Category Archives: World

BEIJING - Growing Chinese anger at South Korea over a U.S. anti-missile defence system bodes ill for everything from pop star appearances to United Nations action against North Korea’s nuclear a...

HONOLULU - A Maui ukulele player who unwittingly sang a duet with reggae artist Matisyahu will be performing with the singer in Hollywood. But making the opportunity happen required help from MauiR...

NASHVILLE - The organizers of the eastern Tennessee fair where three girls fell from a Ferris wheel kept their ride operator despite an incident across the state line that injured five and caused the ...

Baltimore police officers routinely discriminate against blacks, repeatedly use excessive force and are not adequately held accountable for misconduct, according to a harshly critical Justice Departme...

FERGUSON, Mo. - Gunshots rang out but hit no one after a car struck a protester during a peaceful demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown’s death. Witness...

LOS ANGELES - The Pasadena Humane Society is saying: See you later, alligator. After 18 years at the shelter north of Los Angeles, Tina the alligator was scheduled to be moved Wednesday from her priva...

PHOENIX - The Southwest will see another round of storms on Wednesday as rains associated with Tropical Storm Javier in Mexico head north. Heavy rain is expected for a second day in Tucson. The Nation...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury found California’s largest utility guilty on Tuesday of violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco B...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Just call them the Final Five. Dominant. Peerless. Golden. The U.S. women’s gymnastics team gave retiring national team co-ordinator Martha Karolyi a fitting send off in the Oly...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has provided the answer to three questions raised by friends and foes this week when he delivered a detailed speech outlining his economic policies on Monday: Could he keep c...