Category Archives: World

GENEVA - The U.N. weather agency says it suspects a 54-degree Celsius (129.2 Fahrenheit) temperature recorded in Kuwait has set a record for the eastern hemisphere. The World Meteorological Organizati...

SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France - In a story July 26 about a priest whose throat was slit in France in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, The Associated Press erroneously attributed inform...

LOS ANGELES - A man fleeing police was killed after he wounded an officer during a running gun battle, authorities said. Richard Risher, 18, died at the scene late Monday night in the Nickerson Garden...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars Tuesday outside the office of the U.N.’s mine-clearing agency and a Somali army checkpoint in Mogadishu, killing 13 ...

PHILADELPHIA - On a night awash in history, Hillary Clinton triumphantly became the first woman to lead a major American political party toward the White House, breaking through a barrier that painful...

PHILADELPHIA - Comedian Sarah Silverman didn’t mince words in her message to die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic convention: “Can I just say to the Bernie or bust people, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Ethan Dean has always dreamed of being a garbage man. He never tires of playing with toy garbage trucks and loves to watch the real ones drive past his house. On Tuesday, the 6-ye...

LONDON - Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev increased its cash offer for SABMiller to 45 pounds ($58.98) per share to blunt a revolt by investors who had seen the relative value of their payout plum...

RANDOM LAKE, Wis. - Cone heads, zombies, beards, bananas - they are some of the creative beer tap handles that have become a big business as the number of craft breweries has skyrocketed. There were 2...

PHILADELPHIA - Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party’s presidential...