Category Archives: World
New Jersey agrees to new quarantine rules to end Ebola suit
NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey agreed to put in place new rules regarding quarantines after a nurse who was quarantined in 2014 after working in Sierra Leone during the deadly Ebola outbreak filed a lawsui...
Jul 28, 2017
Duterte says only empty tribal schools would be bombed
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says his threat to launch airstrikes against tribal schools because they allegedly teach subversion would apply only when the buildings are e...
Jul 28, 2017
Firefighters rescue Ohio woman entangled by boa constrictor
SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio - An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her neck, was...
Jul 28, 2017
77-pound tortoise back with NY family after wandering away
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. - The owners of a 77-pound tortoise found on the side of a Long Island road in New York have claimed their wayward, slow-moving pet. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2v5iHJS ) police ...
Jul 28, 2017
Commuter train crashes in Barcelona; 53 are hospitalized
BARCELONA, Spain - A Spanish commuter train crashed into a buffer early Friday at a station in northeastern Barcelona, tossing passengers to the floor and sending 53 people to the hospital, officials ...
Jul 28, 2017
'Walking Dead' panel called off for stuntman's funeral
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The AMC channel says a producers’ panel discussion for “The Walking Dead” is off because it conflicts with the funeral for a stuntman killed in an on-set fall...
Jul 27, 2017
Christie: Public outcry over Beachgate 'hurt' family
TRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Chris Christie says public outcry over his decision to lounge with his family on a public beach that was closed during New Jersey’s government shutdown “upset his chil...
Jul 27, 2017
Sarah Silverman's show asks divided US to give love a chance
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Sarah Silverman is out to show that Americans can bridge their deep differences. But the comedian is as eager to make people laugh as to encourage them to see what they have in...
Jul 27, 2017
Officer dies after shot multiple times in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS - A police officer died after being shot multiple times while responding to a traffic crash on the south side of Indianapolis, authorities said Thursday. Lt. Aaron Allan of the Southport ...
Jul 27, 2017
Boy Scout leader apologizes for Trump's political rhetoric
NEW YORK - The Boy Scouts’ chief executive apologized Thursday to members of the scouting community who were offended by the aggressive political rhetoric in President Donald Trump’s recen...
Jul 27, 2017
