Category Archives: World
Florida spending money to keep bears out of the trash
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida is handing out more than $500,000 in grants to local communities so they can provide bear-resistant trash cans and other equipment to residents at a discounted cost. The Fl...
Nov 19, 2017
Israel PM says security must come first in any peace plan
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he has made clear to the U.S. that Israel’s security concerns must come first as the White House tries to restart a peace process with t...
Nov 19, 2017
Zimbabwe president defies mounting pressure to leave office
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit Sunday, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachme...
Nov 19, 2017
House fire in southern Beijing suburb kills 19, injures 8
BEIJING - A fire at a building advertising low-cost rental apartments in a southern Beijing suburb killed 19 people and injured eight others, official media reported Sunday. Firefighters put out the f...
Nov 18, 2017
Argentina says it may have received signals from missing sub
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina’s Navy detected seven brief satellite calls Saturday that officials believe may have come from a submarine with 44 crew members that hadn’t been heard f...
Nov 18, 2017
Ann Wedgeworth, known for 'Three's Company' role, dies at 83
NEW YORK - Actress Ann Wedgeworth, who gained fame on film and Broadway before taking on the role of a flirty divorcee on “Three’s Company,” has died at age 83. Wedgeworth died Thurs...
Nov 18, 2017
Spokeswoman: David Cassidy in hospital with organ failure
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - “Partridge Family” star David Cassidy has been hospitalized in Florida with multiple organ failure. Publicist JoAnn Geffen tells The Associated Press that Cassidy i...
Nov 18, 2017
Italy Senate chief: Mafia planned to kill me next in 1992
ROME - The president of the Italian Senate revealed Saturday that the Mafia’s “boss of bosses” allegedly had targeted him to be assassinated next after twin bomb blasts killed Italy&...
Nov 18, 2017
AC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64
NEW YORK - Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as “Highway to Hell,” ”Hells Bells&...
Nov 18, 2017
Zoo throwing farewell party for beloved gorilla
BOSTON - A Boston zoo is holding a farewell party for a beloved gorilla that’s heading to another zoo in New Orleans to start his own family. Officials at the Franklin Park Zoo on Saturday will ...
Nov 18, 2017