Category Archives: World

DURHAM, N.C. - Wildin Acosta had grabbed his book bag and left the house, and was just about to get in his car to drive to school in January when two men approached him. They asked his name, then flas...

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. - A Michigan Welcome Center doubled as an animal rescue centre, as employees sought and saved a cat that escaped from its cross-country bound family. Milkie, a 14-year-old tabby, wa...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nearly two dozen female inmates have been removed from a Missouri jail after two women said they were sexually assaulted by male inmates who somehow got into their cells. One of the...

LINCOLN, Neb. - A Nebraska lawmaker who had cybersex on a state laptop has until Friday to resign or face consequences such as expulsion or impeachment, a legislative panel said Monday. The Legislatur...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn rejected an offer Monday by Atlantic City’s main casino workers’ union that it says would have saved the struggling Trump Taj Mahal ca...

WICHITA, Kan. - A former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq, but told doctors he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder...

NEW YORK - A non-profit conservative organization advocating for less government must reveal information about major donors to the state’s attorney general if it wants to solicit money in the st...

MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s president dismissed the chief of the federal police force Monday, less than two weeks after the country’s human rights commission released a scathing report alleging...

LOS ANGELES - Tributes from peers and admirers poured in Monday for Gene Wilder, who died Sunday at the age of 83 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. — “Gene Wilder, one of th...

ALBANY, N.Y. - John Lennon’s killer will remain behind bars after being denied parole for the ninth time. The New York state Board of Parole on Monday announced that it has again denied parole t...