Category Archives: World
Bolivia minister: country could face US aviation downgrade
LA PAZ, Bolivia - The U.S. could downgrade the country’s aviation safety rating because of irregularities that may have contributed to this week’s crash of a chartered plane carrying a Bra...
Dec 03, 2016
Emergency officials: We won't let pipeline protesters freeze
FARGO, N.D. - The head of North Dakota’s emergency management services says the state is prepared to respond to Dakota Access pipeline protesters who may need help during a winter storm or some ...
Dec 03, 2016
Bergdahl seeks pardon from Obama to avert desertion trial
WASHINGTON - U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who’s accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him...
Dec 03, 2016
Under dusty fog cover, IS strikes Iraqi forces near Mosul
QABR AL-ABD, Iraq - Under the cover of dust and fog, Islamic State group fighters launched a series of counterattacks on Iraqi positions to the south and west of the militant-held city of Mosul late F...
Dec 03, 2016
Sandy Hook group begins violence warning-signs campaign
NEWTOWN, Conn. - A group formed by families who lost children in the Sandy Hook school shooting has started a new public service campaign designed to teach people to recognize the warning signs of som...
Dec 03, 2016
Keys, lightbulbs tied to Thomas Edison go up for auction
TRENTON, N.J. - Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph are up for auction in Dallas, along with some of the lightbulbs that he perfected. A Pittsburgh man acquired the ...
Dec 03, 2016
A Donald Trump museum? Atlantic City historians consider it
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A group of historians in Atlantic City wants to open a museum dedicated to President-elect Donald Trump. Stockton University professor Bob Blaskiewicz told the Press of Atlantic ...
Dec 03, 2016
The Latest: Oakland sports teams donating to fire victims
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a deadly fire in a converted warehouse in Oakland, California (all times local): 9 p.m. The NBA Golden State Warriors say the team is donating $50,000 to help families ...
Dec 03, 2016
Death toll in warehouse fire rises to 24, with more expected
OAKLAND, Calif. - The death toll in a late-night dance party fire at a converted Oakland warehouse rose to 24 on Sunday as firefighters dug slowly through the charred remnants of the building in their...
Dec 03, 2016
Campus attack could be latest terror case in heartland state
CINCINNATI - Authorities are investigating terrorism as a possible motive in the car-and-knife attack on the Ohio State University campus, the latest in a series of cases involving young men who appar...
Dec 03, 2016
