Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - Parts of New York City’s Coney Island beach have been closed for several hours because of reports of sharks in the area. The city parks department says stretches of the beach were clo...

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco official says a man who allegedly tweeted a threat against the department’s acting police chief is in police custody. Officer Carlos Manfredi says 60-year-old Don...

SAN DIEGO - A man with a criminal record and history of mental illness was charged Tuesday with a string of deadly attacks on sleeping homeless men in San Diego, two of whom were set on fire. Jon Davi...

DURHAM, N.H. - University of New Hampshire dairy researchers are more relaxed these days about monitoring pregnant cows: A sensor attached to their tails sends text alerts to help detect when theyR...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - The Latest on the shooting of a police officer in Kansas City, Kansas (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A Kansas City, Kansas, police captain who was gunned down while looking for a sus...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - A Kansas City, Kansas, police officer was shot and killed while searching for a suspect in a drive-by shooting, and two people are in custody, though no charges have been filed yet...

ISTANBUL - For those who love him, a mix of the religiously conservative and the rising middle class, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the powerhouse who drove economic success, gave Is...

CHINO HILLS, Calif. - While Californians have mused for months about the mystery buyer of a Powerball ticket worth $528.8 million, the couple holding the lucky numbers was busy lining up lawyers and f...

NEW YORK - Queen says they don’t want Donald Trump using their music and the classic rock band’s publishing company says Trump has not asked for permission to use the group’s songs. ...

CLEVELAND - Donald Trump crossed the threshold of history the way he ran the Republican race: soaked in drama, surrounded by back-stabbing, jeered by well-heeled critics as a no-hope amateur, cheered ...