Category Archives: World
Trial in killing of Iowa teenager to focus on gender motive
BURLINGTON, Iowa - Retired nurse Jenna Sansone said it was a normal night in the quiet eastern Iowa neighbourhood where she lives on a hill above the Mississippi River. Then she heard the “bang-...
Oct 23, 2017
New flight paths lead to airplane noise complaints across US
PHOENIX - Airliners began flying over Twila Lake’s bungalow-style house in a historic district three years ago, taking off every one to two minutes from the Phoenix airport and roaring over her ...
Oct 23, 2017
Sheriff: Body of missing boy, 3, found in city water tank
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Investigators in Florida have found the body of a missing 3-year-old boy in an underground water storage tank hours after the child disappeared from a family gathering. Jacksonvil...
Oct 23, 2017
Angry soldier's widow says Trump didn't know husband's name
WASHINGTON - A fallen soldier’s angry widow joined the stormy dispute with President Donald Trump on Monday over his response to her husband’s death, declaring that his failure to remember...
Oct 23, 2017
Corey Feldman charged with pot possession in Louisiana
MANGHAM, La. - Police in Louisiana say actor and musician Corey Feldman has been charged with misdemeanour marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license after his tour bus was pulled over ...
Oct 23, 2017
Fallen soldier's widow: 'Nothing to say' to Trump
MIAMI - The pregnant widow of a fallen U.S. soldier on Monday contradicted President Donald Trump’s account of his phone call about her husband’s death and said what he told her “mad...
Oct 23, 2017
Well-known Moscow journalist stabbed by attacker; in coma
MOSCOW - A well-known journalist for Russia’s top independent radio station was stabbed in the throat Monday by an attacker who burst into her studio - the latest in a string of attacks on journ...
Oct 23, 2017
Senate advances $36.5 billion disaster relief package
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday gave a preliminary OK to a $36.5 billion hurricane relief package that would provide Puerto Rico with a much-needed infusion of cash and keep the federal flood insura...
Oct 23, 2017
Donors pledge $228M in new funds for UN's Rohingya appeal
GENEVA - U.N. humanitarian agencies said a pledging conference held Monday raised $228 million in new funds to aid Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, as governments and international organizations chipp...
Oct 23, 2017
UK's Johnson urges North Korea to 'change course' on nukes
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday that nobody wants armed conflict over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, but that U.S. President Donald Trump is right to keep the opti...
Oct 23, 2017