Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday approved a catch-all spending bill that funds a wide swath of government programs, from Interior and environment to agriculture, transportation, housing, Treasury ...

COPENHAGEN - The daring theft of priceless crown jewels dating back centuries from a small Swedish town’s cathedral Tuesday is the latest in a long line of brazen jewelry heists over the years. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Officials at a soon-to-open Massachusetts casino resort say there will be year-round entertainment and activities at the $960 million resort. MGM Springfield officials said Wednes...

LONDON - The jacket worn by actor Harrison Ford in the “Star Wars” film “The Empire Strikes Back” is expected to fetch up to 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) in an auction of ra...

MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Autopsy results show a man who died while attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee accidently overdosed on drugs. The Tennessean cited a toxicology report that s...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. - The National Comedy Center is open for laughs in “I Love Lucy” comedian Lucille Ball’s hometown. The $50 million cultural institution is in the western New York cit...

KINSHASA, Congo - At least four new cases of the Ebola virus have emerged in Congo’s northeast, just a week after an outbreak in the northwest was declared over, the country’s health minis...

LEWISTON, Maine - Actor Patrick Dempsey says someone is impersonating him online and asking his fans to give money to either him or his Maine-based non-profit. Dempsey tweeted on his verified account ...

WASHINGTON - In negotiations over a possible interview by prosecutors, special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has offered the White House format changes, perhaps willing to limit some questions a...

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Police in west Georgia say a father was texting when he ran over his toddler son twice in his driveway. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports 24-year-old Trenton Cook is charged with se...