Category Archives: World

Judge rejects call for mistrial by nightclub shooter's widow
A judge has ruled that the revelation that the Pulse nightclub shooter’s father was an FBI informant for 11 years before the attack has little bearing on the trial of the gunman’s widow. U...
Mar 26, 2018

Cynthia Nixon blasts Cuomo as 'bully,' 'wannabe Republican'
ALBANY, N.Y. - Actress Cynthia Nixon blasted Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a “bully” and a “wannabe Republican” Monday during her first visit to Albany since announcing her bid for New ...
Mar 26, 2018

US, allies band together to expel Russians over spy case
WASHINGTON - From Washington to Warsaw, Western nations banded together Monday to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats they accused of being spies, punishing Moscow for its alleged poisoning of an ex...
Mar 26, 2018

TCM honours Cicely Tyson with hand and footprint ceremony
LOS ANGELES - Cicely Tyson’s legend is being cemented into film history. Turner Classic Movies says it will honour the 93-year-old actress and activist with an official hand-and-footprint ceremo...
Mar 26, 2018

Frontier gun maker Remington seeks bankruptcy protection
Remington, the storied gun maker that began turning out flintlock rifles when there were only 19 states in the Union, has filed for bankruptcy reorganization amid years of slumping sales and legal and...
Mar 26, 2018
China 'open' to talks with US amid spiraling tariff spat
BEIJING - China’s government said Monday it is open to negotiating with Washington amid a spiraling tariff dispute following a news report American officials have submitted a list of market-open...
Mar 26, 2018
Trump policies split some refugee families; others reunite
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sitting in apartment complexes on opposite sides of town, the women - one a former shopkeeper from Somalia, the other a teacher from Bhutan - waited for children to come home. Only th...
Mar 26, 2018
74 years later, a pilot who crashed in France returns home
BUYSSCHEURE, France - It is early afternoon on a spring day in 1944. On a French farm 20 miles from the English Channel, two young brothers tend the cows - perhaps they goof off a bit - as their fathe...
Mar 26, 2018

Malaysia looks to punish fake news with 10 years in jail
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s government proposed new legislation Monday to outlaw fake news and punish offenders with a 10-year jail sentence, a move slammed by critics as a bid to crack ...
Mar 26, 2018
Machete-wielding man tried to kidnap children at Walmart
KENNER, La. - Police in Louisiana say a stranger with a machete tried to snatch two children from their mothers inside a Walmart. Kenner police describe the case in a Facebook post. They say 33-year-o...
Mar 26, 2018