Category Archives: World
Perry would bring oil industry ties to Energy Department
WASHINGTON - Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry and corporate roles in two petroleum companies pushing for governmen...
Dec 13, 2016
A prayer and a plea: Church shooting case ends with 911 call
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A survivor of the Charleston church slayings called 911 shortly after Dylann Roof opened fire and killed nine of her friends during a Bible study. Polly Sheppard’s call, playe...
Dec 13, 2016
Aleppo cease-fire unravels, raising spectre of bloody end
BEIRUT - A cease-fire to evacuate rebel fighters and civilians from the remaining opposition-held neighbourhoods of Aleppo unraveled on Wednesday, once again raising the spectre of a bloody end to the...
Dec 13, 2016
Police kill unarmed man, 73, who they thought had gun
LOS ANGELES - An unarmed 73-year-old man refused to take his hand out of his pocket and stop walking toward officers who believed he had a gun when they fatally shot him, the incoming police chief of ...
Dec 13, 2016
Sydney swelters through hottest December night in 148 years
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark. A ...
Dec 13, 2016
Sexy Beaches? Florida lawmaker in suit over Pitbull contract
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Saying taxpayers have a right to know how much Pitbull has been paid to promote Florida tourism with the help of his song “Sexy Beaches,” a top state lawmaker filed a l...
Dec 13, 2016
'Growing Pains' star and TV host Alan Thicke dies at age 69
Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Ro...
Dec 13, 2016
Oscar winner shields Bergdahl interviews from US lawyers
LOS ANGELES - The federal government dropped its efforts to seize hours of unaired interviews an Oscar-winning screenwriter recorded with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Boal ha...
Dec 13, 2016
Police: Officer fatally shoots gunman near Baltimore campus
BALTIMORE - A police officer at Coppin State University in Baltimore shot and killed a man who had just fired at a moving car near that campus Tuesday evening, authorities said. The suspected shooter ...
Dec 13, 2016
Lab coats vs. climate change: Scientists rally for research
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists in lab coats hoisting signs saying “Ice has no agenda, it just melts” have rallied in San Francisco to defend climate-change research ahead of a skeptical Trump ...
Dec 13, 2016
