Category Archives: World
Zimbabwe's top opposition won't boycott vote despite worries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party won’t boycott Monday’s historic election despite a biased electoral commission that is acting in the interests of President Emm...
Jul 25, 2018
Winning Mega Millions ticket worth $543M sold in California
SAN JOSE, Calif. - California Lottery officials handed over a symbolic $1 million check to the owners of the Northern California liquor store that sold the sole winning ticket to an estimated $543 mil...
Jul 25, 2018
Sergio Marchionne, who saved Fiat and Chrysler, has died
MILAN - Sergio Marchionne, a charismatic and demanding CEO who engineered two long-shot corporate turnarounds to save carmakers Fiat and Chrysler from near-certain failure, died Wednesday. He was 66. ...
Jul 25, 2018
IS fighters ambush city, villages in southern Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic State fighters ambushed a city and several villages in southern Syria on Wednesday, triggering ferocious clashes between residents and the militants that provincial health of...
Jul 25, 2018
Georgia lawmaker who shouted racial slur on TV to resign
ATLANTA - A Georgia lawmaker will resign after exposing himself and yelling racial slurs on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen’s cable TV show, a spokesman for House Speaker David Ralston said. Rep. ...
Jul 25, 2018
Fraud claims overshadow Pakistan's vote for new parliament
ISLAMABAD - Pakistanis voted for a new government Wednesday in an election marred by violence and allegations of fraud. The winner will face a crumbling economy and bloodshed by militants whose latest...
Jul 24, 2018
Trump recorded discussing paying for Playboy model's story
LOS ANGELES - A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy mod...
Jul 24, 2018
Pop star Demi Lovato reportedly hospitalized in Los Angeles
NEW YORK - Emergency officials confirm they transported a 25-year-old woman who lives on Demi Lovato’s block to the hospital amid reports that the pop star suffered a drug overdose. Los Angeles ...
Jul 24, 2018
Democrats' newest star meets with lawmakers at Capitol
WASHINGTON - The Democratic party’s newest star, New York City congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, visited the Capitol Tuesday to meet with lawmakers who may soon be colleagues. Th...
Jul 24, 2018
Heart of Yosemite park to close as crews battle blaze
LOS ANGELES - The heart of Yosemite National Park, where throngs of tourists are awe-struck by cascading waterfalls and towering granite features like El Capitan and Half Dome, will be closed as firef...
Jul 24, 2018