Category Archives: World
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's bogus birth claim about Clinton
DES MOINES, Iowa - When finally coming around to the fact President Barack Obama was born in the United States, Donald Trump tacked on a dig at his White House rival. It was Hillary Clinton, he said, ...
Sep 21, 2016
Saint's heart goes on display for 1st time outside Italy
LOWELL, Mass. - Hundreds of people came to a Massachusetts church on Wednesday for a glimpse of the glass-encased heart of a celebrated Roman Catholic saint, the first time the religious relic has lef...
Sep 20, 2016
Marilyn Manson not planning to vote in presidential election
LOS ANGELES - Marilyn Manson isn’t supporting either presidential candidate. The shock rocker told Rolling Stone magazine that he has no intention of voting for either Hillary Clinton or Donald ...
Sep 20, 2016
Charlotte under state of emergency in 2nd night of protests
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Authorities in Charlotte tried to quell public anger Wednesday after a police officer shot a black man, but a dusk prayer vigil turned into a second night of violence, with police fi...
Sep 20, 2016
Mexico closes 7 sawmills in monarch butterfly reserve
MEXICO CITY - Mexican environmental authorities say they have closed seven sawmills operating illegally in the forest reserve that serves as the wintering ground for monarch butterflies that migrate t...
Sep 20, 2016
UN says 30 more countries to ratify climate deal
STOCKHOLM - Thirty more countries are expected to formally join the Paris Agreement on climate change this week, greatly improving the pact’s chances of coming into force just a year after it wa...
Sep 20, 2016
Out of the wild: Police chase bear through Alaska city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A young black bear led police on a two-hour chase through the streets of downtown Anchorage, Alaska - scurrying down sidewalks and across lanes of traffic and even ducking behind a...
Sep 20, 2016
Alexis Arquette died of heart attack, battled HIV
LOS ANGELES - Alexis Arquette died from a heart attack and battled HIV for 29 years, according to her death certificate. The transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmon...
Sep 20, 2016
Call from Barnstaple, UK, stumps police in Barnstable, Mass.
BARNSTABLE, Mass. - Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, were stumped when a woman from a nearly identically named town in the United Kingdom called to report a car crash. The Boston Globe reports (ht...
Sep 20, 2016
Divorce will unspool the complex life Jolie and Pitt created
LOS ANGELES - For more than a decade, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been a glamorous, globe-trotting Hollywood power couple, attracting cameras to their film projects and philanthropy alike. With ...
Sep 20, 2016
