ATHENS, Greece – Lawmakers from Greece’s new left-wing government have voted to reinstate the country’s public broadcaster, ERT, which was abruptly shut down two years ago as part of austerity measures. Parliament voted early Wednesday to re-hire more than 1,500 ERT workers and incorporate a protest TV station operated online …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – An official says rescuers have found three survivors in a mountainous village in Nepal, eight days since the earthquake. Surya Prasad Upadhaya, a government administrator, says two men and a woman were pulled out Sunday from near Syauli village. They have been taken to a nearby military …

UNITED NATIONS – Suspected rebels ambushed a Tanzanian unit of U.N. peacekeepers in eastern Congo on Tuesday, killing two and wounding 13, the spokesman for the secretary-general said in a statement. Four peacekeepers were reported missing. The ambush came a day after gunfire hit a helicopter carrying the mission’s force …

A 20-year-old Scottish university student was elected Britain’s youngest lawmaker in almost 350 years Thursday, defeating one of the opposition Labour Party’s most senior politicians in the process. Mhairi Black of the separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) won the seat of Paisley and Renfrewshire South in western Scotland by a …

And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Arnold Analysis The tough scrutiny ofArnold Schwarzenegger (search)that was predicted has now begun. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Schwarzenegger didn’t vote in five of …

Former PresidentBill Clinton (search)was in church last week. There’s nothing wrong with that — more politicians should go to church, if for no other reason than to remind themselves they are not God. But this church service was different. It featured, not a sermon, but blatant electioneering by Mr. Clinton …

J-Lo’s Bad Rap | Depardieu Going Swiss | Cloris Leachman | ‘Queer Eye’ Power Lunch J-Lo No Diva On Set, Says Famed Director Jennifer Lopez gets a bad rap as a diva. When we hear friends dispute this on TV shows and in interviews, it’s hard to believe that J-Lo …

WICHITA, Kan. – A man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport was “well on his way” to becoming a violent terrorist before authorities began investigating him, federal prosecutors argued Monday. Terry Loewen, a former avionics technician, was arrested in December 2013 after authorities say he …

ALBANY, N.Y. – A revised plan for dealing with non-native mute swans in New York involves less shooting and more management. The original plan proposed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation in 2013 called for eliminating wild populations of the elegant white birds by shooting them and destroying their …

New York City residents have the longest work weeks among the country’s 30 biggest cities because of the grueling commutes to and from work, a report released by city Comptroller Scott Stringer says. A typical work week for full-time worker in New York adds up to more than 49 hours, …