Category Archives: World
Minister fined $25 for using metal hoe to build a sandcastle
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - An Alabama youth minister was fined $25 for using a metal garden hoe to dig in the sand with his 7-year-old son while on spring break in Florida’s Panhandle. The News H...
Mar 30, 2017
David Tennant among new claimants over tabloid phone hacking
LONDON - Lawyers say nine people, including actor David Tennant and former Formula One driver Eddie Irvine, have launched legal action against Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper operations over ...
Mar 30, 2017
US hits 'Beatles' cell member, 6 more with terror sanctions
WASHINGTON - The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on seven people for allegedly supporting the Islamic State group or al-Qaida, including a member of the IS cell dubbed “The Beatles.R...
Mar 30, 2017
Spacewalkers lose piece of shielding, use patch instead
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts carried out an impromptu patch job outside the International Space Station on Thursday, after losing a vital piece of cloth shielding when it floated awa...
Mar 30, 2017
'Angel of Death' serial killer dies after attack in prison
TOLEDO, Ohio - A former nurse’s aide dubbed the “Angel of Death” after he admitted killing three dozen hospital patients in Ohio and Kentucky died Thursday, two days after he was att...
Mar 30, 2017
Putin: Criticism of Russia protest arrests is 'interference'
MOSCOW - In the wake of Russia’s largest outbreak of anti-government demonstrations in years, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday indicated authorities won’t be cowed by protesters or Wes...
Mar 30, 2017
3 Kosovans arrested in Italy suspected of plotting attacks
ROME - Italian police on Thursday arrested three Kosovans in the lagoon city of Venice after one was caught on a phone intercept proposing they bomb the famed Rialto bridge while others lauded the rec...
Mar 30, 2017
Duterte threatens to humiliate news outlets for drug reports
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president unleashed an expletive-laden tirade Thursday against the country’s leading newspaper and TV network and threatened to humiliate them and their owne...
Mar 30, 2017
Judge denies motion on murder charges in bicyclists' deaths
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A motorist accused of killing five bicyclists and injuring four others in southwestern Michigan will stand trial on second-degree murder charges. A Kalamazoo County Circuit judge ha...
Mar 30, 2017
UN chief in Iraq backs fight against Islamic State group
BAGHDAD - The U.N. chief offered support for Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State group during a visit to Baghdad on Thursday, even as the country faces a growing humanitarian crisis following...
Mar 30, 2017
