Category Archives: World

LANSING, Mich. - An apologetic Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was largely silent last year when criminal charges were brought against state officials over Flint’s man-made drinking water crisis, exce...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial (all times local): 11 p.m. Bill Cosby and his team declared victory after jurors in his sexual assault trial deadlocked and a ju...

NEW YORK - A catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counterintuitive rule for people in tall buildings: If the blaze breaks out elsewhere in the st...

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II and senior royals have marked her official birthday in the annual Trooping the Color celebration. The 91-year-old monarch was greeted Saturday by hundreds of well-wishers o...

HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. - Artists have spent the past several days on a New Hampshire beach turning mounds of sand into massive sculptures that include a bird, warrior and, of course, a castle. The 10 scu...

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is looking to develop a new doctrine that calls for excommunicating Catholics for mafia association and corruption. That’s the decision reached this week after the Vat...

VATICAN CITY - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Pope Francis encouraged her to work to preserve the historic Paris climate accord despite the U.S. withdrawal from it and shared her goal to “...

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie, who fell out of the running for president and then for a position in the Trump administration, has worked to improve his image this year, dedicating hims...

LONDON - The Latest on the London high-rise fire (all times local): 8:40 p.m. British Prime Minister Theresa May, facing criticism for the government’s handling of the Grenfell Tower fire disast...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The world learned of Philando Castile’s death through a grim livestream launched by his girlfriend seconds after Castile was shot five times by a police officer. Many were outr...