Category Archives: World

AIKEN, S.C. - A former South Carolina legislator who opposed placing restrictions on people charged in abuse cases was sentenced Monday to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to a domest...

BREWER, Maine - Changes in the worldwide fisheries industry have turned live baby American eels into a commodity that can fetch more than $2,000 a pound at the dock, but the big demand and big prices ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - A suspended FBI agent in New Orleans sued the bureau and several superiors Monday for disciplining him after he sent a letter to a federal judge to express concerns about the Justic...

DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa school for juvenile offenders subjects the boys to restraints and seclusion rooms and denies them essential mental health care, a federally funded non-profit organization al...

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. - A Jewish cemetery near St. Louis has been rededicated nearly six months after it was vandalized. Law enforcement is still working to determine if the tipping of more than 150 to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Six inmates snatched keys from three correctional officers at a maximum security prison in Arkansas on Monday and held the officers in an area of the facility for about three hours...

WASHINGTON - The direction of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is at the centre of a battle between two of his top aides. Conservative groups are targeting national security adviser H.R. ...

The international chemical weapons watchdog says improved security conditions in Syria will allow its experts to confirm conditions at the last two sites of 27 facilities where the Syrian government h...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Assembly members considered swing votes on legislation to reduce carbon emissions by charging polluters were among the top recipients of donations from oil companies, a...

SEATTLE - A federal judge in Spokane on Monday officially denied a request to throw out a lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s harsh interrogation program used in the wa...