Republicans caucused in Missouri on Saturday and vote in Puerto Rico’s primary on Sunday, but the party’s presidential hopefuls have already turned their eyes toward Illinois. Confident of victory in the American commonwealth that sends delegates to the conventions but whose citizens do not have the vote, front-runner Mitt Romney cut short his planned weekend [...]

Neighbours of Robert Bales, the career soldier now suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians, say they were shocked to hear of the allegations against the father of two young children, whom they described as warm but guarded when discussing the years he spent away at war. “When I heard him talk, he said … ‘Yeah, [...]

Twin car bombs struck intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing at least 27 people and wounding nearly 100, according to state media. Syrian state television said explosives were detonated on Saturday outside buildings for the aviation intelligence department and the criminal security department. It showed pictures of destroyed vehicles and bloodstains [...]

Josh Bailey scored the shootout winner to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens in a battle of the Eastern Conference’s two worst teams on Saturday night. Mark Streit and Frans Nielsen scored for the Islanders (29-33-11), who snapped a five-game losing streak. Al Montoya stopped 28 shots for [...]

Canada has spoken. With nearly six million votes cast across the country, Canadians have chosen the top five communities in the running to be named Kraft Hockeyville 2012. As announced on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday night, the five communities are: Yarmouth, N.S., Amos, Que., Stirling-Rawdon, Ont., Duck Lake, Sask., and West Kelowna, [...]