Category Archives: World

HONOLULU - A construction permit should be granted for a giant telescope planned for a Hawaii mountain summit that some consider sacred, a hearings officer recommended Wednesday. Retired judge Riki Ma...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Al Gore says President Donald Trump’s decis...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Latest on a deadly ride malfunction on the first day of the Ohio State Fair (all times local): 11:20 p.m. Officials say a ride that broke apart at the Ohio State Fair, killing one...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A sculpture illustrating the incomplete progress in the push for educational equality will go on display next month outside Little Rock Central High School to commemorate the 60th ...

The U.S. Education Department has not approved any applications for student-loan forgiveness in cases of possible fraud since President Donald Trump took office, according to records sent to an Illino...

People who used e-cigarettes were more likely to kick the habit than those who didn’t, a new study found. Nicotine patches, gums and medications are known to aid smoking cessation, but thereR...

BOSTON - In the 1960s and ’70s, Paul Shanley was a popular street priest who counselled gay and troubled youths. Decades later, he was convicted of raping a boy at a Newton church in the 1980s a...

NEW YORK - A prominent judge found in the Hudson River died by suicide in a drowning, according to findings issued by the city’s medical examiner on Wednesday. A police harbour unit recovered th...

Ten former members of the Word of Faith Fellowship church say they have been contacted by U.S. federal and state authorities investigating allegations of abuse, forced labour and visa fraud after a se...

BOISE, Idaho - Federal officials have given a giant airtanker approval to fight wildfires in the U.S., but a lack of contracts currently limits the aircraft to California and one county in Colorado. T...