Comment on Syrian Regime Hits Turning Point in War Against Rebels

(ROCHESTER, N. Y.) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 10th class of honorees Thursday, recognizing Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima for their impacts on the video game industry and popular culture. The inductees debuted across decades, advancing technologies along the way and expanding not only the number of players, but the ages and interests of those at the controls, Hall of Fame authorities said in revealing the winners.

(DETROIT) — The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed Thursday that it will stop making the car introduced in 1964 as the company focuses more on electric vehicles. The midsize sedan was once the top-selling segment in the U.

Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery: A 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said. “She was homeless,” Officer Brennon Warren of the Midland Police Department said Thursday.

(DES MOINES, Iowa) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world’s food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into the side of an Arctic mountain. About 20 years ago, Fowler, now the U.

(COLUMBIA, Tenn.) — Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned apparent tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street. A heavy line of storms swept into Atlanta near the end of the morning rush hour.

Bridget Rochios arrived in Rafah from California on May 1 to volunteer at the Al Halal Al Emirati Maternity Hospital with the Canadian medical charity, the Glia Project. In just one week, the 34-year-old midwife has assisted a displaced mother of two from Gaza with giving birth in a hospital elevator and delivered the baby of a pregnant woman who was brought to the hospital by her neighbor after her entire family was killed in airstrikes.