Category Archives: World
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's exit drama is already playing on stage
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Laughter has replaced fear in Zimbabwe as the dramatic events leading to the resignation of former leader Robert Mugabe are already playing out on stage. Crowds last week packed a t...
Apr 05, 2018
Masters golf fans hurt when bus overturns on interstate
A charter bus headed to the Masters golf tournament overturned on a Georgia interstate Thursday, injuring 15 people and snarling traffic as scores of fans made the pilgrimage to one of the sport’...
Apr 05, 2018
Patients evacuated as fire engulfs Istanbul hospital facade
ISTANBUL - A fire broke out at a multi-story hospital in Istanbul on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of patients. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or serious injuries, although several p...
Apr 05, 2018
What a delivery! Pizza driver comes to rescue in house fire
SOMERSET, Ky. - A Kentucky pizza deliveryman’s customer service was on fire. Literally. Donatos Pizza driver Ralph Letner told WKYT-TV he was delivering pizza Sunday night to a Somerset mobile h...
Apr 05, 2018
NYC police defend fatal shooting with video, 911 transcripts
NEW YORK - Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minute...
Apr 05, 2018
'Don't run,' docs said; marathoner with dwarfism defied them
SALEM, Mass. - Most marathoners take 35,000 steps to reach the finish line. John Young needs 80,000. The high school math teacher from Canada is part of a rare and spirited breed of athlete: those who...
Apr 05, 2018
NewsAlert: Media reports: Gunman shoots dead 4 staff members at university in central Turkey; attacker in custody
ANKARA, Turkey - Media reports: Gunman shoots dead 4 staff members at university in central Turkey; attacker in custody. More coming. The Associated Press
Apr 05, 2018
Turkey: 4 staff members killed in attack at university
ANKARA, Turkey - A research assistant shot and killed four staff members at a university in central Turkey, the university’s president said Thursday. Prof. Hasan Gonen of Osmangazi University, i...
Apr 05, 2018
Police plan lengthy investigation of YouTube shooter's past
SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities on Thursday promised a deeper investigation into the YouTube shooter’s past and her anger with the online video website, identified as her motive for attacking the co...
Apr 05, 2018
Admirers mourn King, pledge to carry on unfinished work
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Fifty years after a shot rang out in Memphis, killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., freedom rang from the balcony of the Lorraine Motel as a bell tolled 39 times to mark a life cut...
Apr 05, 2018