Category Archives: World
Philadelphia airport workers vote to strike during DNC
PHILADELPHIA - Workers at Philadelphia International Airport have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job during the Democratic National Convention later this month. The union that’s trying to ...
Jul 12, 2016
Arlington, Holocaust Museum: Stop catching Pokemon here
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Arlington National Cemetery requested Tuesday that smartphone users refrain from “catching” Pokemon when they visit. Like many other lan...
Jul 12, 2016
Nissan keeps self-driving simple - and not quite autonomous
YOKOSUKA, Japan - Self-driving cars may be all the rage, but when it’s a real product, coming soon from Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., the technology gets toned down. And so don’t ex...
Jul 12, 2016
NASA's Juno spacecraft beams first pictures from Jupiter
PASADENA, Calif. - A NASA spacecraft has sent back the first pictures since arriving at Jupiter. An image released Tuesday shows Jupiter surrounded by three of its four largest moons. The picture was ...
Jul 12, 2016
Boston's Citgo sign gets preliminary landmark status
BOSTON - The Citgo sign that lights up the Boston skyline and is seen by baseball fans when a home run balls sails over Fenway Park’s left-field wall has been granted preliminary landmark status...
Jul 12, 2016
Virginia man dies after 911 call dismissed as accidental
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - A 911 dispatch centre in Virginia is under investigation after a man died when no one was sent out in response to his call. WJLA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/29y5IC0) that 56-year-o...
Jul 12, 2016
Video show humpbacks feeding against San Francisco skyline
SAN FRANCISCO - A kayaker captured video of humpback whales feasting on fish in a bay with the San Francisco skyline as a backdrop. Lyrinda Snyderman of Berkeley, California, says she was out with thr...
Jul 12, 2016
Storms hit rural Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
LITCHFIELD, Minn. - Storms spawned tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds that prompted evacuations, damaged homes, deposited a snowplow in a tree and flooded roads in parts of Minnesota, Michi...
Jul 12, 2016
The Latest: China issues White Paper asserting soveriegnty
MANILA, Philippines - The Latest on an international tribunal’s ruling on the case filed by the Philippines against China’s claims in the South China Sea (all times local): 10 a.m. A day a...
Jul 12, 2016
'Pokemon Go' digital popularity is also warping real life
LOS ANGELES - The “Pokemon Go” craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling with “pocket monsters” on their smartphones. It marks a turning point for aug...
Jul 12, 2016
