Category Archives: World
UN mission in Afghanistan finds children bear brunt of war
KABUL - The number of children killed or wounded in Afghanistan’s conflict surged in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period last year, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said...
Jul 25, 2016
UK's Prince Harry wishes he had spoken about mother sooner
LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry says he wishes he had spoken sooner about the death of his mother, Princess Diana. Harry, who did not speak about his bereavement until three years ago, told the ...
Jul 25, 2016
Emergency on Greek island after fire threatens homes
ATHENS, Greece - Authorities have declared a state of emergency on the Greek island of Chios after a forest fire fanned by high winds threatened homes overnight. The Fire Service and local officials s...
Jul 25, 2016
Philippine leader declares ceasefire with communist rebels
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a unilateral cease-fire with communist guerrillas effective immediately Monday and asked the rebels to do the same to end decades of...
Jul 25, 2016
Breaking down the gender stereotypes in kids' clothing
NEW YORK - Pink for girls. Truck motifs for boys. A growing number of parents want to get outside those parameters when it comes to dressing their kids. Kristin Higgins was adamant about not pushing &...
Jul 25, 2016
Texas police officer killed in apparent burglary attempt
ROUND ROCK, Texas - A Texas sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed at his home north of Austin before dawn on Monday in what authorities said appeared to be an attempted burglary. Sgt. Craig Hutch...
Jul 25, 2016
Bollywood star Salman Khan acquitted in 1998 poaching case
NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Salman Khan was acquitted of shooting and killing three endangered animals nearly two decades ago in a verdict Monday that overturned a lower court’s ruling that would...
Jul 25, 2016
Seeking wider digital audience, Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.8B
SAN FRANCISCO - Seeking a wider digital audience, Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion in a deal that marks the end of an era for a company that defined much of the early internet but struggled t...
Jul 25, 2016
Skydiver missing after jump in Oklahoma
CUSHING, Okla. - Crews in Oklahoma are searching for a missing skydiver whose parachute has been recovered. Local media report the skydiver, a woman in her 20s from Kansas, jumped around 3:45 p.m. Sun...
Jul 25, 2016
Trump convention message cheers white supremacists
CLEVELAND - They don’t like to be called white supremacists. The well-dressed men who gathered in Cleveland’s Ritz-Carlton bar after Donald Trump’s speech accepting the Republican no...
Jul 25, 2016
