World: Twenty-five people died and hundreds were injured as riot police spearheaded by armored cars and water cannon made a bloody assault on protesters in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. Nine policemen were among the dead.   When the armored …

World: A half million people have fled the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo in recent weeks, according to the United Nations. In some areas of nearby Turkey the refugees outnumber the residents.   Secy. of State John Kerry …

World: Secy. Of State John Kerry basted climate change deniers in a speech to students in Indonesia. “We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts,” Kerry said. “The …

Sochi Accident: Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova broke and dislocated her spine during a training run this morning. Her condition was so serious she underwent surgery in a mountainside hospital rather than be transported to the city. Skicross is …

The Big Melt: All that snow and ice that crippled the East Coast from Atlanta to Boston is melting today. Atlanta, 43, Washington, 40, NYC, 36. But a new storm is moving in over the weekend. The Deal: Comcast is …

Frozen: The East Coast is crippled by a snowy, icy storm that stretches all the way from Georgia to Maine. Atlanta and Washington are shut down. There’s snow and sleet in New York, turning to rain and snow. Nearly 5,800 …

Nation: After three years of budget confrontations, the Republican-controlled House voted to raise the national debt ceiling with no fight. Only 28 Republicans voted in favor, Speaker John Boehner among them. Boehner’s decision to let the debt limit pass set …

The first American hero of the 2014 Winter Olympics is the goofy and charming Sage Kotsenburg of Park City, who won the first ever slopestyle snowboarding competition. Slopestyle is acrobatic snowboarding in which riders fly off vertical ramps to reach …

Egypt: Nearly 50 people died in political clashes in Egypt on the third anniversary of the uprising that overthrew President Hosni Mubarek. Riot police were called to break up a disturbance between anti-government Islamists and left wing activists. About a …

The Ring: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series last night beating St. Louis 6-1 at Fenway. Relief pitcher Koji Uehara threw the last strike and the park erupted. The Sox went from last place in their division in …