Category Archives: World

LAS VEGAS - Attorneys for Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil say they’re investigating what led to a misdemeanour battery charge accusing Neil of grabbing a woman’s hair and pulling her to th...

LAKE ORION, Mich. - A suburban Detroit motorcyclist was apparently fast enough to leave police in the dust during a chase, but not swift enough to stop from bragging about it on Facebook. Lake Orion p...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a portion of the fraud convictions of a former lottery official accused of fixing a Hot Lotto game in Iowa in 2010 but upheld a secon...

BERLIN - A suitcase containing a spray can exploded near a refugee centre and a police station in the German state of Bavaria on Wednesday, but no one was hurt, authorities said. Witnesses reported th...

HOUSTON - Two circus acrobats tied the knot on a tightrope during a performance in Houston. Mustafa Danguir (moo-STAH’-fuh dan-GWEER’) and Anna Lebedeva (AHN’-yuh leb-uh-DAY’-v...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A judge on Wednesday dismissed a manslaughter charge against a Florida deputy who claimed self-defence in the 2013 fatal shooting of a 33-year-old black man carrying what turne...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes crept up in June, a possible indication that the recent growth in real estate sales is still on track. The National Association o...

MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin state appeals court ruled Wednesday that two girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man should be tr...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - In little more than a week, the only living man to have shot an American president could pack his bags and leave a Washington psychiatric hospital for the last time. John Hinckley ...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country’s banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony Wednesday for its depleted ...