Category Archives: World
Northwestern prof, Oxford staffer extradited to Chicago
CHICAGO - Two employees of elite universities charged in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old hair stylist were returned to Chicago early Saturday to face charges of first-degree murder in the brutal k...
Aug 18, 2017
Lebanon starts offensive to clear border of IS militants
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s U.S.-backed army on Saturday launched its biggest military operation yet against Islamic State militants who in 2014 gained a foothold along the tiny Mediterranean countryR...
Aug 18, 2017
Suspect in killings of 2 Fla. officers arrested at bar
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - A police officer in Florida died from his injuries Saturday, a day after his colleague was killed when a suspect fired at them during a scuffle while they were on patrol. The suspect...
Aug 18, 2017
Venezuela's ousted chief prosecutor flees to Colombia
BOGOTA - Venezuela’s ousted chief prosecutor and her husband - two of President Nicolas Maduro’s most outspoken critics - fled the country and landed Friday afternoon in Colombia. Luisa Or...
Aug 18, 2017
Judge rejects Roman Polanski victim's bid to end case
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has denied the impassioned plea of Roman Polanski’s victim to end the criminal case against the fugitive director. Judge Scott Gordon ruled Friday Polanski must...
Aug 18, 2017
Men say they've set record for traversing Boston's subway
REVERE, Mass. - Two Boston-area residents say they’ve set the world record for travelling to every stop on the city’s subway system in about 7 1/2 hours. The Boston Globe reports Dominic D...
Aug 18, 2017
Vice Media's immersive Charlottesville report gets traction
NEW YORK - For all the words flowing since last weekend in Charlottesville, the most striking television reporting has been Vice Media’s insider account of the white nationalist movement and wha...
Aug 18, 2017
Hollywood's hacking pains are bigger than movie leaks
NEW YORK - Piracy is a long-running and even routine issue for Hollywood, whether it’s street vendors hawking bootleg DVDs on street corners or video uploaded to file-sharing sites like Pirate B...
Aug 18, 2017
Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?
ABERDEEN, Wash. - One-hundred-fifty baskets of pink petunias hang from the light posts all over this city, watered regularly by residents trying to make their community feel alive again. A local artis...
Aug 18, 2017
Silent tribute brings moment of unity to grieving Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain - When crowds in downtown Barcelona fell silent for one minute Friday to honour the victims of the terrorist attack in the city, one thing was conspicuously absent: any reference to C...
Aug 18, 2017
