Category Archives: World
US-led coalition service member dies in Iraq
BAGHDAD - A service member in the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State group has died in a “non-combat related incident” in Iraq. A statement from the U.S. military said the servi...
Jan 02, 2017
Pope to bishops: Maintain 'zero tolerance' for child abuse
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has exhorted Catholic bishops worldwide to do what’s needed to ensure children are protected from sexual abuse by clergy. The Vatican on Monday released the text of a...
Jan 02, 2017
Dog named Scarface attacks family for dressing it in sweater
TAMPA, Fla. - Police in Florida say a dog named Scarface attacked a family who tried to put a sweater on it. Tampa police say the pit bull mix bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress it Friday...
Jan 02, 2017
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski takes leave to have back surgery
DURHAM, N.C. - Hall of Fame Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is stepping away from the team to have lower back surgery. The school announced Monday that the procedure is scheduled for Friday, with an antici...
Jan 02, 2017
For Trump, the 1980s still hold relevance
NEW YORK - Bobby Knight. Don King. Sylvester Stallone. Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s cultural touchstones, which he’d frequently name-drop at campaign rallies and on Twitter, were...
Jan 02, 2017
Katie Couric returns to 'Today' show as guest co-anchor
NEW YORK - Longtime “Today” show viewers are being treated to a familiar sight this week as Katie Couric returns to the co-anchor chair for the first time in more than a decade. Couric rej...
Jan 02, 2017
University of Wisconsin-Madison student was on missing plane
CLEVELAND - A University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman and her father were among six people aboard a plane that disappeared over Lake Erie as the group was returning from a Cleveland Cavaliers game, t...
Jan 02, 2017
A look at some of the 39 people killed in Istanbul attack
ISTANBUL - At least 39 people were killed and nearly 70 injured in the mass shooting that took place in front of and inside a popular Istanbul nightclub in the first hours of New Year’s Day. The...
Jan 02, 2017
Syrian arrested in Germany over alleged IS attack plan
BERLIN - A Syrian man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of seeking 180,000 euros ($190,000) from the Islamic State group to buy vehicles that he intended to use for one or several bomb attacks...
Jan 02, 2017
At least 56 inmates killed in prison riot in northern Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - An attack by members of one crime gang on rival inmates touched off a riot at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas, leaving at least 56 dead, including several who were beheaded...
Jan 02, 2017
