Category Archives: World
Results of probe into Russian doping to be issued Monday
TORONTO - The results of the latest investigation into Russian doping will be released on Monday. Canadian law professor Richard McLaren will hold a news conference in Toronto to present the findings ...
Jul 12, 2016
Russian launches balloon in Australia in record attempt
PERTH, Australia - A 65-year-old Russian adventurer was drifting east across the Australian Outback in a balloon on Tuesday in a bid to set a record for flying solo around the world nonstop. Fedor Kon...
Jul 12, 2016
Death reignites hard questions for Minnesota black leaders
MINNEAPOLIS - For many leaders in Minnesota’s black community, the dropping of a federal investigation and no charges being filed after a black man was killed by Minneapolis police in November w...
Jul 12, 2016
In Delaware, former airman on trial in death of a toddler
DOVER, Del. - A former airman stationed at Dover Air Force Base is going on trial on a murder charge in the 2012 death of a 21-month-old boy who was left in his care. The trial of Justin Corbett was s...
Jul 12, 2016
People across US gather to protest recent police shootings
Protests and related events nationwide Monday after the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the deadly sniper attack on police officers in Da...
Jul 11, 2016
2 firefighters killed in Nevada crash as fires burn in West
Two federal firefighters were killed in a crash returning from a wildfire patrol in remote northern Nevada, while crews battled blazes across the Western U.S. Federal fire managers on Monday reported ...
Jul 11, 2016
The Latest: Slain Dallas officers remembered at vigil
DALLAS - The Latest on the aftermath of the shooting of police officers during a protest in Dallas (all times local): 9:45 p.m. More than 1,000 people have gathered in downtown Dallas to attend a cand...
Jul 11, 2016
Venezuela to seize Kimberly-Clark factory as production ends
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s government said Monday that it will seize a factory belonging to Kimberly-Clark Corp. after the U.S. personal care giant said it was no longer possible to manufa...
Jul 11, 2016
Police fatally shoot armed burglary suspect in Brooklyn
NEW YORK - Police in New York City have shot and killed a burglary suspect who they say pointed a gun at them. It happened Monday night while police were responding to a burglary at an apartment in th...
Jul 11, 2016
Family: Military changed Dallas suspect; robot use defended
DALLAS - Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an interview excerpt published Monday. Micah Johnson’s mother, Delphine Johnson, told The...
Jul 11, 2016
