Category Archives: World
In Myanmar, one girl's plight epitomizes Rohingya struggle
DAR PAING, Myanmar - Ever since she was born in this squalid camp for displaced members of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya minority, Rosmaida Bibi has struggled to do something most of the world’...
Jul 05, 2017
Judge: Robert Durst's friends must testify at murder hearing
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Two of Robert Durst’s longtime friends have been ordered by a New York judge to testify at a pretrial hearing in the eccentric millionaire’s murder case in California this ...
Jul 05, 2017
US is ready to use force in NKorea but prefers trade clout
The United States vowed Wednesday to use military force to defend the country and its allies against a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile if necessary, but said it prefers to use its clou...
Jul 05, 2017
State asks full court to review 'Making a Murderer' ruling
MADISON, Wis. - State attorneys have asked a full federal appellate court to review a ruling overturning the conviction of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the “Making a Murderer” documentar...
Jul 05, 2017
At least 14 reported dead in gunbattle between Mexican gangs
MEXICO CITY - A series of raging gunbattles between two drug gangs left at least 14 people dead Wednesday in the mountains of the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua. Authorities said the number of dea...
Jul 05, 2017
Congressman apologizes to those hurt by gas chamber video
NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana congressman apologized Wednesday for what he called the “unintended pain” caused by a political video he recorded inside a gas chamber of a Nazi concentration cam...
Jul 05, 2017
Fed debating when to unwind $4.5 trillion in bond holdings
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is figuring out when to start unloading much of its $4.5 trillion in bond holdings - a major turning point for an economy still healing from the 2008 financial crisis....
Jul 05, 2017
Guns, bomb-making material taken from 'AK-47' suspect's home
HELENA, Mont. - FBI agents seized bomb-making materials, seven guns and ammunition from the Montana home of a man they suspect of carrying out bank robberies in five states, according to an inventory ...
Jul 05, 2017
Climate lab explosion reported at Florida Air Force base
PENSACOLA, Fla. - A lab explosion at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida led to some brief evacuations and a base lockdown, but no injuries have been reported. The base is now operating normally. Eglin of...
Jul 05, 2017
NPR's Declaration of Independence tweetstorm confuses some
WASHINGTON - National Public Radio marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire Declaration of Independence, but it seems some Twitter users didn’t recognize what they were reading. The broa...
Jul 05, 2017
