Category Archives: World
Spanish body apologizes over art exhibit censorship spat
MADRID - A Spanish government-funded body has apologized after it caused an outcry by asking an art gallery to yank a photo exhibit on political prisoners from a prestigious international fair in Madr...
Feb 22, 2018
Florida eye doctor gets 17 years for Medicare fraud
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A prominent Florida eye doctor once accused of bribing Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey received a 17-year sentence Thursday for stealing $73 million from Medicare by...
Feb 22, 2018
Saudi Arabia announces it will build its first opera house
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia says construction will soon begin on the first opera house in the kingdom, where concerts have been banned for two decades, along with music in restaurants a...
Feb 22, 2018
Malaysian rapper held for allegedly insulting Islam in video
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper was detained Thursday over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing R...
Feb 22, 2018

Sheriff: School officer never went inside to confront gunman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation, officials annou...
Feb 22, 2018
Sen. Rubio says he would support raising age to buy rifles
SUNRISE, Fla. - On the defensive after the Florida school shooting rampage that killed 17, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, an ardent gun-rights advocate, said he would support raising the age to buy rifles and ...
Feb 22, 2018

UK police probe 'racist' package sent to Harry and Meghan
LONDON - Police are investigating a suspicious package that was sent to Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle as a racist hate crime, Scotland Yard said Thursday. The Metropolitan Police force sa...
Feb 22, 2018

Trump says raise age for buying assault rifles, defying NRA
WASHINGTON - The nation should keep assault rifles out of the hands of anyone under 21, President Donald Trump declared Thursday, defying his loyal supporters in the National Rifle Association amid Am...
Feb 22, 2018

Police seal off Brussels streets amid reports of gunman
BRUSSELS - Belgian police sealed off part of a Brussels suburb Thursday and searched two apartments, warning residents to stay inside following witness reports that an armed man could be at large. The...
Feb 22, 2018
Civil disobedience: Teen shooting survivors shake up Capitol
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Holding hand-scrawled signs and wearing black “Parkland Strong” T-shirts, the 40 teenagers filed warily into a committee room at Florida’s state capitol on Wednes...
Feb 22, 2018