Category Archives: World
Famine declared in part of South Sudan by government and UN
KAMPALA, Uganda - Famine has been declared in two counties of South Sudan, according to an announcement by the South Sudan government and three U.N. agencies, which says the calamity is the result of ...
Feb 19, 2017
Conservative group cancels speech by Yiannopoulos
LOS ANGELES - Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been disinvited to this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference after his attempt to clarify past comments on relationships bet...
Feb 19, 2017
Traffic study ranks Los Angeles as world's most clogged city
DETROIT - When it comes to getting stuck in traffic on the way to and from work, Los Angeles leads the world. Drivers in the car-crazy California metropolis spent 104 hours each driving in congestion ...
Feb 19, 2017
Cops warn of cows trying to sell dairy products after escape
SUFFIELD, Conn. - Police in a Connecticut town are reminding people to not open their doors to “any unfamiliar cattle” after a pair of cows escaped from their pen and were found near the f...
Feb 19, 2017
Death toll in Philippine bus crash climbs to 15
TANAY, Philippines - The death toll has risen to 15 from a bus crash in the Philippines, officials said Tuesday, and could climb further as many of the nearly 50 others who were hurt in the accident a...
Feb 19, 2017
Colorado town getting marijuana shop with drive-up window
PARACHUTE, Colo. - The western Colorado town of Parachute is getting a marijuana shop with a drive-up window, believed to be the first in the state. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent reported Satu...
Feb 19, 2017
Telephone owned by Adolf Hitler sells for $243,000
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. - A telephone owned by Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for $243,000. Andreas Kornfeld of Alexander Historical Auctions says the phone sold Sunday afternoon to a person who bid by...
Feb 19, 2017
Misspelled note on pickup apologizes for 'anger isusesh'
CARBONDALE, Colo. - Police in western Colorado say a man battered somebody else’s pickup with a baseball bat and then left a note acknowledging he had anger issues. Police say the note read, ...
Feb 19, 2017
France's Le Pen arrives in Lebanon
BEIRUT - The far-right French leader Marine Le Pen has arrived in Beirut to meet with the Lebanese head of state and leading Christian figures. The National Front leader is hoping to burnish her crede...
Feb 19, 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 19, 2017
