Category Archives: World
Child of the storm: Homeless baby, family shelter at Walmart
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Their home full of soggy furniture and mosquitoes, Wilmer Capps was desperate to find shelter for his wife and their son Luke, born just three days after Hurricane Michael ravaged ...
Oct 18, 2018
Post-Michael Florida: Fear, frustration and life on the edge
MEXICO BEACH, Fla. - Missing relatives and worries that looters are just outside the door. Dirty clothes. Hours-long lines for gasoline, insurance adjusters, food and water. No power, no air condition...
Oct 18, 2018
Reward offered for wolf that escaped when hurricane hit
CHIPLEY, Fla. - An animal preserve is offering an $800 reward for the return of a wolf named Tahan that escaped as Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida Panhandle. In a video posted on Facebook...
Oct 18, 2018
Judge explains 'close your legs' comment
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey family court judge who told a woman she could “close your legs” to stop a sexual assault says he was trying to elicit more details from her. Judge John Russo o...
Oct 18, 2018
London's black cabs soon to be seen on the streets of Paris
London’s black cabs will be seen on the streets of Paris next year as the company that makes them begins selling its wares in the City of Light. London Electric Vehicle Co., which makes plug-in ...
Oct 18, 2018
Candidate: Elections key to countering Afghan conservatism
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan - Hameeda Danesh was locked away at age 13 and beaten daily for six months by uncles who abhorred the thought of her attending school. Now, she’s running for a seat in ...
Oct 18, 2018
TSA officers buy shirt for boy travelling to Denver
NEW YORK - Transportation Security Administration officers in New York bought a shirt for a shirtless boy who was travelling to Denver. The TSA says the boy and his father arrived at a checkpoint at L...
Oct 18, 2018
UK's May says Brexit transition period could grow, draws ire
BRUSSELS - British Prime Minister Theresa May stood firm Thursday in the face of stinging domestic criticism, saying the U.K. and the European Union could overcome their “few but considerable...
Oct 18, 2018
Progressives say Seoul caved in denying asylum to Yemenis
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean progressives accused the government of caving to xenophobic sentiment by rejecting a plea for refugee status by hundreds of asylum seekers from war-ravaged Yem...
Oct 18, 2018
Indonesia drops disinfectant on quake-obliterated villages
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Helicopters are dropping disinfectant on neighbourhoods in the earthquake- and tsunami-stricken city of Palu to reduce disease risks from the thousands of victims believed buried ...
Oct 18, 2018