JOPLIN, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) — Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Tuesday announced that the federal government will pay for 90 percent of the cost of expedited debris removal in parts of the Joplin area that received catastrophic or extensive damage from …

JOPLIN, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) — The number of people who are still unaccounted for after a violent tornado ripped through the Missouri city of Joplin has dropped to 10, state officials said on Tuesday, adding that more than 120 people have been confirme…

The NBA Finals of 2011 tip off momentarily in one of the most hyped finals series ever in sports history. The last time LeBron James was here, we was swept to the Spurs. The Last time Dirk was here in 2006, he was able to lead his Mavs to two straight wins against the Miami [...]

LYON, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) — Cell phone use might be a possible cause of cancer, according to a recently released study conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with the collaboration of the United Nations’ (UN) World Health O…

LYON, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) — Cell phone use might be a possible cause of cancer, according to a recently released study conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), with the collaboration of the United Nations’ (UN) World Health O…

LONDON (BNO NEWS) — The English Football Association (FA) and the Scottish Football Association on Tuesday urged the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to postpone presidential elections due to ongoing bribery scandal.

“We believ…

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Indonesia’s 2012 economic growth is expected to top the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’s (ASEAN) member states, Indonesia’s Finance Ministry said Tuesday.

Indonesian Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said the …

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), which operates the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, on Tuesday announced that the facility’s reactors have been leaking oil into the sea.

At about 8:00 a.m. local time Tepco workers noticed oi…

DHAKA, BANGLADESH (BNO NEWS) — A Bangladeshi woman chopped off a man’s penis after he allegedly tried to rape her and then took it to a police station as evidence, local media reported Tuesday.

Monju Begum, 40, of Mirzapur, Bangladesh, was allegedly …