Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - The brother of JonBenet Ramsey will publicly discuss his younger sister’s death for the first time in an interview to be broadcast on “Dr. Phil” next month. Burke Ramse...

FLANDREAU, S.D. - South Dakota’s top prosecutor charged two consultants who worked with a Native American tribe on its plans to open the nation’s first marijuana resort with drug offences,...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Prosecutors brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging Wednesday that a patrol officer with the D.C. region’s tran...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The elite St. George’s School has agreed to a sexual abuse settlement that would provide compensation for up to 30 former students who were assaulted. The Middletown boarding ...

LAGOS, Nigeria - In a story Aug. 3 about Boko Haram’s new leader, The Associated Press erroneously quoted analyst Jacob Zenn as saying that Abu Musab al-Barnawi is a journalist. Zenn said al-Bar...

WASHINGTON - A private survey has found that U.S. services companies expanded more gradually in July, with job gains slowing in a key gauge of economic growth. The Institute for Supply Management said...

NEW ORLEANS - Amid the craze over virtual characters in the smartphone-based “Pokemon Go” game, a Pokemon that people can touch in the physical world has mysteriously appeared in New Orlea...

ROME - Italy’s defence minister says her government is ready to “positively evaluate” any request for air base or airspace use in the U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State militants ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe police on Wednesday fired tear gas and water cannons to break up anti-government protests in the capital, Harare, as frustrations grow over a rapidly deteriorating economy....

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A prankster’s changes to the message on an electronic roadside sign in Buffalo may be causing motorists to smile, but New York State Police aren’t amused. WIVB-TV reports (...