Category Archives: World
Florida woman finds python while doing laundry
COCOA, Fla. - Another day, another python in Florida. This time a woman found a python wrapped around her pet rat’s blanket while she was doing laundry. Juanita Tedesco called police after spott...
May 25, 2017
OPEC extends output cut, but big oil price increase unlikely
VIENNA - An alliance of many of the world’s biggest oil-producing nations extended their agreement to cut output for an additional nine months - an effort to support prices that will prove diffi...
May 25, 2017
Teen takes terminally ill grandmother to high school prom
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - After learning of his grandmother’s cancer diagnosis, a 17-year-old wanted to give her a night to remember. Stephen Vigil took his grandmother to Stafford High School’...
May 25, 2017
California guards, inmates recovering after rare mass attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Four inmates remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds Thursday, a day after California correctional officers opened fire to quell a rare mass attack on eight prison guards by mor...
May 25, 2017
US Senate votes to name courthouse after actor Fred Thompson
NASHVILLE - The U.S. Senate has voted to name Nashville’s new federal courthouse after former Sen. Fred Thompson, the late actor who appeared in at least 20 movies and in the TV series “La...
May 25, 2017
How do you move 40,000 bees? Carefully, with just 3 stings
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - With just three stings and no serious injuries, two beekeepers have safely removed an estimated 40,000 bees that bedeviled a Virginia townhouse community. The Washington Post rep...
May 25, 2017
Gianforte apologizes to reporter after winning US House race
BOZEMAN, Mont. - Republican multimillionaire Greg Gianforte won Montana’s only U.S. House seat on Thursday despite being charged a day earlier with assault after witnesses said he grabbed a repo...
May 25, 2017
Cosby seeking new solidarity with blacks he once alienated
PHILADELPHIA - After two years of silence amid an onslaught of sexual assault allegations, comedian Bill Cosby is sending carefully targeted messages about racial bias across the media landscape ahead...
May 24, 2017
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison honoured by Authors Guild
NEW YORK - The Authors Guild has honoured Nobel literature laureate Toni Morrison and James Patterson at its 25th annual gala. Both Morrison and Patterson received Distinguished Service Awards Wednesd...
May 24, 2017
Prospective juror gets laughs from comedian-defendant Cosby
PITTSBURGH - The sex assault case against Bill Cosby turns on serious questions about his actions with women behind closed doors, but the comedian and others unexpectedly fell into laughter Wednesday ...
May 24, 2017
