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Professor said Otto Warmbier 'got what he deserved': report

A University of Delaware professor is under fire for saying that the college student who died after being held prisoner in North Korea “got exactly what he deserved.” Calls are...

Otto Warmbier's grim fate is routine in hellish North Korea

Otto Warmbier’s death is one of hundreds of thousands at the hands of the most brutal regime in the world, North Korea’s. The American student went to North Korea on...

Dennis Rodman basically takes credit for Otto Warmbier's release

Dennis Rodman suggested Friday that he is partly responsible for the release of US college student Otto Warmbier, who died Monday after being released by North Korea. The former NBA...

North Korea denies torturing Otto Warmbier

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Friday called itself the "biggest victim" in the death of an American student who was detained for more than a year and died...

Otto Warmbier's death is proof you should think twice about 'adventure tourism'

The desire to have an eccentric, authentic and off-the-beaten-path travel experience might seem edgy and cool but it’s time we faced the sobering reality of adventure travel, according to an...

Funeral crowd watches Otto Warmbier's final happy moments

WYOMING, Ohio — In what may be his final happy moments, Otto Warmbier smiles at the camera and playfully throws a chunk of Pyongyang snow. The heartbreaking video was screened...

Hundreds gather for Otto Warmbier's funeral

WYOMING, Ohio — North Korea killed him, and on Thursday morning, his hometown mourned and buried him. Otto Warmbier — the 22-year-old University of Virginia student who was fatally injured...

North Korea calls Trump a 'psychopath'

North Korea on Thursday lashed out at President Trump as a “psychopath” as a war of words escalates after the death of American student Otto Warmbier. The 22-year-old was returned...

How liberal minds closed on immigration and other notable comments

From the left: How Liberal Minds Closed on Immigration The Atlantic’s Peter Beinart says liberals’ views on immigration were far more hardline just a decade ago. He points out that...

Trump takes shot at Obama over Otto Warmbier tragedy

President Trump said Tuesday that college student Otto Warmbier — imprisoned by North Korea during the Obama administration — might be alive today if the United States had “brought him...

Otto Warmbier's family objects to autopsy

CINCINNATI — A cause of death hasn’t been determined for a 22-year-old college student who was detained for nearly a year and a half in North Korea before being sent...

Obama: We never stopped trying to get Otto Warmbier home

Barack Obama defended his administration Tuesday against charges from President Trump that it did not do enough to secure the release of an American student jailed in North Korea. “During...

John McCain: North Korea killed Otto Warmbier

Sen. John McCain slammed North Korea for its role in the death of Otto Warmbier, saying the "US cannot and should not tolerate the murder of its citizens by hostile...

Tour company stops taking Americans to N. Korea after booking student's tragic trip

The tour company that organized a University of Virginia student’s fateful trip to North Korea has announced that it will no longer take US citizens to the hermit kingdom. China-based...

Trump calls North Korea 'a brutal regime' after student dies

President Trump decried North Korea as a "brutal regime" after University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who was freed from the totalitarian nation last week, died Monday afternoon. "At least...

North Korea kills American student

The comatose college student who was released from a North Korean prison last week died Monday afternoon, his family said. Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old University of Virginia undergrad who served...

Ex-UN ambassador: We need answers from North Korea

A former US ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday said North Korea needs to explain how an American university student the reclusive regime released last week had been in...

Dennis Rodman is selling T-shirts to 'save the world'

Just back from a mysterious trip to the communist Hermit Kingdom, Dennis Rodman is testing the limits of capitalism by hawking T-shirts promoting himself as “Ambassador Rodman.” “I come in...

Dennis Rodman returns from 'really good trip' to North Korea

Former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman arrived in Beijing on Saturday after what he said was a "really good" 5-day trip to North Korea. Rodman, 56, said last week...

The North Korea detainee's final moments of freedom

Newly released images show former North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier smiling with his tour group and throwing snowballs, before he was taken prisoner by the hermit nation. A short video...