COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- A Sri Lankan defense official said Tuesday that an initial investigation has determined the Easter bombings were carried out in retaliation for the shooting attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead last month.

Junior defense minster Ruwan Wijewardene's statement to Parliament, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's lawyers will urge the Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn three lower courts and to clear the way for census takers to ask all American households next year whether their residents are U.S. citizens.

Debates over the census are usually reserved for demographers and statisticians, but the dispute over the ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Garrett Popcorn Shops says it guards its recipes so closely that only three employees have access to the information, by verifying their identity via thumbprint.

On Monday, the company, whose formal name is Caramel Crisp, filed a federal lawsuit against one of those three people who it says was fired in early March, alleging that ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- After days of media coverage describing the White House portrayed in special counsel Robert S. Mueller's report as rife with dysfunction and ignored presidential orders, Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted those who cover him.

He even suggested one of his top media targets, The New York Times, should "get down on their knees & beg ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers in the California National Guard are more widespread than the complaints made at a Fresno air base that led to a dramatic leadership shakeup of the organization earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times has found.

Interviews with current and former Guard members and an examination...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics among the Democratic presidential candidates, said on Monday he worried that pursuing impeachment would undercut Democrats' chances of beating him at the ballot box.

"If for the next year and half all Congress is talking about is Trump, Trump, Trump...Read more

DUBLIN -- The New IRA admitted responsibility for the slaying of Northern Ireland journalist Lyra McKee in a letter to local media late Monday.

"In the course of attacking the enemy Lyra McKee was tragically killed while standing beside enemy forces," the militant group said in a statement provided to The Irish News, which was verified using a ...Read more

Loughlin demands evidence in college scandal, reportedly feels 'pressure' to plead guilty

"Full House" star Lori Loughlin wants prosecutors to show their hand before she argues any major motions in the college admissions bribery scandal.

Lawyers for the actress, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and 15 other defendants filed joint...Read more

He was the first to guide an X-rated film to the top of the Oscar heap, introduced the Beatles to Hollywood with "Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" and convinced a reluctant Ian Fleming that, yes, James Bond might fare pretty well as a cinematic character.

A third-generation movie man, David V. Picker was a studio chief at United Artists, Columbia ...Read more

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Even for experts on terrorist organizations, National Thowheeth Jamaath is far from a household name.

"We know very, very little about them," said Ajai Sahni, who runs the South Asia Terrorism Portal, which tracks extremist groups in the region. "Other than the fact they are a fundamentalist Islamist organization, they ...Read more

LONDON -- Theresa May is fighting to keep her job so she can complete the defining task of her premiership and take the U.K. out of the European Union -- but her hopes of success now rest with her archrival.

Senior officials in the prime minister's team believe the only realistic chance of a Brexit deal passing a vote in Parliament is if the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- A fingerprint specialist testified Monday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor that none of the 51 prints lifted from his police vehicle belonged to Justine Ruszczyk Damond, while adding that in some cases testing came back inconclusive.

But, under questioning by the defense, Minnesota Bureau of ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Police on Monday said the investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Andrew "AJ" Freund continues to focus "on the residence and the individuals that may have seen or had contact with the boy."

The boy was reported missing by his parents Thursday morning after he was last seen at bedtime Wednesday night at the family's home ...Read more