Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Jury selection began Monday in the New York criminal trial of a Chinese billionaire charged with trying to bribe United Nations diplomats to ease approval of a U.N. conference centre. Ng La...

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin attorneys asked a federal appeals court Monday to keep an inmate featured in the Netxflix series “Making a Murderer” behind bars while they fight a second ruling ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unleashed a series of tweets Monday in which he tried to place the blame for Russian meddling in U.S. politics on former President Barack Obama and deflect charges ...

LINCOLN, Neb. - A Lincoln mail carrier faced a difficult task earlier this month when he found a letter sent more than 100 years ago in his pile. The letter with a 2-cent stamp showed up in the pile o...

BOSTON - The Transportation Security Administration says a 20-pound (9-kilogram) live lobster has been spotted in a passenger’s luggage at Boston’s Logan International Airport. TSA spokesm...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A proposed road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, rejected by President Barack Obama, is getting new life in the Donald Trump administration. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two more Alaskans were mauled by bears over the weekend, bringing the number of bear attacks in the state to four in less than a week, including two fatalities. Alaska wildlife off...

NEW YORK - A longtime Donald Trump ally named chief of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regional office in New York and New Jersey is defending her qualifications. The agen...

WASHINGTON - Hugging outside the White House Monday, President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi heralded an increasingly close strategic partnership as the U.S. branded a to...

WASHINGTON - The reviews from around the globe are in and they show scant confidence outside the United States in President Donald Trump’s ability to do the right thing on international affairs,...