Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will nominate former Republican Congressman Peter Hoekstra to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands. Hoekstra previously served as chair of the House Perm...

CARACAS, Venezuela - There’s a new take on the hit Latin pop song “Despacito.” And this one is not garnering accolades from its producers. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro premier...

PORTLAND, Ore. - An attorney for a man who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge says his client tested positive for morphine because he ate an ‘ever...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A black South Carolina couple that accused police of subjecting them to illegal body searches on the side of the road has settled a lawsuit against four white officers. Documents file...

CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud to resume collecting detailed voter roll information from the states. The comm...

SCHALLER, Iowa - The small, family-owned Iowa trucking company linked to the deadly case of immigrant smuggling in Texas has a history of safety and tax violations and financial problems, public recor...

SAN FRANCISCO - More than three years after a coroner declared a teenage girl dead, a Northern California judge is expected to soon decide whether to revoke her death certificate. In court documents f...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Fifteen pharmacology professors are arguing to stop the impending execution of a condemned Ohio killer on grounds that a sedative being used is incapable of inducing unconsciousness o...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has spoken with advisers about firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as he continues to rage against Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from all matters re...

CINCINNATI - A judge in Cincinnati on Monday dismissed the charges against a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop, after a county prosecutor declined t...