Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spelled out their economic visions in high-profile speeches in Michigan this week. They delved into taxes and regulations, trade deals and job growth. Yet...

NEW YORK - A man hit by lightning at a park in New York’s Hudson Valley died Saturday, a hospital spokesman said, while four other people wounded by the same strike remained hospitalized. The 50...

BERLIN - Germany’s foreign minister says humanitarian aid is desperately needed in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo and that it may be necessary to start an “air bridge” to bring i...

NASHVILLE - Worn out rivet fasteners on a Ferris wheel are being blamed for an overturned gondola at an eastern Tennessee fair that earlier this week sent three girls plummeting more than 30 feet to t...

MINNEAPOLIS - A cousin of Prince says family members and close friends gathered in Minneapolis to say goodbye to the musician and remember his life. Prince died April 21 of an accidental drug overdose...

SAN DIEGO - A toddler girl whose body was found inside a duffel bag carried by a California man attempting to enter Mexico drowned earlier this week at a home in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier and...

NEWARK, N.J. - A New Jersey woman has settled a lawsuit that will allow her to display a vanity license plate that reads “8THEIST.” The settlement was filed in federal court on Friday. Sha...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Ruby Wilson, the blues, soul and gospel singer known as “The Queen of Beale Street,” died Friday, her manager said. She was 68. Rollin Riggs, a partner at Resource Managem...

DALLAS - Investigators have determined that a Texas sheriff’s deputy found dead at his home after notifying dispatchers of prowlers in his yard killed himself. Travis County sheriff’s Sgt....

WASHINGTON - A top Islamic State group leader in Afghanistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike last month, the Pentagon confirmed Friday, saying his death will affect the group’s recruiting and ...