Category Archives: World

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has voiced support for Mexican bishops and citizens opposing the government’s push to legalize same-sex marriage. At his weekly Sunday blessing, Francis said he willi...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of t...

BAGHDAD - An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic St...

MINNEAPOLIS - Work to settle Prince’s estate is moving forward, and a closed hearing is expected to be held this week to resolve an undisclosed dispute between the likely heirs and the trust com...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once claimed to be publicity shy. No joke. It’s right there in The New York Times of Nov. 1, 1976. In the same article, the 30-year-old real estate developer talks up h...

MIAMI - In tribute to Jose Fernandez, left-handed hitter Dee Gordon stepped to the plate as a righty to lead off the first inning of Monday’s mournful game. After one pitch, Gordon switched to h...

BOSTON - Authorities say seven people have been injured in an apparent fight in Boston’s Theater District, and police are looking for a suspect. The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2ctOTJX ) reports...

BEIRUT - Syrian troops captured a rebel-held area on the edge of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on opposition-held neighbourhoods in the northern city after what residents described as the...

BALTIMORE - Three gunmen shot and wounded eight people including a 3-year-old girl on an east Baltimore street Saturday night, police said, adding the suspects fled and the victims were all expected t...

AUSTIN, Texas - Ted Cruz appears uncomfortable defending the man he says he’ll vote for in November, Donald Trump. Addressing a policy forum organized by The Texas Tribune, the Texas senator sai...