Category Archives: World
Congressman asks Obama to keep classified intel from Trump
PAWTUCKET, R.I. - A Rhode Island congressman says he’s asking President Barack Obama to withhold classified materials and briefings from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the inter...
Jul 27, 2016
Takeaways: Obama vouches for Clinton, Kaine steps up
PHILADELPHIA - President Barack Obama used what is likely his last high-profile speech as president to make a powerful case for Hillary Clinton’s election, saying it wasn’t even a close ch...
Jul 27, 2016
Spared lobster dies during trip from Florida to Maine
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine - Larry the Lobster gained fame after it was spared from a boiling pot in Florida, but Maine officials say the crustacean didn’t make it to retirement. Officials say ...
Jul 27, 2016
Lady Gaga putting on invite-only Democratic convention show
CAMDEN, N.J. - Camden, one of the country’s most impoverished cities, will get some time in the Democratic convention spotlight Thursday with some help from Lady Gaga. But while thousands of del...
Jul 27, 2016
Clinton backers asked to speak at Sanders rally, then booed
PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders supporters asked fans of Hillary Clinton to explain why anyone should back her for president, then booed them at a rally Thursday on the final day of the Democratic Natio...
Jul 27, 2016
He's a skydiver working with a net - but no parachute
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - He’s made 18,000 parachute jumps, helped train some of the world’s most elite skydivers, done some of the stunts for “Ironman 3.” But the plunge Luke Aiki...
Jul 27, 2016
Meteor in sky lights up social media in Nevada, other states
LAS VEGAS - Social media is lighting up with reports from Nevada, Utah and California of a small fireball streaking across the sky. Officials from Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada tell KTNV-TV...
Jul 27, 2016
Car plows into Los Angeles house, killing 1 and hurting 8
LOS ANGELES - Police searched Thursday for the driver of a car that plowed into the front of a Los Angeles house where a group of mostly elderly people were holding a Bible study and prayer meeting, l...
Jul 27, 2016
Judge dismisses charges against former Utah attorney general
SALT LAKE CITY - A judge dismissed pay-to-play charges against former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Wednesday, ending a high-profile case that landed soon after he wrapped up 12 years as the st...
Jul 27, 2016
VP nominee Tim Kaine urges voters to trust Hillary Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - It took just four days for Hillary Clinton’s newly minted running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, to drop the t-word. “Let’s talk about trust,” Kaine said in his Wednesday...
Jul 27, 2016
