The Wire

  • Ryanair keeps growing, reports record profits

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:29am

    (AP) — Ryanair has reported record profits as Europe's largest budget airline expands across the continent.

  • SKorea: NKorea fires 5th projectile into waters

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:25am

    (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters — for the fifth time in three days.

  • Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:24am

    (AP) — A Syrian group that tracks the country's civil war says 23 fighters from the militant group Hezbollah have been killed in fierce clashes in a strategic town near the Lebanese border.

  • Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:10am

    (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

  • Car bombs in Baghdad, south Iraq kill at least 34

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:08am

    (AP) — A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people and wounded dozens on Monday, Iraqi officials said.

  • Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:05am

    (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor.

  • Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:02am

    (AP) — Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation.

  • AP CEO calls records seizure 'unconstitutional'

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:57am

    (AP) — The Associated Press' president and chief executive says the government's secret seizure of two months of reporters' phone records has already had a chilling effect on newsgathering, a week after the subpoenas were revealed publicly.

  • Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:52am

    (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said.

  • Syrian state media: Regime troops deep in key town

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:45am

    (AP) — Syrian state media say army units have pushed deeper into a strategic town near the Lebanese border and are fighting street battles with the rebels.

  • 'Apple of my Eye' star turns to first love: music

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:44am

    (AP) — Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music.

  • Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:42am

    (AP) — Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home.

  • AP IMPACT: Military sex abuse victims seek VA help

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:38am

    (AP) — More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as "''shameful and disgraceful."

  • Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:31am

    (AP) — Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were killed.

  • Chinese premier: Peace requires India-China trust

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:30am

    (AP) — China's new premier said Monday he chose India for his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability and economic growth.

  • Afghan official says suicide bomber kills provincial council chief, at least 7 others in north

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:23am

    (AP) — Afghan official says suicide bomber kills provincial council chief, at least 7 others in north.

  • Bruins top Rangers 5-2 with all-out effort

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:21am

    (AP) — The Bruins know a huge deficit can disappear quickly. They overcame one to reach the second round of the playoffs.

  • Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:16am

    (AP) — Jodi Arias returns to court for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution.

  • Bae wins Byron Nelson for 1st PGA Tour title

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:15am

    (AP) — Sang-Moon Bae led by four strokes in the final round of the Byron Nelson Championship when his tee shot at the ninth hole went way left.

  • Car bombs in Baghdad Shiite districts kill 16

    Posted on May 20, 2013 at 3:15am

    Updated on May 20, 2013 at 3:17am

    (AP) — Iraqi officials say five car bombs have gone off in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding 75.