Category Archives: World

Two longtime American almanacs full of wit, wisdom and weather are celebrating milestones. The Old Farmer’s Almanac from New Hampshire is marking its 225th anniversary and the Farmer’s Alm...

LEWISTON, Maine - Hundreds of almanacs served a nation of farmers over two centuries ago. These days, only a handful of them remain. One of them, the Farmers’ Almanac based in Maine, is celebrat...

BEREZNIKI, Russia - While fears of the Zika virus have kept some people away from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, for residents of one Russian town the more mosquito bites the better. At this weekend&...

NEW DELHI - A fully grown Indian elephant that washed up in a swamp in Bangladesh after being caught up in raging floodwaters has become a jumbo problem for wildlife officials on both sides of the bor...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on Campaign 2016 (all times EDT): 5 p.m. Vice-President Joe Biden will declare Donald Trump the most uninformed presidential nominee in history when he campaigns with Hillary C...

RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC spokesman Mark Adams says reports of American swimmer Ryan Lochte being robbed at gunpoint are “absolutely not true,” despite stories in two outlets citing his mother....

NEW YORK - The Latest on the shooting of the leader of a New York City mosque and a friend (all times local): 5 p.m. An official with the government in Bangladesh is condemning the fatal shooting of a...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The numbers are stark for Donald Trump. Down in Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. Hillary Clinton is starting to spend a little money in Georgia and Arizona, states that any Re...

NEW YORK - The path to the voting booth hasn’t been easy for Hatoumata Tounkara, but the former West African refugee says she couldn’t have picked a better election to cast her first ballo...

PHILADELPHIA - Residents of Puerto Rico can’t vote in presidential elections. But with the island’s economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demogra...