Category Archives: World
9-11 victim's remains identified nearly 16 years later
NEW YORK - The remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center on 9-11 have been identified nearly 16 years after the terror attacks, medical examiners said Monday. His name was withheld at his fami...
Aug 07, 2017
Billionaire's bail rules tightened: No closed-door massages
NEW YORK - A judge tightened security Monday at the luxury Manhattan apartment where a Chinese billionaire convicted of bribing United Nations diplomats will likely reside under 24-hour guard until se...
Aug 07, 2017
Interior Dept. scraps Obama-era rule on coal royalties
WASHINGTON - The Interior Department on Monday scrapped an Obama-era rule on coal royalties that mining companies had criticized as burdensome and costly. The Trump administration put the royalty valu...
Aug 07, 2017
France to analyze eggs after EU urges checks in 4 countries
BRUSSELS - Experts are analyzing contaminated egg products imported from the Netherlands to two establishments in France, one of four countries the European Union notified Monday that some eggs contam...
Aug 07, 2017
Lawyer: UK model's 'strange' tale of Italian kidnap is true
LONDON - Chloe Ayling’s ordeal sounds like a tale spawned by nightmares of the evil that lurks online. The 20-year-old British model says she was lured to Italy with the promise of a photo shoot...
Aug 07, 2017
Heart-stopping mountain lion encounter caught on video
FRESNO, Calif. - A nerve-rattling encounter with a mountain lion started with a fleeting glimpse of the big cat’s tail on a High Sierra trail in California’s wilderness. Brian McKinney did...
Aug 07, 2017
Art created to start climate change talks sinks after storm
PHILADELPHIA - A piece of art designed to generate conversation about climate change and rising sea levels has sunk in a Philadelphia river after heavy rains caused it to take on water. WetLand was a ...
Aug 07, 2017
Bodycam footage raises questions for police department
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Police Department is having a tough time restoring public confidence in the troubled agency. The city is on pace to break its decades-old murder record and the body camera pr...
Aug 07, 2017
Director of bombed mosque says it lacks security cameras
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A Minnesota mosque that was bombed over the weekend doesn’t have outside security cameras that could have captured what happened, its executive director said Monday. Mohamed...
Aug 07, 2017
Puerto Rico hit with 2 lawsuits challenging board's power
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico was hit with two lawsuits Monday that for the first time challenge the constitutionality of a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances and its p...
Aug 07, 2017