Category Archives: World
Russia, Iran and Syria issue warning to US
MOSCOW - Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation of the chemical weapons attack there that ...
Apr 14, 2017
US retail sales fell in March, second straight monthly drop
WASHINGTON - Americans pulled back on their spending at auto dealers and restaurants in March, causing retail sales to drop despite signs of a healthy job market. Retail sales fell a seasonally adjust...
Apr 14, 2017
Turkey detains 5 suspected of IS attack plan on referendum
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s state-run news agency says five people with alleged links to the Islamic State group have been detained, suspected of planning “sensational attacks” in the run-up...
Apr 14, 2017
Syria's divisions crystallize with latest evacuations
BEIRUT - Thousands of Syrians were bused out of their towns on Friday in the first stage of a widely criticized population transfer that reflects the relentless segregation of Syrian society along pol...
Apr 14, 2017
Afghanistan says massive US bomb killed 36 militants
KABUL - The biggest non-nuclear bomb ever dropped in combat by the U.S. military killed 36 militants in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, and villagers in the remote, mountainous area descri...
Apr 13, 2017
Lawyer: Dragged passenger will need reconstructive surgery
CHICAGO - United Airlines and the city of Chicago may find themselves the target of lawsuits by the man who was dragged off a United plane in Chicago last week after refusing to give up his seat. One ...
Apr 13, 2017
Documentary chronicles Boston, 'granddaddy of all marathons'
BOSTON - What’s the planet’s most legendary marathon? Probably that fabled first one Pheidippides ran in 490 B.C., breathlessly proclaiming a great military victory before perishing from h...
Apr 13, 2017
Rescuers pluck passengers from stuck roller coaster
BALTIMORE - An amusement park roller coaster featuring a “cobra roll,” ”sidewinder loop,” and “countless swift reversals” stalled Thursday evening outside of Washin...
Apr 13, 2017
Report: Sexual abuse at boarding school went on for decades
WALLINGFORD, Conn. - A new report names 12 former faculty and staff members at an elite Connecticut boarding school who allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with students that went on for decades. A...
Apr 13, 2017
Official: 1 dead, 3 hurt in Atlanta public transit shooting
ATLANTA - The shooting that killed a man and wounded three other riders Thursday on an Atlanta public transit train appears to be a “targeted, isolated incident,” officials said. Metropoli...
Apr 13, 2017
