World Politics

George Zimmerman filed a defamation suit against NBC over its edited 911-call broadcast. A Florida judge dismissed the case before trial.

December 7, 2012 · 2 min read

In late 2012, Chandrasekhar Vallabhaneni and his wife Anupama were convicted in Oslo of gross maltreatment of their seven-year-old son and jailed.

December 1, 2012 · 2 min read

Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist, died in an Irish hospital in October 2012 after being refused a termination during a miscarriage.

November 19, 2012 · 2 min read

Tabloids periodically claimed Barack and Michelle Obama had secretly filed for divorce. No credible evidence ever emerged, and the marriage endured.

November 8, 2012 · 2 min read

Romney spent two years hoping for a miracle. On election night 2012, even Fox News called Ohio for Obama, and the hope ran out.

November 6, 2012 · 2 min read

On Election Day 2012, a judge ordered a giant Obama mural covered at a Philadelphia polling place. Workers covered it only partly, leaving it visible.

November 6, 2012 · 2 min read

On Election Day 2012, President Obama made a surprise stop at a Chicago field office, congratulated Mitt Romney, and phone-banked volunteers himself.

November 6, 2012 · 2 min read

France closed 20 embassies across the Muslim world in September 2012 after Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad — a landmark free-speech clash.

September 19, 2012 · 1 min read

Jeff Truelove spoke out after his daughter Hannah, 16, was found dead in Georgia in 2012; her killer's conviction was upheld on appeal.

September 10, 2012 · 1 min read

Days after the Norway children returned home, Indian papers reported another custody row in the US — a Bengali couple fearing the loss of their infant son.

September 9, 2012 · 1 min read

After Obama's Charlotte acceptance speech in September 2012, both parties had their nominees: the race was essentially tied, Gallup showing Obama 47, Romney 46.

September 7, 2012 · 1 min read

In 2012, Indian-Americans backed Obama by lopsided margins — up to 84% in exit polls. Immigration policy, more than economics, explains why.

September 6, 2012 · 1 min read

In August 2012 Paul Ryan told a radio host he'd run a marathon in under three hours. The record said 4:01:25. A small fib with a long shadow.

September 4, 2012 · 1 min read

Seventeen civilians, including two women, were beheaded in Helmand after a late-night music and dance party — in a Taliban-controlled district.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Pakistan won zero medals at London 2012 — and its own media joked the country could only sweep the medals if corruption were an Olympic sport.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

Tropical Storm Isaac barreled toward the Gulf Coast on August 27, 2012 — forcing the GOP to delay its convention and reviving Katrina memories.

August 27, 2012 · 1 min read

On the eve of her 2012 RNC speech, Ann Romney recalled Mitt curling up beside her through depression and MS — the campaign's humanizing mission.

August 27, 2012 · 2 min read

A 2012 book by Rich Miniter claimed Obama scrapped three bin Laden missions before Hillary Clinton pushed the raid through — claims the White House denied.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

An August 2012 report claimed one of Hitler's senior aides secretly urged British contacts to help topple the Fuhrer — warning peace was otherwise impossible.

August 20, 2012 · 1 min read

After the Oak Creek massacre, Elk Grove detectives probed whether the 2011 drive-by slayings of two Sikh grandfathers were linked to Wisconsin.

August 15, 2012 · 2 min read