Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit increased to the highest point in 10 months, driven up by a big rise in imports of oil and Chinese-made computers, cellphones and clothing. The deficit rose to $44....

MILAN - AC Milan is the latest European club to be taken over by Chinese owners after Silvio Berlusconi reached a preliminary deal to sell his entire majority stake in the seven-time European champion...

FAIRFAX, Va. - A three-term northern Virginia mayor was arrested on drug charges after he tried to trade two grams of methamphetamine for sex acts in what turned out to be an undercover sting operatio...

WASHINGTON - Years of steady job gains have finally begun to benefit a wider range of Americans, including those with less education and in lower-paying jobs. A second straight month of robust hiring ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Police in Massachusetts have captured and removed a 6-foot alligator from the backyard of a home with the help of workers from a local zoo. Officers were dispatched to the We...

CARROLLTON, Ga. - Police charged a father with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of his 15-month-old twin girls, alleging that he had been drinking before leaving them in their car seats in 90-degree ...

LONDON - Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London’s Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities. Organizer Joshua Virasa...

GAUHATI, India - At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured Friday after rebels opened fire in a crowded market in Assam state in India’s remote northeast, officials said. Six rebels a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia acknowledged for the first time that one of the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had plotted a course on his home flight simulator to the southern Indian Ocean,...

KAMPALA, Uganda - A gay rights leader in Uganda says he and some of his colleagues were briefly detained by police who broke up a gay pride event in the Ugandan capital. Frank Mugisha said Friday he a...