Category Archives: World
Police search for clues in slayings of 2 aspiring rappers
MIRAMAR, Fla. - Investigators in Florida are trying to determine who killed two aspiring rappers whose bodies were riddled with gunshot wounds when a friend drove them to a hospital’s emergency ...
Oct 31, 2018
Mr. Feeny on 'Boy Meets World' thwarts burglary at his home
LOS ANGELES - The 91-year-old award-winning actor who played Mr. Feeny on “Boy Meets World” scared off a burglar from his home. William Daniels and his 89-year-old wife, Bonnie Bartlett, w...
Oct 31, 2018
South Sudan opposition leader returns as part of peace deal
JUBA, South Sudan - For the first time since fleeing South Sudan more than two years ago, opposition leader Riek Machar returned on Wednesday to take part in a nationwide peace celebration. “I c...
Oct 31, 2018
Pakistan court acquits Christian on death row for blasphemy
ISLAMABAD - A Christian woman who spent eight years on death row under Pakistan’s blasphemy law was acquitted and ordered released Wednesday by the country’s top court, a ruling that raise...
Oct 31, 2018
Lion Air crash search finds debris, belongings on seafloor
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The search for the crashed Lion Air plane has found aircraft debris and passenger belongings on the seafloor but the object thought to be the fuselage is still eluding it, an Indo...
Oct 30, 2018
O'Rourke: Trump stoking nation's worst pre-election impulses
AUSTIN, Texas - Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke suggested Tuesday night that President Donald Trump floated the idea of using an executive order to end birthright U.S. citizenshi...
Oct 30, 2018
Chinese intelligence officers charged in US aviation hacking
LOS ANGELES - Chinese intelligence officers and hackers working for them have been charged with commercial espionage that included trying to steal information on commercial jet engines, federal prosec...
Oct 30, 2018
Google spinoff to test truly driverless cars in California
SAN FRANCISCO - The robotic car company created by Google is poised to attempt a major technological leap in California, where its vehicles will hit the roads without a human on hand to take control i...
Oct 30, 2018
Actress-writer Waithe: Films fall short of ethnic equality
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood is falling short of ethnic equality despite black-led films including “Black Panther,” actress and award-winning writer Lena Waithe said. There are “a million...
Oct 30, 2018
Hawaii Supreme Court upholds permit for giant telescope
HONOLULU - After years of delay, including lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those willing to be arrested for blocking construction crews, builders of a giant telescope plan to move f...
Oct 30, 2018