Category Archives: World
Voices of Iranians ahead of presidential election
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s presidential election is seen as a referendum on Hassan Rouhani’s outreach to Western nations and the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which lifted crippling inte...
May 17, 2017
Ireland to get new leader as Enda Kenny steps down
DUBLIN - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny announced Wednesday he is resigning as leader of the Fine Gael party, paving the way for his replacement as the country’s head of government. After meeti...
May 17, 2017
Daredevil Nik Wallenda's wife to dangle by her teeth over Niagara Falls
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - The trapeze-artist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda is planning her own stunt high above Niagara Falls. Five years after Nik Wallenda walked over the falls on a high wire, aerialis...
May 17, 2017
Comedian's 'Nazi slut' jab at German politician ruled legal
BERLIN - A German court has ruled that a comedian’s comments calling a leading figure in the nationalist Alternative for Germany party a “Nazi slut” on a television show were satiric...
May 17, 2017
Florida woman finds iguana in toilet bowl, calls 911
MIAMI - What did a South Florida woman do when she lifted the lid on her toilet and found an iguana inside? She closed it again and called 911. Lt. Scott Mullin of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Venom...
May 17, 2017
AP Exclusive: The final days of the Ringling Bros. circus
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An elephant stretches its trunk through a window to soothe a sick child. A woman gives birth and three months later is back performing on the high wire. A handler of big cats weeps ...
May 17, 2017
'Living memorial': Putting Kennedy back into Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON - Trivia question: Where is the memorial to President John F. Kennedy in Washington? If you said the Kennedy Center - not just the bronze bust of Kennedy inside but the entire building and ...
May 17, 2017
Bill O'Reilly gets weekly spot on Glenn Beck's radio show
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly is taking up his former Fox News colleague Glenn Beck’s offer to work together again. Variety reports O’Reilly announced on his “No Spin News” po...
May 17, 2017
Chelsea Manning to participate in documentary about her
CANNES, France - Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, will participate in a documentary about her. Pulse Films announced the film ...
May 17, 2017
NC senator says 'I'm fine' after race collapse
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina said Wednesday he’s “fine” after collapsing during a Washington, D.C., race and being taken away by ambulance. Tillis poste...
May 17, 2017
