Contributed Breaking News, Current Events, Latest News and World Events at allvoices.com
Front Page

World News

Mainstream News
Contributor Reports
 
Breaking News: Bad day for NYC commuters: Trains collide, plane 'belly flops' a landing
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 00:28:56 -0700 | disasters-news

A New York City commuter train traveling from New York to suburban Connecticut Friday derailed and collided with a train headed in the opposite direction, as reported by all New York City media outlets and the Los Angeles Times. Railroad...
Credibility | Reach Views: 63,513 |  News Stories: 29 | Blog Posts: 0 | 8 | 2 | 1
 
Breaking News: Amid scandals, Obama gets slight bump in polls
Posted by: Punditty

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 22:35:20 -0700 | political-news

Isn’t a scandal supposed to lower a president's poll numbers? And aren’t multiple scandals occurring simultaneously supposed to drop those numbers even lower? Maybe so, but the three high-profile scandals currently dogging President Barack Obama and his administration seem...
Credibility | Reach Views: 6,143 |  News Stories: 7 | Blog Posts: 5 | 0 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: Republicans trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, and it's hurting Americans
Posted by: Cyberiante

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 20:29:11 -0700 | political-news

While fun is fun, the Republican insistence on trying to harm the Obama administration’s programs and goals by refusing to let go of the matter of IRS targeting of right wing hate groups has begun to affect the smooth workings...
Credibility | Reach Views: 1,063 |  News Stories: 8 | Blog Posts: 4 | 3 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: All the king's men: The Obama administration's fall from grace
Posted by: tjlarson SelectMedia

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 18:54:00 -0700 | political-news

It seems that not so long ago Americans all over the country were captivated by Barack Obama. A man who rose from relative mediocrity to do what only a handful of men in US history have done: Become president of...
Credibility | Reach Views: 672 |  News Stories: 5 | Blog Posts: 3 | 4 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: Republicans on cutting food stamps:  'The poor are always with us'  (Part I)
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr. SelectMedia

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 22:18:53 -0700 | political-news

The Huffington Post has published an interesting report on the Republican and Democratic congressional debate over cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps this week. The issue turned on where would Jesus Christ stand on the...
Credibility | Reach Views: 2,313 |  News Stories: 0 | Blog Posts: 2 | 3 | 1 | 1
 
Breaking News: Russia reveals CIA Moscow station chief's identity, declares him persona non grata
Posted by: arkar

Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 20:06:04 -0700 | political-news

Last week, Russian authorities announced they had arrested and detained a US spy who was in the process of trying to recruit a Russian spy. Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) intercepted and detained the man, known as...
Credibility | Reach Views: 8,398 |  News Stories: 9 | Blog Posts: 7 | 8 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: Look who's back!
Posted by: rjsodaro

Norwalk :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 21:45:46 -0700 | entertainment-news

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Rated PG-13 (120 Minutes) Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf Directed by: Steven Spielberg Well, here we are, some 20+ years after the night...
Credibility | Reach Views: 605 |  News Stories: 0 | Blog Posts: 7 | 1 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: Israel threatens more strikes in Syria
Posted by: StephenManual

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 23:55:42 -0700 | disasters-news

The Syrian crisis can turn into a wider regional conflict, as Hezbollah has started targeting rebel fighters, while Israel threatens of more attacks inside Syria if the conflict is not resolved. The two-year-old conflict has claimed lives of more than...
Credibility | Reach Views: 837 |  News Stories: 32 | Blog Posts: 1 | 4 | 32 | 0
 
Advertisement
 
 
Breaking News: Israel still stalls on Arab League peace proposals
Posted by: northsunm32

Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-05-19 18:55:28 -0700 | political-news

Israeli officials often claim support for peace talks and blame the Palestinian Authority for the failure of talks to begin. However, a late April peace proposal from the Arab League has failed so far to gain Israeli acceptance. The US...
Credibility | Reach Views: 642 |  News Stories: 7 | Blog Posts: 6 | 8 | 3 | 2
 
Breaking News: Pentagon asks Congress to sanction $9.6 billion for priority projects
Posted by: wendyzachary

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 15:07:05 -0700 | political-news

Winding up the war in Afghanistan is going to cost the United States more than expected. The Pentagon has asked lawmakers to approve shifting about $9.6 billion from this year’s defense budget to priority projects so it can pay for...
Credibility | Reach Views: 414 |  News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
 
Breaking News: Kristen Wiig strips down for Harper's Bazaar
Posted by: Michelle Lincaster

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:46:02 -0700 | entertainment-news

Kristen Wiig shows her sexy side in a racy photo spread in the June-July issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine. The “Bridesmaids” star, who shot to fame by portraying a range of wacky characters on “Saturday Night Live,” admits in the...
Credibility | Reach Views: 641 |  News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 5 | 0 | 10 | 0
 
Breaking News: US defends seizure of press phone records as necessary
Posted by: Nathan Salant

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 19:42:50 -0700 | political-news

US officials said this week that the unprecedented seizure of two months of telephone records from several Associated Press bureaus to find out who leaked government secrets was justified because of the importance of the information. Deputy Attorney General James...
Credibility | Reach Views: 1,100 |  News Stories: 15 | Blog Posts: 1 | 3 | 26 | 1
 
Breaking News: John Kerry fighting new kind of 'cold war' at Arctic Council meeting
Posted by: Robert Myles

Kiruna :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-19 22:10:54 -0700 | political-news

Secretary of State John Kerry was engaged in a different type of “cold war” last week as he met with representatives of nations bordering the Arctic at the conclusion of Sweden’s two year chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Just like...
Credibility | Reach Views: 3,569 |  News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 5 | 8 | 4 | 5
 
Breaking News: IRS chief refuses to name employees involved in scandal
Posted by: wendyzachary

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 17:32:13 -0700 | political-news

Republican lawmakers were disappointed and angered when the outgoing chief of Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, refused to disclose names of the employees who targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny. Washington is likely to remain preoccupied for months with the...
Credibility | Reach Views: 514 |  News Stories: 37 | Blog Posts: 6 | 1 | 11 | 1
 
Breaking News: UN: Number of Syrian refugees reaches 1.5 million
Posted by: arkar

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-18 19:54:57 -0700 | disasters-news

Besides the alarming loss of life in the Syrian civil war, with more than 70,000 lives being claimed so far, the resulting humanitarian crisis seems to be worsening. The United Nations reported Friday that the number of Syrian refugees had...
Credibility | Reach Views: 45,066 |  News Stories: 11 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 22 | 1
 
Images Of The Day
Top Stories

Subscribe to the Daily Voice email newsletter for the latest news

Tap_logo_300

Build Your Allvoices Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money.

Join the Build Your Allvoices Brand Incentive Program



Use of this site is governed by our Terms of Use Agreement and Privacy Policy.

© Allvoices, Inc 2008-2013. All rights reserved.