Category Archives: World
Trump admin to defend Cuba embargo at UN, reversing Obama
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration will defend America’s decades-old economic embargo on Cuba in a United Nations vote this week, the State Department said Tuesday, in a reversal from the Oba...
Oct 31, 2017
Despite war, hurricane, man finally sees brother's wedding
PENNDEL, Pa. - A war kept Wayne Wood’s brother from attending his first wedding, and a hurricane briefly derailed the secret plans for his second, but the 84-year-old has finally said “I d...
Oct 31, 2017
New fingerprint algorithm helps ID bodies found decades ago
DES MOINES, Iowa - Just after Thanksgiving Day in 1983, James Downey dropped off his older brother, John, at a Houston bus station, then quickly turned away so neither the police nor a motorcycle gang...
Oct 31, 2017
After election, Kenyan opposition leader plans more protests
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday harshly criticized an election rerun in which President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner, saying it should be scrapped in favour...
Oct 31, 2017
Louisiana, nation's top jailer, now trying early releases
BATON ROUGE, La. - Hundreds of inmates are about to get early releases from Louisiana prisons and jails, a milestone in a push to reduce the nation’s highest incarceration rate. The early releas...
Oct 31, 2017
Wendy Williams passes out, collapses on-air during chat show
NEW YORK - Wendy Williams gave viewers a scare Tuesday morning when she passed out on-the-air during a broadcast of her syndicated chat show. Williams was introducing a segment while wearing a Statue ...
Oct 31, 2017
FEMA chief says agency didn't approve Whitefish contract
WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency officials had nothing to do with approving a pricey no-bid contract to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico, the head of the agency told Congress on T...
Oct 31, 2017
Studio cuts ties to director Ratner after harassment report
NEW YORK - Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis has ensnared a prominent film director after six women - including actress Olivia Munn - accused Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct in a L...
Oct 31, 2017
Reports: UK police widen investigation into Harvey Weinstein
LONDON - British media reported Tuesday that police have widened their investigation into sexual assault claims against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The Independent newspaper, Press ...
Oct 31, 2017
Official: Florida resident dies of rabies from bat bite
SEBRING, Fla. - Health officials say a Florida resident who was bitten by a bat has died of rabies. Florida Department of Health spokeswoman Mara Gambineri tells Orlando TV station WKMG the victim did...
Oct 31, 2017