Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL’ BAH’-skee-aht) from the collection of Yoko Ono is going to auction this fall. Sotheby’s says the work, titled “C...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A 3-year-old girl became Nepal’s new living goddess Thursday, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Himalayan nation. Trishna Shakya was carried in a religious ceremony ...

WAVES, N.C. - Maria raced away from the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, giving the nation its first rest from the constant threat of tropical weather for more than a month. No injuries have been reported...

CEDARTOWN, Ga. - Two police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when a man walked out of the woods Friday and opened fire as the officers investigated a stolen car found beside a road in rural Ge...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Super Tuesday, the jam-packed day of presidential primary voting every four years, may get supercharged in 2020 with California joining the pack, bringing along its prize of the m...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A New York woman accused of beating her boyfriend’s 3-year-old daughter and then preventing others from seeking medical care for her has been found guilty of murder. A judge in...

LONDON - Getting anywhere on the planet in under an hour - one of the more intriguing possibilities that Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator, raised as he unveiled plans for a new rocket. Musk said t...

KARANGASEM, Indonesia - Bali’s gently lowing cows, prized for their hardiness and doe-like temperament, won’t become victims of the tropical island’s menacing Mount Agung volcano if ...

MIAMI - Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee has pledged $1 million to Hurricane Maria relief efforts on his native island. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and lives there full time. His real name i...

BOSTON - Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has been honoured in Boston by a sexual assault legal defence group. The Victim Rights Law Center presented its 2017 Leadership Award to the renowned author, jour...