Category Archives: World
Flanagan upsets Keitany, ends US drought at NYC Marathon
NEW YORK - Shalane Flanagan thought about the seven years building to this race, possibly her last. She thought about the running star striding next to her. She thought about her family. She thought a...
Nov 06, 2017

Austrian politician resigns amid sexual harassment claims
BERLIN - A prominent Austrian lawmaker says he’s giving up his seat in parliament amid allegations of sexual harassment. Peter Pilz, a former Green party parliamentarian who split away to form a...
Nov 04, 2017
Sprint, T-Mobile end merger talks
NEW YORK - Wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile called off a potential merger, saying the companies couldn’t come to an agreement that would benefit customers and shareholders. The two companie...
Nov 04, 2017
Lawyer: Ex-'Boomer and Carton' radio host to fight charges
NEW YORK - A lawyer for a former sports radio host charged with cheating investors to pay gambling debts says his client will fight a newly filed indictment. Attorney Robert Gottlieb said Craig Carton...
Nov 04, 2017
Man who blamed 'demons' for girlfriend's slaying is indicted
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man who told a 911 operator that demons made him shoot his girlfriend to death inside their apartment this summer has been indicted on murder charges. Daniel Torres Jr. al...
Nov 04, 2017

Red Cross: $6 million for Ebola fight stolen through fraud
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Fraud by Red Cross workers and others wasted at least $6 million meant to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the organization confirmed Saturday. The revelations ...
Nov 04, 2017

Lebanese premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty
BEIRUT - Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in a surprise move that pl...
Nov 04, 2017
Stampede on Indian river bank kills 3 during Hindu ritual
PATNA, India - Police in India say at least three people have been killed and another six injured when a stampede broke out during a Hindu religious ritual on a crowded bank of the Ganges River. Polic...
Nov 04, 2017
No prison for Bergdahl in sentencing for walking off post
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For the first time in eight years, Bowe Bergdahl doesn’t face confinement, or the threat of it, after a judge spared the soldier from a prison sentence for endangering his com...
Nov 04, 2017
On eve of Asia trip, Trump pays visit to Pearl Harbor
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - President Donald Trump paid a solemn visit to the memorial at Pearl Harbor, a sacred journey for a commander-in-chief about to depart on an Asia trip that will...
Nov 04, 2017