NORFOLK (UPI) -- A federal judge in Massachusetts Tuesday ruled an inmate serving a life sentence for murder must be provided sex-reassignment surgery.Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf ruled the surgery is the “only adequate treatment” for Michelle Kosilek‘s gender identity disorder, CNN reported.Kosilek, previously known as Robert, was convicted of his wife’s 1990 murder and has attempted to castrate and kill herself in the all-male Norfolk, Mass., prison, court records show.“We are very happy with th

Democrats launched President Barack Obama on his uncertain bid for re-election as they opened their national convention Tuesday. They looked to help Obama recapture the hearts of Americans once drawn to his message of hope and change, but now weary after years of economic weakness and political squabbles. First Lady Michelle Obama gestures as she appears at the podium for a camera test on the stag

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Democrats assemble Tuesday to re-nominate Barack Obama for the presidency, to sell him as the wise and humane alternative to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a pitch that will be repeated endlessly over the next two months to an American electorate that is more politically divided than at any time in at least a quarter century. As they watch the political stagecraft, there may be only one thing all Americans can agree on: Deep concern over the struggling American economy that

JAKARTA (AFP) ― Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads Tuesday to Beijing after talks in emerging U.S. ally Indonesia as she voiced hope for progress in managing soaring tensions in the South China Sea.Clinton, on her third visit to the region since May, encouraged a united front among the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations as she stood firm in calling for freedom of navigation in the strategic sea.The top U.S. diplomat travels to China after sounding an optimistic note in Southe

NORTON, Massachusetts (AP) ― Tiger Woods has become the first $100 million man on the PGA Tour.Woods finished third in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday to earn $544,000 and push his career total to $100,350,700. Next on the list is Phil Mickelson ― more than $30 million behind at $66,805,498 after finishing fourth at the TPC Boston.“The purse increase helps,” Woods said after a final-round 66 left him two strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy in the second week of the four-tournament FedEx

The promoters of Michael Jackson’s ill-fated 2009 comeback concert series in London feared he was unstable, with one describing him as a “mess,” according to a spate of newly released emails. The confidential emails from Anschutz Entertainment Group obtained by the Los Angeles Times suggest that in the weeks before the King of Pop’s sudden death in June 2009, he was drinking and feared himself he could not perform. The paper said the 250 pages of messages “illuminate the extent to which top exec

This image is not directly related to the article (123rf)A man boating with his girlfriend and her daughter appears to have killed the woman and himself, leaving the girl alone, police in Britain said Monday.An autopsy determined the woman was killed by strangulation before her body was thrown into the water in the Norfolk Broads, The Daily Telegraph reported. Her body and the body of her suspecte

This image is not directly related to the article. (123rf)A 19-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving over a tent at an Australian campground and injuring a family of four sleeping inside, officials said.The man, whose name was not reported, left a party near the campground in Kiama Saturday night and lost control of his vehicle before driving through a fence and running over the family