Category Archives: World
Stocks tumble on trade fears; S&P has worst week in 2 years
NEW YORK - Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate. A second day of big losses p...
Mar 24, 2018

Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving
PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under “limited circumstances,” following up on ...
Mar 23, 2018

New witnesses detail sexual misconduct by Tavis Smiley
PBS says more witnesses have detailed sexual misconduct allegations against talk-show host Tavis Smiley, who was suspended in December and later fired. In papers filed in Washington, D.C., Superior Co...
Mar 23, 2018
Man charged in burglary at New England Patriot player's home
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts have arrested a man in connection with a burglary at New England Patriots player Rob Gronkowski’s home while he was at the Super Bowl. Foxborough poli...
Mar 23, 2018

FBI seeks motive for fiery van crash at California air base
ROSEVILLE, Calif. - Investigators said Friday that they are stumped as to why a man who emigrated 25 years ago from India drove a flaming minivan full of propane tanks and gasoline cans through the ma...
Mar 23, 2018
Doctor says pledge may have lived if help was called sooner
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A forensic pathologist testified Friday that injuries that killed a Penn State fraternity pledge last year might not have been fatal if fraternity members had summoned help more quic...
Mar 23, 2018
UN official: No aid for controversial Venezuela election
A United Nations official said Friday the multilateral organization will not provide any electoral assistance for Venezuela’s upcoming presidential vote, an election that has been denounced as r...
Mar 23, 2018
UK data watchdog raids Cambridge Analytica office in London
LONDON - Officers from Britain’s information regulator are raiding the London offices of data firm Cambridge Analytica after being granted a warrant as part of an investigation into alleged misu...
Mar 23, 2018
'Melrose Place' actress faces 2nd re-sentencing for crash
NEWARK, N.J. - A former “Melrose Place” actress convicted in a fatal auto crash must return to court for a second re-sentencing. A New Jersey appeals court in 2016 ordered the first re-sen...
Mar 23, 2018

15th defence lawyer in Suge Knight's murder case leaves
LOS ANGELES - Marion “Suge” Knight has lost another defence lawyer - his 15th - and the three-year wait for his murder trial to start will grow even longer. Judge Ronald S. Coen released a...
Mar 23, 2018