Category Archives: World
73-year-old killed by police had crucifix but no gun
LOS ANGELES - A 73-year-old man with dementia fatally shot by police had a crucifix - not a gun, as officers were led to believe, Bakersfield police said Wednesday. A coroner found the plastic crucifi...
Dec 14, 2016
Bernard Fox, Dr. Bombay on 'Bewitched,' dies at 89
LOS ANGELES - Bernard Fox, the mustachioed actor known to TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on “Bewitched” and Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 89. Harlan Bol...
Dec 14, 2016
Attorneys want charges against Minnesota officer dismissed
MINNEAPOLIS - Attorneys for a Minnesota police officer who killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop in July are asking that charges against him be dismissed, saying Castile was negligent in his o...
Dec 14, 2016
Exxon Mobil names Woods chairman, CEO to replace Tillerson
DALLAS - Exxon Mobil Corp. will promote insider Darren Woods to chairman and CEO, replacing Rex Tillerson, who is leaving the oil giant after President-elect Donald Trump picked him to become secretar...
Dec 14, 2016
Tapestry from Hitler's Eagle's Nest returning to Germany
DALLAS - Growing up, Cathy Hinz and her five siblings would run up and down the stairs at their Minneapolis home, one hand on the banister, the other skimming a memento hanging on the wall that their ...
Dec 14, 2016
New autopsy: man in police struggle died of asphyxiation
BALTIMORE - An independent autopsy on a man who had a fatal encounter with Baltimore police says he died of asphyxiation while being restrained, not of a heart condition as the state’s autopsy f...
Dec 14, 2016
Ex-Bulger associate arraigned in armoured truck guard killing
WORCESTER, Mass. - An 80-year-old former associate of ex-Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the 1991 fatal shooting of an armoured truck guard. Ralph D...
Dec 14, 2016
Police: NYC Muslim woman's bias report is false
NEW YORK - A Muslim woman who reported that three men taunted her aboard a New York City subway train, yelling “Donald Trump” and calling her a terrorist, has apparently made it all up. Po...
Dec 14, 2016
Live Nativity ends after camel handler charged with cruelty
PIKEVILLE, Ky. - An eastern Kentucky hospital has cancelled its live Nativity display after a camel handler was accused of animal cruelty. The Lexington Herald-Leader (http://bit.ly/2gC89ap ) reports ...
Dec 14, 2016
W.Virginia agencies review contracts after racist Obama post
CLAY, W.Va. - West Virginia officials may reconsider contracts with a non-profit group whose suspended director is scheduled to return to her job after making a racist comment about first lady Michell...
Dec 14, 2016
