Category Archives: World
Virginia man charged with giving secret documents to China
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man caught with $16,500 in cash in his carry-on luggage was charged Thursday with transmitting top-secret documents to an apparent Chinese agent. Kevin Mallory, 60, of Lee...
Jun 22, 2017
Family: Peter Tosh's son left in coma following jail beating
TRENTON, N.J. - The family of the late reggae icon Peter Tosh is seeking answers after they say his son was left in a coma following an attack in a New Jersey jail. Jawara McIntosh’s family say ...
Jun 22, 2017
US officials to lift Yellowstone grizzly bear protections
HELENA, Mont. - Protections that have been in place for more than 40 years for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area will be lifted this summer after U.S. government officials ruled Thur...
Jun 22, 2017
'Pizzagate' gunman in DC sentenced to 4 years in prison
WASHINGTON - An online conspiracy theory dubbed “pizzagate” ended Thursday with real-world consequences when a North Carolina man was sentenced to prison for arming himself with an assault...
Jun 22, 2017
Trump suggests he was trying to keep FBI director honest
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested he was just trying to keep fired FBI Director James Comey honest with his cryptic tweet implying there might be recordings of their private conversations....
Jun 22, 2017
Parole denied for Manson follower Krenwinkel in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Parole was denied Thursday for convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel - a follower of cult leader Charles Manson - after officials investigated whether battered women’s syndro...
Jun 22, 2017
Illinois man charged with threatening to assassinate Trump
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - An Illinois man has been charged after posting online several times that he wants to assassinate President Donald Trump. Joseph Lynn Pickett of Edwardsville was charged June 15 wi...
Jun 22, 2017
Senate GOP unveils 'Obamacare' overhaul, but not all aboard
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans launched their plan for shriveling Barack Obama’s health care law Thursday, edging a step closer to their dream of repeal with a bill that would slice and reshape...
Jun 22, 2017
British schoolboys don skirts amid shorts ban in heatwave
LONDON - Boys at a British high school have found a novel way around strict uniform rules banning shorts, as the country swelters through a heatwave. The schoolboys at Isca Academy in the southwestern...
Jun 22, 2017
Former US attorney Preet Bharara has a book deal
NEW YORK - Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney fired earlier this year by President Donald Trump, has a book deal. Alfred A. Knopf announced Thursday that Bharara was working on a book about the &...
Jun 22, 2017