Category Archives: World
Quiet college dropout turned bomber: Who was Salman Abedi?
LONDON - He was quiet and withdrawn, a college dropout who liked soccer - and, some say, showed alarming signs of being radicalized years before he walked into a pop concert at Britain’s Manches...
May 25, 2017
NYC boy arrested on attempted murder charges in 4 stabbings
NEW YORK - A 16-year-old boy has been arrested following an afterschool fight near New York City’s Theater District that left four boys with stab wounds. The New York Police Department said Thur...
May 25, 2017
Trump travel ban showdown headed for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s administration is pledging a Supreme Court showdown over his travel ban after a federal appeals ruled that the ban “drips with religious intolerance, animus and...
May 25, 2017
Greek ex-prime minister hurt as letter bomb explodes in car
ATHENS, Greece - Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was injured after a letter bomb exploded inside his car in a central Athens on Thursday in an attack that also left two Bank of Greece empl...
May 25, 2017
Brewing company creates beer in honour of baby hippo Fiona
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Zoo’s prematurely born hippo named Fiona is getting a new beer in her honour. Listermann Brewing Company is releasing a Team Fiona New England-style IPA. The hippo...
May 25, 2017
British social media celebrity among dead from concert blast
MANCHESTER, England - It was not just family and friends mourning Martyn Hett this week. Even Mariah Carey was shocked by his death in the Ariana Grande concert bombing. Carey posted a picture of Hett...
May 25, 2017
Queen Elizabeth visits young survivors of concert blast
MANCHESTER, England - Queen Elizabeth II met Thursday with children injured in the Manchester concert bombing, consoling them and pronouncing the attack at an event attended by so many young people &#...
May 25, 2017
Russian activist fined for posting segment of US comedy show
MOSCOW - A Russian opposition activist has been fined for posting a segment from an American comedy show on social media because the Islamic State group’s flag was displayed. Russian news agenci...
May 25, 2017
Gaza's Hamas rulers put to death 3 accused of killing member
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Hamas said Thursday it put to death three men it had accused of killing a senior member of the militant Islamic group that rules Gaza in March. Hamas’ Interior Mini...
May 25, 2017
The Latest: Britain resumes sharing bombing intel with US
MANCHESTER, England - The Latest on the investigation into the Manchester concert bombing (all times local): 10:55 p.m. British police say they have resumed sharing intelligence about the Manchester b...
May 25, 2017