Category Archives: World

LEXINGTON, Ky. - In a story Jan. 7 about a Kentucky traffic crash that killed a Michigan family, The Associated Press reported erroneously who a cousin of the deceased father called about the crash. H...

NEW YORK - A New York City firefighter fell to his death late Sunday when he slipped through a narrow gap between lanes of a newly built bridge while trying to reach the victims of a car crash. Steven...

SAN FRANCISCO - Asking people whether they are U.S. citizens on the 2020 census would worsen the undercount of Latinos and non-citizens compared with other groups, an expert in surveys said Monday at ...

HOUSTON - Activists praised Houston area law enforcement for pursuing a tip that led to the arrest of an African-American man in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old black girl, a turn in the c...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Greed, debt and a gambling problem drove a Southern California man to kill his business partner’s family with a sledgehammer and bury their bodies in the desert, prosecu...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis expressed concern Monday over the rise of populism and nationalism, including separatist tendencies in Europe, partly blaming those growing trends on reactions to waves of ...

WASHINGTON - Feeling the pressure of investigations and a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump is playing loose with the facts regarding hush payments made by his former attorney Michae...

BERLIN - A German student has admitted obtaining and publishing the personal data of hundreds of politicians and celebrities and told investigators he acted alone, authorities said Tuesday. The 20-yea...

JERUSALEM - Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defence minister, foreign minister and an early political mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died Monday. He was 93. An engineer by training, the Am...

LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Gabon’s government thwarted an attempted military coup on Monday, retaining control of the oil-rich West African nation after two plotters were killed and other army officers...