Category Archives: World
Diana on her marriage, the royal family and media pressure
LONDON - Memories of Princess Diana remain strong two decades after her sudden death in a Paris car crash. Here, in her own words, her thoughts on a range of topics: - On her parents’ failing ma...
Aug 31, 2017
Triple-digit heat hampers fight against western US wildfires
RENO, Nev. - Triple-digit heat across much of the U.S. West hampered crews battling scores of wildfires Thursday, including one threatening dozens of structures in Montana and another that temporarily...
Aug 31, 2017
Public mourns Princess Diana on 20th anniversary of death
LONDON - Kathy Martin joined the stream of visitors laying tributes to Princess Diana outside the gates of Kensington Palace on Thursday, just as she did 20 years ago. The 55-year-old Diana devotee vi...
Aug 31, 2017
Rescuers at India building collapse find 15 injured, 33 dead
MUMBAI, India - Rescuers worked through the night removing the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in India’s financial capital of Mumbai where at least 33 people have died and nearly a doz...
Aug 31, 2017
US flies bombers, fighters in show of force against N. Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballis...
Aug 31, 2017
LA's popular Angels Flight about to reach for heavens again
LOS ANGELES - Angels Flight, Los Angeles’ beloved little railroad, is about to start reaching for the heavens again. The funky little funicular that carried Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling to the to...
Aug 31, 2017
Explosions rock flood-crippled chemical plant near Houston
HOUSTON - At least 2 tons of highly unstable chemicals used in such products as plastics and paint exploded and burned at a flood-crippled plant near Houston early Thursday, sending up a plume of acri...
Aug 30, 2017
Big Colorado ranch on market for $100 million
DENVER - A 224,000-acre (90,650 hectare) ranch in northwest Colorado is being offered for sale with an asking price of $100 million. The Cross Mountain Ranch is owned by the family of the late real es...
Aug 30, 2017
Tropical Storm Lidia aims for Mexico's Los Cabos resort area
MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Lidia formed off Mexico’s Pacific coast Wednesday as authorities warned the Baja California Peninsula to prepare for high winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm sur...
Aug 30, 2017
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation gives $1M to Harvey relief
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has donated $1 million to the newly established United Way Harvey Recovery Fund which will go toward short and long term relief and recovery efforts....
Aug 30, 2017