Category Archives: World

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Stevie Wonder has called out Kanye West for saying slavery is a choice, calling the idea “foolishness” and likening it to Holocaust denial. Wonder brought up West ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Mary Fallin vetoed a bill late Friday that would have authorized adults to carry firearms without a permit or training, dealing a rare defeat to the Na...

NEW YORK - A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74-year-old Democrat’s second attempt to avoid years in prison after ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Democrats in the Missouri House have expelled a St. Louis County lawmaker from their caucus because of calls he made to a radio program whose host frequently makes racist and oth...

MOBILE, Ala. - Prosecutors and defence lawyers disagreed in opening arguments Friday about who is the victim in the federal criminal trial of an Alabama doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed...

GREENSBORO, N.C. - With demonstrators standing outside his concert protesting his presence, R. Kelly summoned his passionate fans to carry him through what has been a difficult week. Interspersing ref...

WASHINGTON - The United States and the United Arab Emirates signed a deal Friday to resolve a years-old spat over alleged Emirati government subsidies to its airlines and accusations of unfair competi...

JUNEAU, Alaska - An Alaska jury on Friday convicted a former Arizona lawmaker of first-degree murder in the death of a man on a hunting and fishing trip in 2016. The jury in Juneau found Mark Desimone...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Many Alaska residents were mistakenly warned on TV and on the radio Friday morning of a tsunami threat along the West Coast of the United States, from San Diego to Alaska’s Aleu...

KINSHASA, Congo - One wildlife park guard was killed and two British tourists and their driver were abducted in Virunga National Park in Congo, a park spokesman said Friday. Their vehicle was ambushed...