Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The Latest on developments in President Donald Trump’s administration (all times EST): 11:04 p.m. National security adviser Michael Flynn has resigned after reports he misled Trump ...

BEIJING - A coal mine explosion Tuesday in central China has left eight people dead and three injured, state media reported. The blast occurred at about 1:30 a.m. at the Zoubao mine in Hunan province....

ALLANGANALLUR, India - In the darkness just before dawn, the southern Indian town buzzed with excitement and energy as revelers began arriving for the spectacle of Jallikattu, the region’s versi...

WASHINGTON - A bitterly divided Senate on Monday confirmed Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary despite strong objections by Democrats that the former banker ran a “foreclosure machine” wh...

SAN FRANCISCO - Naked women are back in Playboy magazine, ending a year-old ban on the nudity that made the magazine famous. Playboy celebrated the reversal on Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #N...

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Computer chips that store personal information and could be used to pinpoint someone’s location could not be implanted in humans without consent under a bill Nevada state law...

BOSTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has given a talk - entirely in French - about the artistry of courtroom sketches. Breyer spoke in French on Monday during the hour-long forum at the ...

MCLEAN, Va. - A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from implementing its travel ban in Virginia, adding another judicial ruling to those already in pla...

NEW YORK - Pulitzer Prize winners Junot Diaz, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Jane Smiley are among 32 writers contributing to a book of letters responding to the election of President Donald Trump. Vintage Boo...

WASHINGTON - Four Republicans on the Senate committee considering President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of labour aren’t saying publicly if they will vote for him. Sen. Susan Coll...