Category Archives: World
UN agency lifts Zika emergency, prepares for long-term fight
GENEVA - Acknowledging Zika is “here to stay,” the United Nations health agency on Friday lifted a 9-month-old emergency declaration and prepared for a longer-term response to the mosquito...
Nov 18, 2016
Famed Texas heart surgeon Denton Cooley died at 96
HOUSTON - Dr. Denton Cooley, the cardiovascular surgeon who performed some of the nation’s first heart transplants and implanted the world’s first artificial heart, died Friday. He was 96....
Nov 18, 2016
Lennon's Beatles breakup letter sold at auction for $30,000
BOSTON - An angry letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney written shortly after the Beatles’ breakup has been sold at auction for nearly $30,000. The two-page typed draft , with hand...
Nov 18, 2016
Divided, battered Haiti to hold elections, ready or not
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitians will try yet again to elect a president this weekend despite the fact that much of the southwest is still in ruins from Hurricane Matthew, parts of the north have been...
Nov 18, 2016
Obama blocks new oil, gas drilling in Arctic Ocean
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, w...
Nov 18, 2016
Dogs get in on internet's 'mannequin challenge' craze
PITTSBURG, Kan. - The “mannequin challenge” has gone to the dogs. Canines are getting in on the internet craze that has featured videos of athletes, students and celebrities frozen in vari...
Nov 18, 2016
Deputy US marshal, fugitive killed in Georgia shootout
LUDOWICI, Ga. - The hunt for a fugitive accused of shooting at police in South Carolina turned deadly when law officers tracked the suspect to southeast Georgia, where an attempt to arrest him erupted...
Nov 18, 2016
Tennessee school bus crash sends 23 students to hospital
NASHVILLE - Twenty-three students were hospitalized after a Tennessee school bus crashed and rolled over on an interstate off-ramp Friday, but authorities said none suffered life-threatening injuries....
Nov 18, 2016
Markets Right Now: Stocks slip in midday trading
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are edging lower in midday trading on Wall Street as a post-election surge loses momentum. Health care a...
Nov 18, 2016
Buckingham Palace needs infrastructure work to keep it going
LONDON - Buckingham Palace needs a taxpayer-funded face-lift if it’s to remain fit for the queen. The London home of Queen Elizabeth II hasn’t been upgraded since just after World War II, ...
Nov 18, 2016
