Category Archives: World

Chicago’s police superintendent on Saturday suggested that an officer’s body camera wasn’t turned on when he fatally shot a black teen last month because the officer had only receive...

TAMPA, Fla. - Thank goodness it’s the slow season in Florida. At least that’s what officials and representatives of the state’s multibillion-dollar tourism industry are thinking in t...

WASHINGTON - Endangered Sen. Pat Toomey is banking on Pennsylvania voters backing him in November even if they oppose fellow Republican Donald Trump, a ticket-splitting strategy that may help determin...

CELORON, N.Y. - A new statue of Lucille Ball is being unveiled in the late actress’ hometown to replace one that was so hated it was dubbed “Scary Lucy.” The statue by sculptor Carol...

DAYTON, Tenn. - In 1925, two of America’s most renowned figures faced off in the southeast Tennessee town of Dayton to debate a burning issue - whether man evolved over millions of years or was ...

NEW ORLEANS - Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of national television fame, died Saturday ...

KIEV, Ukraine - A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kyiv, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic pistol for about $160. Amid haggling, he drops the price to $120....

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A Roger Ailes lookalike smoothed the way for Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog, at the Republican National Convention. Robert Smigel, the writer-comedian who brings the Triumph pup...

PARIS - A fast-moving fire that appeared to be accidental swept through a birthday party in a basement bar in northwest France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others, authorities said Sat...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Norma Alvarez Gonzalez, a Venezuelan doctor on a three-week vacation to the U.S., was walking on Pope Beach alongside Lake Tahoe with relatives when she saw the mother bear ...