Category Archives: World
Official: Actor Charlie Heaton denied US entry over drugs
LOS ANGELES - A law enforcement official says “Stranger Things” actor Charlie Heaton was denied entry into the U.S. last week after trace amounts of cocaine were found in his luggage when ...
Oct 27, 2017
Astros start fast, top Dodgers 5-3 for 2-1 World Series lead
HOUSTON - A perfect fit in their own place, the Houston Astros are halfway home. George Springer and the Astros broke out the bats early this time to keep up their unbeaten October run at spirited Min...
Oct 27, 2017
Husband and wife plead guilty to sexually exploiting toddler
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A New York husband and wife have pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 17-month-old girl they baby-sat and making videos of the abuse. Justin and Jessica Crandall pleaded guilty Frid...
Oct 27, 2017
Irma whips Southeast: 3 dead in Georgia, 1 in South Carolina
ATLANTA - Irma weakened to a still-deadly tropical storm as it swirled beyond Florida Monday, killing at least three people in Georgia, flooding the coast, sending trees crashing onto homes and forcin...
Sep 12, 2017
4 dead, 6 missing in floods and landslides in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - A tropical depression dumped heavy rain on the Philippines on Tuesday, flooding metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces and causing landslides and flash floods that killed at le...
Sep 12, 2017
FEMA estimates 25 per cent of Florida Keys homes are gone
LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. - With 25 per cent of the homes in the Florida Keys feared destroyed, emergency workers Tuesday rushed to find Hurricane Irma’s victims - dead or alive - and deliver fo...
Sep 12, 2017
'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia' animator 'X' Atencio dead at 98
LOS ANGELES - Xavier “X” Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” and “imagineer” behind beloved Disneyland ...
Sep 11, 2017
Movie about marathon bombing survivor premiering at hospital
BOSTON - The U.S. premiere of a film chronicling the story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is taking place at the hospital where he and others who were injured in the 2013 deadly attac...
Sep 11, 2017
Minnesota Commerce Department recommends against Line 3 plan
MINNEAPOLIS - Enbridge Energy has failed to establish the need for its proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota and it might be better to just shut down the ex...
Sep 11, 2017
Sides agree to stop monkeying around in primate selfie suit
SAN FRANCISCO - Monkey see. Monkey sue. Monkey settle. Attorneys representing a macaque monkey have agreed to a compromise in a case where they asserted the animal owned the copyright to selfie photos...
Sep 11, 2017