Category Archives: World

SAN DIEGO - A federal judge tentatively approved an agreement Thursday for the U.S. government to pay $1 million to the children of a Mexican man who died after being detained by immigration authoriti...

NEW YORK - Reports about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ two meetings with Russia’s U.S. ambassador became a textbook illustration of the vastly different shapes a story takes in todayR...

NEW YORK - Mobster John Gotti’s namesake grandson has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to selling oxycodone pills in New York City. The 23-year-old Gotti was arreste...

SAN FRANCISCO - How he squeaked through security is anyone’s guess. A little mouse made for a big delay on a British Airways flight from London to San Francisco. The passengers were buckled up a...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota officials are bracing for billions of dollars in additional health care expenses if congressional Republicans enact a plan they’re discussing to replace the Affordabl...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - President Donald Trump pledged to boost defence spending as he basked in the nation’s military might aboard a next-generation Naval aircraft carrier on Thursday. Wearing an o...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A woman and her 13-year-old son who were critically burned in a rural Oregon house fire that killed four others died at a Portland hospital Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Tabit...

LOS ANGELES - A spokeswoman for the PwC auditing firm says the company has hired protection for the two accountants responsible for the best-picture flub at the Oscars. Carey Bodenheimer said Thursday...

PEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar says federal law enforcement officials are executing a search warrant at the company’s facilities in northern Illinois. Caterpillar spokeswoman Corrie Heck Scott said ...

BRUSSELS - Belgian authorities detained a suspect who was driving a car with gas canisters in his trunk Thursday, setting off a security alert in the centre of Brussels. The prosecutor’s office ...