Category Archives: World
Box Office Top 20: 'Fantastic Beasts' summons $74.4 million
LOS ANGELES - Kicking off a five-film franchise spun off from the Harry Potter universe, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” debuted to a healthy $74.4 million this weekend. The $180...
Nov 21, 2016
Puerto Rico governor defies new federal control board
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday challenged a federal control board created by Congress just months ago to oversee the finances of the U.S. territory and help pull it out...
Nov 21, 2016
School bus driver arrested as city mourns 5 children
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A school bus driver was behind bars Tuesday after a crash killed five youngsters and plunged Chattanooga into mourning over what the mayor called the “most unnatural thing i...
Nov 21, 2016
Pence, who touts openness, tries to stop document release
INDIANAPOLIS - Lawyers for Indiana Governor and Republican Vice-President-elect Mike Pence argued in court Monday that the state’s judicial branch has no authority to require him to comply with ...
Nov 21, 2016
Governments, elected leaders respond to uptick in hate crime
HARTFORD, Conn. - Amid reports of hate crimes and hate speech following the election of Republican Donald Trump as president, there have been calls from some governments and elected officials for stro...
Nov 21, 2016
The Latest: Bus driver arrested in fatal school bus crash
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The Latest on the fatal school bus crash in Chattanooga (all times local): 12:45 a.m. Police say the driver of a school bus that crashed in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing six peo...
Nov 21, 2016
Dennis Rodman charged with hit-and-run for freeway crash
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been charged with hit-and-run for a wrong-way-related crash on a Southern California freeway. Orange County prosecutors filed misdemeanour charges...
Nov 21, 2016
Girl, 2, dies; was focus of fight over brain death test
RICHMOND, Va. - A 2-year-old Virginia girl whose parents went to court to block a hospital from performing a brain death test on the child has died, the hospital said Monday. Mirranda Grace Lawson pas...
Nov 21, 2016
Crucial Cyprus peace talks at Swiss resort 'inconclusive'
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Crucial talks being held at a Swiss resort aiming to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus have hit an impasse, officials said Monday, in a serious setback that casts doubt over whether ...
Nov 21, 2016
Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in Japan
TOKYO - Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore Tuesday and fueled concerns about the Fukushima nucl...
Nov 21, 2016
