Category Archives: World
Teen admits plotting to kill pope during Philadelphia trip
CAMDEN, N.J. - A New Jersey teenager has admitted plotting to kill Pope Francis when he visited Philadelphia in 2015, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Santos Colon Jr., 17, pleaded guilty as an a...
Apr 03, 2017
'Angel Baby' singer dies; classic hit covered by Lennon
PHOENIX - The singer of the 1960s hit “Angel Baby,” a song covered by artists such as John Lennon and Linda Ronstadt, has died. Rose Hamlin, the 71-year-old lead singer of Rosie and the Or...
Apr 03, 2017
Bill O'Reilly, ex-Fox chief hit with more sexual allegations
NEW YORK - A Fox News contributor came forward to level more sexual-harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes on Monday, two days after it was revealed the network’s mos...
Apr 03, 2017
The Latest: Cosby can't send out special jury questionnaires
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on the sex assault case against Bill Cosby (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Bill Cosby’s lawyers won’t get to prescreen potential jurors in his sex assault case th...
Apr 03, 2017
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's drops South Africa to junk
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s rand tumbled on Monday afternoon after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded the country’s the credit grade to junk status, saying poli...
Apr 03, 2017
Kansas lawmakers fail to override veto of Medicaid expansion
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas won’t be extending its health coverage to thousands of poor adults under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law after Democrats and moderate Republ...
Apr 03, 2017
Pennsylvania couple leave long letter as prank for postman
LEWISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania couple pranked their mailman on April Fools’ Day by leaving an extra-long letter sticking out of the mail slot on their front door. Bill Kelly and his wife used a...
Apr 03, 2017
2nd teen suspect in Facebook assault case turns himself in
CHICAGO - A second teenager suspected in the sexual assault of a Chicago teenager that was streamed live on Facebook turned himself in to police on Monday afternoon. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi...
Apr 03, 2017
Could you pass the US citizenship test? Here, try it out
More states are requiring high school graduates to know at least as much about U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing the citizenship test. Can you ace it? An applicant must correctly answer si...
Apr 03, 2017
We the pupils: More states teaching founding US documents
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Should U.S. high school students know at least as much about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist papers as immigrants passing a citizenship te...
Apr 03, 2017
