Category Archives: World
Cops: Letters show man killed in car blast planned explosion
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A man used homemade explosives to blow up a car last weekend, killing himself, his toddler son and an adult friend in a grisly murder-suicide whose planning he described in angry lett...
Oct 04, 2018
Many loved ones lost and uncounted in Indonesian disasters
PALU, Indonesia - She lay inside a medical tent in the stifling midday heat, wincing in pain at the gashes and cuts that cover her body. But all Anisa Cornelia could think about was the love of her li...
Oct 04, 2018
Violinist, professor, pastor among 25 'genius grant' winners
CHICAGO - A violinist who organizes concerts for the homeless, a professor whose research is being used to increase access to civil justice by poor communities and an activist pastor are among this ye...
Oct 04, 2018
Kate Hudson has third child and first daughter, named Rani
LOS ANGELES - Kate Hudson says her baby girl is here. The “Almost Famous” actress announced Wednesday on her Instagram account that Rani (RAH-nee) Rose Hudson Fujikawa was born Tuesday. It...
Oct 04, 2018
Aid groups now using the same data technology as bitcoin
LONDON - In the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, Amar Al-Eid heads toward the checkout of the food distribution store carrying supplies for his two children. The shopkeeper raises a black box to...
Oct 04, 2018
Jurors deliberating in murder trial of Chicago officer
CHICAGO - Attorneys in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald sparred over what video of the deadly encounter actually p...
Oct 04, 2018
Lawyer: Woman in suicide texting case did not commit crime
BOSTON - A young woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter for sending text messages encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself did not force him to end his life and cannot be held responsible becaus...
Oct 04, 2018
Kavanaugh says he 'might have been too emotional' at hearing
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged Thursday he “might have been too emotional” when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations as he made a final bid to wi...
Oct 04, 2018
Rescuers detect possible sign of life under quake-hit hotel
PALU, Indonesia - A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a possible sign of life under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island nearly a week after it was hit by a powerf...
Oct 04, 2018
Texas man's shooting by police overshadowed despite momentum
DALLAS - It was the kind of shooting that had spurred national interest before: A police officer had opened fire into a vehicle, leaving a black man dead. For residents in the Dallas area, the Sept. 1...
Oct 04, 2018