Category Archives: World

MARSEILLE, France - Firefighters in southern France brought in reinforcements from across the country on Thursday to help smother the last flames and douse dry brush after wind-whipped wildfires devas...

SAN FRANCISCO - A hot tub’s faulty wiring ignited one of California’s most destructive wildfires, a blaze that killed four people, sent four firefighters to the hospital and destroyed more...

RIO DE JANEIRO - It didn’t take long for Justin Gatlin’s name to get dragged into the doping drama swirling at the Olympics. No big deal to Gatlin. The sprinter considered the best threat ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - An internal investigation into a national jackpot-fixing scandal has concluded that a single former lottery employee was responsible for any drawings that were manipulated, but it fa...

SAN DIEGO - Officials say a California couple has been arrested after they attempted to enter Mexico with a duffle bag containing the body of a 2-year-old girl. San Diego Police Lt. Ray Valentin said ...

GUATEMALA CITY - A former Guatemalan soldier deported from the United States in handcuffs and flanked by security on Wednesday maintained his innocence in the face of accusations that he helped massac...

WASHINGTON - A new report on Guantanamo detainees tells the stories of former al-Qaida bomb makers and bodyguards as well as low-level militant cooks and medics who have been transferred or cleared fo...

BENGHAZI, Libya - U.S.-backed Libyan forces said on Wednesday they have taken over the Islamic State group’s headquarters in Sirte, the militants’ final bastion in Libya, breaking a weeks-...

An Arkansas man who wanted to cause a “ruckus” ahead of a court hearing shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy Wednesday, and wounded a small-town police chief, before surrendering to la...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - A Chicago federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that television home renovation expert Bob Vila filed against a northern Illinois public relations specialist. Vila sued Robert Smith o...