Category Archives: World
Alaska volcano sends up ash cloud; aircraft warning issued
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska volcano that has been erupting periodically for more than seven months sent up another ash cloud, prompting a warning to trans-continental aircraft. Bogoslof Volcano, in ...
Aug 07, 2017
10 businesses in Tulsa condemned following tornado damage
OKLAHOMA CITY - Ten businesses in a Tulsa shopping district were so badly damaged by a weekend tornado that they have been condemned, including the TGI Fridays and Whataburger restaurants where severa...
Aug 07, 2017
Lost Purple Hearts returned to families of dead soldiers
NEW YORK - The families of seven dead U.S servicemen gathered on Monday to receive lost Purple Heart medals their loved ones had earned in four wars. An eighth veteran was present for the ceremony at ...
Aug 07, 2017
Hackers demand millions in ransom for stolen HBO data
NEW YORK - A group of hackers posted a fresh cache of stolen HBO files online Monday, and demanded a multimillion-dollar ransom from the network to prevent the release of entire television series and ...
Aug 07, 2017
EPA: No review of mine spill claims after state, tribe sued
DENVER - Days after the Environmental Protection Agency pledged to reconsider damage claims it previously rejected after a mine spill, the agency said Monday it could not review multimillion-dollar re...
Aug 07, 2017
Fired Northwestern professor makes first appearance in court
DUBLIN, Calif. - Wearing red inmate clothes with his hands shackled, a fired Northwestern University professor facing a murder charge in Chicago briefly appeared in a California courtroom Monday, smil...
Aug 07, 2017
San Francisco street sells for $90K. Neighbours aren't happy
SAN FRANCISCO - These days, the price of a San Francisco home can easily top a million dollars. But one savvy investor has bought up a whole street in the city’s most exclusive neighbourhood for...
Aug 07, 2017
Arizona woman becomes 55th sent to death row in US
PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman sentenced to death Monday in the killing of a 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small plastic storage box and left to die is one of just dozens of female death-row inmat...
Aug 07, 2017
Gurney holding deceased person falls from van into traffic
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Police say a gurney that was occupied by a deceased person fell from the back of a coroner’s van into Olympia traffic. The Olympian reports (https://goo.gl/Yq3vid ) the van was ...
Aug 07, 2017
Australians set for non-binding mail ballot on gay marriage
CANBERRA, Australia - Australians are set to vote on gay marriage through a non-binding ballot by mail next month after the Senate on Wednesday thwarted the government’s preferred option for gau...
Aug 07, 2017
