Category Archives: World
McConaughey gives back to first responders in Texas visit
HOUSTON - Firefighters, police officers and 911 operators in Texas got a surprise lunch from a famous son as Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey showed up with roasted turkey to give thanks on National F...
Oct 29, 2018
Synagogue suspect at courthouse; survivors recall ordeal
PITTSBURGH - The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was released from a hospital and turned over to federal authorities for a court appearance Monday on charges he killed 11 people in wh...
Oct 29, 2018
Iowa library considers options after burning of LGBTQ books
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - Library officials in northwest Iowa are deciding how to respond after a religious activist burned four LGBTQ children’s books. Orange City library director Amanda Vazquez tol...
Oct 29, 2018
Can a holographic screen help a new phone break out?
NEW YORK - Most leading phones offer the same basics: Big screens, decent battery life and good cameras. So when a newcomer brings something innovative to the party, why is it difficult to break throu...
Oct 29, 2018
Female suicide bomber wounds 9 in Tunisia's capital
TUNIS, Tunisia - A female suicide bomber wounded nine people, mostly police officers, on a busy avenue in Tunisia’s capital on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The 30-year-old woman set off t...
Oct 29, 2018
US consumer spending up inflation-adjusted 0.3 per cent
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending rose by an inflation-adjusted 0.3 per cent in September, led by increased spending on health care services and motor vehicles. The Commerce Department also said Mon...
Oct 29, 2018
Student dies after fight ends in gunfire at NC high school
A North Carolina high school student shot and killed a fellow student during a fight in a crowded school hallway Monday, officials said, calling the incident a case of bullying that “escalated o...
Oct 29, 2018
Actress tells Australian court she heard Rush's career over
SYDNEY, Australia - Award-winning actress Judy Davis told a court on Monday that she had heard comments in the film industry that Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush’s career was finished after he was ac...
Oct 29, 2018
Japanese Princess Ayako marries commoner at shrine ceremony
TOKYO - Japan’s Princess Ayako married a commoner in a ritual-filled ceremony Monday at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine. Ayako and groom Kei Moriya were shown on national news walking slowly before g...
Oct 28, 2018
Indonesia plane crash search finds remains, debris at sea
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers in inflatable boats retrieved human remains, pieces of aircraft and personal belongings from the Java Sea on Monday after a new-generation Boeing jet operated by an Indon...
Oct 28, 2018