Category Archives: World

BERLIN - The European Aviation Safety Agency on Tuesday proposed tougher medical examinations for pilots, including better mental health assessments, in response to last year’s Germanwings crash...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout in November’s U.S. presidential election. Beginning Tuesday, Google will prov...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - An accidental explosion at a South Korean naval base on Tuesday left three soldiers dead and another injured, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said. Military authoritie...

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has granted a delay in the trial of a former New Orleans police officer charged in the coverup of deadly shootings by colleagues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Th...

NEW YORK - The suspect in the “assassination” of an imam and his friend after they left a mosque had the murder weapon stashed in the wall of his basement apartment, investigators said Tue...

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July as a big drop in gasoline and other energy prices kept inflation under control. The Labor Department said Tuesday the flat reading for overall ...

ELMWOOD, La. - The death of a toddler whose body was found buried in a plastic garbage bag near a bridge in Louisiana has been ruled to a homicide. News outlets report that the Jefferson Parish Sherif...

RICHMOND, Va. - Were four conservative justices “scared” to side against Republican leaders in the court’s recent opinion on felon voting rights? Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAul...

ATHENS, Greece - A speedboat collided with a tourist vessel off the Greek island of Aegina near Athens Tuesday, killing four people, including a child, and injuring five others, the coast guard said. ...

VIENNA - The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo last week was hiding a tiny little secret - an extra cub. The zoo originally announced the birth of a one cub Aug. 7. On Tues...