Category Archives: World
Gaza buries journalist killed while covering mass protests
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Hundreds attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous...
Apr 07, 2018
Indian court grants bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan
NEW DELHI - A court on Saturday granted bail to Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is appealing his conviction on charges of poaching rare deer in a wildlife preserve two decades ago. Khan was sente...
Apr 07, 2018
British snowboarder killed in Alps; fell head-first in snow
PARIS - A 25-year-old British snowboarder has suffocated to death after falling head-first into a snowdrift in the French Alps. The local mountain guide service said Saturday that two witnesses alerte...
Apr 07, 2018
US-China trade rift could squeeze growth and hurt consumers
WASHINGTON - Higher prices. Slower growth. Farmers losing access to their biggest foreign market. Even President Donald Trump is warning that Americans might have to accept “a little pain”...
Apr 06, 2018
Put your paws up: Detroit-area police department adds cat
TROY, Mich. - Book him, kitty. The Troy police department in suburban Detroit added a cat to the ranks Friday after auditioning five felines from the Michigan Humane Society. The cat will be used for ...
Apr 06, 2018
GOP Rep. Farenthold resigns after sexual harassment claims
WASHINGTON - Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold abruptly resigned Friday, four months after announcing he wouldn’t seek re-election amid sexual harassment allegations. “While I planned...
Apr 06, 2018
3 judges quit Nobel literature prize committee
STOCKHOLM - Three judges for the Nobel literature prize have resigned. Klas Ostergren, Kjell Espmark and Peter Englund released statements or letters Friday to Swedish media but gave few details. Engl...
Apr 06, 2018
Man charged in rampage near young son of actress Jaime King
LOS ANGELES - Authorities say a man who hopped atop a car and smashed its windows, while the 4-year-old son of Actress Jaime King was sitting inside, has been charged with battery, child endangerment ...
Apr 06, 2018
Sessions orders 'zero tolerance' policy for border crossers
SAN DIEGO - Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday ordered a “zero tolerance” policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border. Sessio...
Apr 06, 2018
Hopper Penn, girlfriend released from Nebraska jail
LINCOLN, Neb. - Actor Hopper Penn and his girlfriend have been released from jail after they were arrested on drug charges in Nebraska. A jail dispatcher says the 24-year-old Penn and actress Uma Von ...
Apr 06, 2018