Category Archives: World

LUCASVILLE, Ohio - Ohio called off the execution of an ailing 69-year-old killer Wednesday after the executioners couldn’t find a vein to insert the IV that delivers the lethal drugs. It was onl...

LAS VEGAS - The eldest son of a Nevada rancher and states’ rights figure told a federal jury on Wednesday he believes protesters and self-styled militia members saved his life when they arrived ...

PHILADELPHIA - Philip Mead was online late one night in May, looking for possible artifacts from the American Revolution, when a painting up for auction caught his eye and got his heart racing. The ch...

AUSTIN, Texas - Vice-President Mike Pence told a gathering of Republican governors Wednesday “we’ve got real momentum,” despite stinging electoral defeats last week in Virginia and N...

MCLEAN, Va. - By almost any measure, Democrats crushed Republicans in Virginia’s elections last week, sweeping all three statewide offices and knocking out more than a dozen incumbent GOP legisl...

CAIRO - A famous Arab singer has been banned from performing in her native Egypt after advising a fan against drinking from the Nile River, leaders of the local musicians union said Wednesday. A video...

COPENHAGEN - A film production company co-founded by Danish director Lars von Trier has asked Danish officials to help investigate after several women accused its former chief executive of sexual hara...

WASHINGTON - Actress Rose McGowan says she’ll plead not guilty when she’s arraigned Thursday on a drug charge outside Washington. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority says McGowa...

NEW YORK - A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday, smashing previous records for artworks sold at a...

U.S. retail sales rose at a solid pace last month, as bullish consumers bought more cars, furniture and clothes. The Commerce Department says retail sales increased 0.2 per cent in October, after a he...