Category Archives: World
Fish heads dumped near Alaska school attracts bear, police
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police are looking for a man who dumped fish heads in woods near an elementary school. The perpetrator won’t have to clean up. A grizzly bear took care of that. The...
Aug 21, 2018
Massachusetts zoo on the lookout for stork that flew away
STONEHAM, Mass. - Maybe she just had a few babies to deliver. A Boston-area zoo is looking for a female stork that flew away last week and has evaded experts since. The Stone Zoo in Stoneham posted on...
Aug 21, 2018
Small firms thrive as customers seek more unique clothing
LONDON - Claudio Belotti knows he cut the denim that became the jeans Meghan Markle wore on one of her first outings as the fiancee of Britain’s Prince Harry. That’s because he cuts all of...
Aug 21, 2018
London Fire Brigade: 'Hunky firefighter' cliches are sexist
LONDON - The London Fire Brigade wants the media to stop depicting firefighters as hunky sex objects. The service says the images are sexist and deter women from joining the profession. The brigade ha...
Aug 21, 2018
Mexican man charged in Iowa slaying worked under fake name
BROOKLYN, Iowa - A Mexican man charged with killing an Iowa college student worked on a dairy farm for years under a false name just a few miles from where the young woman was allegedly abducted while...
Aug 21, 2018
Alligator kills woman trying to protect her dog at resort
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A woman who often walked her dog near a golf course lagoon across the street from her vacation home was killed Monday by an alligator that dragged her into the greenish wate...
Aug 21, 2018
Russia denies hunger-striking Ukrainian critically ill
KIEV, Ukraine - The family of an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker who has been on a hunger strike for 100 days said on Tuesday he is in critical condition, a claim that a Russian official quickly denied...
Aug 21, 2018
US adds to growing list of sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration added to its growing list of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday as U.S. lawmakers urged tighter economic restrictions on Moscow and Britain’s top diplomat ...
Aug 21, 2018
Microsoft uncovers more Russian hacking ahead of midterms
Microsoft has uncovered new Russian hacking efforts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said Tuesday that a group tied to the Russian government created fake we...
Aug 21, 2018
US plan for coal power deregulation could cause more deaths
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to prop up the declining coal industry with an overhaul of Obama-era pollution rules, acknowledging that the increased emissions from aging coal-...
Aug 21, 2018