Category Archives: World
Prominent journalist killed in car bombing in Ukraine
MOSCOW - A prominent journalist was killed in a car bombing in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through the Ukrainian journalist community that was shaped by the gruesom...
Jul 20, 2016
17 arrested in flag-burning melee outside GOP convention
CLEVELAND - Police arrested 17 people Wednesday after a melee broke out during a flag-burning in the streets outside the Republican National Convention. It was the most turbulent protest since the fou...
Jul 19, 2016
NYPD: Shots fired at someone else miss nearby officers
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton says shots being fired at someone else missed two nearby police officers in Brooklyn. The Sergeants Benevolent Association initially said four males d...
Jul 19, 2016
Writer says Trump's son did not plagiarize in GOP address
CLEVELAND - Donald Trump’s campaign is facing questions about plagiarism for a second day in a row - but the writer behind the original work in question this time says the campaign did nothing w...
Jul 19, 2016
Another D-list day at the Republican National Convention
NEW YORK - Another former soap star, Kimberlin Brown, brought up the rear Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, her late-night limelight delayed by a long delegate count in the Donald Trump n...
Jul 19, 2016
'Pretty Woman' filmmaker Garry Marshall dies at age 81
LOS ANGELES - Garry Marshall knew how to tug at moviegoers’ heartstrings, whether with unlikely love in “Pretty Woman” or sentimental loss in “Beaches.” But it was goofy,...
Jul 19, 2016
Fox News chief Roger Ailes denies harassing Megyn Kelly
NEW YORK - A lawyer for Roger Ailes denied Tuesday that the embattled Fox News Channel chief executive sexually harassed network star Megyn Kelly. Susan Estrich’s statement came amid a swirl of ...
Jul 19, 2016
The Latest: Trump son says nothing's impossible for his dad
CLEVELAND - The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times EDT): 10:15 p.m. Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr. is citing his father’s business acumen and says that for his father, ...
Jul 19, 2016
Parts of Coney Island beach closed after shark sightings
NEW YORK - Parts of New York City’s Coney Island beach have been closed for several hours because of reports of sharks in the area. The city parks department says stretches of the beach were clo...
Jul 19, 2016
Man detained in Twitter threat against San Francisco chief
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco official says a man who allegedly tweeted a threat against the department’s acting police chief is in police custody. Officer Carlos Manfredi says 60-year-old Don...
Jul 19, 2016
