Category Archives: World
Lordy, does Twitter have fun with Comey's exclamation
WASHINGTON - Twitter users have latched on to former FBI director James Comey’s use of “lordy” during his Capitol Hill testimony about his interaction with President Donald Trump. Co...
Jun 08, 2017
Watching Comey: For some it's a party
WASHINGTON - Politics-obsessed Americans gathered at bars and restaurants Thursday with an excitement normally reserved for the Super Bowl or the World Series, ordering “FBI sandwiches” an...
Jun 08, 2017
Ex-convict arrested in death of 12-year-old Florida girl
MIAMI - An ex-convict from Alabama was arrested early Thursday on charges of kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old Florida girl. Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said duri...
Jun 08, 2017
New trial requested in 'Making a Murderer' case
APPLETON, Wis. - A lawyer on Wednesday asked for a new trial for a Wisconsin man convicted in a case profiled in the “Making a Murderer” Netflix series. Steven Avery’s conviction was...
Jun 08, 2017
How television networks plan to cover Comey's testimony
NEW YORK - With television networks setting aside regular programming to mark the moment Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress on the investigation into Russian m...
Jun 08, 2017
Film spotlights Holocaust survivor's search for US soldier
BOSTON - It was a simple act of kindness by a complete stranger, but it left a lasting impression on a young Polish boy escaping the horrors of Nazi death camps. Steve Ross searched for decades for th...
Jun 08, 2017
GOP-run House poised to roll back post-2008 financial rules
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has said he wants to do “a big number” on the Obama-era financial rules devised after the Great Recession, and House Republicans were poised to fulfil t...
Jun 08, 2017
All eyes on Venezuelan military as country teeters
CARACAS, Venezuela - It was 10 a.m. and the newly promoted lieutenant was already sweating under his plastic face shield and black flak jacket. A few days before, the 28-year-old who goes by the name ...
Jun 08, 2017
Multiple threats could lead to downfall of Brazil president
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s top electoral court is considering whether to annul what is left of President Michel Temer’s term because of allegations his 2014 campaign ticket received illegal...
Jun 08, 2017
Bullets fell 'like rain': Fleeing Iraqis caught in IS ambush
IRBIL, Iraq - After days of shelling by Iraqi forces, some 200 residents decided to take their chances and flee from one of the last pockets of Mosul controlled by the Islamic State group. They made i...
Jun 08, 2017