Category Archives: World

AUGUSTA, Maine - A death row dog considered dangerous may be getting a reprieve. Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he has pardoned Dakota the Alaskan husky from a death sentence levied a...

PRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa faced political and financial turmoil on Friday after President Jacob Zuma fired the finance minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, intensifying a rift in the party tha...

CINCINNATI - Two men, one hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds, have been arrested in connection with a nightclub gunbattle that killed one person and injured 16 others, police said ...

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. - For the second time in two days, a wild turkey has flown into a motor vehicle’s windshield in Indiana. Indiana State Police Sgt. Stephen Wheeles says Trooper Tia Deaton wasn&#...

SARASOTA, Fla. - A Florida man has been sentenced to a year in jail for intentionally setting a pet bunny on fire. Local media outlets report that 23-year-old Manasseh Walker was sentenced earlier thi...

BOSTON - The Boston Symphony Orchestra is rehearsing for a new season that will highlight the late composer Leonard Bernstein. Its 2017-18 season kicks off Sept. 22 with a concert honouring Bernstein....

JERUSALEM - Israel’s government approved the first West Bank settlement in two decades Thursday, creating the first serious test for U.S. President Donald Trump’s new foray into Middle Eas...

EPPING, N.H. - An owl is lucky to be alive after flying into a truck and getting stuck between the cab and the cargo hold. The male barred owl is on the mend at a rehabilitation centre in Epping, New ...

BAGHDAD - As the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul drags on, many might ask: Why has it taken the combined militaries of the United States and Iraq backed by an international coalition more than two y...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Efforts among North Carolina leaders to take the state’s “bathroom bill” off the books before a deadline to stem further economic losses evaporated late Tuesday and d...