Category Archives: World
Carjacking, shootings snarl busy Phoenix-area freeway
PHOENIX - A man carjacked a driver at gunpoint in Phoenix then wounded two people after the vehicle crashed on a busy Arizona freeway and he tried to commandeer other cars to get away before he was sh...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
Trump signals shift from Obama's focus on multilateralism
For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the world on its own, it rarely should. “M...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
Stray bag of toys prompts scare at Trump Tower
NEW YORK - A stray backpack prompted the partial evacuation of Trump Tower on Tuesday, though bomb squad technicians quickly determined the unattended bag contained children’s toys and was harml...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
Reactions to Carrie Fisher death: '#Devastated,' Hamill says
Reactions to Tuesday’s death of Carrie Fisher: “no words #Devastated” - Mark Hamill, on Twitter “There are no words for this loss. Carrie was the brightest light in every room ...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016

'Watership Down' author Richard Adams dies at age 96
LONDON - British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96. Juliet Johnson told...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
The Latest: Obama calls Japan's premier's visit 'historic'
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Latest on President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (all times local): 12:30 p.m. President Barack Obama says Japan...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
Feds say 3 hacked law firms' networks, made insider trades
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals accused of profiting from insider information about mergers and acquisitions by hacking into the networks of law firms working on th...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016

'Star Wars' princess Carrie Fisher dead at 60
NEW YORK - No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug addiction and bipolar di...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016

Judge indicts former Argentine president in corruption case
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. Federal Judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit asso...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016
Markets Right Now: US stocks edge higher in midday trading
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are moving slightly higher in quiet trading on Wall Street as traders return from the holiday weekend. T...
Kayla Derkach Dec 27, 2016

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