Category Archives: World
AP Was There: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - In the spring of 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had won victories on desegregation and voting rights and had been planning his Poor People’s Campaign when he turned his a...
Apr 04, 2018
Bahrain's largest oil find estimated at 80 billion barrels
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The small island-nation of Bahrain on Wednesday announced the discovery of 80 billion barrels of shale oil, its largest oil and gas find ever. Bahrain’s oil ministe...
Apr 04, 2018
Judge orders Maine to allow voters to rank candidate choices
AUGUSTA, Maine - A judge on Wednesday ordered Maine to allow voters to rank their candidate choices in its June primaries, even as she considers a request from the state Senate to block plans for the ...
Apr 04, 2018
Rapper Safaree robbed at gunpoint of $183,000
FORT LEE, N.J. - A rapper and reality star says he was robbed at gunpoint in New Jersey in what was “one of the worst, scariest nights of my life.” Safaree Samuels says the robbery happene...
Apr 04, 2018
Farruko accused of hiding $52K in his shoes, luggage
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican singer Farruko was accused on Wednesday of hiding nearly $52,000 in undeclared cash in his luggage and his shoes when he arrived in the U.S. territory via helicopt...
Apr 04, 2018
Police investigate reports of 'zombie' raccoons
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Police are investigating reports of “zombie-like” raccoons in northeast Ohio. WKBN-TV reports Youngstown police have received more than a dozen calls in the past three w...
Apr 04, 2018
France puts 78,000 security threats on vast police database
PARIS - France has flagged more than 78,000 people as security threats in a database intended to let European police share information on the continent’s most dangerous residents - more than all...
Apr 04, 2018
Iraq grapples with Iranian influence ahead of May elections
BAGHDAD - Iran’s influence is looming large as Iraqis prepare to head to the polls for parliamentary elections in May, with many in the country worried that Tehran may be looking to strengthen i...
Apr 04, 2018
'Grotesque' red carpet selfies banned at Cannes festival
PARIS - Want to take a selfie on the red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival? Well, you can’t. That’s the message from top festival official Thierry Fremaux, who says red carpet-selfies...
Apr 04, 2018
Mural of Trump with gun, bloody school children painted over
FLORENCE, Ala. - A mural depicting President Donald Trump holding a handgun and school children in pools of blood has been painted over after it appeared in an Alabama city. WAAY-TV quotes Florence Ma...
Apr 04, 2018