Category Archives: World
Mountaintop lookouts still crucial for spotting wildfires
BOISE, Idaho - Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed,...
Jul 24, 2018
Heat radiates across Southwest; Death Valley hottest
PHOENIX - Scorching heat radiated across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday, setting record highs in California’s Death Valley, Thermal and Palm Springs in a week that forecasters say could prove to ...
Jul 24, 2018
Samsung, workers agree to end standoff on workers' deaths
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics and a group representing ailing Samsung computer chip and display factory workers said Tuesday they have agreed to end a years-long standoff over compen...
Jul 24, 2018
Laos dam disaster leaves 24 dead, scores missing
ATTAPEU, Laos - Rescuers searched Wednesday for scores of villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killi...
Jul 24, 2018
With focus on Mexico, apprehensions grow at Canadian border
DERBY LINE, Vt. - While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there’s growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern bo...
Jul 23, 2018
Wildfires in Greece kill 74 in deadliest blazes in decades
RAFINA, Greece - The death toll from Greece’s deadliest wildfires in decades climbed to 74 Tuesday as rescue crews searched on land and sea for those who sought to escape the blazes that engulfe...
Jul 23, 2018
Philadelphia State of Mind: Jay-Z's festival is staying put
PHILADELPHIA - Jay-Z’s Made in America music festival will stay in the heart of the Philadelphia. Mayor Jim Kenney and Roc Nation’s chief operating officer said Monday the festival would r...
Jul 23, 2018
For trapped Syrian rescuers, an elaborately planned escape
BEIRUT - The call came on Saturday night. In the raging war zone that is southwestern Syria, with enemy forces on the march, the 98 White Helmets volunteers brought their spouses, children and a perso...
Jul 23, 2018
R. Kelly sings about troubles in revealing 19-minute song
NEW YORK - R. Kelly sings about his troubles and battles in a new 19-minute song, addressing sexual abuse claims against him that have put a screeching halt on his career. The song, “I Admit,...
Jul 23, 2018
5 of the biggest takeaways from Comic-Con 2018
LOS ANGELES - San Diego Comic-Con 2018 ended Sunday as workers stripped the branding off the buildings, windows, buses, elevators, escalators and every other square inch of open space in the city̵...
Jul 23, 2018