Category Archives: World

MAYFIELD, Ky. - A McDonald’s franchisee says he’s been unable to substantiate claims by two customers who reported finding worms in food at the fast-food chain’s restaurants in two K...

NEW ORLEANS - Actor, writer and director John Schneider, known for his past role on the “Dukes of Hazzard” and current role on “The Haves and the Have Nots,” thought the first ...

HOUSTON - A Harvard Law School study reports that racial bias, over-aggressive prosecutions and inadequate representation for poor defendants plagues Harris County’s handling of death penalty ca...

HARTFORD, Conn. - In the days after the June 12 attack on the Pulse nightclub, other victims of mass shootings reached out to the survivors and their families to ensure that mistakes made with charity...

The more than 430 fundraisers posted on the GoFundMe website after the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando have exposed weaknesses inherent in these popular do-it-yourself charity campaigns: w...

DURANT, Miss. - The Latest on the killing of two nuns in Mississippi (all times local): 5:30 p.m. A sheriff says the man arrested in the killing of two nuns confessed to authorities. Holmes County She...

ALIQUIPPA, Pa. - The owner of a potbellied pig that serves as a therapy animal says the pig is in “pretty good” condition after being missing for six weeks. Owner Katie Manni says she got ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some mistakes are never too late to fix. A Civil War soldier misidentified when he was buried at an Ohio cemetery more than 150 years ago is to get a new headstone. Confederate soldie...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump warned Saturday of a “war on the American farmer,” telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton “wants to shut down family farms” and impl...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Suspected members of a little-known rebel group killed eight soldiers in an attack in northern Paraguay on Saturday, just days after guerrillas and officials in Colombia reached a...