Category Archives: World

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee lawmaker has been convicted of fraud after failing to pay taxes on a windfall of more than $300,000 he made through cigarette tax stamps, buying low and then selling hig...

SALT LAKE CITY - Two police officers were justified in shooting and critically wounding a teenage refugee from Somalia in a confrontation that sparked unrest and protests in Salt Lake City earlier thi...

TOKYO - Japan’s emperor expressed concern Monday about fulfilling his duties as he ages, in a public address that was remarkable for its rarity and its suggestion that he would like to abdicate....

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Tropical Storm Javier weakened a bit as it bore down on the resort city of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula late Monday, while the death toll from fo...

BATON ROUGE, La. - The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of colour, particularly Afri...

NEW YORK - Wal-Mart is buying fast-growing online retailer Jet.com for $3 billion in cash plus $300 million in stock, scooping up a newcomer that launched a year ago with the intention of challenging ...

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish authorities have detained at least 10 foreign nationals suspected of ties to a U.S.-based cleric whom Turkey accuses of masterminding the July 15 failed coup, a senior officia...

BERLIN - Vienna Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare giant panda. The baby bear was born Sunday to mother Yang Yang and father Long Hui. It’s their fourth cub, after Fu Long, Fu Hu and Fu Bao....

PARIS - The brother-in-law of one of the men who attacked the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris has been jailed in Bulgaria, and authorities say he is suspected of trying to join extremists i...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Avoiding possible banishment from the bench, a remorseful Kentucky judge was suspended Monday for racially charged comments aimed at a top prosecutor that stemmed from the judge̵...