Category Archives: World
Minnesota Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan won't seek re-election
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan announced Friday he would skip another uphill climb to re-election and retire from his northeastern Minnesota congressional seat, leaving a wide-open race ...
Feb 09, 2018
Danish prince leaves Olympics as father's condition worsens
COPENHAGEN - Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik left the Winter Olympics in South Korea on Friday to rush home because the condition of his father - the French-born husband of Queen Margrethe - has...
Feb 09, 2018
Ex-Virginia Tech student pleads no contest in girl's killing
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. - After listening to days of damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses, a former Virginia Tech student pleaded no contest Friday to killing a 13-year-old girl he met through so...
Feb 09, 2018
Florida woman: Airline told me to flush pet hamster
MIAMI - A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down an airport toilet because the emotional support rodent wasn’t allowed to fly with her. The Miami Herald reports before ...
Feb 09, 2018
Museum: Painting is a genuine Jan Steen artwork, not a copy
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A painting previously thought to be an 18th-century copy of a work by artist Jan Steen is actually an original by the Dutch master, a museum announced Friday. Researchers at t...
Feb 09, 2018
Vacancy sign flashes at Florida jail dubbed 'Green Roof Inn'
BUNNELL, Fla. - Looking to stay at the Green Roof Inn? Probably not. A Florida sheriff says rooms are available and a new retro-neon sign purchased with drug-seized assets features a blinking “v...
Feb 09, 2018
EU negotiator says big differences remain over Brexit
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s Brexit negotiator said Friday that major differences remain over whether Britain should be obliged to respect all EU rules and obligations during the transition p...
Feb 09, 2018
Why prospect of higher budget gaps is spooking stock market
WASHINGTON - The stock market may be firing off warning shots to the Trump administration and Congress about their plans to blow up the size of the federal deficit. The anxiety that has gripped the ma...
Feb 09, 2018
Latest California #MeToo case spurs confidentiality concerns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia - a leader in the #MeToo movement - took a voluntary unpaid leave of absence Friday amid an investigation into whether she groped a former...
Feb 09, 2018
Storm gives Midwest schoolchildren a rare snow day
CHICAGO - Thousands of children in the Midwest got a rare snow day off school Friday as a winter storm moved through the Great Lakes region, dumping nearly a foot of the white powder in some places wi...
Feb 09, 2018