Category Archives: World
Israel's ex-PM Ehud Olmert granted early release from prison
JERUSALEM - The parole board of Israel’s Prison Service on Thursday granted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert early release from his 27-month corruption sentence, in perhaps the final chapter of...
Jun 29, 2017
Motorcycle lover to be buried in his Harley-Davidson sidecar
STEEL CITY, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man who loved motorcycles and recently died is taking one last ride. Family members say 89-year-old Steel City resident Arthur Werner Sr. made plans way ahead of his d...
Jun 28, 2017
Pastor to face trial in granddaughter's faith healing death
WERNERSVILLE, Pa. - The pastor of a fundamentalist congregation that eschews modern medicine will stand trial on a charge he should have alerted authorities when his 2-year-old granddaughter was dying...
Jun 28, 2017
The Latest: Crews beating fire threatening California homes
PHOENIX - The Latest on wildfires burning in the Western U.S. (all times local): 6:10 p.m. Firefighters have beaten back a wildfire that threatened dozens of homes in the foothills north of Los Angele...
Jun 28, 2017
The Latest: US issues new visa criteria for 6 Muslim nations
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the Trump administration’s revived travel ban for visitors from six mostly Muslim countries (all times local): 9:25 p.m. The Trump administration has set new criteria ...
Jun 28, 2017
The Latest: Support group applauds charges against cardinal
SYDNEY, Australia - The Latest on Vatican Cardinal George Pell being charged with sex offences in Australia (all times local): 1:30 p.m. An Australian support group for adult survivors of childhood ab...
Jun 28, 2017
Prehistoric stone fish trap discovered on Alaska island
KODIAK, Alaska - Archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric fish trap constructed of rock walls near the mouth of a salmon stream on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. The trap is in a lower intertidal z...
Jun 28, 2017
Man guilty of Vegas hammer attack avoids charges in killings
LAS VEGAS - Police created a “human decoy,” posing a mannequin like a sleeping homeless person, to catch a man they believe bludgeoned two men to death and injured a third in downtown Las ...
Jun 28, 2017
20 years later, new generation of Harry Potter fans
NEW YORK - K’lyssa Moore wasn’t that much older than the elementary school students she now teaches when she first fell in love with Harry Potter soon after the books first started coming ...
Jun 28, 2017
Police: Pregnant woman overdoses, charged with baby assault
EAST BUTLER, Pa. - A Pennsylvania woman who overdosed on heroin while pregnant and had to undergo a cesarean section is being charged with assault on her unborn child, authorities said. Kasey Dischman...
Jun 28, 2017