Category Archives: World

RIO DE JANEIRO - With fireworks forming the word “Rio” in the sky, performers decked in silver and sweet, sultry music, Rio de Janiero is welcoming the world to the first Olympic Games in ...

WASHINGTON - It’s party time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and President Barack Obama is expecting a crowd for his 55th birthday bash. First lady Michelle Obama is hosting the party at the White ...

LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca was indicted Friday on charges of obstructing justice and conspiring with underlings to derail a federal investigation into corruption and beatings in...

MINNEAPOLIS - Prince’s Paisley Park could go on sale. Administrators of the megastar’s estate have asked a judge for permission to offer nearly 20 properties owned by Prince, including the...

NEW YORK - A fashion model who cavorted naked in Times Square while shouting about Donald Trump is on track to get his public lewdness case dropped by completing psychiatric treatment. Krit McClean sa...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Donald Trump has announced his team of economic advisers, a group that includes many of the people already helping his campaign. It includes John Paulson, a hedge fund billionaire w...

GREEN BAY, Wis. - In an effort to repair some of the damage he had inflicted on his presidential campaign, Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan to end a four-day standoff that exposed the dee...

CLEVELAND - A 14-year-old Ohio girl fatally shot her father in the head as he slept to stop him from abusing her family, her attorney said Friday. The girl denied a charge of aggravated murder on Wedn...

WASHINGTON - Eight months after raising hopes that they may have found an intriguing new particle that cannot be explained by the existing main physics theory, disappointed scientists are saying: Neve...

DETROIT - Automotive parts supplier ZF North America is recalling 505,000 control sensors in the U.S. because they can make some nine-speed transmissions shift into neutral without warning. The compan...