Category Archives: World
Publicist: British singer George Michael dead at age 53
LONDON - George Michael, the British pop superstar who reached early fame with WHAM! and went on to a solo career lined with controversies and chart-topping hits that blended soul and dance music with...
Dec 25, 2016
Massive WWII bomb is defused in German town of Augsburg
FRANKFURT - Explosives experts on Sunday defused a large World War II aerial bomb in the southern German city of Augsburg - clearing the way for thousands of evacuated residents to return to their Chr...
Dec 25, 2016
Pope wishes Christmas peace for those scarred by war, terror
VATICAN CITY - Decrying the suffering in Syria, Pope Francis on Sunday wished Christmas peace and hope for all those scarred by war and terrorism, which he said is sowing “fear and death in the ...
Dec 25, 2016
Attorneys in Ohio police shooting prep for trial redo
CINCINNATI - Prosecutors and attorneys have some studying ahead as they prepare for a redo of the trial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer accused of murder in a racially charged shoo...
Dec 25, 2016
Pipeline uncertainty illustrates broader concerns for tribes
For hundreds of protesters, it was cause to cheer when the Obama administration this month declined to issue an easement for the Dakota Access pipeline’s final segment. But that elation was damp...
Dec 25, 2016
Israel: humbled Netanyahu places hopes in Trump
JERUSALEM - The Israeli government’s furious reaction to the U.N. Security Council’s adoption of a resolution opposing Jewish settlements in occupied territory underscores its fundamental ...
Dec 25, 2016
Anti-refugee sentiment from election spills over to states
HELENA, Mont. - The push to restrict refugee resettlements and immigration in the U.S. that figured so prominently in Donald Trump’s election is now headed to states that are preparing to conven...
Dec 25, 2016
Minnesota beats rest of country in banning germ-killer
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota’s first-in-the nation ban on soaps containing the once ubiquitous germ-killer triclosan takes effect Jan. 1, but the people who spearheaded the law say it’s already...
Dec 25, 2016
Jennifer Lawrence visits Louisville children's hospital
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Jennifer Lawrence has visited the Norton Children’s Hospital to spread some holiday cheer. The Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/2hemBpi ) the Oscar-winning actress visit...
Dec 25, 2016
Egypt confirms arrests of Al-Jazeera journalist
CAIRO - Egypt’s state news agency says the state prosecutor has ordered the arrest of an Al-Jazeera TV news producer for “fabricating reports” on the country’s internal situati...
Dec 25, 2016
