Category Archives: World

North Korea is flouting U.N. sanctions on oil and gas, engaging in prohibited ballistic missile co-operation with Syria and Myanmar, and illegally exporting commodities that brought in nearly $200 mil...

HONOLULU - A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month said Friday he’s devastated about causing panic but was “100 per cent sure” at the time that the att...

NEW YORK - Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley has officially been cleared of misdemeanour assault charges stemming from a scuffle with Madison Square Garden security guards last year. The New ...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is imposing more penalties on Wells Fargo, freezing the bank’s growth until it can prove it has improved its internal controls. In addition, bank agreed to repla...

BRENTWOOD, Mo. - Around 400 students at a suburban St. Louis school got part of the day off Friday after a 9-foot-long boa constrictor wriggled out of her aquarium, setting off a frantic search. The S...

SALT LAKE CITY - In a story Feb. 2 about Jon Huntsman Sr., The Associated Press erroneously reported the amount of money Huntsman gave to a super PAC supporting his son’s presidential campaign. ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four current California lawmakers have faced sexual misconduct complaints since 2006 but none was disciplined, according to documents released Friday by the state Legislature. The...

APOLLO, Pa. - A family has been reunited with its dog 10 years after the dog went missing. Debra Suierveld and her family assumed their dog Abby had died after she ran away in 2008 from their home in ...

WASHINGTON - Two government studies that bombarded rats and mice with cellphone radiation found a weak link to some heart tumors, but scientists and federal regulators say don’t worry - it is st...

SEATTLE - With the number of endangered Puget Sound orcas at a 30-year low, state lawmakers want to protect the fish-eating killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of the Salish Sea. The me...