A sailing accident in San Diego Bay that killed the uncle and grandfather of a special needs child on a charity boat trip was caused by a gust of wind that caught the jib, the only sail raised at the time, the president of the charity's board said Tuesday.
The maker of the boat, however, believes the boat carrying 10 people was overloaded and questioned whether a water ballast, which helps the ship automatically right itself, was properly filled.
Former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage, an advocate of arms sales to Taiwan, will meet Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou this week, officials said Sunday.
Armitage, due to arrive late Sunday, will exchange views with Ma over Taipei's ties with Washington and fast warming relations between the island and China, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Cierre Wood and Theo Riddick should be more involved in Notre Dame's offense this season.
Especially if the Irish have to play without suspended star receiver Michael Floyd.
First lady Michelle Obama urged high school students on Wednesday to think about their career goals and the job market before deciding what type of education to pursue.
Obama was speaking at Ballou High School in southeast Washington as part of a Women's History Month mentoring program. Responding to a question from a student about what she would tell a teen mom who wants to go to college, the first lady said she would tell the teenager "good for you." But she also told students they needed to have a plan and think about what kind of job training they need for the career they want.
American Mardy Fish defeated his second consecutive French opponent at the WTA and ATP Miami Masters on Sunday, adding Richard Gasquet to a victim's list that also includes Julien Benneteau.
Fish, who has been treating a thyroid condition since the Australian Open, dispatched Gasquet 6-4, 6-3 at Crandon Park.
As Libyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior arms and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, U.S. officials said President Barack Obama had signed a secret order authorizing covert support for the rebels.
While the United States, France and Britain have raised the possibility of arming the rebels, they have all stressed that no decision had yet been taken.
A national poll finds that a majority of Americans support same-sex weddings — a watershed moment for gay rights
In a milestone for gay-rights supporters, more than half of Americans — 53 percent — say in a new poll that they . This marks the first time a majority has approved the idea in a decade of ABC News/Washington Post surveys. Just five years ago, when George W. Bush supported a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, only 32 percent approved of same-sex weddings. The new poll also revealed a stark age divide — young people are much more likely to support gay marriage, while the elderly still resist the idea. Gay marriage has been banned by voters in 31 states, and is legal in only five. But with public opinion — and demographic trends — swinging toward acceptance, are same-sex marriage supporters destined to prevail?
In a forest of tubes eight metres high in eastern Spain scientists hope they have found the fuel of tomorrow: bio-oil produced with algae mixed with carbon dioxide from a factory.
Almost 400 of the green tubes, filled with millions of microscopic algae, cover a plain near the city of Alicante, next to a cement works from which the C02 is captured and transported via a pipeline to the "blue petroleum" factory.
