Category Archives: World

HOMETOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company is turning to titillation to raise money. The Hometown Volunteer Fire Company in Schuylkill (SKOOL’-kil) County is getting ready to host its...

LILONGWE, Malawi - Madonna was asked “uncomfortable questions” by a judge in Malawi during the pop star’s successful application to adopt more children from the southern African coun...

VIENNA - The deputy mayor of an Austrian town is inviting constituents to strip down and join him in the sauna. Saunas in Austria are traditionally mixed, and most guests are naked. Deputy Mayor Gerha...

JERUSALEM - A pair of Israeli rights groups on Wednesday asked the country’s Supreme Court to overturn a new law legalizing dozens of settler outposts in the West Bank, opening what is expected ...

MOSCOW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted Wednesday in a retrial of a 2013 fraud case and given a suspended sentence, a ruling that bars him from running for president next year ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court will decide whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s travel ban after a contentious hearing in which the judges hammered away at the administration&#...

TACOMA, Wash. - A Tacoma has been charged with trying to trade marijuana for food stamps through a Craigslist ad while on work-release from prison. The News Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2kG4DPU ) T...

ANKARA, Turkey - In a sign of improving ties, Turkish officials said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and responded “positively” on two ...

BOSTON - In many Democratic-leaning states, the routine start of legislative sessions has been swept aside as lawmakers move to condemn or counteract the policies and directives of President Donald Tr...

MANILA, Philippines - About 15,000 residents of a shantytown beside Manila’s port have lost their homes in a fire that raged overnight before being put out Wednesday morning, officials said. Fir...