Category Archives: World
Judge denies Utah death-row challenge in high-profile case
SALT LAKE CITY - A federal judge denied a death-row challenge Thursday from a Utah prison inmate whose double-murder case was chronicled in the book “Under the Banner of Heaven.” The rulin...
Oct 06, 2017
5 former presidents to attend storm recovery concert
WASHINGTON - All five living former U.S. presidents will attend a hurricane relief concert at Texas A&M University later this month. That’s according to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Lib...
Oct 06, 2017
Thwarted in Congress, gun-control groups see hope in states
DES MOINES, Iowa - Brushed aside by the Republican-controlled Congress, gun control advocates have shifted much of their campaign for tighter firearms laws to the states - and they’ve chalked up...
Oct 06, 2017
IS latches on to global attacks as it fights for survival
BEIRUT - Just hours after Stephen Paddock unleashed a hail of bullets on a country music festival in Las Vegas, the Islamic State group issued a flurry of statements claiming the 64-year-old gunman as...
Oct 06, 2017
Acclaimed poet disputes allegations of lifted material
NEW YORK - An acclaimed poet and editor says she will correct any errors in her current book after a critic alleged she had improperly lifted material. Jill Bialosky said in a statement Thursday that ...
Oct 06, 2017
Illinois man installs 58 crosses to honour Las Vegas victims
LAS VEGAS - An Illinois man known for honouring the victims of mass shootings around the country installed 58 white crosses on the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday. Greg Zanis drove nearly 2,000 miles from...
Oct 06, 2017
Suddenly, White House and NRA open to (a little) gun control
WASHINGTON - The National Rifle Association joined the Trump administration and top congressional Republicans Thursday in a swift and surprising embrace of a restriction on Americans’ guns, thou...
Oct 06, 2017
Police: Dog on highway didn't want to leave dead dog's side
NEWARK, N.J. - Police in New Jersey say they had to coax a German shepherd on a busy interstate to leave a dead pit bull that it was found lying next to. New Jersey state police said that troopers res...
Oct 06, 2017
US factory orders increase 1.2 per cent in August
WASHINGTON - Orders at U.S. factories increased by 1.2 per cent in August, driven by strong gains in aluminum and other metals, industrial machinery and autos. The solid showing follows a steep drop o...
Oct 06, 2017
Suicide bomber strikes Shiite shrine in Pakistan, killing 20
QUETTA, Pakistan - A suicide bomber struck a Shiite shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 20 people and leaving at least 25 wounded, a provin...
Oct 06, 2017