Former Rep. Gifford Meets Sandy Hook Families

Nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Friday met with families of victims in last month’s shooting that left 26 people dead inside a Connecticut elementary school.

Giffords was accompanied by her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, at the private…

Soccer Team Ends Game After Racist Chants

MILAN (Reuters) – AC Milan striker Kevin-Prince Boateng led the team off the pitch during a friendly at Italian lower division side Pro Patria on Thursday in protest at racist chanting by the home fans.
The game was abandoned after less than half an hour.
“Milan left the pitch following…

Star Wars Director, George Lucas, Gets Engaged

George Lucas got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Mellody Hobson, the Daily News has confirmed.

Lucas, 68, had been dating the Hobson, the chair of Ariel Investments, a $3 billion firm, and a contributor on “Good Morning America,” for seven years.

It’s been an eventful three months for the…

House Re-elects Boehner As Speaker

(Reuters) – Despite a rocky few weeks during the “fiscal cliff” fight, John Boehner won re-election as speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday and will again lead Republicans as they take on the White House over federal spending.

Boehner defeated House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi 220-192 in…

Sandy Hook Students Return to Class

The children who escaped last month’s shootings at a Connecticut elementary school will be returning to classes in a neighbouring town in a refurbished school renamed after their old one.

The Newtown superintendent of schools, Janet Robinson, announced that the students’ new school, the former Chalk Hill Middle School…