Category Archives: World
Gloria Naylor, who wrote 'The Women of Brewster Place,' dies
NEW YORK - Gloria Naylor, whose debut novel “The Women of Brewster Place,” became a bestseller, a National Book Award winner and a TV miniseries released through Oprah Winfrey’s prod...
Oct 3, 2016
Police: Teen asked clown on social media to kill her teacher
HAMPTON, Va. - Authorities say a 13-year-old girl in Virginia and a 14-year-old boy in Houston have been charged with crimes related to recent reports of scary clowns appearing in several states. Hamp...
Oct 3, 2016
Box office top 20: Burton and 'Peculiar Children' are No. 1
LOS ANGELES - In a matchup of $100 million-plus films, Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” topped Peter Berg’s “Deepwater Horizon.” Bot...
Oct 3, 2016
Defence: Georgia hot car death is dad's fault, but no crime
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Georgia man charged with killing his toddler son wept in court Tuesday as his attorney told a jury the child’s death two years ago inside a hot SUV is certainly the fatherR...
Oct 3, 2016
Prosecutors say former doctor killed 4 to avenge firing
OMAHA, Neb. - Prosecutors in Nebraska opened a first-degree murder trial Monday against a former doctor by arguing he committed four killings in Omaha to avenge his firing from Creighton University Me...
Oct 3, 2016
Report: Zookeeper didn't have pepper spray when attacked
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida zookeeper killed by a tiger violated safety rules by not ensuring the animal was locked up before entering its pen and by not carrying pepper spray, a state investiga...
Oct 3, 2016
Witness: Refuge less tense than town during armed standoff
PORTLAND, Ore. - A witness testifying for the defence Monday in the trial of Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and others charged in the armed takeover of an Oregon bird sanctuary said the place was peaceful du...
Oct 3, 2016
Official: Recovering train data recorder could take days
HOBOKEN, N.J. - It could be days before federal investigators working in 12-hour shifts clear enough debris to recover the data recorder from a train that crashed into a station, killing a woman and i...
Oct 3, 2016
Leaked videos partially pull back curtain on Mormon church
SALT LAKE CITY - In leaked videos, Mormon leaders discuss concerns about the growth of the gay rights movement and hear from a former U.S. senator and church member who tells them the Iraq war could o...
Oct 3, 2016
Police chief prominent in heroin addiction debate fired
BOSTON - A police chief who was honoured by the White House for his pioneering approach to heroin addiction was fired on Monday after the mayor accused him of misleading investigators looking into all...
Oct 3, 2016
