Category Archives: World
Tehran seeks release of detained Iranian citizens in US
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has demanded that the United States release all detained Iranian citizens, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. The report quotes Iran’s deputy foreign ...
Jul 22, 2017
Trump asserts all agree he has 'complete power' to pardon
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has “complete power” to issue pardons, an assertion that comes amid investigations into Russian interference in last year’s ...
Jul 22, 2017
Rescuers need help after they get stuck helping kayakers
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Even rescuers get stuck, too, sometimes. That happened in the marshes of Hilton Head Island when a rescue airboat tried to help two kayakers who had gotten stuck during low ...
Jul 22, 2017
German runaway girl who converted to Islam is found in Iraq
BERLIN - A German girl who ran away from home after converting to Islam has been found as Iraqi forces liberated the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State extremists, German and Iraqi officials sa...
Jul 22, 2017
Venezuelans protest Maduro's plan to rewrite constitution
CARACAS, Venezuela - A few thousand protesters attempted to reach Venezuela’s Supreme Court Saturday before clashing with national guardsmen and largely dispersing by late afternoon - a disappoi...
Jul 22, 2017
Police: Errant US bombing kills 12 Afghan security forces
KABUL - An errant U.S. airstrike confirmed by the Pentagon killed 12 Afghan National Police officers and wounded two others, as another 11 police were killed and six wounded in clashes with the Taliba...
Jul 22, 2017
90 hospitalized during Chance the Rapper show
HARTFORD, Conn. - Police in Connecticut say more than 90 people were hospitalized during a concert featuring Chance the Rapper. Authorities say many were taken to hospitals for excessive drinking. Har...
Jul 22, 2017
Actor John Heard, of 'Home Alone' movies, dies at 71
NEW YORK - Actor John Heard, whose many roles included the father in the “Home Alone” series and a corrupt detective in “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 71. Heard was found dea...
Jul 22, 2017
Solar eclipse has tourists rushing to Clarksville
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - The total eclipse coming in August has regional tourism skyrocketing, with many hotels already booked from southern Kentucky to Nashville. Clarksville, Tennessee, and Hopkinsville...
Jul 22, 2017
'Let 1994 go': Simpson case's racial symbolism now a relic
Justin Zimmerman was a 7-year-old black boy in Moreno Valley, California, when O.J. Simpson was on trial for murder. He wasn’t old enough to understand the “trial of the century,” bu...
Jul 22, 2017
