Category Archives: World
Record high in Japan as heat wave grips the region
TOKYO - Japan recorded its highest temperature ever Monday as a deadly heat wave continued to grip a wide swath of the country and nearby South and North Korea. The mercury hit 41.1 degrees Celsius (1...
Jul 23, 2018
Senate confirms Robert Wilkie for Veterans Affairs secretary
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, charged with delivering on President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to fire bad...
Jul 23, 2018
Trump tries to cast fresh doubt on Mueller's 'Witch Hunt'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump tried to cast fresh doubt Monday on the federal investigation into Russian election interference in the 2016 presidential election, calling it a “fraud and a ...
Jul 23, 2018
Deadly LA market shooting started with domestic feud
LOS ANGELES - A man’s feud with his grandmother turned into a bizarre and deadly weekend confrontation that ended with a supermarket worker dead and dozens of people held hostage in a store mile...
Jul 23, 2018
Duck boat probe will check if Coast Guard rules were ignored
The investigation into the sinking of a sightseeing boat that claimed 17 lives will look at whether operators violated Coast Guard rules by venturing onto a Missouri lake as thunderstorms rolled in, a...
Jul 23, 2018
Uber, Lyft suspend driver who recorded St. Louis passengers
ST. LOUIS - Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have cut ties with a driver who recorded hundreds of St. Louis-area passengers without their permission and livestreamed the video. Jason Gargac, 32, o...
Jul 23, 2018
The Latest: Trump tweets as US ramps up pressure on Iran
WASHINGTON - The Latest on escalating rhetoric between Washington and Tehran (all times local): 8:30 p.m. President Donald Trump’s explosive Twitter threat to Iran’s leader comes as his ad...
Jul 23, 2018
3 more suspects arrested in acid attack on young boy
LONDON - British police have arrested three more suspects in connection with an apparent acid attack on a 3-year-old boy who suffered severe burns. West Mercia Police said Monday that three men, ages ...
Jul 23, 2018
Just tough Trump tweeting? US ratchets up Iran pressure
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s explosive Twitter threat to Iran’s leader comes as his administration is ratcheting up a pressure campaign on the Islamic republic that many suspect i...
Jul 22, 2018
Activist to star as TV's first transgender superhero
BURBANK, Calif. - A transgender activist who won a discrimination lawsuit after her school refused to let her use the girls’ bathroom will be TV’s first transgender superhero. Nicole Maine...
Jul 22, 2018