Category Archives: World

CHICAGO - A man accused of shooting a Chicago police officer following an alleged carjacking has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery. Police say officers responded to a report of...

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. - With an estimated 40,000 homes damaged by deadly flooding, Louisiana could be looking at its biggest housing crunch since the miserable, bumbling aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a...

SAN FRANCISCO - Cisco Systems is laying off 5,500 employees as the internet gear maker scrambles to adapt to a technology upheaval that has triggered similar cutbacks to other storied tech companies. ...

NASHVILLE - More than two years after the state closed a troubled Tennessee cemetery whose owner was accused of losing bodies and burying multiple people in single plots, it appears that efforts to de...

KANO, Nigeria - Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A fire that destroyed 43 homes last year in a largely rural area north of San Francisco was sparked by an illegal marijuana growing operation, officials said Wednesday, while the ...

NORMAN, Okla. - A judge in Oklahoma refused Wednesday to accept a guilty plea from a man accused of beheading a co-worker at a food processing plant in 2014, instead ordering another mental evaluation...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. But they did not indicate w...

LONDON - A jilted and jealous British woman was sentenced to at least 30 years in prison Wednesday for the January murder of a woman she considered her love rival. Sarah Williams shot 60-year-old Sadi...

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan residents still may be allowed to use the state’s long-standing straight-party voting option in the November election after a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejecte...