Category Archives: World
Ohio Star Fair reopening kiddie, other "low-impact" rides
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rides at the Ohio State Fair’s Kiddieland and some elsewhere in the amusement park reopened Friday with the OK of inspectors two days after the governor shut them all down follo...
Jul 28, 2017
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked ...
Jul 28, 2017
McCain, expected to save health bill, became the executioner
WASHINGTON - John McCain seemed poised to be the saviour of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol despite a brain cancer diagnosis. He turned out to be the executioner. The longtime Ariz...
Jul 28, 2017
Higher prices, fewer options lurk after health bill collapse
Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces this fall because insurers still don’t know whether they will rece...
Jul 28, 2017
California shark attack survivor recalls fighting off beast
SAN DIEGO - A surfer attacked by a shark earlier this year recalled punching the predator and digging her fingers into its eye as she was dragged below the waves off Southern California. Leeanne Erics...
Jul 28, 2017
McCain returns to Arizona for cancer treatment
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain, recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, is returning to Arizona to begin radiation and chemotherapy. In a statement Friday, his office said he will u...
Jul 28, 2017
US: NKorea launch was an intercontinental ballistic missile
WASHINGTON - The missile launched Friday by North Korea was an intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, the Pentagon said, marking the second time this month Kim Jong Un has demonstrated a theoret...
Jul 28, 2017
British baby Charlie Gard at centre of legal battle dies
LONDON - Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British baby at the centre of a legal and ethical battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday. He was one...
Jul 28, 2017
Western nations decry Iran space launch; US levies sanctions
WASHINGTON - The United States punished Iran on Friday for launching a satellite-carrying rocket into space by hitting six Iranian entities with sanctions targeting the country’s ballistic missi...
Jul 28, 2017
UK fire tests show 82 buildings have failed cladding systems
LONDON - British authorities have announced an independent review into building regulations after new tests identified 82 apartment towers whose cladding system failed to meet fire safety tests after ...
Jul 28, 2017
