Category Archives: World
'Winnie!' South Africa bids farewell to Madikizela-Mandela
JOHANNESBURG - Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday, af...
Apr 14, 2018
Trump claims success in Syria, but chemical weapons remain
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday declared “Mission Accomplished” for a U.S.-led allied missile attack on Syria’s chemical weapons program, but the Pentagon said the pu...
Apr 14, 2018
The Latest: Storm winds leave trail of damage in Arkansas
MINNEAPOLIS - The Latest on a potent spring storm that swept across the Great Plains and Midwest: (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Strong winds have left considerable damage in their wake in several part...
Apr 13, 2018
The Latest: Syrian-Americans express anger over missiles
WASHINGTON - The Latest on U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria (all times local): 9:40 p.m. Syrian-Americans have expressed anger at the missile strike on their homeland as they celebrated their country...
Apr 13, 2018
Cuomo says he won't seek Working Families Party ballot line
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) says he will not seek the ballot line of the progressive Working Families Party. Cuomo’s announcement came Friday after two influentia...
Apr 13, 2018
Ex-Raider Aldon Smith transferred to inpatient rehab centre
SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities say Aldon Smith is being transferred to an inpatient substance abuse treatment centre as he awaits his next court date. The former Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers l...
Apr 13, 2018
Police: Woman who drove SUV with family off cliff was drunk
SAN FRANCISCO - A woman was drunk when she drove her large family off a Northern California cliff last month and her wife and several children had large amounts of a drug in their systems that can cau...
Apr 13, 2018
FBI probes Trump lawyer Cohen's personal 'business dealings'
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors revealed on Friday that their probe of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, involved suspected fraud and the attorney’s personal business...
Apr 13, 2018
Chile victims meet pope April 28-29 at Vatican
VATICAN CITY - The three main protagonists in denouncing Chile’s sex abuse scandal will meet with Pope Francis on April 28-29 and will stay as his guests at the Vatican hotel where he lives, one...
Apr 13, 2018
Watchdog report: Ex-FBI deputy director misled investigators
WASHINGTON - Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, misled investigators and his own boss about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential ...
Apr 13, 2018