Thieves used mechanical diggers on Wednesday to prise open an armored van on a highway in southern Italy and made off with more than 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in cash, police said. The State Department plans to pay for a conference in Washington for all its chiefs of mission while most of its employees go without pay. A broadcast often known for boozy troublemaking seemed mainly to want to stay out of trouble this year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York leads Islamic art tours to improve understanding of its contributions to the world heritage. Fred Katayama reports. Austrian train workers shut down the tracks to free a trapped chamois, a type of goat-antelope, on Wednesday. Deadly snowfall has paralyzed travel and tourism in parts of the Alps. Free winter flu jabs are being taken up by less than half of Britains expectant mothers, despite overwhelming evidence that it protects both them and their unborn babies. A NASA explorer is on track to reach the solar system's outermost region by early Tuesday morning, when scientists expect it to fly by a space rock 20 miles long and billions of miles from Earth, the most distant close encounter of its kind. The RB star has enjoyed fame despite decades of claims that hes abused teenage girls. Why?
The U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State has begun the process of withdrawing from Syria, a spokesman said on Friday, indicating the start of a U.S. pullout that has been clouded by mixed messages from Washington. A December gain of 312,000 jobs sent stocks up more than 3 percent, and the Federal Reserve chairman offered soothing words on the central banks plans.