Category Archives: World
California TV viewers alarmed by apocalyptic emergency alert
LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Some television viewers in southern California were startled when an apocalyptic emergency alert flashed on their screens. The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2wE42...
Sep 22, 2017
Trade panel: Cheap imports hurt US solar industry
WASHINGTON - Low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a U.S. trade commission ruled Friday, raising the possibility of the Tr...
Sep 22, 2017
Russian sub fires cruises missiles at militants in Syria
MOSCOW - A Russian submarine in the Mediterranean fired cruise missiles at al-Qaida-linked militant positions in northwestern Syria on Friday, a day after militants wounded three Russian troops in the...
Sep 22, 2017
Dam failing as scope of Puerto Rico's disaster becomes clear
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican officials rushed to evacuate tens of thousands of people downstream of a failing dam and said they could not reach more than half the towns in the U.S. territory a...
Sep 22, 2017
Christian singer Natalie Grant undergoing thyroid surgery
NASHVILLE - Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant will undergo thyroid surgery to remove tumors and will cancel shows between mid-October and November to recover. Grant posted a video message on...
Sep 22, 2017
21 migrants dead, 5 missing after boat sinks in Black Sea
ANKARA, Turkey - A fishing boat carrying migrants sank Friday off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, killing at least 21 people and leaving up to five others missing, the Turkish coast guard said. At lea...
Sep 22, 2017
Markets Right Now: Stocks end mostly higher
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m. Stocks struggled to a mostly higher finish on Wall Street as gains for energy, phone and industrial companies made ...
Sep 22, 2017
Spain makes new arrest in Barcelona attacks investigation
MADRID - A man was arrested Friday for alleged links to the extremist cell in last month’s attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people, Spain’s Interior Ministry said. The...
Sep 22, 2017
In new setback, Uber to lose license to work in London
LONDON - Uber will lose its license to operate in London because it may be endangering public safety and security, the local regulator said Friday, in a severe blow to a company already facing big que...
Sep 22, 2017
Officer on desk after violent arrest of man 'trying to help'
PITTSBURGH - One of five police officers involved in a violent arrest recorded by a bystander and posted online has been assigned to desk duty, and the man he punched during the arrest says he was jus...
Sep 21, 2017