Category Archives: World

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Britain says it has ended millions of dollars in funding for an Ethiopian girl band, amid growing criticism at home of overseas aid. Yegna, sometimes called “EthiopiaR...

ALBANY, N.Y. - The aging Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will close within about four years under a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has long argued it should be shuttered...

NEW YORK - So close! The Dow Jones industrial average missed the 20,000 mark by a fraction of a point Friday as U.S. stock indexes rose after the government said wages jumped in December. Two other ma...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 57-year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence in California became the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery, the prisoner’s attorneys ...

RICHMOND, Va. - A woman who says Old Dominion University police interrogated her for nearly eight hours before allowing her to get a medical exam to preserve evidence of her reported rape filed a fede...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida woman who told an undercover police officer she wanted her husband killed will remain under house arrest pending a third trial. Judge Glenn Kelley denied on Friday a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - In a Jan. 7 story about an Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travellers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida The Associated Press, relying ...

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Reports: Shots fired at Ft. Lauderdale airport. The Associated Press

Widely shared stories about celebrities experiencing car trouble and being helped out by local residents are false. Several stories in recent weeks mention actors including Bill Murray, Adam Sandler a...

LAS VEGAS - Fashionistas, particularly millennials, like to personalize what they wear. New backpacks from a startup called Pop-I will let wearers display personal photos right on a built-in digital s...