Category Archives: World
Man who rammed cars to flee 'zombies' gets 15 years
GULFPORT, Miss. - A Mississippi Gulf Coast man who rammed vehicles because he thought zombies were chasing him has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Sun Herald reports 32-year-old Shaun Michae...
Dec 11, 2018
5 missing Marines declared dead in warplanes crash off Japan
TOKYO - The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refuelling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan’s southern coast, and t...
Dec 10, 2018
China ups pressure as tech exec's hearing goes into Tuesday
VANCOUVER - Ajailed Chinese technology executive will have to wait at least one more day to see if she will be released on bail in a case that has raised U.S.-China tensions and complicated efforts to...
Dec 10, 2018
Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans. Despite his brash stance, they believe the turmoil has left him increasingly vulne...
Dec 10, 2018
Chinese court bans some iPhones over Qualcomm dispute
NEW YORK - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm says it’s won an order in a Chinese court banning some Apple phones in China as part of a long-running dispute over patents. Qualcomm said Monday that the Fuzh...
Dec 10, 2018
Goodyear halts tire production in Venezuela as economy slips
VALENCIA, Venezuela - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is halting production in Venezuela, making it the latest international corporation to abandon a South American nation in economic crisis, officials...
Dec 10, 2018
California inferno gives rise to family-reuniting 'Angels'
SAN FRANCISCO - They have become known as the Angels of Paradise. But there is nothing ethereal about them. They are online sleuths who know how to find people, and they have been putting their skills...
Dec 10, 2018
California family finds cat alive a month after deadly blaze
PARADISE, Calif. - A family has been reunited with their cat after it stayed behind during a deadly wildfire last month that levelled their home in Northern California. Courtney Werblow and her family...
Dec 10, 2018
NASA's Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space
WASHINGTON - NASA’s Voyager 2 is now the second human-made object to zip away from the sun into the space between the stars. Voyager 2 last month exited “this bubble that the sun creates a...
Dec 10, 2018
Musk suggests Tesla's new chairwoman won't rein him in
NEW YORK - Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed the idea that the company’s new chairwoman can exert control over his behaviour. Robyn Denholm, an Australian telecommunications executive, was appointed...
Dec 10, 2018