Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - The path to the voting booth hasn’t been easy for Hatoumata Tounkara, but the former West African refugee says she couldn’t have picked a better election to cast her first ballo...

PHILADELPHIA - Residents of Puerto Rico can’t vote in presidential elections. But with the island’s economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demogra...

BERLIN - The man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds Sunday, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman, Swiss police said. Three ot...

FLINT, Mich. - A federal emergency declaration over Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis ended Sunday, but state officials said work continues to fix the drinking water system and provide services ...

ATLANTA - In a story Aug. 14 about the fatal shooting of a police officer in Eastman, Georgia, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, reported er...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Robert and Gwen Arceneaux endured a sleepless night Sunday after noticing floodwater creeping into their home - in a neighbourhood that had never seen water before. They gathered up...

MILWAUKEE - Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armoured vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and take the person to a hospital, as tense skirmishes...

HAVANA - Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their well-wishes on his 90th birthday and criticized President Barack Obama in a lengthy letter published in state media. He appeared but did not speak at a g...

NEW YORK - The daylight slaying of a mosque leader and his associate set off fear and anguish Sunday among Bangladeshi Muslims in a New York City neighbourhood, with some saying the killings appear to...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A busy North Carolina shopping mall reopened for business Sunday as police continued investigating reports of gunfire that sent shoppers running in fear or left them hiding inside stor...