Category Archives: World

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has granted a delay in the trial of a former New Orleans police officer charged in the coverup of deadly shootings by colleagues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Th...

NEW YORK - The suspect in the “assassination” of an imam and his friend after they left a mosque had the murder weapon stashed in the wall of his basement apartment, investigators said Tue...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July as a big drop in gasoline and other energy prices kept inflation under control. The Labor Department said Tuesday the flat reading for overall ...

ELMWOOD, La. - The death of a toddler whose body was found buried in a plastic garbage bag near a bridge in Louisiana has been ruled to a homicide. News outlets report that the Jefferson Parish Sherif...

RICHMOND, Va. - Were four conservative justices “scared” to side against Republican leaders in the court’s recent opinion on felon voting rights? Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAul...

ATHENS, Greece - A speedboat collided with a tourist vessel off the Greek island of Aegina near Athens Tuesday, killing four people, including a child, and injuring five others, the coast guard said. ...

VIENNA - The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo last week was hiding a tiny little secret - an extra cub. The zoo originally announced the birth of a one cub Aug. 7. On Tues...

VIENNA - Austrian police say a man who seriously wounded two train passengers with a knife will be charged with attempted murder once the investigation into the assault is completed. In a statement We...

BEIRUT - Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to bomb targets in Syria on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the deepening co-operation between two powerhouses he...

CANBERRA, Australia - The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, on Tuesday reported a $6.4 billion loss, the worst full-year result in the Anglo-Australian company’s history. BHP said the r...