Category Archives: World
Snow pounds parts of East Coast, spares several big cities
DURHAM, N.C. - Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the U.S. East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing hundreds of crashes. Thousands of people lost power and forecasters warned of...
Jan 07, 2017
Turkey dismisses more civil servants in post-coup purge
ISTANBUL - Turkey has dismissed more than 8,000 civil servants for alleged ties to terror organizations, in the latest purge under a state of emergency imposed following the failed July 15 coup attemp...
Jan 07, 2017
Yosemite braces as huge storm approaches Central California
FRESNO, Calif. - The beautiful Yosemite Valley could get ugly Saturday as an enormous storm arrives that could be the biggest to slam central California in years. Rangers at Yosemite National Park clo...
Jan 06, 2017
Judge refuses to release 4 accused of beating disabled youth
CHICAGO - A Chicago judge refused to allow four black people caught on cellphone footage taunting and beating a mentally disabled white man to post bail and leave jail, saying they are accused of such...
Jan 06, 2017
Brother of airport shooting suspect says US gov't failed him
PENUELAS, Puerto Rico - The brother of a man accused of killing five people at a Florida airport questioned Saturday why his brother was allowed to keep his gun after U.S. authorities knew he’d ...
Jan 06, 2017
Authorities: Victims appear to be part of murder-suicide
HUBBARD, Ore. - Five people, including three children, found dead in a burned home in western Oregon appear to have been part of a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. Investigators picking throug...
Jan 06, 2017
Crews in Lake Erie find what may be human remains from plane
CLEVELAND - Crews searching Lake Erie on Friday found what may be human remains on a seat from a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared more than a week ago. Officials said Friday nigh...
Jan 06, 2017
Trump: Only 'stupid' people, fools oppose better Russia ties
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that “only ‘stupid’ people or fools” would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified br...
Jan 06, 2017
Golden Globe nominees get awards-show practice at AFI lunch
LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes will be handed out Sunday, but many nominees got a practice run through the awards process Friday at the American Film Institute’s annual luncheon. Like the Globe...
Jan 06, 2017
US designates election infrastructure as 'critical'
WASHINGTON - Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election infrastructure that’s “vital to our national interests,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson annou...
Jan 06, 2017
