Category Archives: World
Newtown marks 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre
NEWTOWN, Conn. - Newtown held a moment of silence Wednesday and flags were flying at half-staff across Connecticut to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was D...
Dec 14, 2016
Tainted peanut butter leads to $11.2M penalty a decade later
ALBANY, Ga. - A decade after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating Peter Pan peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, the company that sold it made an embarrassing courtroom guilty plea and ag...
Dec 14, 2016
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, 92, looks to 2018 elections
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s ruling party says the country’s 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, is certain to be endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate for elections in 2...
Dec 14, 2016
For doomed ship crew, concern turned into paralyzing panic
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Crew members aboard a doomed cargo ship expressed increasingly dire concern - occasionally tinged with gallows humour - as a hurricane gained strength, culminating in one crewman ...
Dec 14, 2016
Pittsburgh cites itself for ownership of run-down property
PITTSBURGH - The city of Pittsburgh has cited itself for owning run-down properties and a local judge isn’t letting the city withdraw some citations, which officials say were mistakenly filed. T...
Dec 14, 2016
US retail sales barely rise at start of holiday shopping
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their retail spending just slightly in November, a possible sign of lacklustre holiday shopping. Retail sales rose only 0.1 per cent in November, after a downwardly-re...
Dec 14, 2016
US wholesale prices jump 0.4 per cent, most in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose at the fastest pace in five months in November, pushed higher by retailers’ profit margins and more expensive food. The Labor Department says the producer...
Dec 14, 2016
Mistrial declared in murder-for-hire case, jury locked 3-3
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The jury deadlocked Wednesday in Dalia Dippolito’s trial on charges she tried to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband, a case that became famous when it was shown ...
Dec 14, 2016
Paris exhibition reveals secret agents' tricks
PARIS - Lipstick pistols, poison pens, explosive rats - a new Paris exhibit reveals real-life spy gadgets and tells the story of how secret agents around the world were recruited, trained and equipped...
Dec 14, 2016
Ancient human ancestor was one tall dude, his footprints say
NEW YORK - He stood a majestic 5-foot-5, weighed around 100 pounds and maybe had a harem. That’s what scientists figure from the footprints he left behind some 3.7 million year ago. He’s e...
Dec 14, 2016
