Category Archives: World

Nebraska court ends beer sales near South Dakota reservation
LINCOLN, Neb. - Four Nebraska beer stores criticized for selling millions of cans each year next to an American Indian reservation where alcohol is banned will remain closed after the state Supreme Co...
Sep 29, 2017
Over 130,000 flee menacing volcano on Bali tourist island
BALI, Indonesia - More than 130,000 people have fled the region around the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, fearing it will soon erupt. The disaster mitigation agency̵...
Sep 29, 2017
Trump to promote tax plan in address to manufacturers group
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will promote his plan for a sweeping rewrite of the tax code to an audience eager for the proposed change. Trump is set to address the National Association of Manuf...
Sep 29, 2017

Tillerson carries full agenda as he prepares to visit China
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making his second trip to China since taking office in February, and relations between the two world powers have rarely mattered so much. The stan...
Sep 29, 2017
Farmers say Maria wrecked bright spot of Puerto Rico economy
For 21 years Hector Alejandro Santiago spread joy throughout Puerto Rico with the poinsettias, orchids and other ornamental plants he raised and sold to major retailers including Costco, Walmart and H...
Sep 29, 2017
Bali volcano danger signs unabated week after high alert
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - A week after authorities put Bali’s volcano on high alert, tremors that indicate an eruption is coming show no sign of abating, swelling the exodus from the region to at ...
Sep 29, 2017
This old outhouse: Privy tied to Paul Revere is excavated
BOSTON - No. 1 if by land, No. 2 if by sea? Archaeologists are excavating what they believe was the site of an outhouse next door to Paul Revere’s home - and the privy, as the colonists politely...
Sep 29, 2017
Museum in Michigan brings Model T driving to the masses
HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. - A different kind of driving lesson - in a vehicle with a top speed of 40 mph (65 kph) that hasn’t been produced in nearly a century - is gaining traction in western Mich...
Sep 29, 2017

'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer
LOS ANGELES - Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted word of her illness Thursday on social media. A spoke...
Sep 29, 2017

O'Reilly book sales strong, but down from 2016
NEW YORK - First week sales for Bill O’Reilly’s latest book were enviable for virtually any author who isn’t Bill O’Reilly. “Killing England,” the latest in O’...
Sep 29, 2017