Samantha Stainburn is a GlobalPost Breaking News writer based in Brooklyn, New York.
Sam specializes in writing about business, education and culture. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, Crain’s Chicago Business and the Washington Post, among other publications.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Sam has also lived in Maseru, Lesotho; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Bandung, Indonesia; Islamabad, Pakistan; Port of Spain, Trinidad; and Kingston, Canada. Sam graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where she studied Politics and Drama.
Bahrain’s public security chief said officials captured weapons and bomb-making materials in several security raids over the weekend.
The Category 3 storm with torrential rain and gale force winds of up to 190 kilometers an hour arrived overnight.
A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that the percentage of Republicans who believe in evolution is dropping.
The camp was erected a year ago in Ramadi by Sunni protesters who wanted to draw attention to marginalization of their sect.
Unidentified gunmen sprayed the German ambassador’s house in Athens with bullets at 3:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Egyptian police accused the men of “broadcasting news that threatens internal security and spreading false news.”
Minimum wage is going up in 13 states on Jan. 1.
The Chaparrastique volcano in El Salvador continued to spew gas and ash into the air on Monday after erupting Sunday.
The White House has announced that the number of Americans who’ve signed up for healthcare via the federal health exchange has surged past 1 million.
All 26 foreign activists who were detained by Russian authorities have left the country.
Jacqueline Zwambila, Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia, says she does not feel safe returning to her home country.