Category Archives: World
Final toll for Italy avalanche stands at 29 as recovery ends
PENNE, Italy - The final death toll from Italy’s devastating avalanche stands at 29 after the remaining bodies were pulled out of the rubble of a hotel crushed by tons of snow, firefighters said...
Jan 25, 2017
Trump signals changes to US interrogation, detention policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s renewed embrace of torture in the fight against Islamic extremism sets up a heated dispute with a long line of opponents both at home and abroad of Bush-era...
Jan 25, 2017
Case dropped against man jailed 25 years in tourist slaying
NEW YORK - After spending a quarter-century in prison on a conviction that got overturned, Johnny Hincapie was waiting to hear whether he’d finally be cleared of suspicion in an infamous tourist...
Jan 25, 2017
Markets Right Now: Dow Jones industrials breach 20,000
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 20,000 points for the first time, the latest milestone in a record...
Jan 25, 2017
What's next for the Dakota Access, Keystone XL pipelines?
BISMARCK, N.D. - President Donald Trump’s executive actions on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are aimed at turning the much-protested pipelines into reality. Here’s a look at ...
Jan 25, 2017
Top court reviews free speech case of man's anti-police rap
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s highest court is reviewing the conviction of a Pittsburgh man for making threats against police in a rap song after he was charged with drug offences. The Suprem...
Jan 25, 2017
Yazidi refugees languish in policy spat after IS attacks
AGIOS ATHANASIOS, Greece - As a member of a persecuted minority in Iraq, 24-year-old Shaker Mahie has seen his people massacred, raped and scattered across a new continent. Now, the Yazidi - whose fai...
Jan 25, 2017
Electrical tape-bikinis and sun for perfect tan lines in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - Electrical tape on private parts. Really? Welcome to the latest fashion fad in beauty-obsessed Rio de Janeiro, where some women are sun-baking in bikinis made of black tape in search ...
Jan 25, 2017
Conjoined twins separated after undergoing 21-hour operation
VALHALLA, N.Y. - Twin 11-month-old girls who were formerly conjoined have been separated after undergoing a marathon surgery at a suburban New York City children’s hospital. A team of more than ...
Jan 25, 2017
National Park Service staff step up campaign against Trump
WASHINGTON - The National Park Service employees’ Twitter campaign against President Donald Trump spread to other parks Wednesday with more tweets on climate change on official social media acco...
Jan 25, 2017
