Category Archives: World
Native American tribes fear end of federal heating help
WHITE RIVER, S.D. - Eva Iyotte was waiting on propane ordered under a federal energy assistance program President Donald Trump has targeted for elimination when she lost power at her home on frozen tr...
Apr 15, 2017
Deals ensure cash keeps flowing to unsettled Prince estate
MINNEAPOLIS - A year after Prince died of an accidental drug overdose, his Paisley Park studio complex and home is now a museum and concert venue. Fans can now stream most of his classic albums, and a...
Apr 15, 2017
Boston marks 4th anniversary of deadly marathon bombing
Bostonians marked the fourth anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon attacks on Saturday with quiet remembrances for the victims. Bill Richard placed a large wreath on the Boylston Street sidewalk w...
Apr 15, 2017
Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware
PARIS - Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal ...
Apr 15, 2017
It's a boy! Zoo confirms April the giraffe's calf is a male
HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. - And baby makes glee. Before an online audience of more than a million viewers, April the giraffe gave birth to a male calf Saturday at a New York zoo, ending weeks of proverbial p...
Apr 15, 2017
20 killed in Sri Lanka as massive mound of garbage collapses
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The death toll from the collapse of a massive garbage mound near Sri Lanka’s capital rose to 20 on Sunday, and residents feared more victims could be buried underneath the d...
Apr 15, 2017
Pakistan army foils major terrorist attack on Easter Sunday
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military says security forces foiled a “major terrorist attack” on minority Christians when they killed a militant and detained his associate in the eastern ci...
Apr 15, 2017
Turkey votes to expand president's powers; critics cry fraud
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a historic referendum Sunday that will greatly expand the powers of his office, although opposition parties questioned the outcome and said they w...
Apr 15, 2017
Over 100 killed during Syria's troubled population transfer
BEIRUT - A stalled population transfer resumed Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point - adding...
Apr 15, 2017
UN to cut food aid for Nigeria crisis as funding falls short
JOHANNESBURG - Food aid will be cut for more than a million hungry Nigerians affected by Boko Haram’s insurgency if promised funding from the international community doesn’t arrive, accord...
Apr 15, 2017
