Category Archives: World

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico gave differing views Thursday on when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 4 storm m...

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday that he will begin restructuring Venezuela’s foreign debt, calling it the best way to get around U.S. financial sanctions that he...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is alleging without evidence that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee violated campaign finance and money laundering laws with the joint fundraisi...

WASHINGTON - Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday accused the United States of lying about mysterious sonic attacks that U.S. diplomats in Havana say left them with ailments including headaches, ...

WASHINGTON - As a choice to lead the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell defies any recent mould. He isn’t a trained economist. He’s produced no trail of research. He built a fortune as an inve...

CARACAS, Venezuela - A scrappy, independent newspaper in Venezuela that never shied from fights with the country’s powerful socialist leaders circulated its last print edition Thursday, but its ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday blocked parole for a former Mexican Mafia prison gang leader, saying he remains a danger to society despite efforts to turn his life around and years ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say. But the purportedly newest member of the ...

WASHINGTON - The ozone hole over Antarctica shrank to its smallest peak since 1988, NASA said Thursday. The huge hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer reached its maximum this year in September...

BOSTON - Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a ban on “bump stocks,” devices that can increase the firing rate of a weapon. If signed by the governor, the state would be the first to ban...