Category Archives: World
UN strongly condemns North Korea's latest missile launch
The Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch and demanded a halt to all missile tests, stressing again that they violate U.N. sanctions and &...
Apr 06, 2017
Trial concludes for man accused of killing son for insurance
MANASSAS, Va. - Joaquin Rams is either a father unjustly accused in the tragic, unexplained death of his 1-year-old son, or he is the most cold-blooded of murderers who snuffed the life from his boy t...
Apr 06, 2017
Man tied to $500M art heist pleads guilty in unrelated case
HARTFORD, Conn. - A reputed Connecticut mobster who authorities say is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in U.S. history pleaded guilty Thursday to unrelated weapons charg...
Apr 06, 2017
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90
LOS ANGELES - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed “Mr. Warmth” whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster of insult comedy, d...
Apr 06, 2017
Shonda Rhimes joins national Planned Parenthood board
LOS ANGELES - “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is joining the national board of Planned Parenthood. Rhimes made the announcement in an interview with ...
Apr 06, 2017
Egypt professor faces possible dismissal over dancing video
CAIRO - An Egyptian professor could face dismissal over a video posted on Facebook showing her belly dancing on her rooftop, which sparked an investigation by her college in the Red Sea port city of S...
Apr 06, 2017
Judge blocks execution of 1 of 8 Arkansas inmates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A judge on Thursday stopped one of eight Arkansas executions set for this month, but at least six remain on course despite the judge’s finding that the state broke some of it...
Apr 06, 2017
Somalia roadside bomb kills at least 20 in minibus: Official
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A roadside bomb exploded and killed at least 20 people in a minibus in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region Thursday evening, the region’s governor said, blaming the extrem...
Apr 06, 2017
Investment in renewable energy dips globally as prices fall
BERLIN - Global investments in renewable energy fell by almost a quarter in 2016 amid a drop in prices and lower spending in some markets, according to a U.N.-backed report published Thursday. Overall...
Apr 06, 2017
4th person dies after boiler explosion at St. Louis business
ST. LOUIS - A fourth person has died from injuries suffered when a boiler exploded at a St. Louis business and crashed through the roof of a nearby business, the St. Louis medical examiner’s off...
Apr 06, 2017
