Category Archives: World

IRBIL, Iraq - The Nativity scene and Christmas tree are in place on the corner of the street. Some of the children proudly wear red Santa Claus hats or show off new toys, mostly plastic guns for small...

FRANKFURT - More than 54,000 people in the southern German city of Augsburg will have to leave their homes Christmas morning while authorities defuse a giant 1.8-ton aerial bomb from World War II. The...

LEVITTOWN, N.Y. - In a story Dec. 24 about the national Baby Safe Haven organization, The Associated Press erroneously reported the phone number for a national hotline. The correct number is 1-888-510...

MINNEAPOLIS - In a busy office in the heart of Minneapolis’ largest Somali neighbourhood, about a dozen young men and women lined up at computers to work on resumes or apply for jobs. A few feet...

ROVANIEMI, Finland - There’s good news for Rudolph and his friends - an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland. Some 300,000 reindeer freel...

NEW YORK - Tributes and well-wishes poured in for “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher, who was spending Christmas Eve in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a medical emergency on a fligh...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Nearly a year after the death of Harper Lee, a group in south Alabama hopes to develop new attractions and bring more tourists to the novelist’s hometown of Monroeville, which...

PORTLAND, Maine - The European Union’s talk of trying to ban Maine lobsters hasn’t stopped them from becoming holiday meals in places like France, Italy and Spain. Lobsters are a Christmas...

LONDON - Rick Parfitt, a hard-rocking British guitarist and songwriter who had multiple hits over the decades with the rock band Status Quo, has died in Spain at age 68. His manager, Simon Porter, and...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri the 27th right-to-work state prohibiting mandatory union fees. That is unless Kentucky’...