Category Archives: World

TOKYO - The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader and six of his followers closed a chapter on one of Japan’s most shocking crimes, the poison gas attack on rush-hour commuters in Tokyo...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska Supreme Court set an execution date Thursday for the state’s longest-serving inmate, a crucial step needed to carry out Nebraska’s first execution in 21 years....

LANGHORNE, Pa. - A Pennsylvania township with more money than it anticipated from increased property tax collection has decided to give the dividends to residents. Middletown Township in Langhorne sen...

WASHINGTON - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease. Wi...

CHICAGO - A Brazilian woman separated from her son in May while seeking asylum in the U.S. has been reunited with the 10-year-old boy in Chicago. The reunion occurred Thursday afternoon, just hours af...

JERUSALEM - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday she hoped the traditional “bipartisan spirit” of congressional hearings for judges will once again prevail in Washi...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California can limit police co-operation with immigration officials and require inspections of detention facilities but can’t enforce a key part of a third state sanctuary l...

TULTEPEC, Mexico - Twenty-four people were killed and at least 49 injured Thursday when a series of explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City, according to offi...

WASHINGTON - Former Fox News executive Bill Shine is officially joining the White House. President Donald Trump is announcing Shine, the former co-president of the president’s preferred televisi...

BERKLEY, Mich. - A suburban Detroit library has decried an unidentified censor who concealed DVDs of movies from the racy “Fifty Shade” series. The Berkley library is now openly displaying...