Category Archives: World

BEIJING - Lawyers who defend human rights activists and dissidents targeted by China’s communist government have increasingly themselves become subject to political prosecutions, violence and ot...

SHANGHAI - So deadly it’s considered a terrorist threat, carfentanil has been legal in China- until now. Beijing is banning carfentanil and three similar drugs as of March 1, China’s Minis...

PHILADELPHIA - Organizers in cities across the U.S. are telling immigrants to miss class, miss work and not shop on Thursday as a way to show the country how important they are to America’s econ...

WASHINGTON - Less than a month into his tenure, Donald Trump’s White House is beset by a crush of crises. Divisions, dysfunction and high-profile exits have left the young administration nearly ...

WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from any executive branch investigation into possible ties between the Trump administration and R...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Congressmen from Connecticut are expressing concern over reports of a Russian intelligence-collection ship travelling near a U.S. naval submarine base. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal ...

CHICAGO - Police are examining dramatic video that captured a shooting that killed a toddler and a man authorities say was the intended target. The video , streamed live on Facebook, was taken from in...

LOS ANGELES - A so-called secret witness in the Los Angeles murder case against New York real estate heir Robert Durst was revealed Wednesday as a longtime friend of the millionaire and the woman he i...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Authorities say an American Eagle flight struck a deer while taking off from the Charlotte, North Carolina, international airport, forcing it to turn around and abort a flight to Gul...

BISMARCK, N.D. - Snowy, frigid weather hampered oil and gas producers in North Dakota in December, leading to the state’s largest production decline in a single month. A report from the North Da...