Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Angelina Jolie says that discriminating against refugees for their religion or country of origin “invites the very instability we seek to protect ourselves against.” She also sa...

WASHINGTON - A bobcat that escaped from the National Zoo, took a walk on the wild side and then returned is doing fine. The zoo said in a statement that Ollie the bobcat had a full physical examinatio...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Marijuana regulators in Alaska on Thursday narrowly rejected a proposal that would have made the state the first in the nation to allow marijuana consumers to use the pot that they bu...

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man was sentenced to eight months of home confinement after pleading guilty to charges that he threatened members of a mosque. The U.S. Department...

HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii - Well before dawn each morning, throngs of tourists from around the world make their way to Maui’s tallest peak, a dormant volcano, to see what Mark Twain called...

MADRID - The world’s top female chess player has given up her last game to protest being paired against mostly female players at a major tournament where male contestants outnumbered them. The d...

NEW YORK - Sales are soaring for the upcoming book by incendiary right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. Details of his promotional tour, assuming there is one, are a mystery for now. A spokeswoman ...

Los Angeles County officials have filed documents seeking to become the guardian of a California man with dementia who was found disoriented and alone at a British bus station two years ago and became...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri lawmakers on Thursday sent a bill banning mandatory union fees to new Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, who has promised to sign the so-called right-to-work measure that wa...

WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers rose in the October-December period but at a slower pace than the previous quarter. Growth in labour costs increased. Productivity climbed at an annua...