Category Archives: World

HAMDEN, Conn. - A Connecticut boy got an unpleasant surprise when he awoke to find a skunk in his bed. Hamden Police say the 13-year-old was awoken in his upstairs bedroom by the skunk, which had clim...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A memorial service for former Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian is set for Sunday on the school’s northern Indiana campus. School officials say singer Vince Gill will p...

Philadelphia’s Music Alliance will induct a line-up of influential musicians spanning a wide range of genres to its Walk of Fame, including local favourites Jill Scott and Patti LaBelle. The cla...

BRANDENTON, Fla. - Florida wildlife officials are investigating a video that appears to show an MTV reality star shooting a hammerhead shark off the side of a boat. The Bradenton Herald reports the vi...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Cynthia Nixon’s name is being mentioned as a possible candidate for governor in New York. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report Friday that the “Sex & the City...

LONDON - It was classic Bolt. The World’s Fastest Man saved his best for last. Lumbering out of the starting blocks and closer to last than first for half the race, Usain Bolt sped away nonethel...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A spokesman for Kenya’s main opposition group said Friday that armed and masked police raided their vote tallying centres, intimidating workers and seizing equipment ahead of ne...

NEWPORT, R.I. - Music fans are making their annual pilgrimage to the Newport Jazz Festival, which has a lineup that includes Bela Fleck, Snarky Puppy and The Roots. Friday is the first day of the thre...

NEW YORK - Less than an hour after a U.S. jury convicted Martin Shkreli of securities fraud, the so-called “Pharma Bro” was back at his New York City apartment doing what comes naturally: ...

MINNEAPOLIS - In a story Aug. 3 about the two people killed in an explosion at a Minneapolis school, The Associated Press, relying on information from a relative, erroneously reported that victim John...