Category Archives: World

JUNEAU, Alaska - A group of 16 southeast Alaska tribes has hired a co-ordinator to express their concerns about a series of large Canadian mining projects that the tribes fear could hurt salmon habita...

NASHVILLE - Glen Campbell, the affable superstar singer of “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “Wichita Lineman” whose appeal spanned country, pop, television and movies, died Tuesday, his...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marine Corps for the first time is eyeing a plan to let women attend what has been male-only combat training in Southern California, as officials work to quash recurring problems...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A call by Republican Gov. John Kasich for scientific breakthroughs to help solve the opioid crisis is drawing interest from dozens of groups with ideas including remote controlled med...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (all times local): 1 a.m. Elected officials in Guam are reassuring constituents that the U.S. territory is safe following No...

DES MOINES, Iowa - For the first time, U.S. lottery players will have a choice of games offering jackpots topping $300 million. In the seven years since all U.S. lotteries began selling both Powerball...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Actress Cynthia Nixon has plenty of criticism for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though she’s not saying whether she’ll run against him next year. Appearing on NBC’s “Today&...

PHOENIX - A 3-day-old baby deer is being sent to a wildlife reserve after somebody thought they were helping the fawn by removing it from a desert area in Arizona. Mike Demlong, Wildlife Education Pro...

ATLANTA - The final home of Flannery O’Connor is under new management but officials at the Georgia university taking over the middle Georgia dairy farm known as Andalusia plan to keep the proper...

CAMDEN, Maine - The socialite daughter of two world-famous New York ballet dancers is charged in Maine with breaking into several stores. Camden police Detective Curt Andrick said drugs and alcohol we...