Category Archives: World
Some blacks applaud Castro legacy of racial equality
DETROIT - The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the revolutionary dictator who plunged Cuba into economic ruin and held the island nation in an iron grip. T...
Nov 28, 2016
First commercial US-Havana flight lands in ramped-up travel
HAVANA - Just three days after the death of Fidel Castro, the first scheduled commercial flight from the U.S. to Havana in more than 50 years landed Monday to the applause of passengers and a water-sp...
Nov 28, 2016
Murder charge dismissed against 1 of 2 Albuquerque officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A special prosecutor dismissed a second-degree murder charge Monday against one of two former Albuquerque police officers charged in the shooting death of a homeless man that was c...
Nov 28, 2016
California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa narrowly wins seat
SAN DIEGO - The wealthiest member of Congress is keeping his job. Republican Darrell Issa narrowly defeated Marine-turned-lawyer Doug Applegate after a bitter contest in in the 49th District north of ...
Nov 28, 2016
Healing wounds, looted art reunited with Nazi victims' heirs
PARIS - Scam. That was Henrietta Schubert’s first thought when lawyers told her a 16th century Flemish painting hanging in a French museum belonged to her Jewish grandparents, who had sold it in...
Nov 28, 2016
Paisley Park to host 2017 celebration of Prince's life
CHANHASSESN, Minn. - Prince’s Paisley Park will host a four-day celebration of the “Purple Rain” megastar’s life next year. The event, “Celebration 2017,” will be h...
Nov 28, 2016
Trump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition
NEW YORK - The drama, disputes and falsehoods that permeated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are now roiling his transition to the White House, forcing aides to defend his baseless assertio...
Nov 28, 2016
Trump wins Michigan's 16 electoral votes, state board says
LANSING, Mich. - President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan’s 16 electoral votes. The Board of State Canvassers certified Trump’s 10,704-vote victory on Monday, nearly three weeks after...
Nov 28, 2016
Inn key to room where Marilyn Monroe stayed sells for $131
NEW MILFORD, Conn. - The key to a room at the Connecticut inn where Marilyn Monroe stayed in 1956 while dating playwright Arthur Miller has sold for $131. Antiques dealer Loretta Kretchko says the key...
Nov 28, 2016
Slovenia PM: Melania Trump could inspire US-Russia detente
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - As Melania Trump prepares to move into the White House, the future first lady’s native Slovenia is offering to serve as a mediator between her husband and Russian President...
Nov 28, 2016
