Category Archives: World

PHILADELPHIA - Tests show that the remains in a suburban Philadelphia grave are indeed those of a 19th century serial killer, quelling rumours that he had conned his way out of execution and escaped f...

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh artist isn’t waiting for protesters - he’s already painting over a building mural depicting American composer Stephen Foster. A statue of Foster elsewhere in the ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending fell in July for the third time in four months as strength in home construction wasn’t enough to offset weakness in nonresidential building and government...

BERLIN - A German foundation established to track down cultural assets stolen by the Nazis says it’s starting a new project to investigate items taken in the post-war Soviet occupation zone and ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. job market hit a lull in August, with employers adding a solid but less-than-robust 156,000 jobs and holding back on meaningful pay raises for most workers. Friday’s jobs r...

ARRAS, France - Clint Eastwood is in France directing a film that re-enacts the dramatic end to an attempted Islamic State group attack on a high-speed train that saw three Americans take down the gun...

JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. - A New Mexico village is holding a festival in connection with a legend that Bigfoot is roaming around the state’s Jemez Mountains. The Los Alamos Monitor reports (https://g...

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Tropical Storm Lidia has caused four deaths in Mexico’s Los Cabos, officials said Friday as it continued to lash the resort-studded southern Baja California Peninsula wi...

SAN DIEGO - SeaWorld is seeking a restraining order against three animal rights activists who disrupted a killer whale show at its San Diego park last month in a protest led by actor James Cromwell. T...

SALT LAKE CITY - A U.S. judge on Thursday struck down a Utah law that landed a movie theatre in trouble for serving alcohol during the racy superhero film “Deadpool.” U.S. District Judge D...