Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - How do you pay for an estimated $5.8 trillion tax cut? For President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders, that is the mostly unanswered $5,800,000,000,000 question. The plan...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - First, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and water to Puerto Rico. Then diesel fuel, gas and water became scarce. Now, it’s money. The aftermath of the powerful storm has...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Trump administration declared Thursday that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supp...

LONG BEACH, Calif. - U.S. Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar has travelled overseas four times in the last year to visit his Iranian fiancee, most recently hoping to complete government paperwork that wou...

WASHINGTON - Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Students at Harvard University staged a protest Thursday as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos delivered an address on school choice. Some held up fists. One held up a sign reading, &#...

PORTLAND, Maine - An alternative rock band’s finale at the Maine State Theater included an encore song, theatrical smoke - and firefighters. Officials say the theatrical smoke or fog used by The...

PORTLAND, Maine - A toddler whose disappearance more than five years ago sparked the biggest criminal investigation in state history was declared legally dead on Wednesday, allowing her mother to proc...

NEW YORK - When he was still a teenager, Jason Mraz considered musical theatre as a career option but feared he’d end up frustrated and as a waiter. Now the singer-songwriter is ready to make th...

BOSTON - A man dressed as a clown who’s running for a Boston city council seat has caused a stir on a college campus. Police tell The Boston Herald that Pat Payaso’s presence near a pollin...