Category Archives: World
Court halts construction of another section of pipeline
FARGO, N.D. - A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of another section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
Sep 17, 2016
Stripes and sparkles at day 2 of London Fashion Week
LONDON - Summer may be well and truly over in London - but the fashion crowd is already looking forward to what’s hot next spring. Jasper Conran, Julien Macdonald and Emilia Wickstead were among...
Sep 17, 2016
Belgium sees first case of minor being granted euthanasia
PARIS - A terminally ill minor has been helped to die in Belgium for the first time since the country did away with age restrictions on euthanasia two years ago, according to the senator who wrote the...
Sep 17, 2016
Pilot of a crop-dusting plane dies in crash in south Georgia
NASHVILLE, Ga. - Authorities say a pilot of a crop-dusting plane was killed in a crash in a rural field in south Georgia. Berrien County Sheriff Ray Paulk tells multiple news outlets that 31-year-old ...
Sep 17, 2016
Robbery suspect, handcuffed behind back, steals police car
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Authorities say a robbery suspect somehow made off with a Terre Haute police car despite being handcuffed behind his back. The Tribune Star reports (http://bit.ly/2cFbeX2 ) that of...
Sep 17, 2016
Man gives phoney $50 bill to girl's charity lemonade stand
MONROE, Mich. - Police are calling it the “lowest of the low:” A man gave a fake $50 bill to a southeastern Michigan girl who was running a lemonade stand to raise money for Alzheimer̵...
Sep 17, 2016
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gets humanitarian award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ahng sahn soo chee) has been honoured as the 2016 humanitarian of the year by students and faculty at the Harvard Foundation. The Nobel Peace Prize ...
Sep 17, 2016
What is 'Bridgegate'? Things to know as the trial begins
NEWARK, N.J. - It’s provided material for late-night talk show monologues and even made its way into a Jeopardy answer. Now, three years after a series of epic traffic jams at the George Washing...
Sep 17, 2016
Iran nominates Farhadi's "The Salesman" for 2017 Oscar
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has nominated a film by the country’s Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi for the next Academy Awards. The Saturday report says the Farabi Foundation, affiliated to Iran...
Sep 17, 2016
Morocco's elections pose test for law on vote observers
RABAT, Morocco - Morocco’s elections next month will draw attention from around the region and beyond - but not all eyes will be welcome. Election authorities approved 4,000 national and interna...
Sep 17, 2016
