Category Archives: World
UN court orders Pakistan not to execute Indian national
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Court of Justice on Thursday ordered Pakistan not to execute an Indian naval officer convicted of espionage and terrorism, a case that has further strained r...
May 18, 2017
Lauded rocker Chris Cornell killed himself by hanging
DETROIT - Chris Cornell, one of the most lauded and respected contemporary lead singers in rock music with his bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, hanged himself Wednesday in a Detroit hotel room, accor...
May 18, 2017
Reality TV star won't help pick next Honolulu police chief
HONOLULU - The wife of “Dog the Bounty Hunter” reality TV star Duane “Dog” Chapman won’t have a role in helping select the next chief of the Honolulu Police Department. T...
May 17, 2017
Ohio high school students get pepper-sprayed for class
CLEVELAND - A group of Ohio high school students voluntarily got pepper-sprayed in the face - and called the painful experience a useful lesson. More than a dozen Barberton High School students agreed...
May 17, 2017
Man freed from prison faces possible deportation to Cuba
DENVER - The detention of a Cuban immigrant set to rejoin his family after he was mistakenly released from prison, then put back, has raised questions about whether more people from the island nation ...
May 17, 2017
Report: House GOP leader suggested Putin was paying Trump
WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last year to fellow top Republicans that Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying Donald Trump, according to a published report. A spokes...
May 17, 2017
Chicago man charged in fatal beating posted on Facebook
CHICAGO - A Chicago man is being held without bond in the fatal beating of another man that someone videotaped on a cellphone and later posted on Facebook. Prosecutors say the beating of 41-year-old C...
May 17, 2017
New death in Venezuela puts toll at level of 2014 unrest
SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela - Legions of national guardsmen and military helicopters began descending on a western Venezuela state Wednesday where an outbreak of looting and political violence left at le...
May 17, 2017
Mexico's president calls for more protection of journalists
MEXICO CITY - Shouts of “justice” echoed from the press corps Wednesday moments after Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto called for a moment of silence for journalists who have been murde...
May 17, 2017
White lawmaker apologizes for email referencing monkeys
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A white Alabama legislator who stirred outrage after sending an email that black lawmakers on Wednesday condemned as racist has apologized. Republican Rep. Lynn Greer, of Rogersvill...
May 17, 2017
