Category Archives: World
Milo Yiannopoulos apologizes for remarks, quits Breitbart
NEW YORK - Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos was by turns apologetic for comments he made about sexual relationships between boys and men and adamant he had been the subject of “a c...
Feb 21, 2017
Supreme Court seems split in case of boy's death near border
WASHINGTON - Examining a tragic shooting death on the U.S. border with Mexico, a divided Supreme Court on Tuesday puzzled over the rights of foreigners to sue in American courts. The case involving a ...
Feb 21, 2017
Bodies of 74 migrants heading to Europe wash up in Libya
CAIRO - At least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said Tuesday, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous but increasingly popular traffickin...
Feb 21, 2017
Dozens of headstones toppled at Jewish cemetery in Missouri
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. - Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region’s Jewish community shaken and anxious. No arre...
Feb 21, 2017
San Jose mayor admits failures in flood evacuation order
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The mayor of San Jose acknowledged that the city failed to properly notify residents to evacuate during a flood emergency early Wednesday when some people said they got their first ...
Feb 21, 2017
Police: Suspects in N. Korean death coated hands with poison
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The women suspected of fatally poisoning a scion of North Korea’s ruling family were trained to coat their hands with toxic chemicals then wipe them on his face, police ...
Feb 20, 2017
NASA aims to measure vital snow data from satellites
DENVER - Instrument-laden aircraft are surveying the Colorado high country this month as scientists search for better ways to measure how much water is locked up in the world’s mountain snows - ...
Feb 20, 2017
Official: Reforms didn't cut sentence of suspect in killing
LOS ANGELES - A gang member suspected of shooting two California police officers, killing one of them, was released from prison last year on probation under a criminal justice reform initiative that h...
Feb 20, 2017
Evacuations ordered amid heavy Northern California rain
SAN FRANCISCO - Evacuations were ordered in Northern California on Monday and flash-flood warnings were issued elsewhere as downpours swelled creeks and rivers to potentially dangerous levels in the a...
Feb 20, 2017
Cincinnati Zoo's premature baby hippo gets lifesaving IV
CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Zoo says its premature baby hippo is recovering from dehydration with the help of staff from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The zoo said Monday that t...
Feb 20, 2017
