Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Three Saudi women’s rights activists whose arrests last year have been condemned worldwide are being honoured by PEN America. Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain al-Hathloul and Eman al-Nafjan ha...

BURLINGTON, Iowa - Democrat Beto O’Rourke jumped into the 2020 presidential race Thursday, shaking up the already packed field and pledging to win over voters from across the political spectrum ...

FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - The new honorary mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont - a 3-year-old goat named Lincoln - was officially sworn into office this week. Lincoln was dressed in a sash reading “Mayor”...

CHICAGO - An acquaintance of R. Kelly’s recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere - to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his ...

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Malaysia’s attorney-general ordered the murder case to proceed against a Vietnamese woman accused in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Police on Thursday questioned two K-pop stars over interlocking sex scandals that have fascinated South Korea and prompted both men to announce they are retiring from the e...

CHICAGO - The attorney for two brothers accused of helping stage an attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett in downtown Chicago says the men regret their involvement. Gloria Schmidt repre...

The company that has made billions selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin said Wednesday that it is considering legal options including bankruptcy, a move that could upend hundreds of lawsuits ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Former Maryland Gov. Harry R. Hughes, who prided himself on restoring public faith in the political process, died Wednesday. He was 92. His daughter, Elizabeth Hughes, said Hughes had...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. is issuing an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft “effective immediately,” in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner t...