April 2018

Kings beat short-handed Rockets 96-83 in season finale

April 12, 2018 in Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings were already looking to the future before their season finale even started. For Houston, that comes this weekend with the start of the playoffs. For Sacramento, it's once again wait until next season. Willie Cauley-Stein had 22 points...

South Africa bids emotional farewell to Winnie Mandela

April 12, 2018 in Regional

[caption id="attachment_21332" align="alignright" width="300"] Thousands of South African ruling Party African National Congress supporters attend a memorial service for the late anti-apartheid stalwart Winnie Madikizela Mandela at Orlando Stadium on April 11, 2018 in Johannesburg.[/caption] SOWETO, South Africa (AFP) — Thousands of mourners flocked yesterday to...

257 dead as military plane crashes in Algeria

April 12, 2018 in International

BOUFARIK, Algeria (AFP) — Algeria suffered its deadliest ever air catastrophe yesterday when a military plane crashed after take-off, killing 257 people on board, mostly army personnel and their family members, officials said. An AFP photographer at the scene saw the charred wreckage of the plane...