Category Archives: World
US retail sales rebounded in April after sluggish winter
WASHINGTON - Americans stepped up their spending at auto dealers, hardware stores and e-commerce outlets as retail sales rebounded from two sluggish months. The Commerce Department said Friday that re...
May 12, 2017
Looking for treats, black bear gets stuck in car, honks horn
ROANOKE, Va. - The young black bear was probably looking for treats when he climbed inside a car in Virginia, but it managed to honk the horn. Roanoke police say the 200-pound animal got stuck and ble...
May 12, 2017
6.2-magnitude quake recorded off coast of El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at around 4:40 a.m. Frid...
May 12, 2017
US prepares to ban laptops on flights from Europe
BRUSSELS - The U.S. is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world’s busiest co...
May 12, 2017
Handwritten Harry Potter prequel stolen in burglary
LONDON - J.K. Rowling is urging Harry Potter fans not to buy a handwritten prequel to the boy wizard’s adventures that was stolen during a burglary in England. Rowling wrote the 800-word story f...
May 12, 2017
Kurdish-led forces say they will advance on IS capital
BEIRUT - A Kurdish-led Syrian force backed by the U.S. expects to advance on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria this summer, a commander said Friday, following...
May 12, 2017
US prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is...
May 12, 2017
Islamic State group claims attack on Pakistan lawmaker
QUETTA, Pakistan - The Islamic State group said it carried out a brazen suicide attack on a Pakistani lawmaker in southwest Baluchistan province on Friday that killed 25 people despite a protracted cr...
May 12, 2017
New TV ad shows Marines looking for a few good women
WASHINGTON - A Marine in full combat gear moves through dark, frigid water, gripping an M-16 rifle, before plunging under barbed wire and through a submerged drainage pipe. It is only when the fighter...
May 12, 2017
Malaysia firefighters rescue turtle trapped in power station
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian firefighters have rescued a 60-kilogram (132 pounds) turtle found firmly stuck to a flood gate at a power station near the Malacca Strait. District Fire Chief Razif ...
May 12, 2017