Category Archives: World

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A proposal to make California’s drought-era water restrictions permanent could allow the state to chip away at long-held water rights in an unprecedented power grab, represe...

LONDON - Latvia’s official on the European Central Bank’s top policymaking council rejected calls to resign Tuesday amid suspicions of bribery and an Associated Press report on allegations...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung that shot ash 5 kilometres (3 miles) high also blew away much of the mountain’s summit. Before and after images from Indones...

HARTFORD, Conn. - With Republicans holding two-thirds of secretary of state offices, Democrats are focusing renewed attention and money on a statewide post once considered a sleepy political stepping ...

LAS VEGAS - The new CEO of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts said he was not aware of any of the sexual misconduct accusations against casino mogul Steve Wynn before they surfaced last month. Matt Maddox, ...

WASHINGTON - As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid-fire bump stocks used in l...

The owner of Safeway and other grocery brands is buying the drugstore chain Rite Aid as retailers continue to plunge deeper into health care and adjust to swiftly changing shopping habits. Albertsons ...

HELSINKI - Danish royals and officials on Tuesday attended a private funeral for Denmark’s late Prince Henrik, husband of Queen Margrethe, at a Copenhagen chapel. The queen, Prime Minister Lars ...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian search-and-rescue teams on Tuesday offered the first images of the site of an airplane crash in southern Iran that killed 65 people, with officials hoping to reach the aircraft&...

BEIRUT - Government forces bombed the northeastern suburbs of the Syrian capital for a second straight day on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people and raising the spectre of a full-scale offensive th...