Category Archives: World

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Gaston is changing little in strength as it moves in the Atlantic. The storm’s maximum sustained winds Wednesday are near 70 mph (110 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Cen...

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams are asking an appellate court to overturn a copyright infringement verdict against them over the 2013 hit song “Blurred Lines.̶...

The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014, but doctors concluded that he pres...

AMATRICE, Italy - In three days, the rugged residents of the medieval Italian hill town of Amatrice had planned to hold one of their most joyful events of the year: the 50th edition of a food festival...

MINNEAPOLIS - Paisley Park, the private estate and studio complex of the late rock superstar Prince, will open for daily public tours starting Oct. 6, the trust company overseeing his estate announced...

An international team has concluded that the Syrian government and Islamic State militants carried out chemical attacks in the conflict-wracked nation during 2014 and 2015, according to a report circu...

MINNEAPOLIS - In stories Aug. 17 and Aug. 24 about a Minnesota police officer’s return to duty following the shooting of a black motorist, The Associated Press cited Baltimore as an example of c...

VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany - The Yazidi girl had been in the safety of a refugee camp in Iraq for two weeks when she imagined she heard the voices of Islamic State fighters outside her tent. Petr...

LOS ANGELES - The American Film Institute has cancelled plans to screen writer-director Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” for students this week amid controversies surrounding a ...

KABUL - A brazen, hours-long militant attack on the American University of Afghanistan ended early Thursday after at least 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in the assault on the sprawling camp...