Category Archives: World
Teen wearing 'Scream' mask, wielding plastic knife arrested
ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida teenager who wielded a plastic knife and wore a mask from the movie “Scream” has been arrested after scaring two women. The Orlando Sentinel repor...
Nov 01, 2017

Pakistani bride kills 17 in botched plot to kill husband
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police arrested a newly married woman on murder charges after she allegedly poisoned her husband’s milk and it inadvertently killed 17 other people in a remote villa...
Nov 01, 2017
Police in Colorado want murder charge against Utah suspect
SALT LAKE CITY - Police in Colorado said Wednesday they will seek murder charges against an ex-convict suspected of killing a man, stealing guns from his trailer, then heading to Utah with his wife an...
Nov 01, 2017

Lost-at-sea saga marked by inconsistencies, changing stories
HONOLULU - The dramatic story of two Honolulu women who were lost at sea for nearly six months before being rescued by the U.S. Navy played out on front pages and websites worldwide. But in the days s...
Nov 01, 2017

Women rescued by Navy defend their account of ordeal at sea
HONOLULU - Two women from Hawaii who were rescued after being lost at sea defended their account of the ordeal, insisting that a storm was whipping up 30-foot waves and near hurricane-force winds on t...
Nov 01, 2017

Runaway 7-year-old girl sneaks onto plane at Geneva airport
GENEVA - A Geneva airport spokesman says a runaway 7-year-old girl slipped through security checks and onto a plane without a boarding pass before being spotted by a crew member and handed over to pol...
Nov 01, 2017
Tribe rejects plan to build tram, hotel in Grand Canyon
Legislation to build an aerial tram to take paying visitors to a riverside boardwalk in the Grand Canyon has been voted down by the Navajo Nation Council. Members of the council voted 16-2 against the...
Nov 01, 2017
Technology seeks to preserve fading skill: Braille literacy
BOSTON - For nearly a century, the National Braille Press has churned out millions of pages of Braille books and magazines a year, providing a window on the world for generations of blind people. But ...
Nov 01, 2017

AP FACT CHECK: Trump ad hits wrong target on health care
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s re-election committee is lashing out at Democrats in a new TV ad that incorrectly blames his critics in the opposing party for blocking fixes to the nation...
Nov 01, 2017

Mexico's Day of the Dead mourns quake victims
MEXICO CITY - Day of the Dead celebrations opened with a sadder tone than usual Wednesday as Mexico City and nearby states marked the holiday by remembering the 369 people killed in the Sept. 19 earth...
Nov 01, 2017