Category Archives: World

Trump meets Florida shooting victims, first responders
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump came face-to-face Friday with hospitalized victims of the horrific school shooting in Florida and offered thanks to the doctors and nurses who helped the w...
Feb 15, 2018
Warning signs may have been missed in school shooting case
PARKLAND, Fla. - Months before authorities say Nikolas Cruz walked into his former high school and slaughtered 17 people, the troubled teen began showing what may have been warning signs he was bent o...
Feb 15, 2018

School shooting massacre victims torn from community fabric
Two of the victims were coaches. One was a student who played trombone in the school band. Another proudly wore his ROTC uniform. Still another loved soccer. And most were so very young. The gunman wh...
Feb 15, 2018
NYC woman stood up by mystery man described in huge mural
NEW YORK - It wasn’t meant to be for a New York City woman seeking a mystery missed connection via a 20-foot mural asking him to meet her on Valentine’s Day. Twenty-five-year-old Devin Cus...
Feb 15, 2018
Traffic deaths fell slightly in 2017 after 2-year spike
DETROIT - Traffic deaths on U.S. roads fell slightly in 2017 after two straight years of big increases, but a leading safety organization that compiled the numbers says it’s no cause for celebra...
Feb 15, 2018
Tense times in US-Turkey relations as officials huddle
ANKARA, Turkey - The spectre of a U.S.-Turkish clash in Syria loomed over Thursday’s meeting between the top American diplomat and Turkey’s leader as the two NATO allies scrambled to ease ...
Feb 15, 2018
Tillerson in Beirut wades into Lebanon-Israel border dispute
BEIRUT - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said there are “constructive” discussions underway on how to break a “stalemate” between Lebanon and Israel over gas ...
Feb 15, 2018
UN: Afghan civilian casualties decreased 9 per cent in 2017
KABUL - The number of civilians killed and wounded in the war in Afghanistan declined last year, but the number of deaths from airstrikes was on the rise, according to a new United Nations report rele...
Feb 15, 2018
Duterte offers kill bounty for rebels to save on war costs
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president offered a nearly $500 bounty for each communist rebel killed by government forces to save on anti-insurgency costs and said insurgents are easier to hit ...
Feb 15, 2018

Vatican seeks to defuse scandal, says pope meets victims
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Francis meets frequently with victims of sexual abuse, seeking to defuse a mounting scandal over his unbridled support for a Chilean bishop accused b...
Feb 15, 2018