Category Archives: World

One of the smallest historically black colleges in the U.S. boasts a huge accomplishment: pound for pound, tiny Dillard University in New Orleans graduates more physics majors — and, notably, mo...

BEIRUT - A fresh wave of airstrikes in eastern Syria killed at least 35 civilians including women and children, state media and a monitoring group reported Friday, as the U.N. human rights chief said ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Jim Allen once worked for Donald Trump in Atlantic City. Now, the chairman of Hard Rock International is doing all he can to scrub the influence of the man who is now president o...

TIRANA, Albania - Albania’s government has declared May 10 as Pelican Day in an effort to protect the habitat of a bird under threat. A statement Friday says Environment Minister Lefter Koka iss...

DETROIT - A man who claims Detroit police framed him for a 1992 slaying walked out of prison for the first time in 25 years after new tests showed bullets taken from the victim’s body didn’...

WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped in April for the first time in five months, and a key category that tracks business investment went nowhere for the second straight...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy began 2017 with a whimper - though not quite as weak a whimper as the government had first estimated. The gross domestic product - the broadest gauge of the economy - exp...

LONDON - Four days after a suicide bombing plunged Britain into mourning, political campaigning for a general election in two weeks resumed Friday with the main opposition leader linking acts of terro...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two brothers launching a new restaurant in North Carolina found themselves deluged by a $308,000 water bill. But now their water worries are over. The Charlotte Observer reported (ht...

TAORMINA, Italy - Forceful face-to-face talks this week with fellow world leaders left President Donald Trump “more knowledgeable” and with “evolving” views about the global cl...