Category Archives: World
Dakota Access developer granted hearing delay in dispute
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota regulators on Tuesday granted a request by the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline to postpone a public hearing on whether the company violated state rules, though no...
Aug 15, 2017
Jordin Sparks, Thomas Rhett to serve as Miss America judges
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America pageant has announced that former “American Idol” Jordin Sparks and country music star Thomas Rhett will be among this year’s celebrity judges....
Aug 15, 2017
Man sentenced to life in prison for deadly Iowa jail escape
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A man who pleaded guilty to murder and 11 other counts for killing a western Iowa sheriff’s deputy and wounding another during a jail escape was sentenced Tuesday to life ...
Aug 15, 2017
Safety council: Motor vehicle deaths dip slightly in 2017
WASHINGTON - Preliminary data show U.S. motor vehicle deaths and injuries were down slightly in the first six months of 2017, although they were still significantly higher than they were two years ago...
Aug 15, 2017
Science Says: Lightning is zapping fewer Americans, not more
WASHINGTON - Lightning - once one of nature’s biggest killers -is claiming far fewer lives in the United States, mostly because we’ve learned to get out of the way. In the 1940s, when ther...
Aug 15, 2017
Dubai magnate tied to Trump brand seeks new ventures abroad
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - During recent trips to Croatia and Malta, a Dubai-based billionaire and business partner of the Trump Organization looked more like a head of state himself - mingling wit...
Aug 15, 2017
A look at North Korea's past bluster and actual attacks
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea has a long track record of issuing threats and ultimatums that don’t necessary lead to action. Then again, when it does act - often without warning - it c...
Aug 15, 2017
Analysis: To launch or not? Either way, North Korea may gain
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - If, after all the fanfare, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doesn’t actually launch missiles toward Guam, many may write the whole episode off as another of the North&...
Aug 15, 2017
Removal of mysterious circular object from beach cancelled
WESTERLY, R.I. - A tree removal company’s attempt to uproot a mysterious object with steel legs that is lodged on a Rhode Island beach has been postponed. WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2x1xm6B ...
Aug 15, 2017
Crosby: Talent, not politics, behind Nugent's Rock Hall snub
David Crosby says fellow rocker Ted Nugent has been kept out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because he’s not good enough, not because of his politics. Crosby responded to a fan’s questi...
Aug 15, 2017