Category Archives: World
EU starts legal action against 4 states over VW emissions
BRUSSELS - The European Union is starting legal action against Britain, Germany, Spain and Luxembourg for not imposing penalties against Volkswagen for using illegal software to hide vehicle emissions...
Dec 08, 2016
Parisians grapple with worst winter pollution in a decade
PARIS - Under deceptively blue skies, the marvels of Paris beckoned. But art dealer Sophie Vigourous wore a face mask to appreciate them because of the pollution. The 38-year-old has lung cancer, putt...
Dec 08, 2016
Pakistan to probe plane crash that killed 47
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Thursday it will open an investigation into a plane crash the day before in the country’s northwest that killed 47 passengers and crew, as military helicopters ferried ...
Dec 08, 2016
Alabama inmate coughs, heaves 13 minutes into execution
ATMORE, Ala. - A man who killed an Alabama convenience store clerk more than two decades ago was put to death Thursday night, an execution that required two consciousness tests as the inmate heaved an...
Dec 07, 2016
You're Hired? Inside the interviews as Trump picks Cabinet
WASHINGTON - When Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, arrived to a recent meeting with Donald Trump, the president-elect greeted him with a blunt question. “Did you th...
Dec 07, 2016
Trump meets with Ohio State victims, taking on sombre duty
DES MOINES, Iowa - In the midst of his Cabinet deliberations, President-elect Donald Trump flew to Ohio Thursday to meet with victims and families after the latest U.S. outbreak of violence, a sombre ...
Dec 07, 2016
Firefighter: Warehouse missing from fire-inspection records
SAN FRANCISCO - The illegally occupied Oakland warehouse where dozens of partygoers perished in a blaze does not appear in a database fire inspectors use to schedule inspections and may never have bee...
Dec 07, 2016
Christmas tree farmer returns wedding band lost 15 years ago
WHITE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A Christmas tree farmer has found and returned a wedding ring a New Jersey man lost roughly 15 years ago. David Penner says his wedding band slipped off his finger during a visi...
Dec 07, 2016
Attorney: Dylann Roof's mom had heart attack during trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Dylann Roof’s mother suffered a heart attack not long after prosecutors described how her son planned a cold and calculated killing of nine black church members in a racially ...
Dec 07, 2016
Aid groups descend on Indonesia quake zone; deaths reach 102
MEUREUDU, Indonesia - Humanitarian organizations descended on Indonesia’s Aceh province Thursday as the local disaster agency called for urgent food supplies and officials raced to assess the fu...
Dec 07, 2016
