Category Archives: World
US officials to investigate San Francisco gas explosion
SAN FRANCISCO - The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a natural gas explosion in San Francisco that sent flames into the sky for hours and damaged five buildings, an official said ...
Feb 06, 2019
Milwaukee officer killed serving warrant; suspect arrested
MILWAUKEE - A 17-year police veteran was shot and killed as he served a warrant on Milwaukee’s south side Wednesday, becoming the city’s third officer to be killed in the line of duty in e...
Feb 06, 2019
AP Explains: Racist history of blackface began in the 1830s
WASHINGTON - A racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s yearbook page and a subsequent admission from his attorney general that he wore blackface in 1980 has roiled Virginia politics. The p...
Feb 06, 2019
North Carolina radio stations drop R. Kelly from playlists
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two radio stations in North Carolina’s largest city have dropped R. Kelly from their playlists. WBTV in Charlotte reports WOSF-FM operations manager Jeff Anderson said he doesn...
Feb 06, 2019
Trump to meet with Colombian president later this month
WASHINGTON - The president of Colombia will be travelling to Washington and meeting with President Donald Trump later this month. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump and first lady Me...
Feb 06, 2019
Democrats speechless as scandal engulfs Virginia's leaders
RICHMOND, Va. - With Virginia’s top three elected officials engulfed in scandal, fellow Democrats were rendered practically speechless, uncertain of how to thread their way through the racial an...
Feb 06, 2019
Marcia Clark tells familiar tale in new show 'The Fix'
PASADENA, Calif. - Marcia Clark insists she’s not reliving her post-O.J. Simpson trial life in the new series “The Fix.” Clark co-created the ABC show about a character that viewers ...
Feb 06, 2019
Fiat Chrysler recalls over 660K trucks worldwide; steering could fail
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 660,000 heavy-duty trucks worldwide because a loose nut can cause a loss of steering control. The recall covers Ram 3500 pickups from 2013 through 2017, as we...
Feb 06, 2019
Conviction upheld for woman who urged boyfriend's suicide
BOSTON - A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her boyfriend through dozens of text messages to kill himself is responsible for his suicide, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Wednesday in ...
Feb 06, 2019
Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney. Her publicist confirmed Wednesday the 28-year-old Academy Award winner’s engagement, but did not provide additional details...
Feb 06, 2019