Category Archives: World
Arizona summer camps evacuate as wildfires sweep US West
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. - An Arizona forest fire that shut down youth summer camps, forced thousands from their homes and came dangerously close to consuming a town was 43 per cent contained by Thursda...
Jun 28, 2017
US not seeking death for Guantanamo detainee in Bali bombing
MIAMI - Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty against a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of orchestrating the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub bombings in Indonesia and other attacks, a U.S. military...
Jun 28, 2017
Panel rejects attempt by Democrats to get Trump travel costs
WASHINGTON - The GOP-led House Armed Services Committee narrowly defeated a bid by Democrats late Wednesday to compel the Air Force to detail how much has been spent on trips that President Donald Tru...
Jun 28, 2017
Pope's top aide is charged in sex assault case in Australia
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis suffered a major blow when his top financial adviser, Cardinal George Pell, was charged in his native Australia with multiple counts of sexual assault from years ago, bring...
Jun 28, 2017
Back for an encore: Kelly Clarkson plans second picture book
NEW YORK - After releasing a bestselling children’s book, Kelly Clarkson is back for an encore. HarperCollins Publishers announced Wednesday that the Grammy winner’s “River Rose and ...
Jun 28, 2017
Federal judge blocks parts of Indiana's new abortion law
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked portions of a new Indiana law that would make it tougher for girls under age 18 to get an abortion without their parents’ knowledge. U.S. Dist...
Jun 28, 2017
Castile girlfriend pleads not guilty in hammer attack
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A woman who livestreamed the bloody aftermath of her boyfriend’s fatal shooting by a Minnesota police officer has pleaded not guilty in an unrelated assault case. Diamond Reyno...
Jun 28, 2017
R2-D2 droid used in Star Wars films sells for $2.76m
LOS ANGELES - An R2-D2 droid that was used in several “Star Wars” films has sold at auction for nearly $3 million. The auction house Profiles in History said the 43-inch tall unit that was...
Jun 28, 2017
Group accused of shipping Colorado pot to other states
DENVER - A mammoth marijuana trafficking ring that pretended to be growing weed for sick people was instead illegally shipping the drug to a half-dozen other states and bilking investors, including fo...
Jun 28, 2017
Travel ban a blow to Sudan refugees awaiting US resettlement
CAIRO - Dozens of Sudanese activists living in Egypt as refugees, many of whom fled fundamentalist Islamic militias and were close to approval for resettlement in the United States, now face legal lim...
Jun 28, 2017