Category Archives: World
Man charged with keeping neighbour in pit is held on $1M bond
WILMINGTON, Ohio - An Ohio man accused of kidnapping a neighbour and keeping her trapped in a small pit has been ordered held on $1 million bond. A municipal court judge in Wilmington set bond Thursda...
Apr 26, 2017
Jefferson Muzzle 'awards' take aim at free-speech offenders
RICHMOND, Va. - A Tennessee sheriff accused of deleting atheists’ comments on a county Facebook page, a school chief who dismissed a teacher who stepped on the American flag in class, and the U....
Apr 26, 2017
4th Arkansas inmate executed in 8 days lurches on gurney
VARNER, Ark. - Arkansas executed its fourth inmate in eight days Thursday night, wrapping up an accelerated schedule with a lethal injection that left the prisoner lurching and convulsing 20 times bef...
Apr 26, 2017
United raising limit on payments to bumped flyers to $10,000
DALLAS - United Airlines says it will raise the limit - to $10,000 - on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout fr...
Apr 26, 2017
Israeli strikes inside Syria pick up tempo in proxy war
BEIRUT - Syria’s military said Israel struck a military installation southwest of Damascus International Airport before dawn Thursday, setting off a series of explosions and raising tensions fur...
Apr 26, 2017
The Latest: Trump says he won't pull US out of NAFTA
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the North American Free Trade Agreement (all times EDT): 10:40 p.m. President Donald Trump has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not pull out of the North A...
Apr 26, 2017
Last sections of beloved 600-year-old tree removed at church
BERNARDS, N.J. - The final sections of a 600-year-old white oak tree that’s believed to be among the oldest in the nation were taken down Wednesday at a New Jersey church. Roughly 50 people were...
Apr 26, 2017
Producer admits bilking investors with fake Broadway play
NEW YORK - A Broadway producer admitted on Wednesday that he scammed his friends and others into investing more than $165,000 in a nonexistent play about opera star Kathleen Battle supposedly starring...
Apr 26, 2017
White House: Trump will not immediately bolt NAFTA
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not immediately pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, just hours after administration...
Apr 26, 2017
Hollywood producer testifies in Robert Durst murder case
LOS ANGELES - A Hollywood producer testified Wednesday that a friend claimed to have impersonated the first wife of real estate heir Robert Durst in a telephone call that prosecutors say took place af...
Apr 26, 2017
