Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - The feathers were flying in downtown Los Angeles. Hundreds of people traded soft blows in LA’s Pershing Square in a giant pillow fight that dwarfed even the biggest slumber party s...

WASHINGTON - On the defensive, the White House is throwing counter punches to deflect attention from three investigations into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s election and possib...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. He was 84. Ginny Hensley, a spokeswo...

BALTIMORE - A rare 1804 silver dollar fetched almost $3.3 million dollars in what officials say is a record-breaking coin collection auction. A five-part sale of the D. Brent Pogue coin collection tha...

NEW YORK - Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said Saturday that he is “vulnerable to lawsuits” because of his high-profile job, in response to a New York Times report detailing payouts mad...

GREENVILLE, Del. - A painting with problematic pigment. A Chanel suit dressed up with acetate trim instead of silk. A Stradivarius violin that, well, just doesn’t sound right. They’re all ...

FLORENCE, Italy - The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is showing solidarity with Italy’s art-rich, quake-stricken Marche region by hosting an exhibit of treasures saved from a series of earthquakes l...

BOGOTA - The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local): 11 p.m. With no electricity to light in Mocoa, Colombia, authorities were forced to suspend the search late Sat...

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia officials have rejected a parole request from a German diplomat’s son serving life in prison for the 1985 killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents. Jens Soering tol...

PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa’s new finance minister said Saturday he is aware of the “climate of sharp disagreement and mutual suspicion” as his predecessor’s firing d...