Category Archives: World
Bipedal bear's apparent death motivates bear hunt opponents
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s long-debated black bear hunts have stoked strong passions, blasted by animal rights activists as inhumane and supported by hunters and wildlife officials who say the...
Dec 04, 2016
Researchers grow protective biological soil crusts
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - In a greenhouse at Northern Arizona University, a professor is researching an oft-overlooked ecological field that could play an important role in preventing erosion and helping pla...
Dec 04, 2016
Mainstream relief as leftist candidate wins in Austria
VIENNA - Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen triumphed over his right-wing rival Sunday in the vote for Austria’s presidency, a victory welcomed by moderate politicians across Europe as a blow...
Dec 04, 2016
Report: Company sold turf product after learning of defects
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were falling apart fast...
Dec 04, 2016
Plans to restore NASA mission control room remain in limbo
HOUSTON - Plans to restore the NASA mission control room that served as the nerve centre when man first reached the moon have been discussed for more than 20 years, but its restoration and preservatio...
Dec 04, 2016
Cuban exiles see only a glimmer of hope in Castro's funeral
MIAMI - In the heart of Miami’s Little Havana, Cuban exile Armando Garcia said Sunday’s funeral of Fidel Castro granted neither simple closure nor optimism for immediate change, but was a ...
Dec 04, 2016
Jewish family battles Spain museum over art looted by Nazis
LOS ANGELES - In the epic, 16-year battle over a priceless painting looted by the Nazis, there is one point on which all sides agree: When Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany ahead of the Holo...
Dec 04, 2016
US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal
GENEVA - Forty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of “environmental goods” like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light...
Dec 04, 2016
Hoax leads hundreds who served time in crowded jail to sue
CAMDEN, N.J. - About 1,800 people who have been spent time in a crowded New Jersey jail have inundated federal court officials with lawsuits after an apparent hoax led them to believe money from a set...
Dec 04, 2016
Cheers greet British veteran, 89, as he starts his new job
LONDON - An 89-year-old army veteran who made national headlines in Britain with a newspaper ad seeking work has started his new job. The Cantina Kitchen & Bar in the seaside town of Paignton in s...
Dec 04, 2016
