Category Archives: World
Pitcher Roy Halladay dies in Gulf of Mexico plane crash
HOLIDAY, Fla. - Authorities have confirmed that former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died in a small plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. Pasco County Sheriff Chris...
Nov 07, 2017
CP NewsAlert: Former Blue Jays star Roy Halladay dies in plane crash
Former Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Roy Halladay has died after his plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico. He was 40. The sheriff’s department in Pasco County, Fla., confirmed Halladay’s b...
Nov 07, 2017
Imagine Dragons among Vegas shooting benefit headliners
LAS VEGAS - The Killers and Imagine Dragons are headlining a benefit concert next month to help the victims of the shooting at an outdoor music festival in Las Vegas. Organizers on Tuesday announced s...
Nov 07, 2017
Saudis' bolder moves to confront Iran echo across region
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia is more aggressively confronting its rival Iran on multiple fronts. It’s a policy that risks sharpening several conflicts in the Middle East, even thou...
Nov 07, 2017
NY Times calls Weinstein lawyer conduct inexcusable
NEW YORK - The New York Times on Tuesday called it inexcusable that lawyer David Boies’ firm tried to halt the newspaper’s investigation into sexual harassment charges against Hollywood mo...
Nov 07, 2017
Anti-gay-marriage clerk to seek re-election
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples will run for re-election in 2018, facing voters for the first time since her protest again...
Nov 07, 2017
Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop
FOUNTAIN HILL, Pa. - A Pennsylvania State Police corporal clung to life Tuesday after he was shot three times during a gunfight with a motorist he’d tried to arrest for driving under the influen...
Nov 07, 2017
Photographer Hedison emerges from celebrity shadow in Paris
PARIS - The mass bombings, shootings and other extremist attacks that have anguished Paris inspired American photographer Alexandra Hedison to exhibit her art in the emotionally winded city. “I ...
Nov 07, 2017
Democrats try to look forward but are still haunted by 2016
Time has not healed the Democratic party’s wounds. On Election Day 2016, Democrats suffered a devastating and shocking loss. A year later, they’re still sorting through the wreckage. The i...
Nov 07, 2017
Tweeter-in-chief ready to confront China's 'great firewall'
WASHINGTON - America’s tweeter-in-chief is set to face off bit-to-bit against China’s “great firewall.” President Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday will serv...
Nov 07, 2017