergency exit door while the plane was preparing to land.

May 27, 2013

Pregnant woman, three-year-old son killed in N.C. boating crash

A pregnant woman and her 3-year-old son were killed on Sunday after their pontoon boat collided with a speed boat on a lake southwest of Greensboro, N.C., WGHP reports.

May 27, 2013

Sen. John McCain meets with rebels in Syria

Sen. John McCain visited rebels in Syria Monday, making him the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the war-torn country in more than two years.

May 27, 2013

Rupert Murdoch criticizes Koran in Twitter rant

Rupert Murdoch left some people outraged and others scratching their heads on Sunday when he decided to take to Twitter to quote verses from the Koran.

May 27, 2013

Hezbollah should change name to ‘Party of Satan,’ Turkish Deputy PM says

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Sunday that Hezbollah, or "Party of God" in Arabic, should change its name to "Party of Satan," blaming the terrorist organization for killing thousands of civilians in Syria.

May 27, 2013

Indonesia district head bans women from dancing in public

A women's rights group is outraged over a recent move by North Aceh’s district head to ban women from dancing in public.

May 27, 2013

Oregon teen planned to blow up school in Columbine-style attack, official says

An Oregon teenager has been arrested for allegedly plotting against his school in an attack "forged and inspired by the model of the Columbine shootings."

May 26, 2013

Islamists attack kissing couples in Turkey protest

Islamists attacked a group of kissing couples in a Turkish metro station to protest a morality campaign by the authorities in Ankara, the nation's capital, local media reported on Sunday.

May 26, 2013

What crisis? Detroit pension fund trustees jet to Hawaii

As Detroit flirts with bankruptcy, new reports have revealed that four trustees of its public pension funds spent $22,000 of retirement system money to attend a conference in Honolulu this week.

May 26, 2013

Billy Joel: Depression after 9/11 caused driving accidents

Award-winning singer and pianist Billy Joel blames the depression he felt after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks for a spate of car accidents that brought his problems with alcohol into the public eye.

May 26, 2013

Two dead, one missing in San Antonio floods

Torrential rains deluged numerous roads in San Antonio over the weekend, killing two women and resulting in more than 235 rescues by emergency workers.

May 26, 2013

Police: Man charged for Facebook comments about British soldier’s death

A 22-year-old man was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.

May 26, 2013

Suspected Maoist rebels kill 16 in India

At least 16 people, including two politicians, were killed in India on Saturday after suspected Maoist rebels detonated a land mine and fired on a convoy of cars, the Associated Press reports.

May 26, 2013

3 more suspects arrested in killing of British soldier

Three more men were arrested Saturday in connection with last week's gruesome murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in London, CNN reports.

May 26, 2013

12-year-old boy arrested in fatal stabbing of younger sister

Authorities have arrested a 12-year-old California boy for fatally stabbing his 8-year-old sister at her home last month.

May 12, 2013

France confirms 2nd case of SARS-related virus

A second case of a deadly new virus related to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been reported in France, the Health Ministry confirmed Sunday.

May 12, 2013

Pope Francis canonizes hundreds of slain Italians

Proclaiming the first saints of his pontificate, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized 813 Italians who were slain by Turkish soldiers in a 15th-century siege.

May 12, 2013

Activist group Occupy the Farm reclaims University of California-owned land

A group of activists reclaimed a tract of land in Albany, Calif., owned by the University of California at Berkeley on Saturday in a takeover they termed Occupy the Farm.

May 12, 2013

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi laments GOP’s ‘obsession’ with Benghazi

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took to MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry Show" on Saturday morning to lament the Republicans' "obsession" with investigating Benghazi, saying it's part of a greater plan to "soak up all of the congressional attention."

May 12, 2013