Category Archives: World
Pumpkin spice air freshener prompts evacuation of school
BALTIMORE - An unusual smell prompted an evacuation and a hazardous materials response at a Baltimore high school. But after five people were taken to the hospital complaining of upset stomachs, fire ...
Oct 06, 2017
Hurricane mauled PR's renowned Monkey Island research centre
CAYO SANTIAGO, Puerto Rico - As thousands of troops and government workers struggle to restore normal life to Puerto Rico, a small group of scientists is racing to save more than 1,000 monkeys whose b...
Oct 06, 2017
Man sets up fake speed trap to curb smelly deer carcasses
JONES MILLS, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man says he used flashing dashboard lights to mimic a police speed trap - but only so he could slow down vehicles speeding past his rural home and killing deer and en...
Oct 06, 2017
Tropical Storm Nate blamed for 22 deaths; threatens US coast
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Newly formed Tropical Storm Nate was blamed Thursday for at least 22 deaths in Central America as it dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry it toward a potential...
Oct 06, 2017

Supreme Court's newest justice has an elk as an office mate
WASHINGTON - When Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the Supreme Court earlier this year he got Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat, his office and his elk, Leroy. In recent appearances, Gorsuch has been tel...
Oct 06, 2017
US Customs vows to block imports made by North Korea workers
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is ready to block U.S. imports of seafood - as well as any other goods - produced by North Korean labourers who work in China. An Associated Press investigat...
Oct 06, 2017

Trump Jr. defends dad's response to racial protests
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday stood by his father’s declarations that “both sides” were to blame after August’s racially driven violence in Charlottesville, V...
Oct 06, 2017
Questions arise on China's plans as N. Korea war talk rises
BEIJING - Securing North Korea’s missile launchers and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons sites would likely be a chief priority for China in the event of a major crisis involving its comm...
Oct 06, 2017

Cardinal charged with sex offences jeered at Australia court
SYDNEY, Australia - Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic official to face sex offence charges, was jeered by protesters as he made a court appearance in his native Australia on Friday in a c...
Oct 06, 2017
In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient treasure
Palestinian and French archaeologists began excavating Gaza’s earliest archaeological site nearly 20 years ago, unearthing what they believe is a rare 4,500-year-old Bronze Age settlement. But o...
Oct 06, 2017