Category Archives: World

PHILADELPHIA - The Latest on the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia (all times EDT): 11:27 p.m. Russia’s top diplomat is declining to fully comment on allegations that Russia was beh...

ROANOKE, Va. - Donald Trump has a new, derisive nickname for his Democratic rival: Hillary “Rotten” Clinton. Addressing backers Monday in an overly warm ballroom in Roanoke, Virginia, the ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The world’s first round-the-world flight to be powered solely by the sun’s energy made history on Tuesday as it landed in Abu Dhabi, where it first took o...

HONOLULU - The first storm of the hurricane season to impact Hawaii sent the islands’ residents into hurried preparation mode, but the state got through the weekend without seeing major damage a...

NEW YORK - Four days after the ouster of Roger Ailes as Fox News chief, two more executives at the network have been axed. But the firing of Michael Clemente and his top deputy, Peter Boyer, were not ...

NEW DELHI - Police in Bangladesh’s capital raided a five-story building Tuesday that was used as a den by suspected Islamic militants, killing nine of them, the country’s police chief said...

LOS ANGELES - The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 7 p.m. Fire crews have made gains against a massive wildfire burning in rugged terrain near the scenic Big Sur region. Containment i...

PHILADELPHIA - The Latest on protests on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Philadelphia officials say 41 people have been treated for heat-related issues...

NEW YORK - If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia. And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adul...

Comic Sarah Silverman joined Sen. Al Franken Monday night to urge Democratic National Convention delegates to unite - then stirred up Bernie Sanders die-hards with some choice words: “To the Ber...