Category Archives: World

ALBANY, N.Y. - A fake architect named Newman has pleaded guilty to fraud after an investigation New York’s attorney general dubbed “Operation Vandelay Industries.” Attorney General E...

WARSAW, Poland - St. John Paul II discussed stepping down as pope with his aides but was advised against it in the interest of the Catholic Church, his former secretary said in a book recently publish...

JONESBORO, Ark. - Officials in an Arkansas county have a plea for courthouse visitors: Please stop urinating in our elevator. Craighead County officials hope new security cameras will deter the steady...

BEIJING - A suspect has been identified in an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China and the death toll rose to eight from the blast that struck as relatives were picking up th...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for a second straight week, further evidence of the strength of the labour market. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said T...

London firefighters combed through a burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with...

WASHINGTON - On the day that gunfire shattered the morning calm of suburban Washington, dozens of family members of those killed by past gun violence had gathered in the capital to lobby against Repub...

SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - The man credited by law enforcement with holding two Georgia prison escapees at gunpoint until police arrived rejected the “hero” label on Friday, and said credit shou...

KABUL - The Islamic State group says it has captured Tora Bora, a mountain hideout in Afghanistan once used by Osama bin Laden, but the Taliban on Thursday dismissed the claim, saying they were still ...

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state rebounded this month to the highest level since September 2014, another sign of strength for America’s factories. The Federal Reserve Bank of New Yor...