Category Archives: World
Man pleads guilty to gun charge in fatal shooting of child
NASHVILLE - A Tennessee man who possessed the gun authorities say a toddler used to fatally shoot a 7-year-old has pleaded guilty to a federal charge. U.S. Attorney Don Cochran says 27-year-old Anthon...
Nov 08, 2017
NJ politician who posted Confederate flag picture re-elected
FRANKLIN, N.J. - A New Jersey lawmaker who was heavily criticized for sharing a picture of himself standing by a Confederate flag has won re-election. Republican Assemblyman Parker Space and Hal Wirth...
Nov 08, 2017
Romance novel model pleads guilty to bank robbery
HARTFORD, Conn. - A romance novel cover model from California has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank and a convenience store in Connecticut. The Greenwich Time reports 35-year-old David Byers, of San Di...
Nov 08, 2017

British royals' visit to India clouded by leaked finances
NEW DELHI - Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have begun a two-day visit to the smog-choked Indian capital as leaked documents about his own financial deali...
Nov 08, 2017
Leaders of company that made Halladay's plane 'devastated'
VACAVILLE, Fla. - Executives and employees of the company behind the small sport plane that retired pitcher Roy Halladay was flying when he crashed near Florida say they are devastated to learn of his...
Nov 08, 2017
Fatal shooting of protected sea otter probed by California
MORRO BAY, Calif. - California authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a protected southern sea otter that had been rescued and returned to the ocean last year, officials said Tuesday. The...
Nov 07, 2017
Lawyers for Texas cities argue against state immigration law
NEW ORLEANS - Attorneys for numerous Texas local governments and immigrant advocates told a federal appeals court Tuesday that a Texas law aimed at cracking down on so-called sanctuary cities puts ill...
Nov 07, 2017
Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, who circled moon, dies
WASHINGTON - Apollo 12 astronaut Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr., one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88. Gordon was a test pi...
Nov 07, 2017
FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management...
Nov 07, 2017

Forbes says Commerce head overstated wealth by $2 billion
NEW YORK - Forbes reported Tuesday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exaggerated his net worth to the magazine by $2 billion. The publication cited years of internal reporting notes and conversation...
Nov 07, 2017