Category Archives: World
UNICEF: Rohingya children refugees face 'hell on earth'
GENEVA - UNICEF says the children who make up most of the nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar are seeing a “hell on earth” in overcrowded, muddy and squalid r...
Oct 20, 2017
$50,000 payments help grieving Gaza families end blood feuds
BEIT LAHIA, Palestinian Territory - As the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas begin to reconcile, families of loved ones killed in Gaza’s civil war a decade ago are also learning to get ...
Oct 20, 2017
Judge won't throw out ruling explaining Arpaio's conviction
PHOENIX - The judge in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s now-pardoned criminal case has refused the retired lawman’s request to throw out all rulings in the case, including a blistering decision...
Oct 20, 2017
Trucker arrested for California bus crash that killed 13
INDIO, Calif. - A trucker charged with killing 13 people after a Southern California tour bus rear-ended his big-rig on a freeway last year was arrested Thursday in Georgia. Bruce Guilford, 51, of Geo...
Oct 20, 2017
Alabama inmate defiant before execution for killing officer
ATMORE, Ala. - The convicted killer of a police officer used his final moments before being put to death to curse at the state of Alabama, raising his middle fingers in defiance at the start of a leth...
Oct 20, 2017
Australian car-making ends with last GM plant closing
CANBERRA, Australia - The last mass-produced car designed and built in Australia rolled off General Motors Co.’s production line in the industrial city of Adelaide on Friday as the nation reluct...
Oct 20, 2017
New Battle of the Alamo is brewing over Texas shrine revamp
SAN ANTONIO - Remember the Alamo? A new Texas battle is brewing over how best to do so. Land Commissioner George P. Bush is overseeing a 7-year revamp of the shrine where 189 Texas independence fighte...
Oct 20, 2017
John McCain memoir, 'The Restless Wave,' coming in April
NEW YORK - An upcoming memoir from Sen. John McCain has taken on new meaning since he first decided to write it. “The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciation...
Oct 20, 2017
In rare move, pope prays for Malta after journalist is slain
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday joined the chorus of shock over the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, sending a note expressing his condolences to the ...
Oct 20, 2017
Man arrested near Denzel Washington movie set in Boston
BOSTON - Police say a man has been arrested near the set of the film “Equalizer 2” starring Denzel Washington for robbery and an attempted carjacking. WHDH-TV reports the suspect first too...
Oct 20, 2017