Category Archives: World

EUREKA, Calif. - Holy cow! A giant, 1-ton Holstein steer who loves to eat bread and romps like a puppy at a Northern California zoo is vying for the title of world’s tallest bovine. His name is ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Hillary Clinton blasted Donald Trump Thursday for his condemnation of American military generals and his praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying her Republican opponent h...

GENEVA - Russia’s foreign minister has arrived in Geneva and briefly met with the U.N. special envoy on Syria. Sergey Lavrov held about a one-hour meeting with U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura at a...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers a...

LOS ANGELES - A decade ago, California vowed to dramatically slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. With the nation’s most populous state on pace to meet that target, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursd...

LOS ANGELES - Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarn is coming back to earth, and his home country, for his next film. The “Gravity” director’s new project will take on a year in the life of a m...

WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump repeated a bevy of previous misstatements in a forum on national security issues, while his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton continued to gloss over h...

ALPINE, Texas - A 14-year-old girl died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting and injuring another female student Thursday inside a high school in West Texas, according to the loc...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Authorities in Delaware say a tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of unstamped pennies overturned on northbound Interstate 95, spilling its load and jamming traffic. Delaware Sta...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. As rates remain at historically low levels, homeowners taking advantage of the chance to refinance their mortgages have pushed up refi...